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CULTURE CLASH: It’s better for everyone when we’re not afraid to talk
Most of us have to work. We do not have to like it, but we do have to show up and perform tasks as assigned by whoever calls the shots. We labour in exchange for compensation which includes a salary or wages. While this is the only form of compensation some of us receive, others have health insurance, pension plans, gas allowances and discounts.
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WORLD BEATERS: New Moon clinches 5.5 Metre World Championship
(5.5class.org) Mark Holowesko and his team of Christoph Burger and Peter Vlasov won the 2018 International 5.5 Metre World Championship on board the New Moon at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, UK on Friday – one of two Bahamian boats to finish in the top five.
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Small Business Centre inundated with demand
Some 600-650 persons have signed up for the proposed Small Business Development Centre’s (SBDC) services in the past fortnight, with sessions already extending into February 2019.Davinia Blair, pictured, the SBDC’s executive director, told Tribune Bu
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ART OF GRAPHIX: The art of giving a good critique
Criticism is not easy to take regardless of how it is served. It can be a giant pill to swallow, especially if delivered by a fellow designer. But constructive criticism is a part of the business that is bound to pop up sooner or later. A good design
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Process goals and outcome goals
Health coach Ethan Quant, of Elite Wellness Solutions, has succeeded in his weight loss journey and now wants to share his methods with the Bahamas in an effort to foster a culture of wellness and conquer the obesity epidemic.
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Minister: 'No free lunch' on tug boats
A Cabinet minister yesterday defended the imposition of a mandatory tug boat fee for cruise and commercial vessels using Nassau Harbour, saying: “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”Frankie Campbell, pictured, minister of transport, told Tribune B
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Gov't in 'tug of war' with freight, cruise industries
The Government’s plan to introduce a “mandatory tug boat fee” has been met with furious opposition from commercial shippers and cruise lines, amid fears it will further undermine Nassau’s competitiveness.Michele Paige, the Florida-Caribbean Cruise As
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'Don't let big business drive out the small man'
PINERIDGE MP Frederick McAlpine is concerned the benefits of the government’s Over-the-Hill tax exemption and rejuvenation plan will go to the wrong people.“I think it’s a good initiative but my concern is, will this be for Over-the-Hill communities
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ISLAND INSIGHTS: Time to make Grand Bahama great again
BACK in the late 1980s, Freeport was once known as the ‘magic city’.
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Time to make Grand Bahama great again
BACK in the late 1980s, Freeport was once known as the ‘magic city’. Most people tend to remember it, and the rest of Grand Bahama, for what it once was: A lively, booming and diverse island where celebrities and Bahamians could both share the same s
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ISLAND INSIGHTS: Exuma poised for greatness if we make 'stronger push'
EXUMA is slowly climbing its way up the ladder to becoming a leading centre of economic activity. Like most Family Islands it is faced with problems surrounding infrastructure development. However, this should not put a halt to its potential growth.
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Public has its say on marital rape issue
THE issue of marital rape and whether it should become a crime has become a hot topic of debate in recent weeks, more than eight years after the last Ingraham administration shelved legislation to do just that amid public backlash.In light of the pub
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Fleetwood tops leaderboard
Tommy Fleetwood may have several reasons to celebrate here in the Bahamas if he continues the torrid pace he set on the course on day one of the Hero World World Challenge.
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THE PRESS BOX: Man down! 5 QBs to replace the injured ‘studs’ in Fantasy
I KNOW some of you fantasy football owners are still crying this morning. And, if you are, it’s because you probably had Aaron Rodgers on your team.
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Evacuees' safety a top priority
WHILE various government agencies have already started to assess Hurricane Irma’s damage in the southern Bahamas, it is still too early to put a price tag on the devastation caused by the monster storm, National Emergency Management Agency Director Captain Stephen Russell said.
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Blackbeard's Cay meet halt after activist threat
The public meeting on the Blackbeard’s Cay project’s Site Plan application was indefinitely postponed yesterday, after environmental activists threatened to launch ‘contempt’ and Judicial Review proceedings against the Government.Attorneys for reEart
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Activists tell Govt: ‘Do right by public’ on Blackbeard’s Cay
Environmental activists yesterday demanded that the newly-elected government cancel the controversial Blackbeard’s Cay project’s latest bid to obtain planning approval, and urged it to “do right by the public” by shutting it down.
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USA retains title in the Women’s 4x800, clocks world-leading time
THE United States was able to retain the title in the Women’s 4x800m and set a world-leading time in the process.
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‘Four-hour botched surgery left me close to death’
VALERIE Smith’s routine hysterectomy and fibroid removal operation was supposed take an hour and a half, but instead took four hours after a doctor allegedly botched the surgery that left her “butchered and gravely ill” and nearly dead.
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FOURTH QUARTER PRESS: ‘I predict a strong showing in the group stage’ by Rake ‘n’ Scrape boys
IN the weeks since Team Bahamas completed a creditable sixth place finish in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, reports abound concerning some unrest within the squad and a tricky draw for the upcoming FIFA World Cup tournament. Despite this, however, the focus should remain on the bright future ahead for the country’s beach soccer programme.
