Shocking Elderly Abuse Statistics Revealed — Friday, October 3rd, 2025

OUR NEWS — Friday, October 3rd, 2025 | Shocking first-time statistics detailing the extent of elderly abuse in the Bahamas are released tonight, covering everything from physical neglect to housing crises. Questions are growing surrounding the administration's budget surplus claims as cabinet ministers appear to backtrack the Prime Minister’s original announcement, while the nation prepares for its 12th bi-election in 50 years following the passing of Golden Isles MP Von Miller. In Junkanoo news, a shift in parade management has led a former chairman to sound the alarm, warning that politics is seeping into the cultural event and predicting the season "won't end well." Plus, we cover the latest on long-awaited relief for Pinewood Gardens flooding and the temporary causeway set to be built across the canal in Grand Bahama. ----- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.