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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – National Security Minister Wayne Munroe is rejecting claims surrounding the firing of a Bahamasair employee and flatly denying allegations that passports were ever found or seized in connection with the March 1 incident in Cap-Haïtien. Speaking with Eyewitness News, Munroe said the only confirmed arrest in the matter involved an individual found with cash, not passports, and...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Unemployment in The Bahamas has fallen to 9.3 percent, the lowest level so far this year, as new data from the Bahamas National Statistical Institute (BNSI) shows thousands more Bahamians finding work between April and June. According to the BNSI’s latest Labour Force Survey, 218,620 people were employed in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – A former Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine after pleading guilty in a New York court to his role in a major international cocaine smuggling conspiracy. 56-year-old Darrin Alexander Roker admitted to one count of cocaine importation conspiracy, becoming the first of 13 defendants...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Parliamentary Commissioner has announced that the Advanced Poll for the Golden Isles by-election will be held on Monday, November 17, 2025. The notice applies to all voters registered in the Golden Isles constituency as of October 21, 2025. According to the Parliamentary Elections Act, both Overseas Voters and Special Voters are eligible to participate in the...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police believe they have found the body of 30-year-old Lauren Saunders, the seven-months-pregnant mother of two who had been missing since Sunday. Her body was reportedly discovered with gunshot wounds near Munnings Drive, off Gladstone Road, on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, bringing a devastating end to a search that gripped the nation. Saunders’ silver Jeep was earlier...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A widening rift between the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP) and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture has escalated into a full-blown standoff, with the JCNP warning that it will stage its own private Junkanoo parades this holiday season if the Ministry does not reverse its decision to hand management of the Boxing Day and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a sweeping vote Tuesday, the U.S. Senate confirmed former NFL star and political candidate Herschel Walker to serve as the United States’ ambassador to The Bahamas — filling a post that’s been vacant for nearly 15 years.   His confirmation, bundled with over 100 other nominees under newly expedited Senate rules, signals renewed U.S. interest in...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Vaughn Miller has passed away, the Office of the Prime Minister’s Director of Communications has confirmed. Miller was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Golden Isles in 2017. He later crossed the floor in 2019 to join the Progressive Liberal Party, where he continued to serve in frontline politics....

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Meteorologists are tracking two disturbances with a high chance of developing into tropical depressions this week. AL94 is located west in the Atlantic, and could form near The Bahamas in a few days. Heavy rain is expected over the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic in the coming days. Meanwhile, AL93 is likely to become...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Bahamas’ unemployment rate climbed to 10.8 percent in January 2025, up from 8.7 percent recorded in October 2024, according to the latest Labour Force Survey released by the Bahamas National Statistical Institute (BNSI). The survey revealed that of the 240,650 people in the labour force, 214,725 were employed while 25,925 were unemployed. Women made up a...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Bahamas Department of Meteorology has clarified reports of a possible tornado during Friday night’s severe weather in eastern New Providence. While many residents said the strong winds and heavy rain felt like a tornado, officials confirm the event was actually a microburst — a powerful downdraft of air that rushes to the ground and spreads outward,...

FREEPORT, BAHAMAS – Well-known Grand Bahama political hopeful Daquan Swain is vowing legal action after claiming he was defamed during the Free National Movement’s (FNM) candidate selection process. In a statement released Thursday, Swain alleged that a FNM executive and former Cabinet Minister used his role on the candidate selection committee to spread false claims that he had been fired...

WASHINGTON, DC – Former football star and Georgia political figure Herschel Walker is set to go before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday as part of the confirmation process for his nomination to serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. If confirmed, Walker would take on the role as...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association is renewing its call for the complete removal of Value Added Tax on medications, despite welcoming the government’s recent five percent reduction. BPA President Dr. Marvin Smith said medicine must be treated as an essential service, stressing that patients should not face additional financial burdens when accessing critical healthcare. The Davis administration announced...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The United States has announced that its Embassy in Nassau will now conduct immigrant visa services for residents of Haiti. The move comes as Washington continues to adjust its consular operations in response to the prolonged security and political crisis in Haiti, which has severely disrupted embassy services in Port-au-Prince. Officials are urging applicants to carefully review...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Hurricane Erin has strengthened into a powerful Category 5 storm, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson scale. NOAA and Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft report sustained winds of 160 miles per hour, with higher gusts. Erin remains an extremely dangerous system, with fluctuations in intensity expected through the weekend. Hurricane-force winds extend 30 miles from the center,...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Erin is now the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. The National Hurricane Center confirmed the upgrade Friday morning, reporting maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour with higher gusts. The storm is moving west-northwest at 18 miles per hour, and that track is expected to continue into the weekend. Forecast models show the center of...