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Joint partnership provides aid relief across Grand Bahama
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock @ tribunemedia.net DURING these challenging and difficult times, 200 families on Grand Bahama received much needed relief aid last week through a joint partnership effort. The Grand Bahama Disa
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More than 200 cases of COVID-19 in Police and Defence Force
THERE have been more than 200 COVID-19 cases collectively in the Royal Bahamas Police Force and Royal Bahamas Defence Force, National Security Minister Marvin Dames said yesterday.He said of the 102 confirmed cases in the police force, six of those a
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Driver without mask fined after he is pulled over
A 43-year-old man was yesterday fined $200 for failing to wear a mask while he was outside of his home. Bernard Cooper was accused of committing the offence while driving along West Bay Street around 11.35pm on July 9. He pleaded guilty to violating
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Unemployment assistance expands to self-employed outside tourism
THE government will expand its unemployment assistance programme to self-employed people outside of the tourism industry, Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest announced Monday.
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Woman ordered to reimburse store she stole from
A 41-year-old woman who stole over $200 worth of food items from Super Value last week was ordered to reimburse the store or risk spending two months at the Bahamas Department of Corrections.
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Company helps with special clothing
AS the novel coronavirus continues to spread, Bahamas Striping Group of Companies has pitched in to assist government with its response by supplying an assortment of protective gear.
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$400 fine for leaving home without mask
A 26-year-old man was fined $400 for leaving his home without a face mask during the curfew hours.Corderro Young was charged after officers found him near Cyprus Court around 2.45am on July 13. He pleaded guilty during his arraignment before Deputy C
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INSIGHT: We must do everything we can for ALL of those on the frontline in this battle
IF you heard last week’s announcement of 200 healthcare workers from Princess Margaret Hospital and Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre being placed in quarantine and the hairs on the back of your neck did not stand up, you aren’t considering the long-term sustainability of the healthcare system.
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EDITORIAL: Outrage is just the start
IT is not often that we hear the voice of the Prime Minister’s wife in the wake of the violence that too routinely breaks out on our streets.
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NIB: Over $500,000 to tourism self-employed
The National Insurance Board (NIB) yesterday said it has paid-out more than $500,000 in the first tranche of help for self-employed persons in the tourism sector hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The social security system, in a statement, disclosed: “T
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FSU head coach: Izaak Bastian ‘is a model student-athlete’
IZAAK Bastian continues to receive academic accolades for the past season, most recently by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
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Three face armed robbery charges
THREE men were remanded to prison on Friday after being accused of robbery.
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15-year-old accused of using gun to rob woman
A 15-year-old was charged with armed robbery in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.The North Andros boy was accused of using a .9mm pistol to rob a woman of a wallet containing $200, two Alcatel cell phones valued at $90 each and $80 cash which belonged to
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25 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19
The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that there are 25 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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Shaunae wins Clermont Track Meet 100m with personal best
IT seemed as if Shaunae Miller-Uibo went back to her high school days at St Augustine's College as she competed in the 100 metres on Friday at the two-day Back to the Track: Clermont Track Meet.
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Simply the best: Miller-Uibo clocks personal best in 100m
Another pair of world leading victory performances, including a personal best in the 100 metres, was logged into Shaunae Miller-Uibo’s account at the Back to the Track: Clermont Series over the weekend.
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Massive blaze as cars catch fire (video)
OVER 200 cars and several boats were caught in a blaze that erupted near the Royal Bahamas Police Force Training College off University Drive yesterday, fire chief Walter Evans said. The vehicles were all inoperable, he said. He said up to press ti
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Straw Vendors: Authority 'not candid' on re-opening
Straw vendors yesterday accused the Straw Market Authority (SMA) of not being “candid” with them about its plans for the downtown facility ahead of the July 1 post-COVID-19 borders re-opening. Reverend Esther Thompson, president of the Straw Busines
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Food parcels for struggling taxi drivers
SOME 200 struggling taxi-cab drivers received food parcels this week at the Reach Out Community Centre in Freeport during the official renaming of the organisation’s feeding programme on Grand Bahama.
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'Feeding Bain Grants town' project distributes over 11,000 food packages
OVER the past nine months, Mt Olive Baptist Church, in partnership with the Bain Grants Town Advancement Association, has distributed over 11,000 food packages under the “Feeding Bain Grants Town” project.
