The Big Story

As part of the Over-the-Hill Community Development Partnership Initiative, the Economic Development and Planning Unit (EDPU) in the Office of the Prime Minister intends to host a series of Saturday seminars for residents and businesses in the Bain and Grants Town and Centreville areas through the “Over the Hill Weekend Institute”. The seminars, which begin today, will be hosted at...

The Bahamas men’s national basketball team looks to win its final home 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifying game on Sundayagainst Canada. The Bahamas is 0-3 so far through the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifying process, as it lost to Canada in its first game, and then against the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and the Dominican Republic. Action on the court kicks...

Improvements to the health care system are a priority of the government, said Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson during the official opening of the Grand Bahama Family Medical Conference. The conference, a joint effort between the Grand Bahama Health Services Family Medicine Continuing Education Committee and the...

Continued education is essential for those professionals in Family Medicine in order for the health system to operate effectively, said Health Minister Dr. the Hon. Duane Sands, during the official opening of the first Family Medicine Conference yesterday. Held at Pelican Bay resort, the one-day conference was hosted by the Grand Bahama Health Services Family Medicine Continuing Education Committee in...

Thirty illegal migrants were apprehended yesterday after several homes in the 'Haitian Village' on Joe Farrington Road was searched. According to reports, shortly after 7:00 a.m., officers from the Royal Bahamas Police Force and Bahamas Immigration Department, acting on information, searched a number of homes in the “Haitian Village” on Joe Farrington Road and recovered a .40 millimeter pistol, a 12...

Preliminary discussion on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the $5.5 billion oil refinery and storage facility by Oban Energies began in Grand Bahama yesterday. Oban engineers and environmental teams, met with the Bahamas Environment Science & Technology (BEST) Commission and local government committee members for East Grand Bahama at the Office of the Prime Minister. The talks come amid...

Motorists in New Providence can look forward to “smoother” drives. The Ministry of Works has embarked on a $7 million road paving project in New Providence which encompasses main arteries and some side streets. The project’s scope of works entails all New Providence streets that have been in a “poor” state for a while and which are on the paving...

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Peter Turnquest said the public finances of The Bahamas are in a better place than they were at the mid-point of the last financial year. “The aggregate GFS Deficit for the first six months of the current fiscal year totalled some $198.0 million, down sharply from the deficit of $290.3...

The Government will conduct an NSS-wide business process review focused on detailed analysis of current (as-is) processes, identification of gaps, benchmarking standards and best practice and design of future (to-be) processes to enable a seamless integrated, effective and efficient National Statistics System. The announcement came from Deputy Prime Minister of The Bahamas, K. Peter Turnquest, who gave the welcome remarks...

Unemployment numbers could decrease in the next statistical reporting period, as scores have reportedly been hired on the spot at government’s recently implemented “Labour on the Blocks” initiative, according to officials. The initiative was created by the Department of Labour to encourage jobseekers to register in the department’s skills database, while connecting eligible candidates with potential job opportunities. The next...

The Bahamas men’s national basketball team came up short yesterday in a FIBA 2019 World Cup qualifying game against the Dominican Republic at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. Victor Liz had 19 points to lead the Dominican Republic to a 96-63 wire-to-wire victory. Rigoberto Mendoza scored 18 points in the win and Louis Montero added 17 points and eight rebounds. Jaraun...

The lifeless body of a security officer was found at the scene of a shop breaking incident early today. Police reports say the unidentified victim had visible injuries about the body leading police officials to believe foul play is involved. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. According to reports, officers were called to investigate a shop breaking and...

Police are asking the public assistance to solve the country's latest homicide. The victim of the country's most recent shooting has been identified by officials as Cordero Pedican, 22, of East Street. According to reports, shortly after 8: 00 p.m. Tuesday evening, Pedican was visiting relatives at a home on Wilson Track when he was approached by a male armed...

It seems not even cabinet members are immune to cyber attacks. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, K.Peter Turnquest. Both Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Peter Turnquest, and Darren Henfield, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued statements yesterday stating that their Facebook accounts were hacked. The statement advised that any messages sent...

The 2018 High School National Track and Field Championships, expected to be bigger and better than ever before, was officially launched yesterday at a major press conference at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture and the National Sports Authority (NSA) in conjunction with the Bahamas...

Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn walked off the Breslin Center court for the final time on Wednesday night. Nairn, along with seniors Gavin Schilling and Ben Carter, were honored in the closing seconds of MSU’s 81-61 win, which clinched at least a share of the 2018 Big Ten Regular Season title. Spartans coach Tom Izzo started Nairn, Schilling and Carter in place of...