Wednesday, October 14, 2026

A late-afternoon update across the chain: Exuma counts down to tomorrow’s Business Outlook, Family Island calendars fill for Saturday’s Walk for the Cure and Charlton clinic, and in Nassau the national desk turns to biometric voter cards, the Public Accounts Committee’s voucher and Fund probes, and temporary ward moves at Princess Margaret Hospital.

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Exuma: Business Outlook tomorrow

The Exuma Business Outlook is tomorrow, Thursday, October 15, at St Andrew’s Anglican Church Community Centre in George Town, with Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper among the speakers. If you do business on Exuma, that is your morning. Source: The Tribune

The far south — Inagua, Mayaguana, Acklins and Crooked Island, and Ragged Island — stayed quiet on new local headlines in this check. Cat Island, San Salvador and Rum Cay were quiet too.

Long Island: mailboat status

Long Island status only: empty shelves and half-orders from mailboat delays remain the story. Islanders are still watching every arrival. Source: Our News

Eleuthera and Abaco: Saturday on the calendar

We already reported Eleuthera residents threatening to withhold BPL bill payments, so that fight is not rehashed here. Calendar: this Saturday, October 17, Olympian Devynne Charlton brings her Barrier Breakers hurdles clinic to Preston H. Albury High in Rock Sound. Source: Our News

The same Saturday, Abaco joins CIBC Caribbean’s Walk for the Cure. Eleuthera’s walk is set for October 31. Source: The Tribune

Treasure Cay’s $177 million sale remains on the closing checklist with no new closing announcement since our earlier report. The fresh date that matters on Abaco this week is Saturday’s Walk for the Cure.

Andros, the Berry Islands and Bimini: no fresh local headlines this hour.

Grand Bahama: two reminders

Friday is still the Grand Lucayan pay deadline Obie Ferguson has been pressing. Please keep sharing for missing 75-year-old Lynda Pinder of Lewis Yard; her family still needs eyes and ears across the island.

Nassau and the nation: biometric cards, vouchers, the Fund, and PMH

Biometric voter cards go local. The Parliamentary Registration Department says a new electoral management system went live that can print biometric voters’ cards in-house in The Bahamas. Parliamentary Commissioner Harrison Thompson invited registered voters to come in, do biometrics on site, and skip the old verification scramble. Project manager Lucretia Dean-Rolle said New Providence turnaround is about three to five working days, and Grand Bahama and the Family Islands about two weeks. Source: The Nassau Guardian

Building-materials vouchers. Opposition leader Michael Pintard says the Public Accounts Committee has serious concerns that private and political actors may have controlled more than $1.5 million in building-materials vouchers bought in March and April 2026 ahead of the May 12 election. Some vouchers carried Progressive Liberal Party candidate names and signatures. He says the Committee still lacks clear qualifying rules, an open application process, and a proper paper trail to recipients. Vendors from New Providence, Grand Bahama and Abaco have testified. Source: The Tribune

National Investment Fund — tomorrow. On Thursday the Committee plans to interview current Attorney General Wayne Munroe KC and former Attorney General Ryan Pinder KC about the legal advice behind an account opened in the National Investment Fund’s name. Pintard says the Fund’s Board was never formally convened, and the Committee is still waiting for proof that about $700 million in net government borrowings was deposited. Reports on both probes are aimed for the second week of November. Source: The Tribune

Princess Margaret Hospital wards. The Public Hospitals Authority says some wards at PMH have been temporarily relocated as part of work to improve the patient-care environment. Visitors should stop at the front desk or call Patient Experience at (242) 810-9394 to find the right ward. Source: The Nassau Guardian

Still watching. Exuma’s Business Outlook tomorrow; Grand Lucayan pay deadline Friday; Eleuthera’s BPL bill-pay fight, Stokes Beach, fishermen’s diesel squeeze, school closures and the Miracle Baby wheelchair story already reported earlier today.

Weather and tropical outlook

New Providence Wednesday: warm, high near 88°F, low around 77°F, breeze near 10 mph, about a 20 percent shower chance. Thursday: high near 88°F, low near 78°F, breeze around 9 mph, about a 19 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

If you still need a biometric voter card, do not wait for the next election rush — call ahead, bring ID, check your details on the spot, and keep your collection receipt. If someone you love is in Princess Margaret Hospital, confirm the ward before you go and keep Patient Experience at (242) 810-9394 handy. Exuma business owners: tomorrow is your day. Abaco and Eleuthera: mark Saturday’s Walk for the Cure and Charlton clinic.