Ministry to celebrate Cooperative Month
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs is celebrating Cooperative Month this month.
Flooded streets - and more rain on way
TORRENTIAL rains are on the horizon bringing most of us a wet holiday weekend.
Former senator on sex offence charge
A FORMER SENATOR was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with indecently assaulting a 12-year-old boy.
India donates $1m for Abaco shelter
THE government of India has donated $1m to assist with the construction of the Abaco community centre and hurricane shelter. The funds are being facilitated through India’s United Nations Development Partnership Fund.
Nurses heading to June 9 strike vote
BAHAMAS Nurses Union (BNU) is set to hold a strike vote on June 9 over an outstanding industrial agreement and a 40 percent scale increase.
DOMES USED AS ‘BROTHELS’: Officials probing new claims of illicit use of emergency housing
GOVERNMENT officials are investigating reports that emergency dome houses on Abaco are being used as brothels.
US woman fined over live ammunition in luggage
AN American woman was fined $500 in Magistrate’s Court yesterday for having a live round of 9mm ammunition in her luggage.
Bailed in stolen car case
A MAN was granted $6,000 bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after attempting to sell a stolen car.
Teens accused of gunpoint robbery
TWO TEENAGERS were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of stealing $300 from a woman at gunpoint.
Man accused of attack on wife
A MAN was granted bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly assaulting his wife.
Back to the ball
ON SATURDAY, the Cancer Society returned with its first in-person ball since the start of the pandemic. To celebrate the occasion, the organisation chose the theme “Escape” and turned the gala event into a masquerade ball.
Project aiming to empower women
A programme designed to empower women was launched yesterday with State Minister in the Ministry of Social Services & Urban Development Lisa Rahming reassuring government’s commitment to gender equality and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
National Congress: We’ll stay strong despite union split
THE National Congress of Trade Unions of The Bahamas says the organisation will remain strong and continue to represent workers in the country after several unions ended their affiliation with umbrella organisation.
‘We’re working with U.S. to track illegal firearms’
Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday he is working with the United States on tracking firearms that enter into the country illegally but they still “need to do more”.
Rough weather in coming days
A BROAD low pressure trough straddling the Northwest and Central Bahamas will linger over the area for the next few days. This trough will eventually lift and move northeastward into the open Atlantic Ocean by Thursday.
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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
