BAHAMAS BREAKING NEWS

Friday, November 13th, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon because of communications problems at regional air traffic control centers.

FNM Deputy Leader Shanendon Cartwright has criticized Urban Renewal Minister Lisa Rahming over comments that she had 'forgotten' public funds paid to contractors who failed to complete home repairs.

Throughout this series, I have explored the concept of the sports ecosystem, an idea that emerged during the opening discussions of my recent International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in the United States.

Bahamian gymnast Kia Bazard has reached a significant milestone in her athletic journey, officially signing with Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she will continue her academic studies and athletic career as a member of the university’s Acrobatics and Tumbling programme.

DESPITE the inclement weather, the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine managed to roll out of Freedom Farm with the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ junior and senior girls softball titles.

THE BAHAMAS has enjoyed $10bn in resort development over the past two years, its newly-appointed tourism director-general asserted yesterday, with 60 percent of new projects creating minimal environmental impact.

A TOURISM entrepreneur yesterday rejected allegations that he is applying for Bahamian citizenship so he can enter sectors of the industry exclusively reserved for local ownership under the National Investment Policy.

A SUPREME Court judge has halted a controversial development’s construction to prevent “potential irremediable damage to the environment” as Green Turtle Cay residents bid to overturn its approvals.

TWO umbrella trade union groups have united in their opposition to the Government’s new Oracle payroll system, with one wanting “written assurances” it will not lead to breaches of existing industrial agreements and the other seeking the Supreme Court’s intervention.

DELTEC Bank & Trust is asserting that the 2024 sale of several business lines to a fellow Bahamian institution is no “violation” that justifies a payment provider withholding more than $20m belonging to itself and its clients.

The Longest Table comes to Nassau – and children’s artwork will form the centrepiece as more than 600 guests dine at 700ft-long table

For rapper Vless, the journey to becoming a musician has been as important as the final destination.

IF you ever notice, we don’t discuss the price at the pump like they do in the US, where gas prices actually seem to impact elections and vacations.

Perhaps it is time for Bahamians to take a leaf out of the book of a frustrated motorist in Florida.

Adrian White may have been trying to offer a practical solution to roadside littering, but he managed to put his foot firmly in his mouth along the way.

FOR a very long time, I have been on what some would call an obsessive crusade against litter and litterers. It is probably the most frequent unacceptable public behaviour that offends and assaults our collective sense of decency.

PRIME Minister Philip Davis told world leaders at COP31 yesterday that “no-one is coming to save us” and that the global fight against climate change keeps stalling because the leaders who make pledges lose elections, see their coalitions collapse or have their budgets cut, and the governments that…

A DEFENCE Force marine seaman pleaded not guilty yesterday to threatening a young woman with a shotgun outside a nightclub, days after footage of the alleged incident went viral, and was granted $7,000 bail.

A SUPREME Court judge has stopped all work on a controversial villa development at Gillam Bay, Green Turtle Cay, raising serious questions about how the government approved the project without an environmental impact assessment or any public consultation.