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After the count, 155 individual packages of suspected cocaine were found in six multi-colored duffel bags, near the Governor’s Harbour airport in Central Eleuthera on Monday, March 29th, 2021. Four hundred and three pounds (403 lbs) of...

Vaccine rollout at Loyola Hall in New Providence during mid-March, 2021. (File photo) Vaccinations to continue this week on New Providence, Grand Bahama and Eleuthera, says National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee (NCVCC). The Bahamas,...

Prime Minister Minnis tables Resolution for access to affordable land, and other concessions in the West New Providence area for young Bahamians. (The resolution – a stop-gap measure by the government for the growing problem in Bahamian...

Minister of Education, the Hon. Jeffrey Lloyd discusses plans for the upcoming National Exams during a live broadcast. The Minister announced that national exams are scheduled to commence on April 13th, 2021 and that the moratorium on international...

Update (Monday, March 15th): According to local eyewitnesses, the body of the young man reported as missing on Sunday evening in the boating accident was discovered on Monday morning, March 15th, 2021.  According to local residents, he was...

The Office of the Prime Minister announced on Friday, March 5th that The Bahamas will receive its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, March 7th, 2021. This first batch consists of a donation from the Government of India of 20,000 doses...

The Bahamas Ministry of Education released a statement on the official re-opening of face-to-face instruction in public schools in New Providence, Abaco, Eleuthera and Exuma, on Saturday, February 20th, 2021.  The full statement reads as follows: “The...

On January 18th, 2021, during his annual report address, Police Commissioner Rolle announced a number of transfers in the Executive team of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, including the transfer of Officer-In-Charge (OIC) for the Eleuthera...

Bahamas Minister of Health, the Hon. Renward Wells. The Ministry of Health held a press conference on Thursday, February 18th, 2021, to announce the launch of the ‘Healthy Together’ Campaign aimed at boosting public compliance with...

PM Minnis tables a suite of new fiscal legislation in the House of Assembly on Wednesday, February 10th, 2021. Citing its aim to reform public finance management in The Bahamas, the Government tabled a suite of new legislation in the House of...