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Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar spoke to reporters outside of Cabinet Tuesday and announced that, in just a few months, there will be a system set in place to prevent pilots from taking family and friends on private trips. According to the minister, it’s an effort to crackdown on ‘air hacking’. “It is my intention to put in place...

Prime Minister Dr. Hubert A. Minnis has been invited to address the Third CEO Summit of the Americas, scheduled for April 12-13 in Lima, Peru according to Press Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Anthony Newbold. This will be Dr. Minnis’ first Summit of the Americas as a head of state. According to Newbold, the summit, which is held every...

The government is in the process of drafting a bill designed to holistically address the work of Social Services and recognize the professional status of social workers Social Services Minister Lanisha Rolle said Tuesday. Rolle made the announcement as she expressed appreciation to all social workers in observance of Social Workers’ Month at a luncheon at the British Colonial Hilton yesterday....

The team representing The Bahamas at the 2018 CARIFTA Swimming Championships left New Providence today for the regional meet. The 60-member squad is looking to win consecutive CARIFTA titles in Kingston, Jamaica, over the Easter holiday weekend. Trevano McPhee serves as the team’s head coach with Georgette Albury as team manager. Along with previous CARIFTA standouts Izaak Bastian and Lilly...

The 2017-18 season came to a heartbreaking end on Tuesday night for Dwight Coleby and the rest of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers men’s basketball team. The team fell 69-64 to No. 2 seeded Utah in the semifinal of the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in New York City, New York. In his final collegiate game, Coleby had 10 points, 13 rebounds, two blocks...

The issue between fired chairman of Antiquities Monuments & Museums Corporation (AMMC), Centreville Member of Parliament (MP) Reece Chipman and The Bahamas Government took another turn Tuesday as Chipman told media houses that he is contemplating suing Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis for defamation. Chipman spoke to media yesterday following a Rotary Club meeting at Luciano’s restaurant saying that he...

Officials from the Bahamas Environment, Science and Technology (BEST) Commission are presently in Grand Bahama meeting with Oban Energies President Satpal Dhunna on the proposed $5.5 billion oil storage and refinery project, This press secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister said. During an earlier exclusive interview with Eyewitness News, following a town meeting on the controversial project, Dhunna...

Minister of National Security Marvin Dames said Tuesday that his ministry will be taking a holistic approach to addressing the country’s domestic violence problem, as it will now team up with community centers to assist in the promotion of conflict resolution. The move comes as three people lost their lives recently, in domestic disputes. “There are a lot of social...

National Security Minister Marvin Dames said he hopes Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper is not wasting the police’s time in an attempt to investigate “threats” by the prime minister. Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis warned Monday during an interview with reporters, that Cooper should “be careful” after suggesting Dr. Minnis should resign over “misleading” the country on...

Thousands of dollars in venture capital is about to be pumped into the local economy as Own Your Bahamas – simply referred to as OWN – launched its fourth installment at the British Colonial Hilton yesterday. Created in 2015, the programme, spearheaded by Island Luck (IL) Cares Foundation, is a local initiative that serves as a venture capital fund for...

As the country’s first internationally accredited Lowell J. Mortimer (LJM) Maritime Academy is preparing to say goodbye to its first batch of cadets, educators at the institution are expecting a new group of excited potential seafarers at the start of the 2018 semester in September. The current 35 cadets enrolled at the Lowell J. Mortimer Maritime Academy have successfully completed...

Forty students will now be eligible for scholarships from the Organization of the American States (OAS) thanks to an amendment to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the general secretariat of the multi-national entity and the government of The Bahamas. The amendment signed on Monday by the Permanent Representative of The Bahamas to the OAS Sidney Collie, expands the scholarship...

Less than a month after the passing of local sports icon Sir Durward "Seawolf" Knowles, plans have come on stream to host a junior regatta in his honor. The 2018 Sir Durward Knowles Junior Regatta will feature more than 120 sailors and be staged April 6-7 at Taino Beach, in Grand Bahama. Plans for the inaugural event were relayed to the public...

More than 20 teams from around The Bahamas competed in the third edition of the High School Basketball Championships in Freeport, Grand Bahama, over the weekend. The four-day event featured over 400 athletes and, because of its size, Senior Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Evon Wisdom says, the annual event is becoming a staple in...