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Police on the island of San Salvador are investigating a traffic crash that occurred on Sunday, May 26, 2019, which left an adult female dead. According to police reports, shortly after 12:00noon on Sunday, a traffic crash occurred on Queen’s Highway near the community of Sandy Point, involving a champagne-coloured 2011 Hyundai Jeep and a black 2010 Nissan Note. The...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Police on the island of New Providence are investigating a shooting incident, which occurred on Saturday, May 25, 2019, leaving an adult male detained in hospital. According to police reports, shortly after 2:00p.m. on Saturday, a male was standing at the junction of Cambridge Lane and West Street, when two males in a silver car approached him...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Police are investigating two armed robberies and an attempted armed robbery that occurred on New Providence over the weekend. The most recent incident occurred around 1 a.m. yesterday, according to authorities. Police said a man accepted a ride from two women, who took him to Western Road and stopped the vehicle near a bushy area. A short...

Bahamas officials to lead investigation NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The search for a 2001 twin-engine Cessna that crashed in waters approximately 190 miles east off Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Friday was suspended yesterday morning, according to U.S. officials. According to international reports, the U.S. Coast Guard’s 7thDistrict was notified by Miami Mission Control of a non-responsive pilot traveling from St. Louis, Missouri...

Employees happy and grateful after last week’s official move NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Postmaster General on Sunday advised the public that the General Post Office at the Town Center Mall will be issuing new post office box keys to the public as of today, Monday, May 27, 2019. The new post office box keys will be issued as follows, to...

The Bahamas men’s beach soccer team split four games this month at the 2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships in Mexico. Despite not advancing to the championship round, several of the teams players and head coach all agree that the team showed signs of growth against the best teams in the world. They topped Antigua and Barbuda 7-4 in the tournament...

Share offering begins June 3rd, says Island Luck CEO NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Sebas Bastian, founder of OWN Bahamas, revealed to hundreds of OWN Talks event attendees on Thursday night that one of his companies – Investar Securities Limited – will begin offering Bahamians, from every walk of life, the opportunity to buy into two separate mutual investment funds, beginning June...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Management at the National Insurance Board (NIB) on Thursday joined the line staff in a mass sickout exercise, forcing the closure of several NIB branches across the country. It was the second day staff had called in sick after negotiations on a new industrial agreement reached an impasse. Marvin Duncombe, president of the Union of Public Officers,...

Seven men killed by police for the year NASSAU, BAHAMAS - An off-duty police officer shot a man who died in hospital Thursday night, according to authorities. Police said the off-duty reserve officer heard a noise that appeared to be coming from his property in Fox Hill. “He became concerned and went outside, armed with his licensed shot gun where...

Govt in talks with FedEx to bring in more revenue NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Following years of issues plaguing the General Post Office on East Hill Street, the operations and employees have finally moved to their new location at the Town Centre Mall. Minister of Transport and Local Government, Renward Wells, said that persons can now officially visit their post boxes...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - On the heels of parliamentarians passing the National Crime Intelligence Agency (NCIA) Bill in the Upper Chamber on Wednesday night, Opposition leader Philip Brave Davis expressed yesterday that the Bill was rushed. The National Crime Intelligence Agency (NCIA) Bill will, among other things, establish an agency that would conduct investigations to provide security assessments for the National...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Right Bahamas yesterday expressed support for Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis’ call for the government to engage an independent body to investigate last Friday’s police-involved shooting which resulted in three men being killed in a home off Eastern Road. “We have long said that the police cannot police themselves and in the face of claims that, contrary...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Scores of irate employees at the Department of Environmental Health Services (DEHS) located on Farrington Road were up in arms on Thursday, claiming that they have been working for weeks without running water. The employees, who spoke to Eyewitness News Online on the condition of anonymity, said because there was no water, they were forced to leave...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Minister of National Security, Marvin Dames, on Thursday defended the appointment of Charles Murphy, the newest commissioner of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDOCS). Earlier this month, two former BDOCS employees, Don Cleare and Bernadette Thompson-Murray, alleged in affidavits filed in the supreme court on May 10, that National Security Minister Marvin Dames had allegedly forced...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Opposition leader Philip Brave Davis led a team of Opposition parliamentarians on a tour of the Pointe mixed use Resort on Thursday, May 23, 2019. The seven-acre Margaritaville Resort, Marina Park, entertainment complex, shopping, dining and luxury condominium development, is located on the northern foreshore of downtown Nassau along West Bay Street. Executed by the Christie PLP...

Union president suggests negotiations could continue today NASSAU, BAHAMAS - As the unionized members of the National Insurance Board (NIB) withdrew services yesterday, forcing the country’s social security body to delay pension payments in at least one Family Island, Union of Public Officers President Marvin Duncombe said he believes members will feel well enough today to facilitate a meeting with...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Police on the island of Grand Bahama are investigating a shooting death, which occurred on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. According to police reports, shortly after 12:00a.m., police were called to the Hearne Lane and Murchinson Drive area, where they met the body of a male on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. The victim succumbed to his...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Official Opposition walked out of the House of Assembly during yesterday’s morning session as Minister of National Security Marvin Dames stood to contribute on the National Crime Intelligence Agency Bill (NCIA), 2019, mirroring a move made in February. The opposition’s boycott of parliamentary proceedings began in early February as a result of the government ignoring calls...