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Ministry of Education opens First Virtual Teachers Conference
Minister of Education Jeffrey LloydFreeport NewsEducators from around the Commonwealth of The Bahamas joined in the opening ceremony of the First Virtual Teachers Conference, September 7, 2020.The...
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Essential Services Continue at Potter’s Cay
Dock Master Frederick Rodgers in his office; and essential commercial activity at Potter’s Cay Dock. (BIS Photos/Kristaan Ingraham)ZNS BahamasThe country has been greatly impacted by the Covid-19...
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Hotel Workers At 'Wit's End' Ahead Of Re-Open
Baha-Mar-SLS-and-Hyatt. Photo: ADerekCatalanoBy NEIL HARTNELLTribune Business Editornhartnell@tribunemedia.netHotel workers were yesterday said to be at "their wit's end", a union president said...
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100-million-year-old Meteorite Crater Discovered in Australia Is One of the...
There are likely many more craters to be found in Western Australia, experts say. An aerial drone photograph from Wolfe Creek crater in Western Australia. Matt Deakin/Getty ImagesBy Jessica...
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Film Academy Sets Inclusion Requirements for Oscars, Will Take Full Effect in...
Christopher Polk/Getty ImagesBy Scott Feinberg, Hollywood Reporter The announcement comes just shy of the fifth anniversary of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy."To encourage equitable representation on...
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Michael Cohen's Trump book: The ex-lawyer's key claims
Michael Cohen worked as Donald Trump's personal lawyer for years and was considered to be his "fixer" - ReutersBBC NewsDonald Trump behaves like a mobster and has "a low opinion of all black people",...
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Oil prices are collapsing after Saudi Arabia sends ominous signal
By Matt Egan, CNN BusinessNew York (CNN Business) - Demand fears are once again rippling through the oil patch.US oil prices plunged 7% Tuesday to $36.76 a barrel. It was crude's worst day and lowest...
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Opposition volunteers linked to Navalny attacked with unknown liquid in Siberia
CCTV footage shows attack on volunteers linked to Navalny. Source: CNNBy Anna Chernova and Zahra Ullah, CNNMoscow (CNN) - At least three volunteers linked to Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny's...
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Ukrainian church leader who blamed COVID-19 on gay marriage tests positive...
Patriarch Filaret, a prominent Ukrainian Orthodox leader, blamed same-sex unions for the global coronavirus pandemic, which has killed thousands in Ukraine.Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian...
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Trick-or-treating is banned in Los Angeles this Halloween because of...
Trick or Treat banned in LABy Sarah Moon and Madeline Holcombe, CNN(CNN) - Trick-or-treating won't be allowed in Los Angeles County this Halloween to protect against the spread of Covid-19.Door-to-door...
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More Bad News For Hawaii Tourism
The coastline of Honolulu, Hawaii. Getty By Will McGoughJust before the Labor Day weekend kicked off last Thursday, an eye-popping 25 hospitality companies in Hawaii filed mass layoff and furlough...
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The Oxford University AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial has been paused –...
Is this the end for hopes of an early breakthrough in the race to find a coronavirus drug?A promising Oxford University and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine trial has been halted due to an adverse...
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Doctors studying why obesity may be tied to serious COVID-19
This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 particle isolated from a patient, in a laboratory in...
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Why Women Have Protection Against Severe Covid-19
Since the start of the pandemic, research consistently shows that Covid-19 affects men worse than women. But why? Westend61/Getty ImagesBy Tina DonvitoThe novel coronavirus is by definition new to...
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Battle 4 Atlantis Not Expected to be Played in The Bahamas
By Adam PrescottThe Ohio State men’s basketball team will most likely not be making a trip to the Bahamas this coming season, as the Battle 4 Atlantis is expected to be hosted elsewhere be a report...
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Disney Cruise Line One Step Closer to Returning to Castaway Cay
Image Credit: DisneyBy Rebekah BartonIn July, The Bahamas banned cruise ships from making port. As of yesterday, Bahamian Minister of Tourism & Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar announced that the...
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NEMA warns 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season nearing peak activity
Image: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/By Sloan SmithEyewitness NewsNASSAU, BAHAMAS — The National Emergency Management Agency has warned residents to remain vigilant and prepared as the peak of the 2020...
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Emergency Medical Dispatchers Return to the Police Control Room
ZNS BahamasThe Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) wishes to advise the public that emergency medical dispatchers have returned to the Police Control Room at Police Headquarters on East Street. In the...
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Insight: Every Parent Is Facing The Same Agonising Question - Is School Safe?
ONE year on for Dylan Bethel and Charlotte Hunt as arrival at their new classrooms becomes setting up a space at home for distance learning.By Stephen HuntIt was a very different start to the school...
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Jibrilu: Doubtful U.S. COVID advisory will deter visitors
Ministry of Tourism and Aviation Director General Joy Jibrilu.The Nassau GuardianMinistry of Tourism Director General Joy Jibrilu said yesterday she doesn’t believe the United States’ level four travel...
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