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Passport to a better future?
The spectre of Loftus Roker looms all too large for migrants over the government’s contentious policy, says Ava Turnquest, Tribune Chief Reporter.
Mourning for 'plait lady'
Mourning for 'plait lady' By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net ANDROSIANS mourned the loss of their beloved matriarch, Omelia Marshall, this weekend. The recipient of numerous tourism honours, including a Cacique award, f
NO BAIL FOR VIOLENT CRIME SUSPECTS
NO BAIL FOR VIOLENT CRIME SUSPECTS By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THREE men, two charged with murder and the other attempted murder, are behind bars at Her Majesty's Prison waiting to be brought before the courts in the next three months. T
Mortgage company was 'near bankruptcy'
By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Mortgage Corporation was headed to bankruptcy as a result of "reckless lending habits" under the PLP administration, chairman Dr Duane Sands said yesterday. Dr Sands said tha
Sentencing for credit fraud
By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A SOUTH American woman who pleaded guilty to more than two dozen credit fraud charges will return to Magistrate's Court tomorrow for sentencing. Lunaite Paulmerie, 28, will be sentenced in Court 10, Nassau Stre
Master of Japanese flute to perform
GRAND Bahama will host world-reknowned traditional Japanese flutist Elizabeth Reian Bennett at the Garden of the Groves on Boxing Day. Reian Bennett is the first woman to play professionally as a Grand Master of the shakuhachi, a vertical bamboo flute, an
CRIME BRIEFS
SIX people are recovering in hospital after three separate weekend shootings. A 28-year-old resident of Amos Ferguson Street became the first shooting victim after he was gunned down at Union Village, off Wulff Road, sometime around 1am Saturday. The vict
Shipping firms to relocate today
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net ALL shipping companies will have their operations relocated to the new container port at Arawak Cay as of today, Tribune Business has been informed. One shipping executive told Trib
Gov't urged to 'look carefully' at manufacturing's survival
Gov't urged to 'look carefully' at manufacturing's survival By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A leading Bahamian bottled water manufacturer yesterday urged the Government to "look very carefully at how we can survi
MAN FACES COURT OVER ATTEMPTED MURDER
A MAN was arraigned in Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon in connection with a recent shooting, which left the victim in critical condition in hospital. Derek Duphon, 29, of New Providence Isles, appeared before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez in Court
Mother's tears in court for murder victim
By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THE MOTHER and grandmother of a 30-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted and murdered on a Friday morning two years ago broke down in Supreme Court during a pathologists' testimony. Christina Swain, mother
Mother's tears in court for murder victim
By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THE MOTHER and grandmother of a 30-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted and murdered on a Friday morning two years ago broke down in Supreme Court during a pathologists' testimony. Christina Swain, mother
Mother's tears in court for murder victim
By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THE MOTHER and grandmother of a 30-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted and murdered on a Friday morning two years ago broke down in Supreme Court during a pathologists' testimony. Christina Swain, mother
Mother's tears in court for murder victim
By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THE MOTHER and grandmother of a 30-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted and murdered on a Friday morning two years ago broke down in Supreme Court during a pathologists' testimony. Christina Swain, mother
Robbery suspect escapes as guard takes toilet break
Robbery suspect escapes as guard takes toilet break AN ARMED robbery suspect escaped custody while receiving treatment at hospital yesterday. Frederick Green, 29, made his escape from the Princess Margaret Hospital's chest ward after the prison officer a
Murder trial jury split
Murder trial jury split By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A HUNG jury has left the case of a man accused of sexually assaulting and killing a woman nearly two years ago open for retrial. The Supreme Court murder trial of
Mourning for 'plait lady'
Mourning for 'plait lady' By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net ANDROSIANS mourned the loss of their beloved matriarch, Omelia Marshall, this weekend. The recipient of numerous tourism honours, including a Cacique award, f
Mourning for 'plait lady'
Mourning for 'plait lady' By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net ANDROSIANS mourned the loss of their beloved matriarch, Omelia Marshall, this weekend. The recipient of numerous tourism honours, including a Cacique award, f
Policeman acquitted in trial
Policeman acquitted in trial By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A POLICEMAN accused of abetting his colleague in the assault of a prisoner who died months later was acquitted in Supreme Court yesterday. Constable Tavares
Policeman acquitted in trial
Policeman acquitted in trial By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A POLICEMAN accused of abetting his colleague in the assault of a prisoner who died months later was acquitted in Supreme Court yesterday. Constable Tavares
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