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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas Department of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for Central and Northwest Bahamas. This includes Abaco, Andros, Bimini, Cat Island, Eleuthera, Exuma, Grand Bahama, Long Island, Rum Cay, San Salvador and the Berry Islands. The warning will remain in effect until midnight. According to meteorologists, moderate to heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms associated with...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — While there have been medical challenges with some individuals in government quarantine facilities, there has been no adverse outcome to date, according to Dr Nikkiah Forbes, Director of the National HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Programme. Health officials advised during a press conference on Thursday that there have been a number of repatriated residents who have had medical...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The government has issued several new amendments to the COVID-19 Emergency Powers Regulation, allowing law firms and Justices of Peace to resume limited operation. The latest amendment stipulated that those legal services will now be allowed to operate from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1 pm. Real estate agencies are also now able to operate...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The remains of 55 Hurricane Dorian victims will be buried during a remembrance service on Abaco today. The Disaster Reconstruction Authority (DRA) has maintained the victims will be interned individually. Officials have confirmed that best practices have been used in identification of each set of remains, and forensic DNA analysis is still ongoing. In a statement,  the...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The ‘cleaning-up’ of the companies registry is nearly completed, according to Attorney General Carl Bethel. Bethel was addressing a financial services virtual symposium today, and flagged the Office of the Attorney-General's new Compliance Unit, headed by attorney Tiffany Moss. “With the assistance of the Registrar-General, the process of striking-off companies which are delinquent in filing annual returns...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - A group of seven Bahamians were repatriated from Kingston, Jamaica, on Monday, without being tested for COVID-19, according to an approval letter from the Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA). The letter, dated May 14, was signed by BCAA Director General Captain Charles Beneby and addressed to Paul Aranha, president of Trans Island Airways, and the flight's pilot....

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — United States President Donald Trump's second nomination for Ambassador to The Bahamas is a resident and long-time investor in the country. On Friday, Trump announced his intent to nominate William A. Douglass, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Douglass is an entrepreneur and...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Health officials have confirmed the 94th case of coronavirus in New Providence today. The latest case is a 41-year-old-man with no history of travel. He is presently in isolation at home. The number of recovered cases has also increased to by two. The country has been closed since March 27 due to the global pandemic, with only...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Health officials are still investigating the death of a 26-year-old woman in Bimini on Monday. West Grand Bahama and Bimini MP Pakesia Parker-Edgecombe said based on initial information from the woman's family, her death was not COVID-19 related. In an interview with Eyewitness News today, Parker-Edgecombe said it is believed the woman died from a possible heart...

Healthcare officials caution this is not the time for Bahamians to relax measures NASSAU, BAHAMAS  — Health officials warned yesterday it is not the time for residents to residents to shirk emergency measures and socialize or gathering in groups. Director of the National HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Programme at the Ministry of Health Dr Nikkiah Forbes insisted that this could...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Consul General in Miami Linda Treco-Mackey yesterday defended her return to the country on Friday's repatriation flights. Treco-Mackey said she was cleared to fly and insisted her diplomatic post is always being manned no matter where she may be. Her comments come after Opposition Leader Philip Davis questioned in a statement why Mackey was allowed to board...

Nearly 200 Bahamian nationals and residents return home NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The first round of repatriations amid the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,  saw nearly 200 people flown into the country and bussed to the facility where they will be quarantined for the next 14-days. Beginning in Fort Lauderdale from 6am Friday, returning residents boarded a morning and evening flight which...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Organization for Responsible Governance study on the current use of technology in schools amidst the coronavirus pandemic has garnered more than 350 participants. Tiffany A Bain, education consultant with ORG, recent told Eyewitness News the organization is seeking to gauge the processes that schools have taken to adapt their student learning models. "That sample size was...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A new amendment to the Emergency Powers (COVID-19) Order would allow student nurses currently undergoing practical training at a public health care facility to be deemed as a registered nurse, during the COVID-19 state of emergency. The order, released earlier today, stimulate that those students must also have completed the relevant curriculum of study set out in...

PAHO has sounded alarm for humanitarian crisis in Haiti, increasing concerns for illegal migration NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Inagua Island Administrator Marlon Leary said since the return of full commercial activity on the island a sense of normalcy has returned, but residents and authorities of the southernmost island remain on “high alert” to preventing the coronavirus (COVID-19) from reaching Inagua’s shores. “Our...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS -  The Ministry of Health has confirmed an additional five cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in The Bahamas. This brings the total number of cases up to 89. Among the newly confirmed cases is a 15-year-old girl from Bimini. Two more cases have been confirmed on the island, including a 36-year-old man and a 25-year-old man. There was also...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Health officials have confirmed one additional case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in New Providence, taking the total count in the country to 84. The latest case is a 64-year-old man with no history of travel. He is currently in home isolation. There have been seven confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Grand Bahama, 68 in New Providence, one...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Hurricane Dorian evacuees who are currently residing in the United States but did not seek extensions on their visas will face consequences, said Consul General in Miami Linda Treco-Mackey yesterday. Dorian, the strongest storm to hit the northwest Bahamas, left thousands displaced, hundreds missing and at least 74 dead. In the aftermath of the deadly Category 5...