Exuma’s Business Outlook Is Tomorrow, Eleuthera’s Junior Leaders Take the Oath, and Nassau Talks Film

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

A mid-morning update across the chain: Exuma counts down to its twentieth Business Outlook, Eleuthera celebrates newly elected junior local government leaders, Grand Bahama still watches Friday’s Lucayan pay deadline, and in Nassau the U.S. Embassy sits down with the Bahamas International Film Festival.

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Exuma: Business Outlook tomorrow

The 20th annual Exuma Business Outlook is tomorrow, Thursday, October 15, at the St. Andrew’s Anglican Church Community Centre in George Town. Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper, Exuma’s MP, leads the speakers under the theme “Strengthening Foundations for Long-Term Prosperity.” Exuma Chamber of Commerce executive director Emmett Saunders has asked for Exuma-specific recommendations and realistic timeframes. Registration: Margaret Albury at The Counsellors, (242) 322-1000. Source: The Tribune

Sampson Cay: there is still no Supreme Court ruling in the challenge to the Rosewood Exuma environmental approvals. Travellers by boat into the cays this week should leave a float plan, monitor VHF channel 16, and carry extra fuel and water — Family Island stations are far apart.

The far south: a quiet mid-morning check

From Inagua and Mayaguana through Acklins, Crooked Island and Ragged Island, we found no new local headlines in this mid-morning check of the major newsrooms.

Long Island status only: we still have no new government response to the mailboat delays Our News reported, with empty shelves hitting southern settlements hardest. Residents are still waiting for action. Source: Our News

Cat Island, San Salvador and Rum Cay: no new local headlines mid-morning.

Eleuthera: junior leaders take the oath

Bahamas Latest reports that Central and South Eleuthera MP Clay Sweeting has congratulated newly elected student representatives in the Junior Local Government programme. Sweeting said the moment was “full circle” as he watched his son, Davin, take the oath as Chief Councillor in his district. He recalled that his own path into national service began through local government after he was elected in Spanish Wells, and he encouraged the newly elected student representatives across The Bahamas to lead and contribute in their communities. Source: Bahamas Latest

Calendar: this Saturday, October 17, Olympian Devynne Charlton brings her Barrier Breakers free hurdles clinic to Preston H. Albury High School in Rock Sound, Eleuthera. Source: Our News

Andros, the Berry Islands, Bimini and Abaco: no brand-new local headlines mid-morning beyond stories we have already reported.

Grand Bahama: Friday deadline, and a search that continues

Union leader Obie Ferguson is warning the government to pay former Grand Lucayan workers by Friday. Prime Minister Philip Davis has said the workers were paid and that what remains is a dispute over the amounts. Source: Eyewitness News

Please keep sharing: 75-year-old Lynda Pinder of Lewis Yard, who lives with Alzheimer’s, has been missing since late September. If you have seen her, call the police. Source: Our News

Nassau and the nation: Embassy meets BIFF

Film sector talks. U.S. Ambassador Herschel Walker met with Bahamas International Film Festival founder and executive director Leslie Vanderpool and festival assistant Taylor Gruver Carmichael to discuss potential collaboration between the U.S. Embassy in Nassau and BIFF. The talks focused on strengthening The Bahamas’ growing film industry and film’s potential to support economic growth, entrepreneurship and new opportunities for Bahamian creative talent. Source: Bahamas Latest

Still watching. On the wider capital desk mid-morning, we found no brand-new hard updates beyond the Sandals Royal Bahamian limitation ruling and the Public Accounts Committee’s National Investment Fund questions already reported earlier today. Two calendar dates still matter nationwide: Exuma’s Business Outlook tomorrow, and Charlton’s Rock Sound clinic on Saturday.

Weather and tropical outlook

New Providence on Wednesday: mostly cloudy and warm, a high near 88°F, a low around 77°F, east-northeast winds around 9 mph, and about a 21 percent chance of a passing shower. Thursday: a high near 89°F, a low around 77°F, winds turning more easterly around 10 mph, and about a 33 percent shower chance (Open-Meteo). The U.S. National Hurricane Center reports tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the next 7 days.

Our advice

Exuma business owners: tomorrow is your day — show up, bring your questions, and hold speakers to realistic timeframes. Parents and coaches in South Eleuthera: get young hurdlers to Charlton’s free clinic on Saturday. And if you have family on Long Island, especially seniors, keep checking in until the mailboat situation improves.