Wednesday, October 14, 2026

A second afternoon check across the chain: Exuma is one day from its Business Outlook, Eleuthera gets a free hurdles clinic this Saturday, Grand Bahama counts down to Friday’s Grand Lucayan pay deadline, and in Nassau a 25-year-old man is shot dead near Potter’s Cay Dock while dozens of junior high students get a breakfast giveback.

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Exuma: Business Outlook is tomorrow

The countdown is almost over. The Exuma Business Outlook is tomorrow, Thursday, October 15, at the St. Andrew’s Anglican Church Community Centre in George Town, with Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper among the speakers. Source: The Tribune

Sampson Cay status: still no ruling. We are watching.

The far south: quiet this afternoon

From Inagua and Mayaguana through Acklins, Crooked Island and Ragged Island, we found no new local headlines in this afternoon check.

Long Island status only: residents are still waiting on a government answer about the mailboat delays and empty shelves. No update yet. Source: Our News

Cat Island, San Salvador and Rum Cay: quiet, with no new local headlines.

Eleuthera: a free hurdles clinic this Saturday

We are still watching power reliability on Eleuthera. For the calendar: this Saturday, October 17, Olympian Devynne Charlton’s Barrier Breakers free hurdles clinic comes to Preston H. Albury High School in Rock Sound. Source: Our News

Andros, the Berry Islands, Bimini and Abaco: no new local headlines this afternoon.

Grand Bahama: two days to the Lucayan deadline

Friday deadline. Union leader Obie Ferguson’s Friday deadline for former Grand Lucayan workers to be paid is two days away. The government’s position is that workers were paid and that what remains is a dispute over the amounts.

Please keep sharing. 75-year-old Lynda Pinder of Lewis Yard is still missing. If you have seen her, call the police.

Nassau: man shot dead near Potter’s Cay Dock

What police say happened. A 25-year-old man was shot dead near the entrance to Potter’s Cay Dock on East Bay Street early Tuesday morning, after a reported verbal altercation involving one of his friends and another man at a business establishment. According to preliminary investigations, the victim left the establishment with two male friends and was travelling east along East Bay Street. As they approached the entrance to Potter’s Cay Dock, a blue vehicle reportedly pulled alongside them, and a male suspect allegedly produced a firearm and opened fire, fatally wounding him. The other occupants escaped injury. Source: The Tribune

The scene. Police found a white Acura RDX that had veered to the southern side of the street and stopped on the sidewalk, its driver’s door open. The victim, dressed in a navy-blue shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers, was lying on the ground beside the vehicle with an apparent gunshot wound to his upper body. Emergency Medical Services confirmed he showed no signs of life. The suspects fled east along East Bay Street in the blue vehicle. There are no reports of an arrest. Anyone with information is asked to contact the police.

Students get a breakfast giveback

Inter Miami, Royal Caribbean Group and DanBrad Limited, the McDonald’s partner in the team-up, came together on Monday morning to serve the most important meal of the day to dozens of junior high students in Nassau. Source: Our News

The public purse: voucher records, and still watching

Voucher records update. Opposition leader Michael Pintard says the Public Accounts Committee has yet to find clear records showing who received vouchers under a government-funded programme involving more than $1.5 million in taxpayer money, how recipients qualified or who authorised the payments. He stressed the committee has not completed its investigation or made any final findings; it expects to publish its report by mid-November. Source: The Tribune

Weather and tropical outlook

New Providence on Wednesday: mostly cloudy and warm, a high near 87°F, a low around 77°F, a light breeze up to about 10 mph, and about a 20 percent chance of a shower. Thursday: a high near 88°F, a low around 77°F, winds around 10 mph, and passing showers possible, about a 27 percent chance (Open-Meteo). The U.S. National Hurricane Center reports tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the next 7 days.

Our advice

When you leave a party or a club and tempers start to rise, walk away. No argument is worth your life. And if you see something, say something: share what you know with the police and help bring peace to a grieving family. Exuma business owners, get to George Town early tomorrow, and Eleuthera parents, bring the young athletes out to Rock Sound on Saturday.