ROTARY CLUB OF GRAND BAHAMA MAKES DONATIONS TO FEED THE HUNGRY
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — Apostle Tony Grant and Anne Grant extended their thanks and gratitude to the Rotary Club of Grand Bahama for assisting in their mission to feed the …
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CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: CARIBBEAN TOURISM STRUGGLES AS VISITORS STAY HOME
JOHN’S, Antigua — Seagulls are the only ones using the pool at a resort fringing one of Antigua’s most popular beaches. They have the place all to themselves, save for …
Read MoreGOV. RON DeSANTIS APPOINTS FIRST CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN AND MIAMI LAWYER TO FLORIDA SUPREME COURT
MIAMI, Florida — A Palm Beach County judge will become the first Caribbean-American to sit on the Florida Supreme Court, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday in Miami, the South Florida …
Read MoreABACONIANS URGED TO SHARE NAMES OF PERSONS LOST DURING HURRICANE DORIAN
ABACO, Bahamas – My Facebook fiend Amanda Diedrick — an Abaconian whom I met in Washington, D.C., in 2016 when her husband Tom Walters, at the time the Los Angeles …
Read MoreNOSTALGIC REMINDER OF DERAILED HOPE FOR THE “MAGIC CITY”
COMMENTARY: BY OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON, D.C., May 26, 2020 — This commentary was prompted by today’s Facebook reminder of a post I originally published five years ago on May …
Read MoreMORE BAHAMIAN NATIONALS AND RESIDENTS RETURN ON REPATRIATION FLIGHT
NASSAU, Bahamas — More than 100 Bahamian citizens and residents returned to the country on a repatriation flight from the United States on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Foreign …
Read MoreGRAND BAHAMA BUSINESSES EVOLVING WITH THE TIMES
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama, May 25, 2020 – How we live and work is changing in this era of COVID-19, and the Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA) is proud to …
Read MoreOUTSPOKEN PASTOR BLASTS GOVERNMENT’S “NEW PROTOCOLS” FOR CHURCHES TO HOLD SERVICES
NASSAU, Bahamas — Zion Baptist Church Pastor T.G. Morrison yesterday blasted new protocols that permit churches on New Providence to hold services in parking lots amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying …
Read MoreIS ENTERING POLITICS A FUTURE GOAL OF JONQUEL JONES?
By OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON, D.C., May 24, 2020 – When her Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) becomes history, Jonquel Jones, the Bahamian WNBA superstar, could very well have her …
Read More“THIS LOCKDOWN IS NO LONGER ABOUT THE CONTAINMENT OF COVID-19,” NOTED PASTOR DECLARES
(EDITOR’S NOTE: In a February 11, 2019 article, the Freeport News described the Rev. Dr Keith Russell as a “no-nonsense pastor, very well respected in Grand Bahama and outside” when …
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