September 5, 2023 The breathtaking coral reefs of The Bahamas, renowned around the world for their vibrancy and diverse marine life, are under serious and immediate threat as a powerful ocean…
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Bahamas next up for marijuana legalisation- but not for industrial hemp.
By: Staff Writer September 1, 2023 The Bahamas government released a compendium of bills that would transform cannabis use in The Bahamas from a strictly illegal activity to an industry…
Bahamian MP resigns on sex assault rap: Out on $9k bail
By: Staff Writer August 11, 2023 A Bahamian legislator was forced to resign as a parliamentary secretary because of being formally charged in the courts for sexual assault. Kirk Cornish,…
CARICOM congratulates The Bahamas on its 50th Anniversary of Independence
July 11, 2023 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to the Government and People of The Bahamas on the country’s Fiftieth Anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on 10…
Our Blue Future: PIMS Rising Tides Program Empowers Bahamian Youth to Protect Their Marine Heritage
July 7, 2023 In an age of environmental uncertainty, the Perry Institute is preparing a cadre of young Bahamian conservationists poised to defend the Caribbean seascape With its famed sapphire…
Explorer creates “Master Map” for sunken treasure in The Bahamas.
By: Staff Writer June 2, 2023 The Bahamas is a vast ships’ trap, a legend fueled by the islands’ location in the heart of the ‘Bermuda Triangle’. Mysterious currents and…
US’ Caribbean American VP to Bahamas for first Caribbean Trip
June 2, 2023 The US’ first Black Caribbean American Vice President, Kamala Harris, is set to embark on her first official trip to the Caribbean since taking office in Caribbean…
Privy Council sides with Bahamian Chief Justice on citizenship!
By: Staff Writer May 5, 2023 The Privy Council in the United Kingdom sided with The Bahamas’s Chief Justice on a major citizenship case that now paves the way for…
CDB Approves US$100 million policy-based loan to The Bahamas
April 11, 2023 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has committed US$100 million in support to The Bahamas as it charts a path to economic recovery and resilience following the back-to-back…
IDB Invest Fosters Sustainable Growth in The Bahamas by Promoting Renewable Energy
March 28, 2023 This will be the first solar plant in The Bahamas financed by IDB Invest under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) framework The project is one of the…
FTX CEO arrested in Bahamas, faces US extradition and charges by SEC.
By: Staff Writer December 13, 2022 Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), former Chief Executive Officer of the collapsed crypto-exchange, FTX, has been arrested by Bahamian authorities and now faces extradition and additional…
Residents in Grand Bahama and Abaco told to EVACUATE from Hurricane Nicole
November 8, 2022 The Bahamas Department of Meteorology advised residents to pay close attention to a developing system near the southeast Bahamas that could strengthen into a hurricane by Wednesday.…