LETTER: No success with finding investors
Da Budget...what do we believe? Is Minister Davis saying that there is a surplus of revenue to cover all outstanding accounts?
LETTER: Politicians don’t need pay raise
I am writing in response to a recent letter to the editor that attempts to justify an increase in your salary. I wholeheartedly reject this argument as misguided at best.
EDITORIAL: What happens when justice isn't served?
TWO years ago, a report came into The Tribune about an incident at the Aura nightclub in Atlantis.
Senior baseball nationals to ‘pitch off’ this Friday
THE Bahamas Baseball Association is gearing up for its Brice Newball Foundation 2025 Andre Rodgers Senior National Baseball Championships at the Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium.
STATESIDE: When will GOP take a stand?
These are questions that have been debated for centuries.
FRONT PORCH: In praise of public service: The example of Joshua Sears
When the late Rodney Bain, who was the first Bahamian Secretary to the Cabinet, was tragically killed in a car accident while still in office, senior members of Sir Lynden Pindling’s cabinet rushed to the scene of the accident, horrified and reeling.
Union chief ‘blindsided’ by civil service wage increase
The Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) president yesterday said he was “blindsided” by the Prime Minister’s pledge of imminent civil service pay rises and a $112m jump in the Government’s wage bill.
PM: Rating goal ‘ambitious’, may be longer than 3 years
The Prime Minister yesterday conceded his three-year timeline for restoring The Bahamas to ‘investment grade’ status is “ambitious” but asserted that achieving this is more important than how long it takes.
Opposition MP hits ‘desperation’ over $100m VAT evasion
An Opposition MP yesterday asserted the Government is enacting “desperation” measures to crack down on tax avoidance said to be costing it $100m annually, warning: “One day the well will run dry.”
PM accused of ‘deflection’ over $120m Grand Lucayan proceeds
The Opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday accused the Prime Minister of “deflection” after he failed to answer how much of the $120m Grand Lucayan sales proceeds have been paid to the Government.
PM: $1m VAT crackdown to stop Treasury losing out
The Prime Minister yesterday asserted that cracking down on VAT deductions for construction projects worth over $1m will ensure the Public Treasury no longer loses out to “private interests”.
Officer guilty of soliciting sex to dismiss traffic tickets
A POLICE constable remained silent yesterday as he was convicted of attempting to solicit sex from a woman in exchange for dismissing traffic tickets while in uniform near Yamacraw Beach in 2023.
‘Pay rises this month’ for public sector staff
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday announced that middle management public servants would receive salary increases at the end of this month.
Other PLP backbenchers: ‘We don’t feel sidelined’
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) Members of Parliament pushed back yesterday against Southern Shores MP Leroy Major’s claims that backbenchers are being sidelined in the Davis administration.
Just $30k Budget for govt’s anti-corruption committee
THE government has allocated a mere $30,000 to the newly established Independent Commission of Investigations, a body the Davis administration touted as a cornerstone of its anti-corruption efforts.
‘No Justice’: ‘Men tried to cut my foot off in Atlantis nightclub - and police took no action’
TWO years after suffering a brain injury and foot damage so severe that bones protruded from the flesh, Charles Sinn is still shocked by the lack of justice, especially given how publicly it all unfolded.
BREEF hosts snorkel at Sea Beach Promenade for World Oceans Day
The Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) proudly celebrates World Oceans Day on Sunday, June 8th, and the renewal of National Ocean Protection Week as declared by Prime Minister Philip E. Davis.
KEITH ROYE II: Don’t get trapped by life in front of a screen
In today’s turbocharged digital economy, “always online” has become more than a convenience for it is now an expectation.
