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Small business reforms ‘vital to our existence’
The Bahamian “family unit” will continue to be undermined by this nation’s high small business failure rate, a well-known consultant warned yesterday, urging the Government to move rapidly on legislation designed to strengthen the sector.
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A National Health Insurance plan for The Bahamas
Health care is essential, a fundamental right, good - and extremely expensive. With the latest National Health Insurance scheme set for implementation at the start of next year, Dr Robin Roberts sets out what is at stake and urges Bahamians - the people who matter most - to engage in the debate and make their views known.
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IAN FERGUSON: The factors fuelling workplace conflicts
Much thought is given in the corporate world to how employees interact with customers, but often we neglect to focus on the working relationships between team members.
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CARNIVAL FEVER: Festival opponents argue ignorantly and illogically while Christian Council is out of touch
IF there is one thing that is predictable about Bahamians, it is our love for complaining and tearing our own down.
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Smith: We should elect a Prime Minister
FRED Smith, the Queen’s Counsel attorney, is calling for an overhaul of the political process, saying the time has come for Bahamians to choose their prime minister.
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Breezes attorney: Baha Mar’s approach ‘simply unheard of’
An attorney for SuperClubs Breezes says he has “never experienced a more blatant trespass” in three decades of conveyancing practice than that allegedly seen in the hotel’s ‘land swap’ battle with Baha Mar.
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Referendum crumbling under political opportunism
JUST as forecast, support for the upcoming constitutional referendum has crumbled under the weight of political opportunism. What was initially pitched as a benign and straightforward bid to remove discrimination against women, has lit the stage for exploitation and fear mongering. Now contentious, the bills have been fated to a caustic half-life that has once again exposed the political cannibalism and unbridled personal ambition that have long characterised the country’s democratic system.
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On with the show!
EDITOR, The Tribune.
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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: The problem with funding
IN the wake of the now infamous Peter Nygard video—Nygard takes the Bahamas back—it is clear that the Bahamas is in need of an Integrity Commission, the enforcement of the Freedom of Information Act and—on a broader scale—an Office of the Ombudsman.
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Dominating distractions
They are seldom ever discussed, written about or analyzed, but they are there, constantly getting in the way, interrupting and interfering.
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Cash angered by PLP's comments at Abaco rally
ACTING FNM chairman Darron Cash took the PLP to task for the “despicable comments” of some speakers at a political rally in North Abaco on Saturday.
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Bahamas speaks out against attack in Libya
THE government of the Bahamas and the official opposition have both expressed outrage at the attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya that claimed the life of US Ambassador J Christopher Stevens and three embassy staff members.
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Dion Foulkes: 'Bahamians live better because of Hubert Ingraham'
IN THE early 1980s, in my capacity as the hotel union shop steward at the Grand Hotel, now the RUI, I sought to improve benefits and working conditions for union members.
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'PM should deal with crime, not talk about FNM'
FNM chairman Charles Maynard said his party is "shocked" that Prime Minister Perry Christie is happy to spend time commenting on internal FNM matters when he should be dealing with the high levels of crime and unemployment facing the nation.
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PM's strong support for bran rival
PM's strong support for bran rival By PAUL G TURNQUEST Chief Reporter pturnquest@tribunemedia.net BRANDING Branville McCartney as a man with unbridled "ambition to achieve power", Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said Bamboo Town now deserves an MP who is
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What does it mean to you to be black?
By KHALILA NICOLLS Khalilanicolls@gmail.com THE other day I stumped a politician by asking him a simple question: What is Africa? The question emerged because he responded to another question I posed, are you African, by saying, "No, I am a Bahamian wit
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