NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Groundbreaking Documentary on Gender Inequality in The Bahamas is garnering tremendous support from a successful premiere and is stimulating conscious dialogue, national discussion, and broad-based advocacy. Since the Premiere Showing in April, screens across New Providence and Grand Bahama will simultaneously feature the film May 20-24, in almost sold-out venues. […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Atlantis executives yesterday denied pressuring the resort’s employees to oppose Royal Caribbean International’s (RCI) $100 million beach club development, stressing that their sole focus was on ensuring that the development undergoes environmental due diligence and the natural beauty of Paradise Island remains protected. Resort executives issued a statement yesterday as the Department […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — In a landmark decision, the UK-based Privy Council has ruled that children born out of wedlock in The Bahamas to foreign women and Bahamian men are citizens at birth and do not have to wait until the age of 18 to apply for citizenship. The Privy Council’s ruling upheld the decision of […]
The exciting prospects of AI advancement cast a grim shadow on the future of formal jobs in the Caribbean. Dear Editor, The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is exciting, to say the least. Revolutionary new technology is quickly advancing, and always improving, leaving the world to wonder just what it could become capable of next. […]
Dear Editor, The breaking news on May 4 2023, is that the Privy Council, the highest Court of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, from which there is no appeal, has concluded “that the Constitution of The Bahamas confers citizenship of The Bahamas at birth on a person born in The Bahamas who is the child […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A top Royal Caribbean International (RCI) executive said yesterday that he was hopeful that local entrepreneur Toby Smith’s plan to restore Paradise Island’s lighthouse comes to fruition, suggesting that his project and the company’s $100 beach club development could successfully coexist. Jay Schneider, RCI’s Chief Product Innovation Officer told Eyewitness News firmly […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Bahamas Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander says that Bahamians must take note of the recent spate of murders and seriously question the direction the country is headed, as he denounced what he described as the “scourge” of domestic violence, murder and rape griping the nation. His comments came in the wake […]
