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Mychal Thompson reflects on being number one pick
MYCHAL “Sweet Bells’ Thompson clearly remembers the day he was selected as the first foreign-born player with the number one pick in the National Basketball Association’s 1978 draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. Forty years later, he is eagerly wai
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CCA slams 'implausible' $2.25bn Sarkis lawsuit
Baha Mar’s main contractor yesterday slammed Sarkis Izmirlian’s $2.25 billion fraud claim as “implausible”, branding his action as groundless and having no basis in law.China Construction America (CCA), in its long-awaited response to the fraud and “
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Hunt for turtle’s hammer killer
A VIDEO circulating on social media showing a man brutally killing a sea turtle, believed to be in The Bahamas, is drawing outrage from animal activists and calls for a Royal Bahamas Police Force investigation.
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$25m PPP given 'Cabinet approval'
THE public-private partnership (PPP) project subject to a $25 million capital raising has received “Cabinet approval”, the Attorney General has confirmed.Carl Bethel QC told Tribune Business that the new Eight Mile Rock administrative complex had bee
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Developer seeks $25m for ‘election’ PPP deal
A government complex now subject to a $25 million capital raising was approved just 24 hours before last year’s general election, its developer yesterday branding the timing “unfortunate”.
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New Road Traffic HQ stalled amid partnership concern
A $25m public-private partnership (PPP) to establish a new Road Traffic Department headquarters on Tonique Williams Darling Highway is stalled because the government has yet to decide how it will deal with PPPs arranged by the Christie administration
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Bad advice for Sarkis on Baha Mar
I have no idea who are the lawyers for Sarkis Izmirlian but whoever they are it is clear, in my view, that they are giving him potentially bogus legal advice as it relates to the possible claw back of Baha Mar.
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Davis warned Christie of ministers failing to gain works’ approval for capital works
UNDER the Christie administration, public/private partnerships were not coordinated through the Ministry of Works and were allowed to begin without technical experts at the ministry weighing in on a number of matters relating to them, Works Minister Desmond Bannister said Monday.
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ELECTION DAY: As it happened
Welcome to The Tribune's live election coverage. We'll keep you up-to-date with news throughout the day as the Bahamas goes to the polls and, later, all the results as they come in.
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Pastors' plea to US on gay rights
SEVERAL local pastors have petitioned United States President Donald Trump to revoke any US executive orders and policies that enable the promotion of same-sex marriages in the Caribbean region as part of its foreign policy.
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PLP must stick with Christie
My sentiments are more about common sense than personalities.
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Minister accuses cruise operator of ‘blackmail’
The Minister of Tourism has slammed a major cruise ship operator for trying “to blackmail the Government of the Bahamas” over negotiations for a longer term deal for its Freeport service.
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Govt ‘run amok’ if PM unaware of $2.1bn proposal
The Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader yesterday said Prime Minister Perry Christie was allowing his government “to run amok” if he had no knowledge of the $2.1 billion Chinese farming/fisheries proposal.
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Court of Appeal sinks auto-dealing plumber’s $55k damages demand
The Court of Appeal has rejected a Government plumber’s $54,650 damages claim against a local customs broker, finding that injuries he sustained in a traffic accident did not cause the closure of his auto dealership.
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‘Grave concerns’ on NIB financing BOB
An FNM MP yesterday said she still harbours “grave concerns” that National Insurance Board (NIB) funds will be used to ‘bail out’ Bank of the Bahamas, despite Cabinet-level denials.
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BORCO loses $22m battle on destroyed jetty
The Bahamas Oil Refining Company (BORCO) yesterday lost its battle to gain $22 million in damages from the owners of an oil tanker that caused “substantial damage” by crashing into one of its jetties.
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INSIGHT: The real point of Dame Anita’s lecture on marriage
It has become apparent since the presentation last week of the 8th Annual Eugene Dupuch Distinguished Lecture, hosted by the Eugene Dupuch Law School and by Dupuch & Turnquest & Co Chambers, that much public debate has emerged, related to several aspects of the presentation.
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CCA return ‘beyond stupid’ if local creditors ignored
A former Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) president yesterday warned it would be “beyond stupid” to permit China Construction America (CCA) to finish Baha Mar without local creditors first being ‘made whole’.
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EDITORIAL: Dame Joan condemns the referendum without reading the Bills
WE ARE more than surprised, in fact we are shocked at the position taken by the first Bahamian woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Bahamas (1996-2001) and President of the Bahamas Court of Appeal (2001 to 2010) on the referendum to be held on June 7 to decide whether Bahamian men and women should have equal status in our country.
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Bahamas First ‘not desperate’ to make further acquisitions
Bahamas First is “not desperate” to make further acquisitions, even though its top executive concedes this is the only viable route to growth.
