Police on Eleuthera reported the discovery of an adult male body near a residence in Wemyss Bight on Monday, August 30th, 2021. The discovery was said to have been made by local residents sometime around 2pm on Monday afternoon. According to reports, police have classified the incident as a suspicious death, until the cause of death is confirmed...
Monthly Archives: August 2021
Powerful thunderstorms on Tuesday evening, August 24th, 2021, resulted in a lengthy power outage for many residents in Eleuthera, beginning shortly after 8pm on Tuesday. Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) released an update on Wednesday morning, August 25th, 2021, detailing some of the damage caused by the storm, and the company’s anticipated timeline...
Miss Tamia Knowles of Emma E. Cooper Primary School. Tamia Knowles of Palmetto Point, Eleuthera was selected as the nominee for the Emma Cooper Primary School in the 2021 Bahamas Primary School Student of the Year Awards Program, and during the national awards program, held on Sunday, July 4th, she was awarded as the 8th Place Finalist, amongst 100...
Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle, as Provost Marshall, announcing a proclamation by the Governor-General Cornelius Smith on August 18th, 2021. At 10am on Thursday, August 19th, 2021, Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle, in his role as Provost Marshall read a proclamation by the Governor-General Cornelius Smith, officially dissolving the Bahamas Parliament. The...
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 release informed that he remained asymptomatic at the time of the announcement, and that he had been fully...
ALERT #11 ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION GRACE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, SUNDAY 15TH AUGUST 2021, AT 6PM EDT. …GRACE DOWNGRADED TO A DEPRESSION…BUT STILL EXPECTED TO BRING HEAVY RAINS TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI… THE TROPICAL STORM ALERT FOR THE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS IS DISCONTINUED AND THE ALL CLEAR...
The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) on Thursday, August 12th, 2021 advised the public that the Princess Margaret Hospital and the Grand Bahama Health Services were experiencing a ‘sick out’ which had impacted services beginning at 8am. The Authority informed the public to expect delays in accessing services at these institutions and, where possible,...
Captain Stephen Russell, Director, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) Officials at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) are closely monitoring one of two disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean. Captain Stephen Russell, Director, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said while Potential Tropical...
Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis. The Government will seek the approval of Parliament for one final extension of the Emergency Orders, Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis announced in an address to the nation on Tuesday evening. Following approval by Parliament, the Emergency Orders will end 13 November 2021, said the Prime Minister. “This...