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Women on the Agenda at CANTO 2016…

San Juan , 04/08/16 - Wednesday August 3rd and there was no letting up of the pace and exuberance or participation as delegates...

Courier Company Owner Busted After Boxes of Cocaine were found onboard...

Nassau, Bahamas - Police have opened another drug investigation this time after packages of cocaine were found wrapped in a shipment into New Providence...

Another 32 Cuban Migrants Apprehended

Coral Harbour Base, 8 August 16 (RBDF): Thirty-two Cuban migrants were apprehended in the southern Bahamas in Bahamian waters by members of the Royal...

Sears – A Non-Parliamentarian as Leader of a Party/The Bahamas?

Dear Editor, I read with interest the announcement by Mr. Alfred Sears, QC which made all the major headlines to challenge PM Christie for...

URCA Issues Public Electricity Supplier Licence to BPL

The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA), is pleased to announce that today, it issued the first Public Electricity Supplier Licence. The licence, granted...

Two arraigned on rape charges in Grand Bahama Island

Freeport, Bahamas - Demrie Charlton a.k.a Ricardo Rickett age 29 years of Spoonbill Loop, Arden Forrest, was arraigned on Monday 8th August 2016 before...

Bey dese some ‘jokie’ candidates eh? Save Da Bays all over...

Nassau, Bahamas - On Sunday 7th August, at 4:00 p.m. in the Oceanview Suites, at Breezes located on West Bay Street, the former public...

Minnis Welcomes Team LBT to ROC WIT DOC!

Dr. Minnis, Leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), issued the following statement embracing Loretta Butler-Turner in calling for unity in the FNM: “The Free...

Roberts: Butler-Turner throws herself under the bus, dignity and all

Nassau, Bahamas - The following is a press statement by Bradley B. Roberts National Chairman Progressive Liberal Party: It was nine short days ago when...

‘New’ C&W to be region’s technology leader

SAN JUAN - Cable & Wireless Communications, (C&W), is now part of Liberty Global, the world’s largest international cable television company. Liberty brings global...

Procedural Correctness!

Who will defend the Parliament from this level of CONTEMPT! Nassau, Bahamas – A ruling handed down from a judge last week suggested that MP...

Call for Unity to Defeat PLP and Rescue the Country

PRESS STATEMENT Loretta Butler Turner MP for Long Island 7 August 2016 Our country is in great peril with little hope in sight. While many...

Government House Hosts Lunch for Police Summer Camp Youth

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General, welcomed children participating in the Royal Bahamas Police Force Central Division Summer Youth...

Life changing scholarships for Bain and Grants Town residents

Nassau, Bahamas - The Bain and Grants Town Scholarship Fund has made it possible for four residents of that community to now have the...

CANTO 2016 – “Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Through Sustainable Strategic Partnerships

SAN JUAN, 05/08/16 -  CANTO continues to be a driver for ICT in the region and the proceedings over the last three days will...

Progressive Liberal Party ratifies three more incumbent candidates

Nassau, Bahamas- Heralding the newly ratified incumbent candidates as “competent, tried and proven leaders,” PLP Chairman Bradley B. Roberts presided over the ratification of...

The FNM’s MP ‘Dick’ Lightbourn: A Racist Bigot Who Has No...

By Jerry Roker For Bahamas Press Yesterday, white FNM MP Dick Lightbourn doubled down on his proposal to have poor, black women sterilized by the state....

The National Dish Of The Bahamas: Politics And Conch Salad

By Jerry Roker For Bahamas Press It can be damn hard sometimes to find something in this world that makes you feel good. Something that gives...

“Fast Eddie” Won’t Slow Down, He’s Just Retiring

The cultural community, public servants and friends of Eddison "Fast Eddie" Dames gathered this weekend to celebrate with him as he retires, after having...

Grand Bahama man fatally stabbed in neck at club in Lucaya…dese...

Breaking 》》》Freeport is once again the scene of another homicide. A man was murdered around 5:15am this morning outside Club Liquid in the Lucaya...

43-yr-old arraigned for murder in Grand Bahama

Freeport - Trevor Williams age 43 years of Drake Avenue was arraigned on Friday 5th August 2016 before Magistrate Rengin Johnson in Magistrate Court...

Progressive Liberal Party ratifies three more incumbent candidates

Bradley B. Roberts Progressive Liberal Party   Heralding the newly ratified incumbent candidates as “competent, tried and proven leaders,” PLP Chairman Bradley B. Roberts presided over the...

Communication to Parliament on Grand Bahama Port Area Investment Incentives Bills

COMMUNICATION BY THE RT. HON. PERRY G. CHRISTIE, M.P. PRIME MINISTER AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR CENTREVILLE GRAND BAHAMA (PORT AREA) INVESTMENT INCENTIVES BILL, 2016 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 Mr. Speaker, In...

Young Bahamian Amazon Employee Gunned Down While Driving Home This Afternoon…

BREAKING >>> 24-year-old Shanna Smith shot twice headed home…. Atlanta - Breaking News coming into Bahamas Press confirms that a young Bahamian woman has been...

Commonwealth Ministers at Rio Olympics address sports policy & integrity issues

29 July, 2016 - Commonwealth governments will gather in Rio de Janeiro on the eve of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games to push for...

Equality Bahamas: In Response to Richard Lightbourn’s Forced Sterilization Plan

By Alicia Wallace, Equality Bahamas Nassau Bahamas - On Thursday, July 27, MP for Montague Richard Lightbourn proposed the legislation of violence against women,...

Code of Practice on Safeguarding the Open Internet signed at CANTO...

SAN JUAN -- Day one of the ongoing CANTO 32nd Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition which is currently taking place at the Sheraton Puerto...

Neko Grant resigns as FNM Leader of Opposition Business and Shadow...

Breaking Now 》》》 The fallout from the FNM Convention last week continues. We are now learning FNM MP for Central Grand Bahama Hon....

Runners trade their shoes for Sands Light

Nassau, The Bahamas — Instead of hitting various pavement and bush trails on the island of New Providence, the Nassau Hash House Harriers forwent...

Success from the Start at CANTO 2016 – BTC CEO Leon...

San Juan , 01/08/16 - If the opening ceremony is to be an indication of what is to be achieved by the end...