https://ewnews.com Bahamas Latest News Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:35:49 +0000 en-us hourly 12 https://ewnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-fav-1.png https://ewnews.com 32 32 39 Years Behind Bars for Vernencha Butler’s Brutal Murder https://ewnews.com/39-years-behind-bars-for-vernencha-butlers-brutal-murder/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212299 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:59:41 +0000 Man Gets 20 Years for Girlfriend’s 2012 Stabbing Death https://ewnews.com/man-gets-20-years-for-girlfriends-2012-stabbing-death/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212302 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:58:53 +0000 Unemployment Drops to 8.1%; Women Still Face Higher Rate https://ewnews.com/unemployment-drops-to-8-1-women-still-face-higher-rate/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212305 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:57:32 +0000 84% Says Underemployment Is Still Too High https://ewnews.com/84-says-underemployment-is-still-too-high/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212308 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:56:19 +0000 BCPMU Calls for Government to Obtain Majority Stake in BTC https://ewnews.com/bcpmu-calls-for-government-to-obtain-majority-stake-in-btc/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212320 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:54:48 +0000 BTC CEO Steps Down as Union Raises Workplace Concerns https://ewnews.com/btc-ceo-steps-down-as-union-raises-workplace-concerns/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212316 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:54:03 +0000 Commerce Chamber Calls for Fair Taxation, Not New Taxes https://ewnews.com/commerce-chamber-calls-for-fair-taxation-not-new-taxes/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212323 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:53:46 +0000 Climate Expert Warns Some Bahamian Communities Could Become Unlivable https://ewnews.com/climate-expert-warns-some-bahamian-communities-could-become-unlivable/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212326 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:52:43 +0000 Breast Cancer Survivor Shares Her Story of the Fight https://ewnews.com/breast-cancer-survivor-shares-her-story-of-the-fight/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212329 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:43:45 +0000 GG Office Reveals King Charles III’s Schedule for Upcoming Visit https://ewnews.com/gg-office-reveals-king-charles-iiis-schedule-for-upcoming-visit/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212332 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:30:40 +0000 Power Brunch: Chamber, Royal Beach Club Join Forces to Drive Tourism Business Growth https://ewnews.com/power-brunch-chamber-royal-beach-club-join-forces-to-drive-tourism-business-growth/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212335 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:20:24 +0000 Live2Lead Bahamas Celebrates Fourth Edition https://ewnews.com/live2lead-bahamas-celebrates-fourth-edition/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212339 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:15:17 +0000 Colombia’s Expo Fest Novelty Show Lands in the Bahamas https://ewnews.com/colombias-expo-fest-novelty-show-lands-in-the-bahamas/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212342 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:10:11 +0000 Mall at Marathon Honours Breast Cancer Survivors https://ewnews.com/mall-at-marathon-honours-breast-cancer-survivors/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212346 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:05:59 +0000 NASSAU, BAHAMAS: A Bahamas-licensed investment fund faces winding-up proceedings in the Supreme Court after the liquidator of a failed Brazilian bank alleged that approximately $1.6 billion was diverted from the bank and its subsidiaries into a corporate structure headed by the Bahamian fund. FAEX Fund Ltd., a Bahamas-incorporated SMART Fund, is the subject of a […] https://ewnews.com/bahamas-investment-fund-faces-winding-up-over-alleged-1-6bn-asset-diversion/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212352 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:05:03 +0000 NASSAU, BAHAMAS: Opposition finance spokesman J. Kwasi Thompson says Fitch’s projection that the Government missed its budgeted fiscal surplus confirms warnings previously raised by the Opposition and the Fiscal Responsibility Council over the state of the country’s finances. Thompson, responding to the ratings agency’s report released last week, pointed specifically to Fitch’s expectation of a […] https://ewnews.com/fitch-deficit-forecast-draws-opposition-concern/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212349 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:04:28 +0000 NASSAU, BAHAMAS: Bahamian consumers were paying substantially more for fuel, transportation and dining in July than a year earlier, with newly released figures showing diesel costs surged 33.4 percent, gasoline climbed 21.4 percent and restaurant and hotel prices jumped 15.7 percent year-over-year. The Bahamas National Statistical Institute’s (BNSI) Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, released October […] https://ewnews.com/consumers-squeezed-by-double-digit-fuel-transport-and-dining-increases/ https://ewnews.com/?p=212355 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:02:04 +0000