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Junkanoo tickets selling fast
TICKETS for prime Junkanoo seating in Rawson Square are selling fast as anticipation builds for the return of the country’s premier cultural expression.
12th grader receives $30,000 empowerment scholarship
KIERIA Woodside, the recipient of the $30,000 Golden Gates Female Empowerment Scholarship, thanked her family for the motivation to excel despite the odds.
$4m AML store opening to bring Freeport ‘rebirth’
AML opened the doors to its new $4m Solomon’s food store in the Winn Building yesterday, signalling the long-awaited rebirth of downtown Freeport for many Grand Bahamians.
Free food for needy
Should those who really have a lot go online when there is ‘free food’ being distributed and partake? Surely their conscience pricks them?
GB does not need Nassau charity
A prominent solicitor who responded to the remarks of the financial secretary in the Ministry of Finance in The Tribune Business spoke for most Grand Bahamians when he essentially said that New Providence was not sustaining that northern island in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in September 2019.
Boy, 9, dies after collision while out riding his bike
THE family of a nine-year-old boy who was killed in a tragic traffic accident on Tuesday are devastated and struggling to come to terms with his untimely death.
FNM Chairman urges minister to address water challenges, potholes
FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands has urged Public Works Minister Alfred Sears, KC, to help the “long suffering” people of San Salvador and Eleuthera with water challenges.
Three more athletes added to Walk of Fame
WORLD and Olympic champions Shaunae Miller- Uibo and Steven Gardiner and their World Relays’ mixed relay gold medal teammate Anthonique Strachan were the latest athletes added to the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Legends Walk of Fame.
Why did women’s national basketball team not travel?
WHO is responsible for the financial fiasco that forced the Bahamas Basketball Federation to leave the women’s national basketball team home, instead of travelling last week to compete in the Centrobasket Tournament.
MARIJUANA LAWS PLAN UP IN SMOKE: Promised legislation by end of year now ‘not likely’, says AG
DESPITE promises from the Davis administration to present the marijuana legalisation to Parliament before the end of the year, Attorney General Ryan Pinder said yesterday that this is “not likely”.
Minister contradicts press secretary on Village Road completion
DAYS after press secretary Clint Watson announced that work on Village Road should be completed by December 12, Works and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears said paving of the road is actually expected to last through the end of next month, but should be “substantially” completed before the start of the new year.
PM pitching for stadium to become baseball hub
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said he anticipates that the country will become the nexus in regional baseball with the opening of the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium.
Xmas ‘financial cushion’ vital for Bahamian retail
The “make or break” Christmas shopping season will this year be vital for Bahamian merchants to “build a financial cushion” against forecast economic headwinds in 2023, a well-known retailer warned yesterday.
Undefeated Cavaliers secure 40-31 win over Freedom Baptist Warriors
IT was another day in the office for coach Wilton Johnson and his Mt Carmel Cavaliers senior boys basketball team last night.
‘How many taxi plates have been issued?’
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has urged Transport and Housing Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis to disclose the number of taxi plates that have been issued, amid accusations that the law has not been followed regarding the issuing process.
‘Slap in the face’ on Dorian’s tax breaks
The Government was yesterday accused of delivering “a slap in the face” to Abaco and Grand Bahama by confirming that both islands’ present Dorian-related tax breaks expire today as scheduled.
Tanks ordered to solve Eleuthera’s water woe
A Cabinet minister yesterday said the Government has ordered two one-million gallon water storage tanks for central Eleuthera to ease ongoing supply shortages and disruption.
Miller: I’m talking to cruise lines about pollution problem
ENVIRONMENT and Natural Resources Minister Vaughn Miller yesterday said he is in conversation with cruise lines about the issue of pollution in Bahamian waters. If necessary, he said, the government will use the “maximum extent of the law” to deal with the issue.
Month of cultural activities to be held
THE Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Culture in collaboration with the cultural community, has organised a series of activities this month to celebrate the country’s rich cultural heritage.
‘Stop union-busting’
UNION leaders yesterday called on the Davis administration to stop its “union busting tactics” calling the government’s recent announcement about forthcoming salary increases for public servants that were reportedly made without consultation “a blatant disregard for unions”.
