June 12, 2026
US Ambassador to The Bahamas Herschel Walker speaks at a press conference in Grand Bahama on June 11, 2026. Photo: Vandyke Hepburn
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'A billion reasons' U.S. wants its say: Walker
US AMBASSADOR Herschel Walker has defended his decision to speak out against the government’s proposed changes to Freeport’s governance, insisting that the city’s future is not solely a domestic matter for The Bahamas when American companies have invested more than $1 billion in its development.
U.S. Ambassador: GB plans 'real concern'
US Ambassador Herschel Walker has publicly accused the Davis administration of telling investors that in The Bahamas, “the rules can change after you have already made the investment”, in an extraordinary intervention following the government’s plan to take over regulatory power in Freeport from the Grand Bahama Port Authority.
US ambassador dismisses Bahamas’ complaint over ‘illegal’ DEA operations as ‘fake news’
THE Davis administration has complained to the United States that undercover US Drug Enforcement Administration agents operated “illegally” in The Bahamas, drawing a blistering rebuke from US Ambassador Herschel Walker
US issues updated warning over crime and jet skis
THE US State Department is urging American citizens travelling to The Bahamas to exercise increased caution due to crime following a series of recent shootings and other violent incidents in the country.
Jet ski operators suffer drop following US alert
A Bahamian jet ski operator says business has already declined following the US Embassy's warning to American visitors to avoid the industry even as the Trump administration’s ambassador voiced optimism that closer co-operation can restore confidence in the sector.
US warns of jet ski dangers after deaths and assaults
THE United States has escalated its warnings and criticism of The Bahamas’ jet ski industry, releasing a video in which Ambassador Herschel Walker said American lives have been lost, visitors have been hospitalised and Americans have been sexually assaulted by operators who took victims to isolated islands.
‘Wait and see’ says Walker
US Ambassador to The Bahamas Herschel Walker responded yesterday to House Speaker Patricia Deveaux’s dismissal of explosive allegations in a US criminal complaint against Bahamian Eric Gardiner as “frivolous and malicious gossip,” saying: “Wait and see.”
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