The Big Story

Chavanno “Buddy” Hield wrapped up his second season as a National Basketball Association (NBA) player on Wednesday night. In the final game of the season, Hield scored 14 points on 6-13, shooting from the field for the Sacramento Kings in a 96-83 win over the Houston Rockets. The second-year guard also grabbed five rebounds, dished out five assists and came up with...

Less than a month after being named to the roster for the 2018 Allen Iverson Classic, Grand Bahama native Franco Miller Jr. has been invited to compete in another high-level showcase this month. The 6’3” combo guard was recently invited to compete in the first ever All-Canadian Showcase, the second Canadian high school event to be certified by the National...

Team Bahamas captured two more medals on Thursday at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, bringing the country's total medal count to three. Shaunae Miller-Uibo won gold in the women’s 200-metre (m) dash in a new games record of 22.09 seconds, smashing Debbie Ferguson’s old record of 22.20 seconds. From left: Gold medalist Kyron McMaster (British Virgin Islands) and silver...

Prime Minister Dr. Hubert A. Minnis today is leading a delegation to Lima, Peru where he will address the third CEO Summit of the Americas, scheduled for April 12-13.  He will then proceed to London to attend the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting April, 16-20. This will be Dr. Minnis’ first Summit of the Americas as a head of...

A gated community in western New Providence was rocked by a suicide Wednesday night, police confirmed. According to reports, shortly after 11:00 p.m. Wednesday, police were called to a residence in Venetian West. Upon arrival, officers found the lifeless body of a female lying in bed with a plastic bag wrapped around her head. Paramedics were called to the scene;...

44% approval rating for Minnis administration Voter satisfaction is on a steady decline since the Minnis administration’s May 2017 sweeping win at the polls, according to the latest poll by Public Domain. The figures, released Wednesday, indicate a satisfaction rate of 44 per cent for the Free National Movement (FNM) government, compared to numbers released for the same period last...

Police are investigating an alleged suicide after being called to a western New Providence home Wednesday night. According to reports, shortly after 11:00pm yesterday, police were called to a residence in western New Providence, after a female was discovered in a home, with a plastic bag over her head. Paramedics were called to the scene; however, they were unsuccessful in...

A senior officer in the Bahamas Department of Corrections (BDOC) told Eyewitness News Wednesday that there is widespread corruption within the organization, as a multi-organization operation at the state run prison led to the discovery of illegal weapons and drugs. Bernardette Thompson-Murray, deputy commissioner of corrections, said that significant amounts of illegal contraband found at the correctional facility is evidence...

A man is dead following a shooting Wednesday afternoon, police said. Investigators said the killing, which put the country’s murder count at 30, took place shortly after 11:00 a.m. It is also the third homicide in the capital in less than 48 hours. According to reports, the victim was standing in front of a building through Acklins Street in Englerston,...

Dozens of irate straw vendors protested outside of the House of Assembly Wednesday, demanding that the Minister responsible for the Straw Market Authority (SMA) – Desmond Bannister – remove the authority’s board led by Kelly Ingraham. The vendors allege that there is disparity in treatment of vendors and demands made by the board are “unrealistic.” “They are only hard on...

Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) Chairman Fred Mitchell on Wednesday blasted the government’s spending habits in a statement to the press, after a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). He said the committee is now to open an investigation as the government reportedly spent some $1.7 billion in the first six months of the fiscal year 2017/2018 – approximately $500...

Ten Haitian migrants were apprehended by defense force marines Wednesday, moments after they landed in Eleuthera, the Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) said in a statement. The group of migrants is the second to be caught in Bahamian waters this week. According to the RBDF, officials from Operations Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) received information of a vessel with migrants...

Noted attorney Wayne Munroe, Q.C is backing the ruling made by the Court of Appeal (COA) that dismissed the bargaining agreement between the Bahamas Industrial, Manufacturing and Allied Workers Union (BIMAWU) and Morton Salt. The court determined that the industrial agreement was merely an employment contract. Union leaders across the country, however, argued that the ruling renders all agreements null...

The Bahamas is losing its battle with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), according to Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands, who said the country has the worst NCD rate in the Americas and the Caribbean. While addressing parliamentarians in the House of Assembly on Wednesday, Dr. Sands said, The Bahamas is the sixth most obese country in the world, has the highest incidents...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest said Wednesday that the Leader of the Opposition Philip Davis needs to stop making ill-informed statements, as he accused the government of not being transparent and labeled Turnquest the “worst minister of finance”. The Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador MP cited what he said was the deputy prime minister’s...

The country’s premier high school soccer players will have one final opportunity to display their skills in front of a large audience this season, as the 2018 Samuel P. Haven High School National Soccer Championships are scheduled for April 17-21, at the Roscoe Davies Field. After being cancelled last year for several reasons, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MOEST), Ministry...

For the second year in a row, the Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy is looking to make an impact in the local community, beginning at the primary school level. Club director Georgette Rolle said Wednesday, that the club is going back into the public primary schools with the hope of broadening their horizons, while teaching them the fundamentals of the sport....

Deep rooted corruption at The Bahamas Department of Corrections (BDOC) is believed to behind the significant amount of illegal contraband found at the correctional facility Wednesday. A joint task force of officers from the Royal Bahamas Police and Defense Forces (RBDF) headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander carried out operation “SIP”- Suppressing Incarcerated Prisoners. During an emergency press...