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Prime Minister names Jerome Fitzgerald to Cabinet post
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (888+ words) As of Monday, May 18, 2026 JEROME Fitzgerald, whose political career was scarred by controversy over efforts to secure Baha Mar contracts for a company formed by his father, has been returned to Cabinet and placed in charge of economic affairs nearly…...
Plane crash survivor is alleged cocaine kingpin
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (1726+ words) As of Monday, May 18, 2026 THE circumstances surrounding suspected drugs kingpin Jonathan Eric Gardiner's arrest last Friday reads like something from the pages of a John Grisham thriller, with a bizarre stroke of luck for United States law enforcement authorities leading…...
PM Davis to deliver keynote address at historic IPCC meeting in Nassau
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (128+ words) Tribune242 PM Davis to deliver keynote address at historic IPCC meeting in Nassau As of Monday, May 18, 2026 MORE than 200 of the world's leading climate change scientists will descend on Nassau this week as The Bahamas and Bahamas Aviation Climate & Severe Weather…...
Davis names one of largest Cabinets in Bahamian history
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (564+ words) Newly appointed ministers and state ministers during a swearing-in ceremony at Government House on May 16, 2026. As of Saturday, May 16, 2026 PRIME Minister Philip Davis has unveiled one of the largest executive administrations in Bahamian history, swearing in a 28-member team of…...
Davis pledges to unite country as he is sworn in for second term as PM
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (467+ words) As of Friday, May 15, 2026 PRIME Minister Philip "Brave" Davis was sworn in for a second consecutive term yesterday after leading the Progressive Liberal Party to a landslide victory on Tuesday, ending a three-decade pattern of Bahamians throwing administrations out after…...
Photo | The Tribune
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (60+ words) Photo Tribune242 OLYMPIA Outten speaks to US media after surviving a plane crash at sea. PLANE crash survivor Olympia Outten wept yesterday as she recalled how she feared all 11 people aboard would die after their light aircraft nose-dived into the ocean…...
PRD plans postmortem into election day voting problems | The Tribune
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (344+ words) As of Friday, May 15, 2026 PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner Harrison Thompson said officials will conduct a postmortem into the 2026 general election after complaints that some voters were missing from the register, assigned to the wrong constituencies or forced to cast protest ballots. "There…...
Golding criticises lack of campaign finance laws
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (555+ words) As of Friday, May 15, 2026 BAHAMIAN elections remain wide open to the influence of money because successive governments have failed to pass campaign finance laws despite years of warnings, former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding said yesterday. Mr Golding, chairperson of…...
Crash pilot had US licence revoked over conviction | The Tribune
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (861+ words) As of Friday, May 15, 2026 PILOT Ian Nixon, who was credited with helping all 10 passengers aboard survive after a plane ditched into the ocean, had his United States pilot's licence revoked for life in 2009 after being convicted and imprisoned in Florida…...
Carnival cruise passenger dies after jumping from balcony
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (187+ words) As of Friday, May 15, 2026 A CARNIVAL Cruise passenger reportedly died after jumping overboard from his balcony while the ship was travelling to New Providence on Wednesday. "Carnival confirmed on Wednesday that a male guest on Carnival Liberty apparently climbed over…...