TORONTO (AP) — Police in Canada’s biggest city are piecing together witness accounts and surveillance video trying to determine why a driver plowed a rented van along a crowded sidewalk, killing 10 people and injuring 15 in what many said seemed a deliberate attack. A 25-year-old suspect was quickly captured in a tense but brief […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prince’s heirs have sued Walgreens and the Illinois hospital that treated the music superstar after he suffered from an opioid overdose, alleging that a doctor and various pharmacists failed to provide Prince with reasonable care, contributing to his death. The wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Cook County, Illinois, alleges a doctor and pharmacist […]
If the government was “so desperate” to spur economic growth in Grand Bahama, it should have proceeded with the Carnival Cruise line port as opposed to the Oban Energies deal, according to former West End and Bimini Member of Parliament (MP) Obie Wilchcombe. Wilchcombe was one of four panelists for the National Progressive Institute of […]
Two-hundred homes will be built in East Grand Bahama and first dibs given to employees, according to executives of Oban Energies, who continue to lay out their plan for the $5.5 billion oil refinery development in East Grand Bahama, despite widespread criticism and rejection of the deal. Oban officials told Eyewitness News Monday the homes […]
Members of the public sector and civil society groups will gather over the next several days to participate in rigorous training to prepare for the full implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis opened the forum’s official launch Monday morning at the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) headquarters. The […]
Several employees at the national flag carrier have been fired as a result of an alleged credit card scam on Monday, according to a statement released by Bahamasair. The statement, which was issued by Managing Director Tracy Cooper, revealed that management conducted an internal investigation and uncovered a number of credit card ticket purchases that […]
Education Minister Jeffery Lloyd told educators Monday that they do not have the right or the authority to deny any child entry into the public-school system, whether they are here “legally or illegally”. Addressing education officials at a Ministry of Education conclave at the British Colonial Hilton (BCH) yesterday, Lloyd said, the only requirement that […]
The Bahamas’ shipping registry has decreased due to a loss of ships registered under the Bahamian flag, revealed Minister of Transport and Local Government Frankie Campbell during a press conference Monday. The drop, he said, was also due in part to an increase in tonnage brought on by an uptick in cruise liners to the […]
Free National Movement (FNM) Chairman Carl R. Culmer Sr lambasted the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) apparent silence on the country’s finances under the previous government. In a statement released Monday, Culmer stated, “If there is anything certain in this world, it is that the PLP and their leaders will be silent and go into hiding […]
A Bahamian group – North Abaco Port Company (NAPCO) – is being considered by government to manage and operate the newly built container port in Coopers Town Abaco, according to Transport and Local Government Minister Frankie Campbell. The state-of-the-art North Abaco Port project is a partnership between the governments of The Bahamas and the People’s […]
Single use plastics will be officially banned in The Bahamas, a commitment which the government will introduce by 2020, Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira revealed on Monday. Once implemented, the list of banned plastic products will include plastic bags collected at point of sales, straws, styrofoam food containers and plastic utensils. His comments came ahead of […]
An 18-year-old man was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on allegations that he murdered a man back in February. Remero Rolle of Palm Beach Street appeared before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain. It is alleged that Rolle, by means of unlawful harm, caused the death of 21-year-old Cordero Pedican on February 20, 2018. According to […]
