Woman killed and child injured in triple shooting
ONE woman is dead and a woman and a child are injured after a shooting on Sunday night.
Minnis: I am the leader this moment requires
AMID ongoing speculation about his political future, former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis told his Killarney constituents on Friday that he won’t be “pushed aside” when there’s still work to be done—declaring himself the leader “this moment requires”.
BTVI students upset over strict graduation rules
As the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) prepares to hold its graduation ceremony this week, some students are voicing frustration over the institution’s “strict” graduation rules and criticising what they describe as a dismissive response to their concerns.
FNMs ‘chose Moss - but got Henfield’
EXECUTIVES of the Free National Movement’s South Beach Constituency Association have criticised the party’s leadership for ignoring their candidate recommendations for the upcoming general election, saying they were completely “caught off guard” by the party’s decision to ratify Darren Henfield for the seat instead.
GAIN AN EDGE: Montayanna Major - Moving with purpose
For Montayanna Major, movement is more than a function of the human body, it’s a window into healing, empowerment, and change.
Integrate risk to avoid the harm with change
Business transformation is no longer optional. Whether driven by digital disruption, market shifts or internal inefficiencies, change is constant.
BPL bill decline for businesses ‘total hogwash’
An ex-Cabinet minister has blasted it is “total hogwash” for the Government to boast it has reduced business energy costs with his firm now paying an all-in rate 45.8 percent higher than in October 2022.
Decathlete Kendrick ‘Bionic Man’ Thompson bounces back in action
AFTER surviving a boat accident and a shark bite that prevented him from competing last year, decathlete Kendrick Thompson, now known as the “Bionic Man,” has shown his resilience and fortitude to bounce back.
Sports Calendar: June 2025
Monday, June 30, 2025
Annual pre-Independence Day Beat Retreat
CROWDS in Bahamian colours swarmed Rawson and Parliament Squares on Sunday as the RBPF and RBDF held the annual Beat Retreat in the lead-up to this year’s Independence Day.
INSIGHT: Political season begins in earnest
THE unveiling of candidates for the upcoming election has inevitably got tongues wagging – but the list of MP hopefuls for the FNM can tell us as much about how the party intends to govern as the chances of them doing so.
COI ratify five additional candidates including Lewis
THE Coalition of Independents (COI) ratified five new candidates for the next general election on Saturday, including former Free National Movement (FNM) member Iram Lewis, bringing the party closer to completing its full slate of candidates.
Maddison repeats as the female national champion
While Maddison Carroll repeated as the female national champion, Lynford Miller became the first president of the Bahamas Golf Federation to win the male national title.
AG: Land reform bills to be passed after budget debate
THE government will debate and pass the Land Adjudication Bill And Registered Land Bill after the 2025/2026 Budget exercise, according to Attorney General Ryan Pinder, who said implementation of the country’s long-awaited land reform will begin as soon as the bills are enacted.
Mitchell slams FNM candidate rollout as ‘unimpressively flat’
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Fred Mitchell has criticized the Free National Movement’s (FNM) unveiling of its first slate of ratified candidates for the next general election, describing the event as “unimpressively flat” and its leader as “not ready to govern.”
Court of Appeal quashes bail conviction of man charged in Shavez Hart’s murder
THE Court of Appeal has quashed the bail conviction and set aside the sentence of Dillon Ethan Jordan, the 28-year-old Abaco man who was previously found guilty of violating bail conditions while awaiting trial for the murder of Bahamian Olympian Shavez Hart.
Man accused of molesting step-granddaughter granted $9k bail
A 52-year-old man was granted bail on Friday after he was accused of molesting his step granddaughter twice in the last six months.
FAU and Island School partner to launch queen conch conservation project in Eleuthera
Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Institute has received a grant from the Longer Tables Fund to develop a community-based aquaculture facility for conservation and restoration queen conch on Eleuthera.
Man charged with murder of reserve inspector in RBC robbery
A 42-year-old man was charged on Friday with the murder of Reserve Inspector Lernex Williams during an armed robbery outside of RBC Palmdale earlier this month.
Man granted bail after gun, ammo allegedly found in car trunk
A MAN was granted bail on Friday after he was accused of having a loaded gun in his car near Lady Slipper Drive last week.
