Story
![Tease photo](https://thetribune.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/04/04/House_of_Assembly_building_r100x80.jpg?144a9619b7b2d55e12d8b619b3e5adb91a2095fa)
Up to 25 years jail for gang members in proposed law
LONG-AWAITED anti-gang legislation was tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday - with gang members facing up to 25 years in prison.
Story
![Tease photo](https://thetribune.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/news/tease/2024/03/20/Micheal_Pintard_t180_r100x80.jpg?144a9619b7b2d55e12d8b619b3e5adb91a2095fa)
Opposition urges air fees ‘legal challenge’
THE Opposition’s leader last night argued that the fees imposed by the air freight terminal’s new private operator should be “challenged legally” as he questioned the Prime Minister’s silence on the issue.
Story
‘Crack down on real’ maritime tax evaders
THE Government was yesterday urged to “crack down on the real tax evaders” in the maritime industry as opposed to continually hiking fees on the same compliant businesses that always pay.
Story
![Tease photo](https://thetribune.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/04/08/WhatsApp_Image_2024-04-08_at_3.54.45_PM_r100x80.jpeg?144a9619b7b2d55e12d8b619b3e5adb91a2095fa)
Partial solar eclipse this afternoon
A PARTIAL eclipse of the sun will take place today - and will be able to be seen from across The Bahamas.
Story
![Tease photo](https://thetribune.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/news/tease/2024/03/20/06-1-2021_-_Weekly_Press_Briefing_-_photos_by_Donavan_McIntosh-2_t180_r100x80.jpg?144a9619b7b2d55e12d8b619b3e5adb91a2095fa)
No ‘monopoly pricing’ through $25m air freight terminal deal
THE Government will not permit “monopoly pricing” by the private operator of Nassau’s air freight terminal, its top finance official asserted last night, as he pledged to make the deal a “win-win-win” for all.
Story
Freeport real estate sees 25% surge before market ‘explodes’
Freeport property sales and rentals were yesterday said to have increased by 25 percent in recent months as buyers seek to enter the market before it “explodes” from $2bn worth of investment projects.
Story
Bethel and Charlton are leading the way
Grand Bahamian sprinter Brianne Bethel is back, just in time for a shot at her second appearance at the Olympic Games.
Story
Best of the Best Basketball Classic: Who will be the last team standing?
THE CR Walker Knights swept aside the St John’s Giants in the all- New Providence senior girls’ best-of-three final of the Best of the Best Basketball Classic on Saturday night.
Story
We should be better than this
Many years ago when I was a student, I remember being very annoyed by a novel by Evelyn Waugh called “Black Mischief”. I was annoyed because I was of the opinion that the author used a fictional country to illustrate how he thought blacks misgoverned their countries.
Story
![Tease photo](https://thetribune.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/04/13/WhatsApp_Image_2024-04-12_at_11.51.05_AM_r100x80.jpeg?144a9619b7b2d55e12d8b619b3e5adb91a2095fa)
Andros fire rages on
FIRE services continued to manage the massive Andros forest fire after additional fire fighters from New Providence arrived on the island to assist.
Story
Discount Distributors Rockets one win away from NPBA title
GAME four of the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) Division I Finals will be a crucial one for both the Commonwealth Bank Giants and Discount Distributors Rockets.
Story
CARIFTA controversy: Drumeco Archer addresses the drama
THE curtains were finally closing on the 51st CARIFTA Games in St George’s, Grenada, on Monday night, when controversy ensued in the final event of the track and field championships.
Story
![Tease photo](https://thetribune.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2021/02/26/NIB_HQ_Photo_sm_r100x80.jpg?144a9619b7b2d55e12d8b619b3e5adb91a2095fa)
NIB’s $240m loss at COVID’s peak
COVID-19 has left the National Insurance Board (NIB) facing an “uphill lift” to recovery after plunging the nation’s social security system into a $240m loss at the pandemic’s peak.
Story
Bahamian traditions soon to end
AROUND 8pm on a rainy night in April some 60 years ago, sitting in the dining room of one Charlie Major, whom I regarded as the finest athlete in the history of The Bahamas.
Story
Freeport poised to be ‘fastest growing Caribbean economy’
FREEPORT needs Nassau-based investors to help build “critical mass” in a city “poised to be the fastest-growing economy in the Caribbean”, a Port Authority executive asserted yesterday.
Story
Bahamas closes in on six straight
TEAM Bahamas drew closer to capturing its sixth straight and eight out of nine CARIFTA Swimming Championship title on day three of the four-day competition last night at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.
Story
Bahamians advance in NCAA March Madness
BAHAMIAN collegiate basketball players and coaches experienced success in the men and women’s brackets of the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) March Madness basketball tournament over the weekend.
Story
![Tease photo](https://thetribune.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/04/10/IMG_0092_r100x80.jpg?144a9619b7b2d55e12d8b619b3e5adb91a2095fa)
Stage set for National High School Track & Field Championships
OFFICIALS of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (MOYSC) have collaborated with the Ministry of Education (MOE) to officially launch the 2024 National High School Track and Field Championships under the theme “Ringing in a New Era of Sporting Excellence”.
Story
Reconstruction surgery specialist offers advice
DR JORGE Manrique-Succar MD, who specialises in orthopaedic oncology and hip and knee adult reconstruction surgery at Cleveland Clinic Florida, offered advice to Bahamian medics at an event at Margaritaville recently.
Story
![Tease photo](https://thetribune.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2024/04/02/Terrell_McCoy_r100x80.jpg?144a9619b7b2d55e12d8b619b3e5adb91a2095fa)
CARIFTA Games: Team Bahamas captures 33 total medals
St George’s, Grenada: Team Bahamas dominated the field events at the 51st CARIFTA Games hosted in St George’s, Grenada for their fifth straight second place finish over the Easter weekend.