Four CARICOM Countries Implement Free Traveling

Flag of CARICOM. Photo: National Today October 13, 2025 Hour: 2:18 pm The measure was agreed upon by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of State during their 49th Ordinary Meeting on July 6, and responds to the need to advance regional...

Ministry of Labour Holds Townhall Meeting to Discuss Reforms to the Employment and the Industrial Relations Acts

Minister Pia Glover Rolle – Minister of Labour and the Public Service – MP for Golden Isles NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Minister of Labour and the Public Service the Hon. Pia Glover said stakeholders and members of the public were gathered at the...

Prime Minister Davis: Fiscal Progress Means More Relief and More Results for Bahamians

Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis KC – Minister of Finance NASSAU, The Bahamas — Prime Minister Philip Davis KC, MP, yesterday announced that The Bahamas has achieved a 0.5 percent fiscal deficit for the budget year ending June 30, 2025, as...

Celebrity Cruises cancels all upcoming trips to this Caribbean destination

Celebrity Cruises has canceled stops to Haiti on its upcoming 2025 and 2026 trips. Citing safety concerns, the cruise line has updated itineraries and replaced stops to Haiti with other destinations in the Caribbean. Labadee, Haiti, is Royal...

All the worst mistakes I’ve made in spas

Wellness is good, right? I mean, it must be. Better than unwellness, anyway. But what actually is wellness and how do you do it? Is it sitting in a field and trying to be really good at breathing while someone bangs a gong? Or is it doing yoga on...

Social Security confirms all 1,400 locations are CLOSED for 24 hours

THE Social Security Administration has officially confirmed that all of its offices are temporarily closed down for 24 hours. As the federal agency shutters its more than 1,400 locations across the country, Americans will be unable to access...

On This Day: Attack on USS Cole in Yemen kills 17 U.S. sailors

Oct. 12 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1492, Christopher Columbus reached America, making his first landing in the New World on one of the Bahamas Islands. Columbus thought he had reached India. In 1810, the citizens of Munich were invited...

Tiger Woods announces he had back surgery for seventh time

Golf great Tiger Woods has gone through a seventh back surgery, this time to replace a disk in his lower back that had caused pain and impeded his mobility. Woods wrote in a social media post Saturday that he had the surgery in New York and said...

Tiger Woods gives no timeline on recovery from disc replacement surgery

The surgery was performed to address a collapsed disc, disc fragments, and a compromised spinal canal. The 49-year-old golfer has not provided a timeline for his recovery or return to the sport. Tiger Woods' major health issues continue with the...

Caricom discussion paper in final stages

The Caricom Secretariat headquarters in Guyana (File photograph) It has been almost two years since the Government announced in the Throne Speech that it would pursue full membership of Caricom — but the details of what that might mean for Bermuda...

MaKenzie Ann Casteel

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of MaKenzie Ann Casteel, who left this world far too soon on October 7, 2025, in Winter Springs, Florida. Born on August 20, 1999 in Ogden, Utah, she was a vibrant spirit whose impact on those...

CARPHA strengthens training in safe shipping of infectious substances

CARPHA Strengthens Regional Biosafety with Training in Safe Shipping of Infectious Substances The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Medical Microbiology Laboratory (CMML), in collaboration with the International Air Transport...

Who is Chandler Blanchet? PGA Tour’s latest Korn Ferry Tour standout entry explored

Chandler Blanchett has secured his PGA Tour card after winning the Korn Ferry Tour Championship 2025. The American golfer put forward an amazing performance at the Korn Ferry Tour, which wrapped up on Sunday, October 12. With that, he settled in...

Princess of Wales once banished her iconic curls

If the Princess of Wales weren't incredible enough, her long brunette tresses have certainly earned icon status over the years. Long, glossy, and styled into big bouncy waves, Kate's hair has become part of her signature look over the last five...

Woods undergoes seventh back surgery

Tiger Woods has gone through a seventh back surgery, this time to replace a disk in his lower back and had caused pain and mobility issues. Woods said in a social media post he had the surgery in New York and said it was the right decision for his...

Tiger Woods has seventh back surgery to have disk replaced

Tiger Woods has gone through a seventh back surgery, this time to replace a disk in his lower back and had caused pain and mobility issues. He did not mention how long it would keep him out of golf, though it was unclear if he was going to try to...

Down but not out: Tiger has seventh back surgery

Woods said in a social media post he had the operation in New York and it was the right decision for his his health and his troubled back. He did not mention how long it would keep him out of golf, though it was unclear if he was going to try to...

Overcoming Latin America’s Mounting Debt Crises

Climate finance and green investments will achieve little in debt-strapped economies unless such measures are tied to systemic reform. Latin American and Caribbean countries do not need incremental pledges; they need an overhaul of global...

PHA Responds to Social Media Report Alleging Postponement of Surgery Due to Operating Theatre Air Conditioning Systems

PMH. STATEMENT:The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) acknowledges a recent social media post alleging that a surgical procedure for a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patient at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) was postponed due to air...

Tiger Woods announces seventh back surgery to have a collapsed disk replaced

Tiger Woods has gone through a seventh back surgery, this time to replace a disk in his lower back and had caused pain and mobility issues. Woods said in a social media post he had the surgery in New York and said it was the right decision for his...