Tag: Eyewitness News Online

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Court of Appeal has denied Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard additional time to appeal a contempt ...

Abaco Big Bird targets August market return

Poultry producer sees 10 to 15 percent pre-Dorian business recovery

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — An Abaco-based poultry producer said its business had returned to only about 10 to 15 percent pre-Hurricane ...

Templeton grant helps NGO provide new opportunities for young entrepreneurs

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Templeton Foundation’s $25,000 grant to local NGO the Bahamas Urban Youth Development Centre (BUYDC) is projected ...

RBDF assists comrades with medical assistance

February 4, 2021

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Officers and marines of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF), along with members of the Welfare Department, ...

Bahamian author launches children’s book

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Bahamian native Dominique Forbes, a wife and stay-at-home mother of five, has written and self-published her first ...

SICKENING: Abaconians express disgust over Dorian missing row

NEMA, Red Cross hold virtual conclave on mass fatality management

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Bahamas Red Cross Society held a virtual Mass Fatality ...

Connecting Kitchen to host dog food cooking class to raise funds for Humane Society

“Fundraising from the comfort of your kitchen” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — On Friday, February 12, the Connecting Kitchen will be hosting ...

Cuba & Bahamas to work on banking arrangements, border security

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Foreign Affairs Darren Henfield and Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba Alejandro Garcia del Toro ...

Extension of state of emergency passed in the House

Local govt monitoring COVID-19 cases on Andros

by Sloan Smith

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — WIth coronavirus cases on Andros increasing incrementally, local government officials are seeking to implement increased monitoring to ...

Negative COVID-19 test valid up to 10 days for returning residents

Domestic tourism still a “conundrum”, says minister

by Sloan Smith

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Tourism Dionisio D'Aguilar said the government continues to juggle the "conundrum" of domestic tourism, given ...

COVID cases on slow rise again

by Royston Jones Jr.

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS — As January marked the deadliest month of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, cases in The Bahamas ...

Min. of Foreign Affairs issues advisory to Bahamians travelling during the holidays

Central Bank: Total visitor arrivals down 73 percent from January to November

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Total visitor arrivals declined by 73 percent from January to November of 2020 due in large part ...

Country’s fiscal deficit widens 279 percent

Central Bank: Domestic economy could register only “marginal growth” this year

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The domestic economy could register only “marginal” growth in 2021, with the onset of tourism recovery shifted ...

Usha E Pitts appointed new US chargé d’affaires

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The United States has appointed Usha E Pitts as the new chargé d’affaires a.i. to The Bahamas. ...

Court rules in deported Haitian’s favour

AG: Govt will not pursue cost in oil judicial review

by Royston Jones Jr.

BPC seeking $200,000 security for exploratory oil judicial review NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Attorney General Carl Bethel said while he expected ...

Cooper: FNM’s “brute force” will be its downfall

Cooper: “Lopsided” measures exacerbated government revenue shortfall

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The opposition yesterday slammed the government for exacerbating the damage of the COVID-19 pandemic with “lopsided” measures ...

Chef and photographer pair up to bring you Bahamian flavors