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The Bahamas ranked eighth on InSight Crime’s 2022 Homicide Round-Up of countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, though a few countries, including Haiti, were not ranked because there was no reliable data on the number of homicides last year. The Bahamas finished 2022 with 128 murders — that’s 32 per 100,000 people. Turks and

By Dana Malcolm  Staff Writer      #TurksandCaicos, February 2, 2023 – One member of the House of Assembly says it is time for the country to cut ties with Haiti and is calling on the National Security Council to save the TCI.  The call came from PNP-appointed member Jameka Williams in the House of […]

#The Bahamas, January 27, 2023 – In response to concerns expressed, University of The Bahamas released a notification on Thursday 26th January 2023 that effective immediately the Portia M. Smith Building at the Oakes Field Campus is closed until further notice as a precautionary measure. Immediate steps have been taken to engage the Ministry of […]

#TheBahamas, January 26, 2023 – The Prime Minister  has ordered an immediate involuntary  departure from Haiti  of all diplomatic  personnel or as soon as security conditions  permit.Up to this time, there was a voluntary departure order in place and all staff at the embassy  chose to stay.  Per the new instructions, they are to leave […]

#TurksandCaicos, January 25, 2023 – On 4th to 8th December 2022, a delegation led by His Excellency the Governor, Nigel Dakin and the Premier, Honorable Charles W. Missick made an official visit to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.  The delegation also included officials from the National Security Secretariat, Police, TCI Regiment and the Office of the Premier. […]

By Sherrica Thompson Staff Writer       #TheBahamas, January 25, 2023 – In what is being described by Bahamian officials as one of the largest human smuggling incidents in the region, 394 Haitian migrants were intercepted by the United States Coast Guard near Cay Sal Island on Saturday, January 21. According to immigration officials […]

By Sherrica Thompson Staff Writer     #Jamaica, January 20, 2023 – Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, says the Government will be moving with haste and alacrity towards transforming the country into a republic; however no timeline was given. “It is time that Jamaica become a republic.  For us, the process is not simple, […]

By Dana malcolm  Staff Writer     #TurksandCaicos, January 20, 2023 – In the first five months of 2022 there were over 500 migrants caught on TCI shores and the US Coast Guard recorded the highest number of at sea interceptions in decades; those were shocking numbers then. In the first 18 days of 2023 […]

By Sherrica Thompson Staff Writer   #Jamaica, January 20, 2023 – Women, girls, people with disabilities, survivors of gender-based violence and residents of rural and vulnerable communities in Jamaica will now see more equity in justice being delivered because of a CAD$ 12 million donation by Canada through a newly launched Social Justice (So-JUST) Project. […]

By Shanieka Smith Staff Writer   January 20, 2023 – Miss Dominican Republic, Andreina Martinez earned the second runner-up prize in the recently concluded Miss Universe Competition last weekend. Additionally, the competition, held in New Orleans, Louisiana saw five queens from the Caribbean coming out in Top 16.  This includes Miss Haiti: Mideline Phelizor, Miss […]