Health & Wellness

The Bahamas Ministry of Health and Wellness on Wednesday, September 21st, 2022, announced that the country’s mask mandate would be relaxed as of October 1st, 2022, with members of the public no longer required to wear a mask in most settings. The...

New Eleuthera Cancer Society (ECS) president, Ms. Susan Culmer, presented with her portrait by fellow board members (L-R: Suzette Kemp,  Juanita Pinder, Susan Culmer, and Jacqueline Gibson). The portrait will be hung within the Cancer Society’s...

LFC Programme participants with their project presentations. (L-R): Cornell Johnson, Deshan Mortimer, Sindy Bullard, Bianca Edwards, Bernadette Colebrook, and Behanker Rolle. Six nurses in Eleuthera, on June 17th, 2022, were the very proud graduates...

HearLife Bahamas will be offering free hearing screenings at Daddy Joe’s on Queen’s Highway, North Eleuthera (just south of the Glass Window Bridge) on Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 from 12noon until 6pm. The public are invited. ...

Participants, supporters and organizers at the Catch Jerry Chile 2022 event. Now in its tenth year, the ‘Catch Jerry Chile’ (CJC) Fun-Run-Walk annual fundraiser event, with its dedicated core of organizers, in keeping with its’...

  Above: Dr. Arlington Lightbourne (center left) stands with members of his medical services team at the Bahamas Wellness Eleuthera Medical Center. Dr. Arlington Lightbourne with Bahamas Wellness’ Eleuthera Medical Center in Palmetto...

The Eleuthera Cancer Society’s Saturday morning, ‘Walk For the Cure’ was held on French Leave Beach on October 30th, 2021. October is marked and recognized by the Cancer Society of The Bahamas, Eleuthera Branch as Breast Cancer...

Health Minister Darville tours Exuma hospital with DPM Cooper on Thursday, October 14, 2021. Dr. Darville also made medical facility assessment tours in Cat Island and Long Island on this trip. (BIS Photos/Ulric Woodside) The Bahamas Ministry...

On Friday, September 24th, 2021, new Health and Wellness Minister Michael Darville, announced a range of eased travel measures, to lift the financial burden from Bahamian travellers, while commenting that the changes still ensure public health...

The Bahamas’ Office of the Governor-General on Monday, August 16th, released a statement, informing the Bahamian public that the Governor-General, The Most Honourable Sir Cornelius A. Smith, O.N. GCMG, had tested positive for COVID-19. The...