Man found driving with goods taken from warehouse
A 27-year-old man who was caught driving during the weekend lockdown with an assortment of building supplies he could not give an account for was fined $800 yesterday.
Pair accused of harming child
A MAN and a woman were remanded to prison charged with causing grievous harm to the woman’s young child earlier this year.
U.S. ELECTION: Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the "blue wall" that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramatically narrowing President Donald Trump's pathway to reelection.
'Too early to say' if Tropical Storm Eta will impact The Bahamas
WEATHER officials say it’s too early to say whether Tropical Storm Eta, which was downgraded from a Category Four hurricane, could impact The Bahamas after it moves away from Central America and treks towards South Florida over the weekend.
ALICIA WALLACE: What message are they sending - stay away, stay locked up, you can’t come here?
We have endured, over the past seven months, more than we could have ever imagined. The first lockdown was a shock but, for the most part, we accepted it as a necessary and temporary measure.
MP voices support for lockdown of Eleuthera
Central and South Eleuthera MP Hank Johnson voiced support for a total lockdown of the island during a virtual town hall.
Nearly 1,000 apply to the Ministry to visit Bahamas
DEPUTY Director General of Tourism Ellison “Tommy” Thompson revealed yesterday that nearly 1,000 travellers have already made applications to the Ministry of Tourism’s travel unit wanting to visit The Bahamas during the country’s second week of relaxed travel restrictions.
'Spread of COVID in the country is down’
Minister of Health attributes decreased testing to drop in cases
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells yesterday attributed decreased COVID-19 testing in the country to a reduction in cases, as he revealed the virus’ positivity rate is now 12 percent – the lowest it has been in months.
Antigen test rollout could be ‘bumpy’
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said the rollout of the COVID-19 rapid antigen test policy could be bumpy and asked Bahamians to bear with officials as the kinks are ironed out.
246 police officers have contracted COVID-19 since pandemic onset
SINCE the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, 246 Royal Bahamas Police Force officers have contracted the virus.
Marina frustration on narrowed test window
The Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) president has voiced frustration over the Government's failure to approve on-arrival COVID-19 PCR testing for boaters who miss "the five-day window".
Bahamasair to 'take advantage of crisis' through Mexican route
Bahamasair is aiming to "take advantage of the COVID-19 crisis" to open up more Latin American tourism markets via development of a Mexico City route, its chairman revealed yesterday.
Bahamasair to 'crank up' local services with quarantine end
Bahamasair's chairman yesterday voiced hope it will be able to "crank up" domestic services that are less than one-third of their pre-COVID schedule with the 14-day quarantine's immediate end.'
Arrival COVID test would have 'cost us competitive advantage'
Resorts on some Family Islands had feared "losing a competitive advantage" had the COVID-19 'upon arrival' test remained in place, a senior Ministry of Tourism official revealed yesterday.
Joanna Evans: Training for US Open Swim Championships ‘going pretty good’
While she continues to train at her alma mater at the University of Texas, Bahamian multiple national record holder Joanna Evans is preparing to get back into the pool when she competes in the 2020 US Open Swimming Championships.
Jimmy Norius: ‘There’s no reason why I can’t crack the top three in this show’
THEY’VE been married for the past two years and training together, now Jimmy and Serena Salius Decius-Norius are planning to compete in the same venue, albeit in two different events, in one weekend.
‘Shark attack won’t stop me diving’
Spearfisherman Anthony Feaster is lucky to be alive after being bitten by a reef shark while spearfishing on Friday in waters off East End, Grand Bahama.
One-in-five bullied at workplace
THE Bahamas could be suffering from a high rate of bullying in the workplace, according to the first study of its kind published in the International Journal of Bahamian Studies.
