Freeport, Grand Bahama - Dangerous Drugs arrest: Five males are in police custody after they were arrested for Possession of Dangerous Drugs. Reports are on Friday 23rd May 2014 sometime around 10:00am; Officers of the Drug Enforcement Unit acting on information went to an area in McCleans Town, Grand Bahama and arrested five Bahamian males who were found in possession of suspected marijuana. The...
Biimini, Bahamas - Illegal Immigrants intercepted in Bahamian waters. Reports are that on Friday 23rd May 2014 shortly after 12:00pm, U.S Coast Guard along with Officers from Harbour Patrol intercepted a 44’ vessel just off the Great Isaac Bank with (53) illegal immigrants on board namely (52) Haitians and (1) Jamaican. They were taken into police custody. Two Bahamian males were arrested who were...
Nassau, Bahamas - Police seek Public's help in solving overnight 2 Arm Robberies: POLICE are seeking the public’s assistance in solving two separate arm robberies that occurred on Friday 23rd May 2014. In the first incident, shortly 9:00pm, a woman had just pulled up to her Coral Harbour residence, when two men armed with a handgun robbed her of a silver Honda Accord vehicle registered to the National...
AccuWeather Global Weather Center -- 23 May 2014 -- AccuWeather.com reports after the season's first tropical depression formed in the Eastern Pacific Thursday, now the season's first named storm of 2014 has formed. An area of low pressure spinning several hundred miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico, become better organized Thursday afternoon and became the first tropical depression of the...
The Islands of The Bahamas Announces: 10 Islands, 7 World-Famous Underwater Photographers, One week to Shoot Freeport, Grand Bahama - The team arrived on Grand Bahama today and attended a press conference hosted by UNEXSO. On hand to give remarks was Stephen Frink, publisher of Alert Diver and preeminent underwater photographer who explained the program; William Cline elaborated on the global...
Just days within arriving in the fashion capitol of the world, sixteen year old Brittany Noon of St. Lucia has signed with Metropolitan Models of Paris, France. Metropolitan is the same agency that got Claudia Schiffer, Eva Herzigova and Heidi Klum started. The young natural beauty, who currently lives in Antigua, is in Paris to make her international debut at Labo Ethnik Fashion Trade Show...
Nassau, Bahamas – The excitement is starting to mount with less than 24 hours to go until the first gun goes off at the inaugural International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Relays Bahamas 2014. Construction crews are still making final touches to the National Thomas A. Robinson Stadium, athletes are preparing to compete in front of a sold- out crowd and anticipation for the largest...
Nassau, Bahamas - Six Bahamian men ages, 48, 44, 29, 27, 25 and 23 are in custody after they were arrested for a large quantity of dangerous drugs on Friday 23rd May 2014. According to reports, around 6:00pm a team of officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit acting on intelligence went to an area on West Bay Street opposite St. Albans Drive, referred to as the Sand Track, where they observed the men...
Nassau, Bahamas - Southern Division Officers make Drug Arrest: A 46 – year old man is in custody after he was arrested for possession of dangerous drugs on Friday 23rd May 2014. .. 13 Arrested by Mobile Division Officers: Consistent with the Commissioner’s Policing Priorities for 2014, Mobile Division saturation patrols intended to reduce crime and to minimize the ability for criminals to commit criminal...
Nassau, Bahamas – The eagerly-awaited International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Relays are set to open in Nassau in the next few hours and Team Bahamas is making preparation to represent the Bahamas to the best of its ability despite the absence of top notch sprinter Shaunae Miller and a few other veterans. On Wednesday, members of Team Bahamas attended a press briefing to be...
Nassau, Bahamas -- Mr. Philip Miller, Permanent Secretary of The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday, May 21, met with Ms. Lisa A. Johnson, who has been assigned by the United States Department of State as the new Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, Bahamas. Also participating in the meeting, held at The Bahamas Embassy in Washington, D.C. were His Excellency...
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE - (CRFM)--Fisheries ministers from member states of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) will meet at Fort Young Hotel, in Roseau, Dominica, on Friday, May 23, 2014, for the Eight Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council. According to CRFM's Executive Director, Milton Haughton, the first sub-regional fisheries management plan (FMP) to facilitate co-operation in...
Freeport, Grand Bahama - Over 300 people turned out Saturday evening, May 17, 2014 and had a fabulous time at a vintage Havana-themed “Cigar Nights” event at Pelican Bay Hotel’s Canal House to support Rotary of GB Sunrise’s youth mentoring program, the Safe Swim program, and Cat’s Eye road reflector work. Latin music was provided by a band featuring Steve Persaud, Clarence Green, Larry Lewis, and...
Nassau, Bahamas - In an effort to build a thriving network of former students, The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) is set to relaunch its alumni association. The association will be the link for students to stay connected and strengthen ties with their alma mater, while giving back. A 2013 Computer Repair graduate, Ronnique Ferguson is the driving force behind the association and...
DUMFRIES, Cat Island, The Bahamas – As the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival continues its adjudications throughout the islands of The Bahamas, Cat Island residents applaud the Festival and sing high praises for their children that took part in the adjudications there, on May19, 2014. Rezel Rolle, of Dumfries, said she enjoyed seeing her daughter Brenea, a second-grade student at Dumfries Primary...
Nassau, Bahamas - Over 140 Teacher Cadets from public and private schools in New Providence and the Family Islands attended the 2014 Future Teachers of The Bahamas National Conference. The one-day conference was held at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel on Thursday, 24th April, 2014. The Minister of Education, Science and Technology, the Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald brought opening remarks for the event...
Nassau, Bahamas - The Bahamas Network of Rural Women Producers (BAHNRWP) recently held its Installation Ceremony in the Ballroom at Government House. Pictured seated from left: Emily Rahming, president; Minister of Social Services and Community Development, Melanie Griffin; Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes; Lady Foulkes; and Chavara Roker... ...
A leading dive hotelier in Cayman told a local TV station there Wednesday that Cayman officials and dive business operators were looking at Bimini in The Bahamas as an example of what not to do in pitting protection of fragile marine life and coral reefs against mass development. Keith Sahm, General Manager of the world-famous Sunset House, and a lifelong diver and master instructor, said dredging...
Freeport, Grand Bahama Island: Junka-Fest is the newest cultural event to be launched in Grand Bahama. According to event organizers, “Junka-Fest is the amalgamation of Junkanoo, Goombay, regatta and the heritage festival, to be held at one time and one location.” Slated for Friday June 6th, from 12 noon until, Goombay Park will be transformed into a native village. Guests entering will...
Bimini, Bahamas - Louise McDonald High School students Bryanna Roberts (left), Alvina Rolle and Richard Delancy sing "Angel", during the recent E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival Bimini Adjudications, at the Bimini United Burial and Aid Society Hall, in Alice Town. Louise McDonald High School student Tavallia Dean dances to Veronica Bishop's "Tell Old I Ain't Here"... Photos enclosed. .. ...