Expanded Rollout of SIP+ in The Bahamas with PAHO Support

July 1, 2025 - Grand Bahama, The Bahamas - The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), with support from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), has begun the expansion of the SIP+ (Perinatal Information System...

Major Named to Team Bahamas for Davis Cup

WASHINGTON (July 7, 2025) – In June, the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) announced its five members of Team Bahamas where Howard University standout Michael Major Jr. (Nassau, Bahamas) was among the honorees. The squad competes in the...

Former Army captain critically injured in Bahamas boating hit-and-run during family vacation: report

Melina Burton shares an update on her son Aiden Sloan's condition after he was seriously injured during a dive at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former Army captain and father of two is fighting for his...

CIBC’s Bahamas profits down 15% for first half

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net CIBC Caribbean (Bahamas) has revealed a first-half income decline of more than $10m due in part to a $5.85m year-over-year reversal on loan loss provisions. The bank, unveiling...

Team Bahamas 5th at the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships

By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas’ team didn’t perform as well as expected at the 2025 Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships at the Barbados Golf Club over the weekend. Team Bahamas, managed and coached by...

Should The Bahamas move away from pegging its dollar solely to the US dollar and consider a basket of currencies or a regional digital currency?

Should The Bahamas move away from pegging its dollar solely to the US dollar and consider a basket of currencies or a regional digital currency? Rethinking the Bahamian Dollar? Prime Minister Philip Davis has floated the idea of pegging The...

Former U.S. soldier nearly cut in half by boat propeller in Bahamas

Breadcrumb Trail Links World Whitney and Brent Slough, the latter of whom suffered serious injuries in a boating hit-and-run in the Bahamas. GoFundMe Article content A former U.S. army ranger from Texas was seriously injured after he was struck by...

US court dismisses RAV Bahamas lawsuit against Genting Americas

KUALA LUMPUR: Genting Malaysia Bhd (GenM) said a U.S. court has granted Genting Americas Inc’s (GAI) motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by RAV Bahamas Ltd, calling it a “shareholders’ dispute”. In a filing to Bursa Malaysia, GenM said that on July...

Second place finish for The Bahamas

The Bahamas came up just a bit short for a third straight title at the 2025 North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Under-13 (U13) and Under-15 (U15) Age Group Championships, which wrapped up on Sunday in...

The Bahamas' relay teams fall short of qualifying

In an effort to grab one of the two remaining spots in relay competition for the World Athletics Outdoor Championships in September, The Bahamas sent two teams to the inaugural Barbados Grand Prix, which took place at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex...

The Bahamas finishes tied for fifth at CAGC

The Bahamas ended their run at the 68th Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships (CAGC) with a fifth-place finish at the Barbados Golf Club in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Friday. The team finished with a cumulative total of 14 points, tied with the host...

PM: Bahamas looking at diversifying currency peg

The Bahamas is considering tying its dollar to a basket of currencies instead of solely to the US dollar, in order to facilitate easier trading with countries outside the US, Prime Minister Philip Davis said during the Afreximbank (Africa...

Tourist 'nearly sliced in two' after being hit by propeller during Bahamas holiday

A holidaymaker was nearly bisected when he was struck by a boat's propeller while snorkelling. Father-of-two Brent Slough, from Prosper, Texas, was on a family holiday in the Bahamas when the incident occurred on June 30. After sustaining multiple...

Tourist 'nearly sliced in two' by boat propeller in Bahamas holiday hit-and-run

A tourist was nearly sliced in half when he was hit by the propeller of a boat as he was snorkelling. Dad-of-two Brent Slough, from Prosper, Texas, had been on a family vacation to the Bahamas when he was struck on June 30. He was taken in a...

The Bahamas: Woman succumbs to injuries allegedly inflicted by man known to her

Police in The Bahamas have launched an investigation into the death of a 48-year-old woman who succumbed to her injuries while receiving medical care. Police said their initial investigations revealed that the woman was allegedly attacked by a man...

ALICIA WALLACE: No changes for gender equality

By ALICIA WALLACE Another year of Independence has come and gone, and The Bahamas remains in the same place that it has been for decades when it comes to women’s rights and gender equality. This location is the result of colonisation which...

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Army Ranger nearly sliced in half after being struck by hit-and-run boat in Bahamas

A former Army Ranger is enduring a grueling recovery after a family vacation to the Bahamas went horribly wrong. Brent Slough, 42, was nearly sliced in half in a boat hit-and-run incident on the first day of a trip he was on with his wife,...

Chamber supports plan for accounts factoring

By ANNELIA NIXON Tribune Business Reporter anixon@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) is backing an accounts factoring proposal, while hailing chamber member Simplified Lending “is a local first...

Stewardess, 20, brutally knifed to death in engine room of £9.5m luxury yacht off billionaires’ island

A YOUNG crew member has been brutally killed on board a luxury yacht moored off a billionaires' playground. The body of Paige Bell, 20, was found in the engine room after the vessel docked off an exclusive island in the Bahamas. 7 A huge bash was...