Honour, Resilience, and Leadership

PM Philip Davis KC My fellow Bahamians, We have lost a friend and a servant to the public, the Honourable Vaughn Miller. Vaughn’s passing is a shock. It is a loss felt not only in government, but in homes and communities across our country. He...

Canadian Seniors Are Split: Some Are Putting U.S. Travel Back On Their Radar For One Sentimental Reason We Can't Argue With

After nearly a year of Canadians boycotting trips to the United States, there may finally be a glimmer of hope for the American travel industry. The World Travel and Tourism Council estimates that the decline could cost the U.S. $12.5 billion this...

PM Davis Addresses The Nation On The National Salary Review Of Public Service Workers

Prime Minister, the Hon. Philip Brave Davis delivered a national address on Tuesday where he spoke to the government relationship with labour unions. This came after the Bahamas Union of Teachers along with the Bahamas Public Services Union...

Counting down the top 10 sports events and figures in RVA from the last 175 years

Recency bias seems unavoidable while attempting to determine Richmond’s top sports themes during the 175 years that the Richmond Times-Dispatch, or its associated antecedents, chronicled area events and figures. kAm(2D E96C6 2 9F86 :>A24E >256 3J...

Renewable alternative to limestone

EUREKA, Ill. — A company that offers an ocean-sourced limestone replacement is expanding into the Midwest for farmers. Calcean Minerals and Materials, based in Gadsden, in northeastern Alabama, utilizes oolitic aragonite, a biogenic, ocean-formed...

Plan ahead! Our pick of hot destinations for a sunny February escape

Almost always bleak, blowy and bitterly cold, February is a month when you can’t help thinking about an escape to warmer climes. And that’s before considering handy excuses like Valentine’s Day or the half-term school holidays. There are numerous...

Police investigate shooting which leaves 22-year-old man hospitalized

NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred on Sunday, 12th October, 2025, which left an adult male hospitalized. Shortly before 9:00 p.m., ShotSpotter Technology alerted officers to gunfire on Ash Lane, off...

Pintard Accuses Prime Minister of Breaking Promises To Workers

Posted on 21 October 2025. by Jones Bahamas By Tynia Brown Journal Staff Writer Opposition Leader Michael Pintard has sharply criticized Prime Minister Philip Davis, accusing his administration of betraying the trust of Bahamian workers and...

Child fell off Disney cruise ship after mom told her to pose for photo on railing, police say

A five-year-old girl who fell off a Disney Dream cruise ship in June had been posing for a photo on a porthole railing at the request of her mother, according to Florida authorities in reports obtained by CBC News. A report from the Broward County...

PAHO presents the progress and challenges to improve access to rehabilitation in the Americas

Bogotá, Colombia, October 14, 2025 – Within the framework of the 33rd Colombian Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the 4th Congress of the Latin American Scientific Society of Rehabilitation (SOCILAR), held from September 24 to...

African American sorority makes history again with first chapter in Puerto Rico

By Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority October 20, 2025, SAN JUAN—Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, the first sorority founded by African American college women, has made history again. On Saturday, October 18, 2025, the sorority chartered its...

Increasing risk of catastrophic and life-threatening flooding in the Caribbean from Tropical Storm Melissa

AccuWeather Public Relations > Rainfall amounts of 8-16 inches can occur in Haiti, eastern Cuba, Jamaica, and southwestern portions of the Dominican Republic, with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 30 inches > AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist...

Batesville manufacturer among winners of Governor’s Award for Global Trade

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - An Independence County manufacturer of vitamins and supplements was recently awarded the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Global Trade. Lifeplus International was honored for its Exponential Growth in Manufacturing...

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – October 20, 2025- Cayman’s Monique Hamaty-Simmonds featured

All Aboard: San Juan welcomes cruise community The countdown is over — tomorrow the FCCA Cruise Conference & Trade Show kicks off in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Today, delegates from across the Caribbean, Latin America, the United States and beyond are...

UN’s Failed Shipping Emissions Scheme: A Case of Taxation Without Representation

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. The recent collapse of the United Nations–backed global shipping emissions deal is not the environmental catastrophe portrayed by...

KDK REPORT: Balance needed on the road of life

By DR KENNETH D KEMP Earlier this year, my patient was injured in a motorcycle accident. And while the name Aaron is an alias to protect his true identity, the sound his motorcycle made slamming against the cold pavement was painfully real. The...

3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild

We are lizard biologists, and to do our work we need to catch lizards – never an easy task with such fast, agile creatures. Years ago, one of us was in the Bahamas chasing a typically uncooperative lizard across dense and narrow branches,...

Trump Moans About Rough Handshakes Amid Bruising Concerns

President Donald Trump told athletes they were “ripping” his hand up during a White House ceremony—a remark that comes as rumors swirl about mysterious bruising on his hands. Trump, 79, made the comment after shaking the hands of Louisiana State...

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...

Lapse of ‘proper judgment,’ but mother won’t face charges in daughter’s Disney cruise ship fall

A 5-year-old girl’s mother will not face charges, despite prosecutors accusing her of being "arguably negligent and irresponsible" for having her daughter pose near a Disney cruise ship’s open porthole. The little girl fell overboard and her...