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Absolutely no apology necessary
EDITOR, The Tribune. Minister Tommy Turnquest wants an apology from an Australian journalist. His Australian documentary, now showing on YouTube, presents the Bahamas as a country "under siege by crime and violence". Mr Turnquest wants an apology? Excuse
Absolutely no apology necessary
EDITOR, The Tribune. Minister Tommy Turnquest wants an apology from an Australian journalist. His Australian documentary, now showing on YouTube, presents the Bahamas as a country "under siege by crime and violence". Mr Turnquest wants an apology? Excuse
Changes ahead for foreign students
Changes ahead for foreign students The US State Department plans major changes to a foreign exchange programme that has been exploited by unscrupulous labour brokers and organised criminals in the sex industry, according to an internal memo obtained Tues
The destruction of Jumbey village
The destruction of Jumbey village "NO, I can't believe it - that can't be true!" This was Coconut Grove MP's Ed Moxey's shocked reply in May 1974 when a news reporter called to ask what he thought of a report that government had planned to build a repli
Obama speech puts him in campaign arena
Obama speech puts him in campaign arena President Barack Obama, having watched his Republican adversaries pound him for weeks, got his turn Tuesday, using his State of the Union speech to land the first major counterpunch of the still-forming 2012 electi
Obama speech puts him in campaign arena
Obama speech puts him in campaign arena President Barack Obama, having watched his Republican adversaries pound him for weeks, got his turn Tuesday, using his State of the Union speech to land the first major counterpunch of the still-forming 2012 electi
Obama speech puts him in campaign arena
Obama speech puts him in campaign arena President Barack Obama, having watched his Republican adversaries pound him for weeks, got his turn Tuesday, using his State of the Union speech to land the first major counterpunch of the still-forming 2012 electi
Obama speech puts him in campaign arena
Obama speech puts him in campaign arena President Barack Obama, having watched his Republican adversaries pound him for weeks, got his turn Tuesday, using his State of the Union speech to land the first major counterpunch of the still-forming 2012 electi
A THOUSAND TINY CUTS
By PACO NUNEZ Tribune News Editor BAHAMIANS don't like people who 'ain like us'. Not that we're all very similar - nothing could be further from the truth - but most of us enjoy basking in the warmth and security of shared beliefs and opinions, whatever
A THOUSAND TINY CUTS
By PACO NUNEZ Tribune News Editor BAHAMIANS don't like people who 'ain like us'. Not that we're all very similar - nothing could be further from the truth - but most of us enjoy basking in the warmth and security of shared beliefs and opinions, whatever
A THOUSAND TINY CUTS
By PACO NUNEZ Tribune News Editor BAHAMIANS don't like people who 'ain like us'. Not that we're all very similar - nothing could be further from the truth - but most of us enjoy basking in the warmth and security of shared beliefs and opinions, whatever
DON'T LISTEN TO THE MESSENGERS OF DOOM
DON'T LISTEN TO THE MESSENGERS OF DOOM THE SOUND bites being fired off by opposition politicians over the collapse of the Kerzner agreement with its Brookfield creditor gives the impression that they are intent -- in order to deal a mortal political blow
PM Ingraham and his biting sarcasm
PM Ingraham and his biting sarcasm THERE WAS excitement in Grand Bahama when in a jocular remark -- which translated meant that the PLP's election promises will happen "when chickens grow teeth!" - Prime Minister Ingraham remarked: "Down in West End Mr S
PM Ingraham and his biting sarcasm
PM Ingraham and his biting sarcasm THERE WAS excitement in Grand Bahama when in a jocular remark -- which translated meant that the PLP's election promises will happen "when chickens grow teeth!" - Prime Minister Ingraham remarked: "Down in West End Mr S
Women's struggles in the Bahamas
Women's struggles in the Bahamas By JANET BOSTWICK IN the general elections in the Colony of The Bahama Islands in 1949, Mr Rufus Ingraham, the Member of Parliament for Inagua for two years, lost his bid to be re-elected. His wife, Mrs Mary Ingraham, t
AK47 ROUNDS FOUND
A RESIDENT, who lives in southwestern New Providence, has dogs whose favourite pastime is scavenging the neighbourhood. Every morning, the resident's front yard is littered with odds and ends brought in by the dogs from their night's prowl. Daily, it's th
Bahamas Hot Mix meets international standards
Bahamas Hot Mix meets international standards SEEMS that the Opposition hates Bahamas Hot Mix, but during its administration couldn't do without it for the construction of the Tonique Williams Darling Highway. In 2003 - under the PLP administration -- thr
Euro, rich-poor gap proved key at Davos
Euro, rich-poor gap proved key at Davos Europe's crippling debt crisis dominated the world's foremost gathering of business and political leaders, but for the first time the growing inequality between the planet's haves and have-nots became an issue, tha
Greek austerity meeting postponed again
Greek austerity meeting postponed again Greece's prime minister negotiated late into the night Tuesday with the country's international creditors, finalizing a proposal for new austerity measures to avoid a disastrous bankruptcy. Prime Minister Lucas Pap
BISHOP ELLIS IS RIGHT - SOCIAL ILLS MEAN DESTRUCTION
BISHOP ELLIS IS RIGHT - SOCIAL ILLS MEAN DESTRUCTION IN THIS column yesterday, we jested about Bishop Neil Ellis' theatrical announcement of how, as God's chosen messenger, he was sent to warn Bahamians that the world's three greatest vices, in the form
