Body found near Arawak Cay parking lot
A MAN’S body was found yesterday near a parking lot at Arawak Cay.
Sea search goes on for five Cubans
A SEARCH is ongoing for five Cubans who are presumed missing after 19 others were picked up, including a deceased male, during a joint law enforcement operation in the southern Bahamas last week.
One dead, five injured in Friday shootings
A MAN was shot dead on Friday, not long after two other shooting incidents left five others, four of whom were women, injured.
PLP aiming to lower VAT and raise minimum wage
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leaders said if successful in the next general election they will reduce value added tax to ten percent for one year as part of an economic plan that involves supporting a minimum wage increase, significantly expanding social assistance in the country and reducing the cost of energy by 30 percent.
ROLLOUT WILL TAKE MONTHS: First vaccines arrive this Wednesday but all doses not here till end of May
THE government’s roll out of its COVID-19 vaccination programme will not proceed as rapidly as previously announced, with only 20,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expected in the country this Wednesday.
Kiwanis Club paints the park
A park in the Nassau Village community got a much needed upgrade, thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Nassau AM (KCNAM).
Two missing after aircraft crashes
TWO Bahamians are still missing after an aircraft crashed near Salina Point, Acklins on Friday.
43-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIES FROM COVID-19
THE country’s COVID-19 death toll has increased to 182 after the death of a 43-year-old woman was reclassified as coronavirus related on Friday.
PM announces plans for first 20,000 doses of vaccine
In a national address on Sunday, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are due to arrive on Wednesday.
UPDATED: Vaccine arrival delayed until Wednesday
• SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE: The Government of The Bahamas has been advised by India that the delivery of the COVID-19 vaccines has been delayed until Wednesday 10 March due to logistical issues with the airline overseas. The Prime Minister’s update at 5pm Sunday will air live as previously scheduled.
Man found dead after shooting off Sutton Street
A man is dead after a shooting off Sutton Street on Friday night. According to reports, police responded to the incident on Lyon Street shortly after 9pm.
AAIA investigating plane crash near Salina Point, Acklins
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) of The Bahamas said it was investigating an accident which occurred on Friday involving a Piper PA28 aircraft with United States registration N2932Y with two people on board.
PM says affordable land and housing plans are part of manifesto
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has insisted that recently announced plans to offer concessions to young, prospective homeowners was sparked by goals in his party’s manifesto and not because an election is approaching.
PM on election date speculation: 'Continue to observe'
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis advised those speculating that there could be an election called earlier than May 2022 to “continue to observe" and insisted the decision is for government to make.
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- Prime Minister Philip Davis predicts his party's return to government in the 2026 general election
- Police car on store premises
- Liquor being sold at a store
- New Providence ahead of the lockdown
- Video of Parliament disruption
- The disruption in Parliament
- Second video of fire at Bimini BPL
- Video of fire at Bimini BPL
- Second video of Bimini BPL blaze
- Video of fire at Bimini BPL
