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Androsian speaks out on election

Androsian speaks out on election EDITOR, The Tribune. I'm a 42-year-old female who has only voted twice in my life, 1992 FNM, 2007 for the PLP, because I had rather abandon my party and for Vincent than Mrs Chandrice Woodside Rolle who at the time ha

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Cruise arrivals on the up for Grand Bahama

Cruise arrivals on the up for Grand Bahama FREEPORT - Grand Bahama can expect a 29 per cent rise in cruise passenger arrivals this year, Grand Bahama Port Authority president Ian Rolle said. To help the island take advantage of this opportunity, the GBPA

Santorum's near win

EDITOR, The Tribune. US Republican presidential nominee Rick Santorum is surging in the polls because he is militantly pro-life, morally consistent and politically courageous - just what America needs. The foundation of America's problems is not the econ

Good governance from the DNA

EDITOR, The Tribune. The Progressive Liberal Party had its fair share of controversies during its last tenure as the governing party of the Bahamas. There was the debacle with Sydney Stubbs and the Korean boats at BAIC. Additionally, the Hon Shane Gibs

Brave Davis and his conflict of interest

EDITOR, The Tribune. The response of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) deputy leader; Mr Philip "Brave" Davis to the question of conflict of interest in relations to his law firm's connection to the Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC), instigates more ques

Tin gods and bamboo politicians

Tin gods and bamboo politicians EDITOR, The Tribune. It is well written in Psalm 110:4 that "The Lord has sworn and will not repent. You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." Throughout recorded history, there have been times whe

Victory for religious liberty over Obama

EDITOR, The Tribune. Religious Liberty 9, President Obama 0. I commend the US Supreme Court - in the Hosanna Tabor US Supreme Court ruling, January 11 - for unanimously ruling that religious bodies can and should set their own standards for hiring minist

BIG KING SWALLOWS UP LITTLE KING

BIG KING SWALLOWS UP LITTLE KING EDITOR, The Tribune. How much longer in this country are we going to sit back and watch the cat and mouse show? To sit back and watch Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham because of his place of leadership, position of influen

Government to be commended for salary advance

EDITOR, The Tribune. In a Bahamas where Bahamians collectively feel that successive governments have not had the will or the insight to empower Bahamians, I was ecstatic when I read a report which said that the government will be making it easier for civ

PM OPENS NEW $12M A&E CENTRE

PM OPENS NEW $12M A&E CENTRE By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT: The new $12 million Accident and Emergency urgent care centre and new operating theatre and day surgical unit were officially opened by Prime Mi

Two face court over armed robberies in Grand Bahama

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Two men accused of a string of armed robberies on Grand Bahama were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. Hubert Smith, 21, of Columbus Drive, and Renal

POLICE WARNING AFTER ROBBERY ARRESTS

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Following the arrest of two suspects in connection with a number of armed robberies, Police chief Emrick Seymour has issued a stern warning to persons committing crimes and

POLICE WARNING AFTER ROBBERY ARRESTS

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Following the arrest of two suspects in connection with a number of armed robberies, Police chief Emrick Seymour has issued a stern warning to persons committing crimes and

Two face court over armed robberies in Grand Bahama

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Two men accused of a string of armed robberies on Grand Bahama were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. Hubert Smith, 21, of Columbus Drive, and Renal

POLICE WARNING AFTER ROBBERY ARRESTS

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Following the arrest of two suspects in connection with a number of armed robberies, Police chief Emrick Seymour has issued a stern warning to persons committing crimes and

Two face court over armed robberies in Grand Bahama

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Two men accused of a string of armed robberies on Grand Bahama were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. Hubert Smith, 21, of Columbus Drive, and Renal

POLICE WARNING AFTER ROBBERY ARRESTS

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Following the arrest of two suspects in connection with a number of armed robberies, Police chief Emrick Seymour has issued a stern warning to persons committing crimes and

The battle for governance is heating up

The battle for governance is heating up EDITOR, The Tribune. The battle for governance for the next five-year period is truly heating up as the parties go through the process of naming and publishing their list of candidates. Each party is now shifting

You want fries with that?

EDITOR, The Tribune Re: 13 new ambulances expected by the end of next year. - The Tribune, February 9, 2012 ONE way to reduce the "possible unauthorised use of ambulances" might be to open a KFC or a McDonald's right at the ambulance depot itself. KEN

Is the PLP for the small man?

Is the PLP for the small man? EDITOR, The Tribune. Sea Hauler Tragedy It was on that fateful day, the August 2, 2003, when the Motor Vessels United Star and Sea Hauler collided at sea. It was an August Monday holiday weekend and the Sea Hauler was full