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Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis (second from left) listens as officials from the Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) explain the situation at the Blue Hills Power Station.
July 31, 2026

Gov’t and Opposition in Bahamas trade blame over islandwide blackout

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Government and the Opposition in the Bahamas have traded blame over Thursday’s islandwide power outage, which the government said was due to a suspected underground cable fault…
Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development, Dr Andrew Holness (centre), unveils the sign officially naming the Paul Bogle Highway during a ceremony at the Morant Bay Roundabout in St Thomas on July 30.
July 31, 2026

Section of highway in St Thomas named in honour of Paul Bogle

A section of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) in St Thomas was officially named the Paul Bogle Highway during a ceremony held at the Morant Bay Roundabout on Thursday. The…
July 31, 2026

Clarendon cashier charged for allegedly stealing from her job

A 35-year-old Clarendon cashier has been charged with larceny as a servant after she allegedly stole more than $145,000 from the business where she worked. Charged is Anna-Kay Robinson of Alley…
A record 27 million metric tons of sargassum has been detected across the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico this July, according to the University of South Florida's Optical Oceanography Lab. The massive seaweed blooms are blanketing beaches and coast
July 31, 2026

A blanket of seaweed smothers coastlines from the Caribbean to Mexico

PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico (AP) – Swaths of seaweed are blanketing the beaches and coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, suffocating shorelines and snuffing out marine life while spooking…
Dr Andrew Wheatley
July 31, 2026

Court grants Wheatley leave to challenge Integrity Commission prosecution

Cabinet Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley has been granted leave to seek judicial review of the Integrity Commission's decision to prosecute him for alleged illicit enrichment and other…
July 31, 2026

Westmoreland man acquitted in gun case linked to missing surveillance video

A man who was arrested and charged with gun-related crimes after cops viewed a video recording of a shooting incident has been acquitted. Kavern Patrick was found not guilty of using a firearm to…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
July 31, 2026

Prime Minister Holness loses appeal in Integrity Commission court battle

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has lost his bid to strike out portions of an affidavit filed by a senior Integrity Commission (IC) official after the Court of Appeal dismissed his challenge to a…
Migrants return to Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on Friday. - AP photo
July 31, 2026

Spain's PM blames trafficking gangs as 60,000 cross into Ceuta from Morocco, with 41 deaths

CEUTA, Spain (AP) – About 60,000 migrants have entered Spain's Ceuta from Morocco in the past 24 hours, Ceuta's president said on Friday. That is equivalent to 70 per cent of the city's…
July 31, 2026

Three freed in fiery double murder case after key witness cannot be found

Three men accused in a fiery double murder case in which the victims were found in a bathtub have been freed after the prosecution said its sole eyewitness could not be located. The men were freed in…