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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

MAN CHARGED WITH SERIES OF OFFENCES

FREEPORT - A 41-year-old male resident of Eight Mile Rock was charged with several serious offences in the Freeport Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. David Dean, a resident of Sapodilla Road North, Hanna Hill, appeared in Magistrate's Court Two before Mag

MAN JAILED FOR THREE YEARS FOR THEFTS

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - A Freeport man was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in the Freeport Magistrate's Court to 23 counts of stealing. Charles Symonette, 37, of Pioneer's

MAN JAILED FOR THREE YEARS FOR THEFTS

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - A Freeport man was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in the Freeport Magistrate's Court to 23 counts of stealing. Charles Symonette, 37, of Pioneer's

Police behaviour too rude and aggressive

EDITOR, The Tribune. Can someone explain to me and the other organisers of tourist activities why there is a policy of police harassment towards these persons on Bay Street and the dock area? I understand why there has to be a strong police presence on B

Tax relief in 100 days

Tax relief in 100 days By Mike Lightbourn THE incoming Government has promised to try and stimulate the real estate and construction sectors. Within 100 days, it says it will re-introduce a ceiling on the maximum level of real property tax on high end r

What happens to your offer

By Mike Lightbourn IMAGINE you've been looking at homes for a month now, seen a wide variety of properties, and you're ready to take action. What's the next step? Once you've made your decision, you must make a verbal or written offer to purchase, a stat

What happens to your offer

By Mike Lightbourn IMAGINE you've been looking at homes for a month now, seen a wide variety of properties, and you're ready to take action. What's the next step? Once you've made your decision, you must make a verbal or written offer to purchase, a stat

What happens to your offer

By Mike Lightbourn IMAGINE you've been looking at homes for a month now, seen a wide variety of properties, and you're ready to take action. What's the next step? Once you've made your decision, you must make a verbal or written offer to purchase, a stat

Turn liabilities into assets and stand out from the crowd

Turn liabilities into assets and stand out from the crowd By Mike Lightbourn Getting ready to place your home on the market? If it is in anything less than "like new" condition, you'll need a little reality check before you can determine a fair asking p

Committee aims to tackle trafficking

By Kathryn Campbell Bahamas Information Services THE Inter-Ministerial committee appointed to review the United States Government's 2011 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on The Bahamas and to make recommendations on these matters to Cabinet held its i

Committee aims to tackle trafficking

By Kathryn Campbell Bahamas Information Services THE Inter-Ministerial committee appointed to review the United States Government's 2011 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on The Bahamas and to make recommendations on these matters to Cabinet held its i

Committee aims to tackle trafficking

By Kathryn Campbell Bahamas Information Services THE Inter-Ministerial committee appointed to review the United States Government's 2011 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on The Bahamas and to make recommendations on these matters to Cabinet held its i

Committee aims to tackle trafficking

By Kathryn Campbell Bahamas Information Services THE Inter-Ministerial committee appointed to review the United States Government's 2011 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on The Bahamas and to make recommendations on these matters to Cabinet held its i

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

Food drive and voting drive by DNA

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The Democratic National Alliance has launched an Unemployment Registration and Food Assistance Drive on Grand Bahama to assist those struggling to find work and feed thei

Bahamas stands as a beacon in the world

EDITOR, The Tribune. I write about the recent prognostication or prediction released by Standard & Poor (S&P) on their perceived findings about my country's economic and financial status. Firstly, we in The Bahamas have not received their grim outlook on

Committee aims to tackle trafficking

By Kathryn Campbell Bahamas Information Services THE Inter-Ministerial committee appointed to review the United States Government's 2011 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on The Bahamas and to make recommendations on these matters to Cabinet held its i

Negative aspects of Nassau life

EDITOR, The Tribune. Akin to Shakespeare to "As you like it", I make the following comments of what I see around me which is so negative. 1) The New Providence Road programme - again, Prince Charles and Market are blocked off and I really wonder if this

DNA: Technology is key to future'

DNA: Technology is key to future' BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Democratic National Alliance leader Branville McCartney warned Grand Bahamians that the next general election must be held within the n