The four marines who lost their lives during the sinking of HMBS Flamingo by Cuban military jetfighters 39 years ago were remembered on Friday past at the Defence Force’s Coral Harbour Base. The four marines: Able Seaman Fenrick Sturrup, Marine Seaman Austin Rudolph Smith, Marine Seaman David Allison Tucker and Marine Seaman Edward Arnold Williams […]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources will host its annual Agri Business Expo this coming (May 9-11, 2019) at the EXPO Site, Gladstone Road Agriculture Complex. For more information about this event please contact The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources or visit their Facebook Page
Three Royal Bahamas Defence Force Rangers Instructors prevented a middle-aged male from committing suicide off Cowpen Road around 10 a.m. this morning. The Marines were part of a security support team that was monitoring approximately 50 Defence Force Rangers who were on a 70-mile expedition under the supervision of Chief Instructor, Chief Petty Officer Pedro […]
A total of 40 migrants are being detained after they were apprehended in the southern Bahamas on Tuesday morning by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Acting on information received, HMBS Durward Knowles, under the command of Senior Lieutenant Bertram Bowleg, apprehended a 35-ft Haitian sloop off the south coast of Little Inagua Island. […]
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force Naval-Infantry School recently held a graduation ceremony for a Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET) program for 19 Bahamas Customs and Excise Officers at the Defence Force Base on Thursday March 28, 2019. Participants of the two-week training exercise consisted of Officers from the Customs Marine Unit and the Tactical Unit. […]
Minister of National Security, the Honourable Marvin Dames commended the Commander Defence Force, Officers and Marines of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force for a “productive year” and for their continued success in protecting the country’s territorial borders during the Force’s Annual Church Service on March 31, 2019. Also in attendance at the service were the […]
The Officers and Marines of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force took to the grid iron on March 30 for a day of fun during the Force’s 1st Annual Commodore’s Bowl Flag Football Tournament. On hand at this first event of its kind for a security force in The Bahamas were Commissioner, Ms. Alexandria Deal of […]
A search is currently underway in a joint effort by local authorities after a total of 15 Haitian nationals were rescued and another 4 were found lifeless in waters near Man O War Cay at the entrance of Marsh Harbour, central Abaco earlier this morning. After the discovery of the bodies in the water by […]
A total of 124 Haitian migrants were apprehended early Sunday morning by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force after they were discovered in Bahamian waters. Sometime around 3:00 am, Patrol Craft P-125 coxswained by Petty Officer Patrick Donald intercepted a 40 – ft. sail sloop approximately 8 miles south of New Providence. HMBS Rolly Gray, under […]
Four Dominican fishermen were charged before the courts on Friday December 28, 2018 in New Providence after being apprehended for fisheries violations by a Royal Bahamas Defence Force patrol craft in waters south of Great Inagua. In Friday’s hearing, Oneil Garcia, Ediberto Awduzar, Franklyn Carbera, and Jose Gomez all appeared before Magistrate McKinney in Court#1, […]
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