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DR IAN BETHEL BENNET: Our citizenship is not for sale
SUCH insightful statements descend from the House of Assembly! According to parliamentarians, women will sell their citizenship. So, how do the women in Parliament feel about being Jezebels who know no control over their minds or their bodies?
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Basketball coaching to feature in ministry's summer camps
THE Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture announced that its annual Summer Employment Programme will run from Monday, July 1 to Friday, July 26 this year.
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Ramon Miller among trio set for London meet this weekend
Three Bahamians appear on entry lists to compete this weekend at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games in London: Ramon Miller in the 400 metres, Anthonique Strachan in the 200m and Bianca Stuart in the long jump.
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Scores gather for Labour Day event
MEMBERS of the labour movement and supporters of the Progressive Liberal Party gathered at the national stadium on Friday morning in an attempt to participate in a Labour Day motorcade despite a notice from police a day earlier that the event had not been sanctioned by authorities.
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$10m received in Dorian donations with $7m spent
THE Bahamas has received about $10 million in donations to assist with Hurricane Dorian relief efforts in Grand Bahama and Abaco, with about three quarters of that sum already expended to help storm victims, according to a NEMA official. Captain Ste
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Magistrate who ordered Pindling’s arrest dies
JOHN Baily, a former magistrate who famously ordered the arrest of Sir Lynden Pindling, then leader of the Opposition, died in an Irish hospital on May 9.
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Minister: Mask decision not discriminatory
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville yesterday defended the government’s decision to relax mask requirements for guests in hotels, insisting the changes were not discriminatory.
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Small home repair scheme to start next month
DISASTER Reconstruction Authority executive chairman Alex Storr said officials plan to start the first phase of the Small Home Repair Programme by early next month.
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Police investigate video of officer punching woman
POLICE are investigating the circumstances behind a recent video circulating on social media where a police officer can be seen punching a woman during a heated altercation with several people. One of several videos of the incident posted to Facebook
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‘Time to bin Oban after huge spill at refinery’
THE massive oil spill in Grand Bahama caused by Hurricane Dorian should be incentive enough for the government to reject the controversial Oban refinery proposal, an environmental watchdog has asserted.
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Cable ‘reimagines’ TV gateway
A SENIOR Cable Bahamas executive yesterday competition and programming costs were impacting its ability to source all the TV content its subscribers desire.
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Harbour boardwalk plans targeted for year-end approval
The Downtown Nassau Partnership’s (DNP) co-chair hopes “acceptable” plans for the proposed Nassau harbourfront boardwalk can be finalised before year-end, as he backed duty-free to revive a shrinking retail sector.
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Thousands queue for jobs at Melià Resort
THOUSANDS of job seekers flocked to the Meliá Nassau Beach hotel hoping to land a job at the all-inclusive resort yesterday.
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TOUGH CALL: Make the most of Old Nassau to rebuild the 'Family Business' of tourism
GOOGLE “downtown redevelopment” and you will find zillions of web pages focusing on one city after another – from Miami to Manhattan to Toronto and almost every place in between. Even Las Vegas has a downtown revitalisation programme, although the city was originally just a cattle ranch and wasn’t incorporated until the 1900s.
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Kwasi Thompson: Hard decision to increase debt to fund assistance
FINANCE State Minister Kwasi Thompson said the government made the “hard” decision to increase the country’s national debt over the short term in order to fund the assistance programmes needed to keep people afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Secret trade in abortion tablets: Chemists selling drug without demanding doctors’ presciptions
THE illegal sale of a drug obtained without a prescription but used to cause abortions has been uncovered by The Tribune.
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Fishermen urge: ‘Spare no expense’ on sunken vessel
Bahamian fishermen have urged the Government “to spare no expense” in preventing any environmental damage from the sinking of a cargo vessel off south Abaco just prior to the New Year.
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Brave - don’t take risks, get the jab
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis warned the Omicron variant of COVID-19 will seriously affect unvaccinated people in the coming months.
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Central Bank targeting digital B$ in 30 months
The Central Bank is aiming to roll-out a trial digital Bahamian dollar “within 30 months”, with the move central to its efforts to “accelerate” payments system modernisation.The regulator, launching an Expression of Interest (EoI) for the design and
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Five million gallons spilled from Equinor oil facility
MORE than 100,000 barrels of oil - five million gallons - was spilled at the Equinor South Riding Point facility in East Grand Bahama during Hurricane Dorian, Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira said yesterday.To date, more than 35,000 barrels of o
