North Eleuthera hit by 34-hour BPL outage
Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) finally restored service to North Eleuthera last night after the area suffered a more than 34-hour power outage due to generation failures at the Hatchet Bay Power Station.
‘Absolutely insane’: Ex-health minister blasts $290m hospital
A former health minister yesterday blasted the proposed $290m new hospital as “an absolutely insane idea” and challenged why the cost has risen more than five-fold under the Davis administration.
‘One-stop solution’ to BPL woes re-floated
A “quick one-stop solution” for The Bahamas’ energy crisis was yesterday re-floated by a local attorney who argued it could resolve cost, reliability and environmental woes “within months”.
‘Vexatious litigation’ delayed rescue of starving dolphins
AGRICULTURE and Marine Resources Minister Jomo Campbell defended government’s efforts to rescue five dolphins from Blackbeard’s Cay.
Family waits for action on police killing
THE family of a man police killed in 2018 is concerned over the length of time police are taking to announce or act on recommendations from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions concerning the officers who killed him.
Bahamas Independence signatory and former MP Loftus Roker dead at 88
LOFTUS Roker, an Acklins native whose tough approach to illegal immigration and drug trafficking made him a defining political figure in his era, died yesterday at 88.
Forest fire hits Coral Harbour
A MASSIVE forest fire erupted in the Coral Habour community yesterday.
Heartbreaking rise in suicides and attempts
A SERIES of stories about suspected suicides have featured in The Tribune recently – and each is genuinely heartbreaking.
Remove VAT from all medical
There has to be an SOS going out to the people who have medical health insurance and those who have requirement for expensive medication.
Pintard is not young generation
TWO weeks prior, the FNM and the nation at large witnessed two individuals whom I hold in high regard step up to vie for the position of leading our party into the upcoming general election.
PETER YOUNG: Russian doublespeak
IT is always said that George Orwell was credited with inventing doublespeak after coining the term doublethink in his novel 1984.
BAMSI holds 2024 commencement
The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) held its 2024 commencement ceremony, ushering in new generation of professionals to the agricultural, environmental and marine sector.
Keric Rolle is leading the way for Bahamians
Keric Rolle is breaking barriers in the field of actuarial science, becoming one of a few Bahamians to attain the Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) designation.
Credit unions are warned over credit bureau rethink
Bahamian credit unions have been warned that the country’s first-ever credit bureau will require all financial institutions to “rethink the way we do business”.
Realtor holds double Briland showing
A Bahamian real estate firm says it hosted a Harbour Island first by staging a double open house on May 2, 2024.
$4m microgrid project set to boost east GB
East Grand Bahama residents are set to benefit from a proposed $4m microgrid project that will create 50 construction jobs during the 12-month build out.
'Social warrior and source of moral clarity' - Former National Security and Immigration minister Loftus Roker dies at 88
Former Minister of National Security and Immigration, and one of the signatories to The Bahamas Constitution, A. Loftus Roker has died.
FRONT PORCH: The values and habits we live by
CULTURABLE habits and practices showcase the lived values of a given society. The mouthing of values is not the same as adhering to them. By example, while we adhere to the concept of monogamy in law and in Christian rituals, sociologically, we are a de facto polygamous society.
