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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Amid questions in some quarters of the public about an off-duty officer, who shot and killed a man last Friday, carrying a firearm, Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle said the officer was assigned “special duties” and had a personal issue firearm. According to police, the officer, who was a patron of Four Squares Restaurant and Bar, observed...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A man riding a jet ski collided with a vessel in waters near Athol Island as a group of boats traveled toward Montagu to make port yesterday afternoon. Asked about the circumstances that led to the collision, including whether there was a planned excursion, Police Press Liaison Assistant Superintendent Audley Peters said the facts were not yet...

Report highlights “large impact” of pandemic on women, who comprise majority of tourism-based workforce NASSAU, BAHAMAS — In order to increase productivity in The Bahamas, its economy requires modernization and diversification, with the potential exploration of new and different industries and sectors, a recent United Nations report has noted. According to the United Nations Common Country Analysis (CCA) on The...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A digital payments solutions provider is projecting that by year’s end the number of users on its platform will surpass 100,000, as it now focuses on enhancing the value to merchants and consumers. Nicholas Rees, chairman and co-founder of Kanoo, told Eyewitness News: “We're seeing tremendous growth with new users signing up by the minute now since...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — An off-duty police officer shot and killed a man who reportedly struck him several times in his head and face with a baseball bat last night. According to preliminary reports, the altercation took place in the parking lot of a plaza located at East Street south opposite Cox Way shortly before 10pm. Police have not identified the...

Minnis: "I have one more term" NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday that he still intends to implement term limits as he expressed confidence in a second term. Term limits, along with a fixed election date, were among the big-ticket items promised by Minnis in the lead-up to the 2017 General Election and the Speech from...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The recent spate of shootings in the country are believed to be connected to gang activity, according to police. During a press briefing at CID, Assistant Commissioner of Police Solomon Cash advised that police are making headway in their investigations. Cash noted the majority of recent shooting incidents have occurred in the south-central and southern divisions, including Englerston,...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The government will distribute all 20,000 doses of the first tranche of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine initially, opposed to holding two shots for only 10,000 people, according to Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis. Minnis was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the opening of the Inagua Passport Office in Matthew Town yesterday. The Bahamas received...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Court of Appeal has upheld a magistrate’s decision to authorize the taking of a DNA sample of a man for a police investigation involving incest with his niece. The judgment, delivered by Justice Jon Issacs on March 1, was centered around the June 14, 2020 ruling of Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux. Turnquest-Deveaux granted a police application authorizing...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Several men were arraigned in the Magistrate's Court today on separate charges of rape and unlawful sexual assault of young girls and women between the ages of 14 and 47. Divon D'emon Seymour, 39, of Red Street, Ida Street, appeared before Magistrate Samuel McKinney and was charged with three counts of rape, assault with intent to rape...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Four men were arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court today on drug trafficking charges for 336 pounds of marijuana. Emmanuel Brown, 32; Andy Glinton, 37; Peter Joseph Lewis, 47, of Fire Trail Road; along with Jamaican national Collin Russell, 42, appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes. The men were charged with possession of dangerous drugs with intent...

Another man dies in separate shooting NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A 10-year-old boy was killed in a shooting incident on Finlayson Street and Bola Avenue, Bain Town, last night. Police are also investigating a second murder at a residence on Barger Lane off Cox Street, Fox Hill. According to preliminary reports, the first incident took place sometime after 9pm. "Units responded...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Health Renward Wells said yesterday that the suspension of a batch of AstraZeneca vaccines in some European countries represents a near-zero occurrence statistically, while the Ministry of Health assured the AstraZeneca doses in The Bahamas differ from the reportedly affected batch. “The ministry operates on the advice of medical professionals, so the vaccine committee are...

New affidavit seeks to protect “ethnic Haitian organic communities” on island NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister yesterday gave notice to Parliament that the government will take “decisive action” against a shantytown on Abaco known as The Farm, insisting the effort “is going to be relentless”. The minister said there were “legal maneuvers” in the courts. “Mr...

NASSAU,BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday dismissed as “an outright fabrication” assertions by Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis that he had informed ratings agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) of an early election before informing the Bahamian people. “That is an outright fabrication. Elections are not due until May of next year,” Minnis said in Parliament yesterday. “When that...

Ministry of Health assures 20K AstraZeneca COVID vaccines donated to Bahamas meet all "requirements and standards" NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Consultant Physician Staff Association President (CPSA) Dr Sabriquet Pinder-Butler said yesterday that the batch of Oxford AstraZeneca that has been suspended in some European countries as a precaution amid some cases of blood clotting in vaccinated people is “concerning”. She noted...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — An increase in armed robberies is being investigated by police, according to Assistant Commissioner Solomon Cash. This trend was announced in a press conference held by the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) updating the media on the crime management strategies and investigations for the year. Assistant Commissioner Solomon Cash. (FILE PHOTO) Cash said: “You will notice that...

Passengers will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and test negative before boarding NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Miami-based luxury cruise line Crystal Cruises will offer seven-night all-Bahamas cruises in early July, a move Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said could serve as a “tipping point” for the country’s stalled tourism industry. “This is a milestone achievement, one we are most honored...