Investigators communicating with Haitian, Jamaican aviation authorities NASSAU, BAHAMAS – As United States (U.S.) authorities with the assistance of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force continued to search across Great Inagua for an aircraft following a mayday call from a pilot, investigators were yesterday speaking to aviation authorities in Jamaica and Haiti to determine whether […]
Pilot reported engine failure to authorities NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Authorities were yesterday searching for an aircraft after the pilot of a plane reported to the U.S. Coast Guard that he had experienced the loss of an engine and was losing altitude, though after several hours of searching it was unclear if the plane crashed. […]
Police have received information from the United States Coast Guard who reported receiving a mayday call from an aircraft in the area of Inagua. The pilot reported the loss of an engine and that the craft was losing altitude. US Coast Guard and police are presently searching the area to find the aircraft that sent the […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – More than 10 months after authorities confirmed they were investigating the disappearance of a file on the controversial Oban Energies project, which reportedly went missing from the Bahamas Environment, Science and Technology(BEST) Commission, the Commissioner of Police confirmed yesterday that the investigation is still ongoing. “Let me say I think sometimes what people […]
Files complaint with RBPF’s Complaints and Corruption Unit NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The father of 3-year-old Shavard Bain Jr. who was kidnapped on Sunday and returned the next day has made an official complaint to the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s Complaints and Corruption Unit, alleging police brutality. Sharvard Bain Sr., said that while offering information […]
Incident highlights law enforcement’s failure to use Marco Alert system NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police are searching for two women who allegedly abducted three-year-old Shavard Bain on Saturday evening while he was riding his bicycle in the area of South Beach Estates. At 3:00 a.m. Sunday, police issued an all-points bulletin for Shavard Bain. By […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – After the Bahamas was listed earlier this week by the European Union College of Commissioners as a high-risk country for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT) deficiencies, a former attorney general on Thursday cautioned the government against rushing off to the EU’s headquarters in Brussels to make any ‘ill-considered appeasements and […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a juvenile female who has been reported missing by family members. Missing is 14-year-old Anniase Francois of #11 Rosedale Street. Francois is described as being 5” tall of slim build with a dark brown complexion. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Anniase Francois is asked […]
Charging that the governments of the Republic of Haiti and Commonwealth of The Bahamas must continue to work together to bring an end to illegal migration amidst the worst migrant boating tragedy on record, Haitian Charge d’Affairs Francois Michel said yesterday that a solution must be found “for this madness”. His comments were made at […]
Death toll increases to 32 Two more bodies were found yesterday afternoon among the wreckage of a sunken vessel than ran aground and capsized last Friday, resulting in the deaths of at least 30 Haitian migrants, Eyewitness News Online understands. The latest find pushes the death toll to 32. Authorities pulled two bodies out […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A 16-year-old absconded from the Ranfurly Home for Children on Mackey Street on Tuesday. A statement released from the Ministry of Social Services said Ranfurly Home officials reported the matter to the Royal Bahamas Police Force, and are assisting police with their investigations. The statement said family members of the resident have […]
Authorities continue search for additional survivors, bodies NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Authorities pulled two more bodies out of waters off Abaco on Tuesday and suspect they were passengers onboard a Haitian sloop that ran aground and capsized in waters off Man-O-War Cay last weekend. Yesterday’s discovery pushed the death toll to 29. According to authorities, […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On December 14, 2018, 12-year-old Yolanda Mericidian left her Englerston home to head to school at CH Reeves. To date, six weeks later, Yolanda’s distraught family members are still holding out hope that she is alive and will return home safely. After realizing that her daughter was in fact missing, Natasha Jean, […]
Mother has since visited morgue, flyers distributed NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The family members of 40-year-old Marvin Pratt are still holding on to hope. They believe that their missing relative is still alive, and they are still holding firm to their allegations that members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force arrested Pratt last month and […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a man who is wanted for questioning in connection with a homicide investigation. The suspect 26-year-old Andre Thompson of Sequoia Street, Pinewood Gardens. Thompson is described as being 6’3” tall, medium build with brown complexion. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Andre Thompson is asked […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – While the Air Accident Investigation Department (AAID) continue to probe a plane crash that took place last November in waters off Nirvana Beach, investigators will complete their preliminary report and make it available to the public in March. Kendall Dorsett, the operations investigator for the AAID, told Eyewitness News Online that in […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A frantic Barbara Saunders on Thursday alleged that she has been unable to contact her son Marvin Pratt since he was arrested last week Wednesday by officers of the Drug Enforcement Unit. Saunders claimed that repeated attempts to inquire about Marvin at CDU, who may have also used the name Marvin Saunders, […]
Family seeking to raise $50,000, RBDF says search and recovery ongoing More than a month after a small plane being flown by Byron Ferguson, 34, plunged into waters off New Providence, the Ferguson family has not given up its search and said yesterday it is preparing to enter phase two of that effort. The […]
