NASSAU, BAHAMAS — An Auditor General’s report into operations at The Bahamas Department of Correctional Services has revealed that the facility may be spending more than necessary on food items. The report, which was tabled in Parliament yesterday, outlines key findings for the period July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2019. The number of inmate […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Police have in their custody a 22-year-old man assisting with investigations into a triple shooting on Belville Circle, Bel Air Estates, last week. Two victims from the shooting – including a 10-year-old girl – have succumbed to their injuries, while the third remains in stable condition. According to reports, a group of […]
Commission has received numerous complaints, inspections underway NASSAU, BAHAMAS — With Hurricane Dorian, a Category 4 storm, barreling toward the northwest Bahamas, businesses are being cautioned against any attempt to take advantage of consumers. According to operations and communications manager for the Consumer Protection Commission, Machelle Carroll, said were reports of merchants hiking prices ahead […]
FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA – Chaos erupted at the Grand Bahama shipyard on Monday after a crane collapsed at the shipyard’s dry dock. According to Grand Bahama police, eight employees were injured but none of the injuries were life threatening. At the time of the collapse, repairs were reportedly being carried out on the Oasis of […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police in New Providence are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating the persons responsible for a shooting incident which has left a woman in hospital. According to police reports, shortly after 7:00a.m. on Monday, April 1, 2019 the woman was standing at the rear of a vehicle in front of […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The juvenile boy accused of the stabbing death of T.A. Thompson High School student Perry Rolle Jr. on March 27 had his day in court on Monday. The young man was taken into the juvenile court with his hands cuffed behind his back and a brown blanket thrown over his head to […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On the heels of the latest child abduction case on Saturday, March 30th, head of the Central Detective Unit (CDU) Chief Superintendent Solomon Cash on Monday reassured Bahamians that the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) is using all of its manpower – both technical and human – to investigate the recent abductions […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Police on Monday uncovered a large quantity of marijuana in the capital and an adult male was taken into custody. According to police reports, shortly after 1:00p.m. on Monday, April 1, 2019, Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) Officers, acting on information, stopped a vehicle in the area of the Coral Harbour round about. […]
Most murders recorded in June, 79 recorded in NP With less than two weeks left in 2018, murders have decreased 28 percent compared to the previous year, and are on par to remain under the triple digits for the first time in the last eight years, according to Eyewitness News Online’s records. Up to this […]
Says he only wants name cleared NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Nineteen-year-old Che Guvera Kyle Moxey just wants to clear his name. The teen housekeeper at a local resort was not charged with a criminal offense, but his photo was posted on a social media news website attached to an article, which alleged that he was arrested […]
Several multimillion-dollar drug busts made recently NASSAU, BAHAMAS – With just over two weeks remaining in the year, drug interdiction operations across The Bahamas to date have resulted in the seizure of more than 12,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of over $12.42 million, according to Eyewitness News Online’s analysis of reported seizures […]
Man succumbs to injuries in Ridgeland Park shooting NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A deadly shooting incident which left one man dead and two others fighting for their lives in hospital on Saturday evening pushed the country’s murder count to 85. Police reports indicate that the tragic incident unfolded in the residential area of Ridgeland Park West […]
Two Jack Hayward High school students who were expected to return to the classroom today, died on Sunday morning after they were electrocuted during a traffic accident, authorities in Grand Bahama said. Police said the freak accident happened shortly after 4 a.m., when the boys were driving in a black Ford Escape, with four other […]
The man shot killed in the Kennedy Subdivision Tuesday night has been identified as 23-year-old Tarino Bevan White of Willow Tree Street . White, according to police, was sitting in a vehicle near a bar in the area, when he was approached by a group of men, one of them armed with a handgun. The […]
Man shot in car, dies in hospital The murder count climbed again last night after a man was killed in what police said was gun violence in the southeastern district of New Providence. Police said the victim was sitting in his vehicle outside a bar in Kennedy Subdivision off Soldier Road, when he was approached […]
Police issued an all points bulletin (APB) yesterday for a man they say they want to question in connection with a recent burglary and abduction. The Central Detective Unit (CDU) said Ishmael Xavier Rashad McKenzie, 23, is of dark brown complexion, stands between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall. McKenzie, according […]
A man is nursing a gun shot wound this morning, after he was shot while in a liquor store this weekend, police said. According to reports by police, the incident happened shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday, when the victim had just pulled up to a liquor store on Gladstone Road. Police said as he exited […]
A web shop was the scene of the country’s latest homicide which occurred on Friday morning at about 10 a.m. Police said a man believed to be in his early 30’s got into an exchange of words with another customer in the Flowers web shop off East St. and Balfour Avenue, when one of the […]
