Sources: Bahamas Weekly
The Bahamas becomes the 110th country to recognize Kosovo as an independent state. 2025-12-19
At least one person is killed as Tropical Storm Imelda makes landfall in the Bahamas and Cuba. 2025-09-29
The Bahamas formally recognizes Palestine as an independent nation. 2024-05-7
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested in the Bahamas on request of the U.S. government on undisclosed charges. 2022-12-12
The European Union adds The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands to its tax haven blacklist, while Bermuda is removed from the list and Anguilla is named a "non-cooperative jurisdiction". 2022-10-4
The United States Navy sends a remotely operated underwater craft to investigate a wreck which they believe is the remains of the El Faro which disappeared on October 1 near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin with 33 people on board. 2015-11-1
Hurricane Joaquin becomes a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. Some additional strengthening is possible tomorrow. The storm, moving at just 6 mph, is predicted to drop 10 to 15 inches of rain in the central Bahamas with up to five inches expected for the rest of the archipelago. 2015-10-1
Hurricane Sandy heads towards The Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba and Jamaica. 2012-10-25
Former Prime Minister Perry Christie's Progressive Liberal Party wins in a landslide, with Christie expected to become the next Prime Minister on May 8. 2012-05-7
Police in northern Eleuthera, The Bahamas, capture Colton Harris-Moore, a 19-year-old fugitive known in the United States as the "Barefoot Bandit". 2010-07-11