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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Shaunae Miller-Uibo turned in another strong performance on the track over the weekend as athletes work to get into top form ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Miller-Uibo clocked a world lead of 49.08 seconds in the women's 400-meters (m) at the USATF Grand Prix on Saturday. American Lynna Irby came in a close second in 50.28 seconds....

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — In celebration of Earth Day, celebrated on April 22, members of the House of Rastafari assisted the Agriculture Department of Programme SURE by donating and planting fruit trees. Programme SURE is a Ministry of Education initiative to assist at-risk young men better take advantage of opportunities in education. Copeland “Ras Amen” Smith, who is a tree-planting ambassador...

“The COVID-19 pandemic caused a sharp decline in tax and resource revenues in 2020” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas saw the second largest increase in tax-to-GDP ratios between the two years preceding the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recently released Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) analysis. According to the Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021...

Complaints and Corruptions Unit operates "fairly" and "effectively"   NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Recording your interactions with officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) is not against the law, according to Officer in Charge of the Complaints and Corruptions Unit Superintendent Marlon Fulford. While appearing as a guest on the RBPF’s talk show “Cop Talk”, Fulford outlined his unit’s role...

More than a year after Hurricane Dorian, GB’s Rand renovated and recommissioned GRAND BAHAMA, BAHAMAS — The government has allocated $18 million from the Hurricane Dorian Fund for a new climate-resilient hospital and clinic facility for Grand Bahama and the northern Bahamas, announced Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday. Rand Memorial Hospital was recommissioned yesterday, after nearly two years of closure...

Wells says govt aiming to get Bahamas in a position where pandemic restrictions are no longer necessaryNASSAU, BAHAMAS — There has been a major uptick in registration for vaccinations over the past few days, said Minister of Health Renward Wells yesterday. Wells was responding to questions from reporters on the sidelines of the recommissioning of Rand Memorial Hospital on Grand...

Human Rights Bahamas denounces the move ABACO, BAHAMAS — Forty-five incomplete and unoccupied structures in the shantytown known as The Farm on Abaco were demolished yesterday, making good on Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister’s promise of resolute action in the area to remove those homes. Heavy-duty equipment tore the structures down as some residents of the area watched from...

Wells says govt appreciates nurses and has treated them as best it can NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) President Amancha Williams said while nurses are prepared to step up once again for the Bahamian people as the nation faces a third wave of the coronavirus, Minister of Health Renward Wells’ appeal for nurses to come forward is “insulting”. In...

Fewer registered voters on Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Sal; Ragged Island; Long Island; and MICAL NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Constituencies Commission Chairman and Speaker of the House of Assembly Halson Moultrie said the commission has observed a “strange phenomenon” since reviewing the latest data on the voter’s register: a decrease in registered voters of four sparsely populated Family Islands....

D’Aguilar says risk is “relatively low” and opportunity could be tourism “bright spot” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — MSC Cruises is giving “serious consideration” to homeporting in The Bahamas, according to Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar, who noted that the company was completing its “due diligence” and would likely indicate soon whether it will proceed with such an arrangement. MSC Cruises’ Seaview. (PHOTO:...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — As the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources yesterday sought to clarify for the public what it said were misleading claims made regarding the plight of Potter’s Cay Dock vendors impacted by a recent fire, it pledged financial support to help those displaced vendors rebuild their stalls after the all-clear is given from the Ministry of Works’...

Reigning champ Saxons Superstars say they are “always battle-ready” should Junkanoo be permitted “Time alone will tell what the parades, if any, will look like this year” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP) has not resumed the planning and administrative work for the current 2021/2022 Junkanoo Season due to COVID-19 protocols, according to Chairman Dion Miller....

BPL reports power outages amid adverse weather conditions NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Residents in South Beach New Providence experienced a tornado yesterday, according to meteorologists, after waterspouts were spotted in eastern and western New Providence as well as in waters around Eleuthera. A still taken from widely shared footage purportedly showing a tornado touching down on New Providence on Thursday, April...

Wendy’s, Marco’s Pizza and Popeyes franchise group “elated” over announcement of relaxed restrictions for vaccinated patrons NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A prominent Bahamian franchise group said yesterday it was “elated” at Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ announcement that indoor dining will be permitted for persons who have been fully vaccinated. Terry Tsavoussis, who along with his brother Chris head Aetos Holdings,...

“Some people have been waiting 13 years for us to return” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The manager of a popular Bahamian eatery said that despite the pandemic, the restaurant has seen a strong customer response to its return into the marketplace. Derek Smith, manager at Café Johnny Canoe, told Eyewitness News: “Business has been going extremely well. We have seen a...

“I have never been exposed to anything like that in my life” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Officers sent to recover the bodies of people who died during Hurricane Dorian in the days after it decimated Abaco and parts of Grand Bahama were met with horrific scenes of carnage, a court heard this week. Sergeant Austin Bowles, a crime scene officer, testified...

PM says scientific data will continue to guide decisions for the island NASSAU, BAHAMAS — North Eleuthera MP Howard Rickey Mackey yesterday appealed for the competent authority to relax the curfew on the island given the low number of cases and to reconsider the RT-PCR COVID testing requirement for Eleutherans to travel to and from New Providence. He said most...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — As The Bahamas grapples with another surge of COVID-19 cases, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday that enforcement of the emergency orders will be “increased and enhanced”. “To address the increase in cases, we need every Bahamian and resident to fully practice all the public health measures," he said during a communication to Parliament. “Throughout the...