NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Due to the devastation in Great Abaco caused by Hurricane Dorian in September, organizers of the Great Abaco Classic have decided to move the 2020 event to the Baha Mar Resort. BD Global, an international sports management company, announced today the Korn Ferry Tour tournament will be played January 16-22. The Abaco […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Salvation Army’s emergency humanitarian response continues some two months after the devastating Category 5 Hurricane Dorian hit large swathes of the country. In a release yesterday, SA reported many evacuees have returned to their storm-damaged homes, while others are staying in government-run shelters, unofficial shelters, private residences or living rough. Relief […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Kofhe Goodman is expected to challenge his murder conviction at a Court of Appeal hearing on March 18, 2020. Goodman, 43, was sentenced to 55 years imprisonment in 2018 for the murder of 11-year-old Marco Archer. Last month, Justice of Appeal Jon Isaacs directed the court’s registrar to appoint Goodman a lawyer […]
NASAU, BAHAMAS – Some 40 workers at ZNS’ northern service have decided they can no longer work in alleged unsafe working conditions in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) President Dino Rolle told Eyewitness News he could no longer support operations at the Harold DeGregory government complex, which sustained extensive damage and […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A Magistrate’s Court has convicted 56 Haitians of illegal landing, with 10 repeat offenders remanded to prison for a year. In a statement, the Bahamas Immigration Department said 50 men and six women were charged before Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux. The migrants all pled guilty, according to the release, which noted the group […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) has reached a settlement with its insurer over the blaze that destroyed two of its engines at the Clifton Pier power plant, according to its chairman Dr. Donovan Moxey. Moxey said the company is now seeking to finalize the agreement. While all of the company’s assets were […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – As Bahamian taxi drivers grapple with concerns of oversaturation in the market, several others continue to call on the government to lift the two-decade old moratorium on taxi plates. One of them is Leona ‘Big Mama’ Rahming, who says she has driven with nearly all of the tour countries in New Providence […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) Chairman Dr. Donovan Moxey said yesterday the decision to introduce a Rate Reduction Bond to refinance the utility’s legacy debt was due to a historical lack of success on loan repayments. “Everyone says well why are we doing a rate reduction bond and not a loan,” Moxey […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The number of traffic fatalities recorded this year climbed to 38 after two cars crashed into each other in Exuma this morning. Superintendent Marino Hinds said Domonique Bullard died instantly when a Chevy van collided with her silver 2006 Suzuki Areo. Bullard was a teacher at L. N. Coakley High School. Hinds […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Shane Gibson, who is accused of receiving $280,000 in bribes from contractor Jonathan Ash, told investigators when he was questioned at the Central Detective Unit that while he could not speak to what Ash and his associate Deborah Bastian did amongst themselves, he never asked anyone for money nor did he receive […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Supreme Court Justice Bernard Turner has ordered the government to “restore” the salaries of pay-cut teachers a dispute over the interpretation of the order has been raised. According to the written ruling, obtained by Eyewitness News Online last night, Turner ordered: “the government continue to pay all teachers employed at the Carlton […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A Hope Town non-profit has secured major funding for two restoration projects: its primary school and medical clinic. Hope Town United (HTU) announced it has received $500,000, and all the steel needed to rebuild the primary school from the Jones family, owners of Nova Steel, Inc. The medical clinic will be rebuilt […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The government is still trying to determine how it will “manage” some 75 families who remain in The Farm shantytown on Abaco in the after of Hurricane Dorian, said Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction Iram Lewis yesterday. Speaking to reporters outside Cabinet about the ongoing clean-up efforts on the […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A Bahamian coastal engineer yesterday warned The Bahamas must take steps to “adapt to survive” the increasing intensity of natural disasters. Carlos Palacious told attendees at the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) Accountants Month conference, “no one is coming to save us every time”. Palacious is the managing principal of BRON, the […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Two international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have come forward to cover housing costs for some 150 Hurricane Dorian evacuees currently residing in a South Florida hotel, according to Consul General in Miami Linda Mackey. The families who have been staying in 30 rooms at the Inn Town Suites in Rivera Beach were initially […]
BPL ‘transitioning’ itself out of power generation business NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Private sector customers owe Bahamas Power and Light $125 million, with $66 million representing bills that are more than three months old, according to its chairman Dr Donovan Moxey. “Our customers now collectively owe us $125 million and that is our private sector customers,” […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Delta Airlines has suspended its service into Grand Bahama and Abaco, citing damage levied by Hurricane Dorian for the “difficult decision”. Delta will suspend its seasonal service into Grand Bahama and yearly service into Marsh Harbour, according to a statement obtained by Eyewitness News Online. The statement read: “As a result of […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The government anticipates the need for ‘radical’ increase in spending in the near term to rebuild damaged infrastructure and return to some sense of normalcy, according to Financial Secretary Marlon Johnson. Johnson who was addressing the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) Accountants Month conference noted that initial assessments peg Dorian losses […]
