Author: Randy Smith

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Salvation Army’s emergency humanitarian response continues some two months after the devastating Category 5 Hurricane Dorian hit large swathes of the country. In a release yesterday, SA reported many evacuees have returned to their storm-damaged homes, while others are staying in government-run shelters, unofficial shelters, private residences or living rough. Relief […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Kofhe Goodman is expected to challenge his murder conviction at a Court of Appeal hearing on March 18, 2020. Goodman, 43, was sentenced to 55 years imprisonment in 2018 for the murder of 11-year-old Marco Archer. Last month, Justice of Appeal Jon Isaacs directed the court’s registrar to appoint Goodman a lawyer […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A Magistrate’s Court has convicted 56 Haitians of illegal landing, with 10 repeat offenders remanded to prison for a year. In a statement, the Bahamas Immigration Department said 50 men and six women were charged before Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux. The migrants all pled guilty, according to the release, which noted the group […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – As Bahamian taxi drivers grapple with concerns of oversaturation in the market, several others continue to call on the government to lift the two-decade old moratorium on taxi plates. One of them is Leona ‘Big Mama’ Rahming, who says she has driven with nearly all of the tour countries in New Providence […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The number of traffic fatalities recorded this year climbed to 38 after two cars crashed into each other in Exuma this morning. Superintendent Marino Hinds said Domonique Bullard died instantly when a Chevy van collided with her silver 2006 Suzuki Areo. Bullard was a teacher at L. N. Coakley High School. Hinds […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Shane Gibson, who is accused of receiving $280,000 in bribes from contractor Jonathan Ash, told investigators when he was questioned at the Central Detective Unit that while he could not speak to what Ash and his associate Deborah Bastian did amongst themselves, he never asked anyone for money nor did he receive […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Supreme Court Justice Bernard Turner has ordered the government to “restore” the salaries of pay-cut teachers  a dispute over the interpretation of the order has been raised. According to the written ruling, obtained by Eyewitness News Online last night, Turner ordered: “the government continue to pay all teachers employed at the Carlton […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A Hope Town non-profit has secured major funding for two restoration projects: its primary school and medical clinic. Hope Town United (HTU) announced it has received $500,000, and all the steel needed to rebuild the primary school from the Jones family, owners of Nova Steel, Inc. The medical clinic will be rebuilt […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The government is still trying to determine how it will “manage” some 75 families who remain in The Farm shantytown on Abaco in the after of Hurricane Dorian, said Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction Iram Lewis yesterday. Speaking to reporters outside Cabinet about the ongoing clean-up efforts on the […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said yesterday the ministry has observed an increase in the number of reported flue cases in The Bahamas, and said health officials were carefully monitoring. “We have seen an uptick,” Sands told Eyewitness News Online. “Again, it is kind of early on, so the total number […]