The Big Story

  By Matt Maura, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Preliminary estimates indicate that more than 13,000 cubic yards of debris was removed from the Bain and Grants Town community during the first two days of the Over-the-Hill Clean-up and Bulk Waste Removal Campaign. The campaign began on Friday and ramped up its operation on Saturday. Some of the work had to be...

By Kathryn Campbell, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas – Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP), the Bahamas branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Americas and Atlantic Region, called on Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General, at Government House, Friday, January 19, 2018. The women, led by CWP Chairperson, the Hon. Lanisha Rolle, Minister of Social Services and Urban Renewal, exchanged courtesies...

By Lindsay Thompson, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas – Multitudes of persons turned up at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium on Saturday, January 20, 2018 for the second installment of the Ministry of Labour’s Public Employment Services Initiative, “Labour on the Blocks.” Facilitated by the Department of Labour, the purpose of this weekend’s initiative was to register job seekers interested...

By Matt Maura, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Bahamas will attain world-class status as a country and a people only when all of its citizens unite under a One Bahamas or Team Bahamas concept, Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis said. “We are first and foremost Team Bahamas. While we have our different political, religious and...

Fire officials responded to a reported blaze at the Thomas Robinson Stadium shortly after noon on Sunday. Due to prevailing winds, Fire Chief, Walter Evans, told EyeWitness News that additional resources and man power were sent to the location. The fire caused extensive damage to the announcers booth and seating in the surrounding area. Evans confirmed that security guards were...

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Jones Communications Network (JCN) honoured Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis as the 2017 'Person of The Year' on Friday evening, January 19, 2018 at JCN. Pictured is the Prime Minister, right, accepting the award from CEO of JCN, Wendall Jones. In the audience are Cabinet Ministers, family, and friends who attended to share...

By Llonella Gilbert, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas -- The Government signed a new Industrial Agreement with the Bahamas Customs, Immigration & Allied Workers Union at the Ministry of the Public Service, Thursday, January 18, 2018. Minister of the Public Service and National Insurance the Hon. Brensil Rolle thanked the Minister of Labour, Senator the Hon. Dion Foulkes who he said was...

By Andrew Coakley: Bahamas Information Services   FREEPORT, Grand Bahama - Investor confidence is returns to Grand Bahama: in a press conference at the Office of The Prime Minister on Tuesday, Minister of State for Grand Bahama, the Hon. Kwasi Thompson hosted investors Philip Ward and Mike Hayhurst, developers of a series of village-styled homes on marina-front lots in Deadman’s Reef that...

His Excellency Jeffrey Williams, Ambassador of The Bahamas to Haiti, presented his Letters of Credence to the His Excellency Jovenel Moise, President of the Republic of Haiti on Wednesday, 17 January 2018 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. President Jovenel Moise engaged Ambassador Williams in a brief discussion on cooperation in the areas migration, fisheries, agriculture and investment promotion and protection between The...

The North Andros community has been devastated after six of their own perished in a plane crash sometime Wednesday morning. According to Eyewitness News sources, the flight on a small Aztec aircraft, which left North Andros Airport with one pilot and five passengers, including one minor, attempted to make what is believed to have been an emergency landing in Fresh...

The Hon. Darren Henfield, Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs, signed the CCREEE Agreement on behalf of the Government of The Bahamas within the margins of the 41st Community Council of Ministers held at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana on January 15th, 2018. The Agreement which was opened for signature at the Thirty Eighth Regular Meeting of the...

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Minister of Labour, Sen. the Hon. Dion Foulkes launched a "Labour on the Blocks" initiative that drew job seekers of the Bain & Grants Town Community to Sarah Ingraham Park, Saturday, January 13, 2018, even in rainy weather, to register for employment with Department of Labour officers. The “Labour on the Blocks” initiative is an opportunity...

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- Minister of National Security, the Hon. Marvin Dames says that in the coming months, the government will present many new policies which they have spent a considerable amount of time on, that are holistic in scope and are expected to complement current law enforcement efforts of restoring peace in the country. “This will happen through improved...

NASSAU, The Bahamas – Minister of Transport, the Hon. Frankie Campbell bade farewell to retiring Commodore Davy Rolle during a gala dinner held at SuperClubs Breezes on Friday, January 12, 2018. In 2010, Commodore Davy F. Rolle was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) after completing 30 years of military service with the...

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- A 51st Anniversary of Majority Rule Public Lecture was held by the Bain & Grants Town Advancement Association at the Bahamas Historical Society on Thursday evening, January 11, 2018.  Discussing the role of the labour movement in energizing Majority Rule events were University of The Bahamas Chair of Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of History Dr. Christopher Curry...

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Michael Pintard waves his newly-purchased first set of Flow CARIFTA Games Bahamas 2018 tickets, during the official launch ceremony of ticket sales for the event, on January 15, 2018, at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.   Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...

Police in Abaco are investigating the discovery of two badly decomposed bodies that were discovered on Saturday 13th January 2018. Reports are that shortly before 3:00pm, police received information that a body was discovered in the S.C Bootle Highway area, some five minutes before Treasure Cay. Officers responded and upon further investigation they discovered two badly decomposed bodies. An autopsy...

One-hundred twenty (120) new recruits underwent a less than gentle awakening yesterday as they began their transition from civilian to military life in the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. As members of New Entry 55/24, these recruits are on their way to making history as part of a newly modernized recruit training program offered by the Defence Force's Training Department. The...