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Role model for a gloomy future?
Role model for a gloomy future? EDITOR, The Tribune We are frequently reminded that our future lies with our young people - an alarming thought indeed. However, if the tragic but hugely talented Whitney Houston was truly a role model for many of the you
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
Why a foreign deal?
EDITOR, The Tribune. Real Property Tax - IDB and Japanese provide a $765,000 grant to improve collection. Firstly the obvious is the obvious... if you ain't got the spare cash to pay Real Property Tax, that's it.. Japanese or whoever. One of the problem
No worse time for job layoffs
EDITOR, The Tribune. Just when you think the economy in Grand Bahama couldn't get any worse, it has. Like many Grand Bahamians, I was very disappointed to hear the heartrending news that Hutchison Whampoa had terminated 70 of its employees at the Freepo
Thinking out of the box
EDITOR, The Tribune. We hear so much from the politicians and the Downtown Development Board about their high-flouting plans for the City of Nassau however the worst offenders in messing the city up seem to be government. Who did the years-old tree on t
A thousands times no to foreign police
A thousands times no to foreign police EDITOR, The Tribune. I read with interest a report by Dr David Allen a noted psychologist, while I agree with some of his findings on the root cause of the crime situation and some of his recommended remedies, I st
FOUR HELD OVER DRUGS SEIZURE
BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Four Bimini men were taken into custody in connection with a drug seizure in Lucaya on Tuesday. Asst Supt Loretta Mackey reported that Drug Enforcement Unit officers execute
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
DNA leader says Bahamas has fallen behind in tourism
DNA leader says Bahamas has fallen behind in tourism By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - DNA leader Branville McCartney says the Bahamas has slipped from the top position in tourism to third place in the reg
DNA leader says Bahamas has fallen behind in tourism
DNA leader says Bahamas has fallen behind in tourism By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - DNA leader Branville McCartney says the Bahamas has slipped from the top position in tourism to third place in the reg
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
DNA leader says Bahamas has fallen behind in tourism
DNA leader says Bahamas has fallen behind in tourism By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - DNA leader Branville McCartney says the Bahamas has slipped from the top position in tourism to third place in the reg
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
DNA leader says Bahamas has fallen behind in tourism
DNA leader says Bahamas has fallen behind in tourism By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - DNA leader Branville McCartney says the Bahamas has slipped from the top position in tourism to third place in the reg
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
Role model for a gloomy future?
Role model for a gloomy future? EDITOR, The Tribune We are frequently reminded that our future lies with our young people - an alarming thought indeed. However, if the tragic but hugely talented Whitney Houston was truly a role model for many of the you
Role model for a gloomy future?
Role model for a gloomy future? EDITOR, The Tribune We are frequently reminded that our future lies with our young people - an alarming thought indeed. However, if the tragic but hugely talented Whitney Houston was truly a role model for many of the you
More of us than them?
More of us than them? EDITOR, The Tribune. The statement, there is more of us than them seems to be taking deep roots in the psychic of a number of persons within the Bahamian society. This statement was reportedly made at a gathering on Fort Charlotte
Ambition without action is failure
by Sir Ronald Sanders A recent statement by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Irwin La Rocque, that the region has been "overly ambitious in its integration targets", coming from the person who is expected to drive the regional
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