PM Davis: Government has taken all of the necessary steps to ensure organized, resourced and effective response to Melissa

The government of The Bahamas has taken all of the necessary steps to ensure that its response to any impacts from Hurricane Melissa is organized, resourced, and effective, Prime Minister, the Hon. Philip E. Davis, K.C., said Monday evening,...

Clemson University police investigate multiple electric scooter thefts

Clemson University police seek help identifying possible suspects in scooter thefts AND IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, YOUR TRAFFIC AND YOUR WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH OUR...

Woman shot in South Carolina; authorities suspect mistaken identity

Woman shot in South Carolina; authorities suspect mistaken identity AND IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES, YOUR TRAFFIC AND YOUR WEATHER ALL BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT THE DOOR. WE START WITH OUR ISABELLE MARAK LIVE AT...

‘Catastrophe’ concern voiced over aviation fees restructure

LYNDEN Pindling International Airport. By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE proposed restructuring of Bahamian aviation fees and charges must be “brutally open and honest” to prevent the industry suffering a...

Hurricane Melissa strengthens to Category 4 as it approaches Cuba, kills at least 30 in Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa barreled through the northern Caribbean on Wednesday after thrashing Cuba’s second-biggest city, isolating hundreds of rural communities, unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching Haiti, where at least 25 were killed....

Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of devastation

By Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Meteorologist, Briana Waxman and Karina Tsui (CNN) — Hurricane Melissa brought devastation and death to the Caribbean as it tore through the region as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in more than 150 years....

Hurricane Melissa heads toward Cuba as a powerful storm, after hitting Jamaica with historic force. See how it unfolded.

pinned Photos: Hurricane Melissa churns across Jamaica See photos of the storm’s impact, and read about its predicted path. Trump says US will help Jamaica with Hurricane Melissa — 10:46 p.m. By the Associated Press “We’re watching it closely, and...

Trump cuts China fentanyl tariffs and a church's 50-year history of sex abuse and cover-ups: Morning Rundown

Trump's long-awaited meeting with the Chinese president. A 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world's largest Pentecostal denomination. And, Hurricane Melissa's death toll rises as it causes more destruction in the...

Cajun Navy sends aid to Jamaica, warns of AI charity scams

The United Cajun Navy is sending relief teams and supplies to Jamaica following widespread damage from Hurricane Melissa. The organization is warning the public about fraudulent groups using AI-generated images to solicit donations. Responders...

Cuba Stresses Necessity of Ending Economic, Commercial and F...

AKP Phnom Penh, October 30, 2025 -- The following is the Statement by H.E. Mr. Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the presentation of Draft Resolution A/80/L.6 entitled “Necessity of ending the...

Hurricane Melissa’s destruction

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa and surveyed...

‘A dire situation unfolding in slow motion’: Why Hurricane Melissa has been so devastating

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BAMSI: Chickens producing1,000 eggs per day

By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) says its flock of 2,000 chickens is now producing up to 1,000 eggs per day, tripling output since the programme was launched...

Speech by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at the United Nations

8 Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, stated today at the United Nations that the blockade is a policy of collective punishment, which he characterizes as an act of genocide. Due to its importance, we are transmitting in...

Op-Ed: Practical politics

By ROCHELLE DEAN Politics in the Bahamas has easily become entertaining at minimum as leaders use their platforms to maim each other right before the eyes of the Bahamian electorate. These same leaders exercise unscrupulous acts of dissent and...

Caribbean reels from ‘unprecedented’ hurricane destruction

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — Residents recover part of the roof of their damaged houses after Hurricane Melissa struck a neighbourhood in Santiago de Cuba on October 29, 2025. (Photo: AFP) SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AFP) — Cubans waded through flooded,...

Upstate man sentenced after videos of sex act on child are found by victim's grandmother, sheriff says

Sheriff: SC man sentenced after videos of sex act on child are found by victim's grandmother The case began when disturbing videos were found by the victim's grandmother. AND IT’S TIME FOR NEWS TO GO. WE HAVE A LOOK AT TODAY’S TOP NEWS STORIES,...

Unlocking private investment for a stronger Caribbean future

An­ton Ed­munds The Caribbean stands at a piv­otal mo­ment. Across the re­gion, coun­tries are mak­ing im­pres­sive strides in eco­nom­ic re­form, debt man­age­ment and cli­mate re­silience. Yet, the path to sus­tain­able de­vel­op­ment re­mains...

Hurricane Melissa: Devastation in Jamaica at levels ‘never been seen before’

As Hurricane Melissa moved north of Jamaica on Wednesday, the head of the UN team there said that preliminary damage assessments from the category 5 storm showed a level of devastation “never seen before” on the Caribbean island. UN Resident...

PI project hires over half its 500-strong workforce

By FAY SIMMONS Tribune Business Reporter jsimmons@tribunemedia.net More than half the 500 workers set to be employed at Royal Caribbean’s Paradise Island project have already been hired as construction works proceed at full speed to meet the...