The Big Story

Boxing veteran Edner Cherry (36-7-2, 19 KOs) is set to get back in the ring after a year-long hiatus. Cherry will take on rising lightweight Dennis Galarza (16-2, 9 KOs) in a 10-round co-main event on Friday, April 13, in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the Premier Boxing Champions card. Cherry has knocked off former contenders Haskell Rhodes and Omar Douglas, since losing...

Up to this point Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis remains silent on the vacancy of the chief justice post. Wednesday, reporters attempted to speak to the prime minister but he refused to respond to questions surrounding the issue. Meanwhile, Attorney General Carl Bethel, speaking with Eyewitness News yesterday, dismissed claims of a conflict of interest in a civil litigation against...

Despite promising to reveal whether he plans to sue Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday, Centerville MP Reece Chipman said he will instead “canvass his constituency” for its views on the potential lawsuit. In an interview with Eyewitness News, Chipman said, he will have a decision by the time the house reconvenes next Wednesday. “I am still under advisement at...

A woman with a bold and courageous spirit, one who helped take the Bahamas into finer nation-hood, is how former Cabinet minister the late Theresa Moxey- Ingraham was remembered yesterday in a solemn memorial service at her Free National Movement (FNM) party headquarters on Wednesday. Scores of family, friends and colleagues attended the emotional memorial service, where she was remembered...

Two men are in police custody in connection with the discovery of nearly $290,000 worth of drugs early Wednesday morning. According to reports, shortly before 4:00 a.m., Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) Officers assisted by Mobile Division Officers, while at Tonique Williams-Darling Highway and Baillou Hill Road, stopped and searched a Nissan Marche vehicle with two male occupants and recovered a large quantity of marijuana....

Fifteen California high school students got a crash course in Junaknoo Wednesday after participating in a music workshop at the Department of Culture. The students are on a Royal Caribbean Cruise around the Caribbean and will stay in New Providence for two days. Hosted by veteran singer, performer and Senior Cultural Officer Sonovia Pierre, the Edison High School students experienced...

The legal counsel representing former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson, in his extortion and bribery case said yesterday, that he anticipates some of the charges being dropped. This follows the Crown’s recently discovered intent to dismiss all 15 counts of extortion against Gibson. Noted Attorney Wayne Munroe, QC, confirmed to Eyewitness News Tuesday, that a case management...

Centerville MP Reece Chipman is expected to announce today whether he will sue Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis. In an interview with Eyewitness News Tuesday, Chipman said, he was still weighing his options. Last week, the issue between the fired chairman of the Antiquities Monuments & Museums Corporation (AMMC) and Dr. Minnis, took an unexpected turn when Chipman told the...

As the Chief Justice position remains vacant, and government has given no specific timeline on a replacement, noted attorney and Queens Counsel Wayne Munroe said the idea to appoint Attorney General Carl Bethel to the post should be “disabused.” Speaking candidly to Eyewitness News on the matter, Munroe said there have been several discussions and rumors and the government is...

Opposition Leader Phillip Davis yesterday called for Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis to cancel the Oban Energies deal and “come clean” surrounding the details of the $5.5-billion-dollar agreement. Addressing the media at Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) headquarters on Tuesday, Davis accused the prime minister of “deliberately deceiving” the Bahamian people. “The prime minister asserted that he made missteps,” Davis said....

The country’s local environmental police chief said yesterday that his organization has not been involved in the ongoing environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the $5.5 billion oil refinery and storage facility for East Grand Bahama, by Oban Energies. Bahamas National Trust (BNT) Executive Director Eric Carey told Eyewitness News, the BNT is still waiting to meet with the relevant parties...

A $320,000 government bail-out will put an end to an almost month-long shortage of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) medication in New Providence Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands revealed Tuesday. According to Dr. Sands, the government has spent approximately $320,000 on a HIV drugs and testing supplies. The massive shipment comes after the government revealed that several public healthcare facilities in...

The current General Post Office building, a 7-story low rise structure which sits on East Hill Street, will be imploded and replaced with a modern, state-of-the-art, “purposeful,” facility according to Minister of Transport and Local Government Frankie Campbell. As the government makes ready to relocate the General Post Office to a new location at Gladstone Road, Campbell revealed that some...

The Lands and Survey’s Department is currently reviewing a request by the Resource and Educational Source for Autism and other related Challenges in the Bahamas (R.E.A.C.H.), to grant it a parcel of land to continue its work in autism throughout the country, according to Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis. At the sixth annual “Light It Up” ceremony held in Rawson...

Police in Abaco are investigating a traffic accident that has left one man dead and several persons with serious injuries. Reports confirm that on Monday around 3:00 p.m. a serious traffic accident occurred on Earnest Dean Highway in the area of Cherokee Road, involving a silver 2004 Kia Rio and a black Dodge Caliber. Both vehicles were extensively damaged and all of the occupants...

What would have been an Easter weekend free from murder was marred by tragedy Monday night as a celebration of life at a birthday bash turned deadly. According to Grand Bahama police, sometime after 7:00 p.m., they were called to the Xanadu Beach area where there were reports of a fight at a birthday party. “The incident resulted in several...

Opposition and Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip Brave Davis is a “hypocrite”, said Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Carl Culmer, who on Sunday, insisted the opposition leader come clean about his dealings with the Water & Sewerage Corporation (W&SC) instead of bashing and bringing into question the transparency of the nation’s leader. In a statement on Sunday, Culmer sought...