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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

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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

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

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PI resort settles over winding-up petition

PI resort settles over winding-up petition By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Paradise Island-based Club Land'Or resort has moved to settle a legal dispute with a former Bahamian employee creditor, Tribune Busi

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

PI resort settles credit union debt

PI resort settles credit union debt By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Paradise Island-based Club Land'Or resort has moved to settle its debt with another creditor, a credit union executive yesterday confirming

Electricity cut off at City Markets

Electricity cut off at City Markets CITY Market stores across New Providence had their electricity cut off yesterday for delinquent accounts, The Tribune can confirm. It was unclear how many stores were cut off, but BEC Chairman Michael Moss last night c

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

Boy, 16, denied bail in murder case

Boy, 16, denied bail in murder case By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net TWO men and a juvenile were remanded to prison yesterday after being arraigned in connection with two homicides. In the first of three arraignments be

Public sector strikes could be on the way as negotiations hit rocks

By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net DISAPPOINTED public managers are considering taking industrial action over slow-moving labour negotiations, union officials said yesterday. Public Managers Union representative Leslie M

Public sector strikes could be on the way as negotiations hit rocks

By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net DISAPPOINTED public managers are considering taking industrial action over slow-moving labour negotiations, union officials said yesterday. Public Managers Union representative Leslie M

TWO MEN FACE COURT OVER SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES

By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net TWO men were arraigned in Magistrate's Court yesterday on multiple armed robbery and stealing charges in separate cases. In the first of two arraignments, Kemel Blanc, 26, of 229 Ghana Circle, appeared before C

TWO MEN FACE COURT OVER SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES

By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net TWO men were arraigned in Magistrate's Court yesterday on multiple armed robbery and stealing charges in separate cases. In the first of two arraignments, Kemel Blanc, 26, of 229 Ghana Circle, appeared before C

TWO MEN FACE COURT OVER SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES

By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net TWO men were arraigned in Magistrate's Court yesterday on multiple armed robbery and stealing charges in separate cases. In the first of two arraignments, Kemel Blanc, 26, of 229 Ghana Circle, appeared before C

TWO MEN FACE COURT OVER SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES

By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net TWO men were arraigned in Magistrate's Court yesterday on multiple armed robbery and stealing charges in separate cases. In the first of two arraignments, Kemel Blanc, 26, of 229 Ghana Circle, appeared before C

TWO MEN FACE COURT OVER SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES

By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net TWO men were arraigned in Magistrate's Court yesterday on multiple armed robbery and stealing charges in separate cases. In the first of two arraignments, Kemel Blanc, 26, of 229 Ghana Circle, appeared before C

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