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Snapchat launches spectacles

SOCIAL media app Snapchat is introducing video-recording glasses called Spectacles, which can record video 10 seconds at a time by tapping a button on the device.

ON DA HOOK

THE Wahoo season is in full swing across The Bahamas, with great catches in Bimini, Grand Bahama and Abaco this week and the fish providing a great spectacle.

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Capture a Junkanoo memory forever as pictures go on sale

Our photographers captured all the colour and spectacle of the 2017/18 Boxing Day and New Year’s Day Junkanoo parades and now, for the first time, The Tribune is giving readers the opportunity to purchase photos from the events.

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Fees to rise - including morgue fees

A VARIETY of Public Hospitals Authority fees will be likely raised in the new fiscal year, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.

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All board for the Festival of Lights

PLANS for the third annual Festival of Lights Christmas Boat Parade, scheduled for Saturday, December 15, are well under way.

Think twice, Elizabeth

Before taking Hubert Ingraham’s advice and voting for former Health Minister Duane Sands . . .

Mitchell’s views on activists

The comments of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell have become so unhinged and extremist of late that it is difficult not to find the spectacle amusing.

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PM and Minnis accused of playing politics with Haitian flag day

BRANVILLE McCartney yesterday said Prime Minister Perry Christie and Leader of the Opposition Dr Hubert Minnis should be ashamed of themselves for making a “political spectacle” of Haitian Flag Day at the weekend.

Applying price control regardless

The spectacle of the Price Control Commission (PCC) visiting and demonising businesses in the press has recommenced, but with a twist.

Moment in time

The recent politically-based march and demonstration clearly unmasked the ‘hidden hands’ hell bent on the destabilisation of the Gold Rush Administration.

IWFS rocks Fort Charlotte

FASHION aficionados looking for a fulfilling experience were not disappointed with this year’s edition of the Islands of the World Fashion Showcase (IWFS).

Political row over rallies

Political row over rallies EDITOR, The Tribune. It never ceases to amaze how some politicians and pundits make up new rules to justify their own false notions and prejudices. We have been treated to such a spectacle by a few who have criticised the wife

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Sir Durward Knowles 100 Regatta set for Montagu

THE Montagu foreshore will be transformed into a sporting and entertainment spectacle this weekend with 100 boats in competition to honour one of the country’s greatest sporting icons.

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Corruption in Smith case? ‘Nonsense’

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday called accusations of corruption a “disgrace” as he rejected calls for a Commission of Inquiry into police conduct in the bribery and extortion trial of former PLP Senator Frank Smith.

Stop the guns

How to get guns out of the hands of Bahamians and deter them from ending every argument with brutal force - often lethal?

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ALICIA WALLACE: Time for a different tune than our brand of one-note tourism

We watched another one bite the dust on Monday, over and over again. It instantly became a where-were-you-when moment. The videos and pictures seem endless and I imagine people return to them to experience the thrill, again, of what was once Crystal Palace crumbling before their eyes. It is not often we see demolitions in The Bahamas, so this was quite the spectacle. As the dust settles, many people are sharing memories of Crystal Palace, from teenage sleepovers to working night shifts. The demolition, as some have said, was the end of an era.

Sporting Mischief and Mayhem: Seconds out as Norman and Beckham forget football

THIS Sunday we all bore witness to quite the spectacle between Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman and New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.

Capturing government

Retail politics in The Bahamas is akin to riding a bucking bronco (bucking horse) or a steed (riding horse). The watching crowds are titillated and amused by the spectacle, especially if a participant is gored or run over by one of the raging animals. It is no different here in our wonderful nation as general elections unfold. The ancient Roman Gladiators often fought to the death and the so-called best man always won. The upcoming elections will be hand-to-hand combat. There will be many bodies strewn all over the arena at the close of the games.

The political Arena

As we approach the electoral period it is important that the major political parties vet; select and groom potential new candidates to offer on behalf of the respective entity. Hitherto we have seen the spectacle of the actual nomination and election of assorted candidates over the years who would have been elected on the ticket for one party only to turn renegade and switch to another party after falling out with his/her original party.

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WORLD VIEW: OAS needs review after fracas in Venezuela

On March 28, the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States (OAS) experienced a public spectacle of disarray that, in 36 years of diplomatic life in many international and multinational organisations, I have never witnessed. A similar observation was made by many other seasoned Ambassadors.