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NASSAU, The Bahamas – Hurricane Joaquin continues its path over the Central Bahamas today as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane. NASSAU, The Bahamas – Hurricane Joaquin continues its path over the Central Bahamas today as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane. The Central Bahamas will continue to experience hurricane force winds of up to 130 mph with higher gusts. Heavy rainfall could result in life threatening flash floods over the Central and Southeast Bahamas through today. A very dangerous and life threatening storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 6 to 12 fe...

Davis continues to criticize govt’s response to COVID despite govt’s defense NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Members of the opposition over the weekend spoke out against recent COVID-related restrictions on Family Islands, particularly in protest of RT-PCR testing they claimed is not feasible for some small island communities. The comments came as Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, in his capacity as the competent authority under the COVID emergency powers order, last week first mandated a daily curfew on Andros, the Berry Islands and Cat Island due to a sharp increase in cases on those islands recentl...

MP claims sudden increase resulted from “administrative blunder” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — There were 17 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases confirmed on Cat Island on Sunday, according to health officials, taking the island’s total case count from 16 to 33 since the start of the pandemic. The spike in new infections was caused by an “administrative blunder”, according to Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador MP Philip Brave Davis. Philip Brave Davis. Eyewitness News. “Cat Island was one of those islands that was spared the ravage of the virus and it’s very concerning of the explosion on ...

350 miles of fiber nationwide now country’s largest fiber network, company claims NASSAU, BAHAMAS — BTC’s fiber to the home (FTTH) customers are benefitting from a major speed increase to their existing fiber services at no additional cost with faster-than-ever broadband speeds, the company said in a statement yesterday. Effective May 17, all fiber (broadband stand-alone) customers have been upgraded to a minimum of 100Mbps. This comes following an expansion of BTC’s fiber network spanning across many islands of The Bahamas. BTC now boasts not only the largest fiber network, but also ...

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Tempers flared in the House of Assembly yesterday with both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly lashing out at party leaders. A shouting match between Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly Don Saunders and Opposition Leader Philip Davis saw the Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador MP escorted out of Parliament during the evening session. Davis rose to his feet to take issue with Saunders’ treatment of Englerston MP Glenys Hanna-Martin, who was seeking to raise a point of order but was asked to stand down. The Opposition Leader was denied but refused...