Tag: Eyewitness News Online

April 12, 2021

By Derek Smith Jr The independence of mind and independence of appearance is what gives assurance services their value and ...

Corrections commiss. satisfied with COVID-19 protocols to safeguard inmates and officers

FAIR IS FAIR: Prisoner commissioner maintains inmates being treated humanely

March 11, 2022

Murphy: Cigarettes banned in maximum security to “preserve health and safety” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prisoner Commissioner Charles Murphy on Friday ...

Cashback now available at Super Value with Mobile Assist

MobileAssist app embraces local digital currency integration with Sand Dollar launch

by Natario McKenzie

April 12, 2021

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — In line with Central Bank’s full rollout of its Sand Dollar digital currency, slated for this month, ...

PRAY FOR ST VINCENT: La Soufrière volcano erupts

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The 4,049-foot La Soufrière volcano in St Vincent erupted around 8.40am yesterday, just hours after government officials ...

DOMINANT: Variant COVID strains have “rapidly” become most common among new infections

CHALLENGES UPON CHALLENGES: Influx of COVID patients at PMH creating bed and labor limitations, official says

“We will continue to have challenges with bed capacity until something is actually substantively done about it” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — ...

FERGUSON’S OUT: Fox Hill incumbent will not seek re-election

March 11, 2022

Labour director eyeing constituency nomination from FNM NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Fox Hill MP Shonel Ferguson advised constituents yesterday that she ...

Police observe “new wave” of marijuana edibles, and “destructive” pharmaceuticals

“VERY SERIOUS AND TROUBLING MATTER”: Officials hone in on trend of marijuana edibles in schools

March 11, 2022

Eleuthera students get sick after eating marijuana-laced cookies shipped from NP Former health minister: Discussion on decriminalization of marijuana does ...

NOT ENOUGH: PAHO director says Americas region needs more COVID-19 vaccine doses and faster

Etienne calls for regional immunization to become a global priority “None of us will be safe until all are safe” ...

Healthy Caribbean Youth urges CARICOM members to improve standard of package warning labels

Healthy Caribbean Youth call to action to be held this morning across CARICOM territories, including The Bahamas BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — ...

Man shot dead on Kemp Road

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A man believed to be in his early 30s was shot and killed on Kemp Road, shortly ...

PENNY FOR YOUR IMMUNITY?: Baha Mar to incentivize vaccine uptake

by Royston Jones Jr.

Atlantis says it will not pay for employees to do “the right thing” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Baha Mar will offer ...

FARM SWEEP: Govt arrests residents in shantytown; confiscates suspected stolen property

by Royston Jones Jr.

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Rights Bahamas condemns the govt's actions as "illegal, shameful spectacle" ABACO, BAHAMAS — A multi-agency operation launched in The Farm yesterday ...

Environmentalists to Disney: let’s find win-win alternative to Lighthouse Point

LIGHTHOUSE POINT TUG OF WAR: Disney defends project’s benefits but environmental groups say they were “brushed aside” on EIA collaboration

by Natario McKenzie

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Local environmental groups said last night that Disney’s Lighthouse Point development represents a “major decision” for Eleuthera ...

“MY ADVICE IS NOT TO TAKE IT”: Doctor claims AstraZeneca vaccine almost killed him and his wife

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GB doctor says his wife got blood clots and he and his son got sick after inoculation Ministry of Health ...

Appellate court allows developer’s winding-up petition against hotel owner

by Natario McKenzie

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of a prominent investment house and real estate developer ...

REAL AND RELATABLE: 19-year-old rapper Canaan Foryah releases new mixtape

Artist says watching his godfather rap in church every Sunday inspired him “I’m just trying to show everybody my life; ...

Cash relief to Hurricane Dorian survivors has biggest impact