Three face court on firearm charges
THREE men were arraigned in court yesterday on separate firearm and ammunition charges.
Kaleb Barnett commits to Owls
THE latest Bahamian prospect to enter the South Florida pipeline to gridiron success committed to a major Division I programme.
Team Bahamas shines at Arkas Optimist World Championships
Team Bahamas delivered several milestone performances at the 2022 Arkas Optimist World Championships.
Cruise tourism reliance exacerbated COVID hit
The Bahamas was yesterday urged to intensify its focus on the digital economy as a new source of gross domestic product (GDP) growth post-COVID.
ALICIA WALLACE: Same old, same old - the bodies pile up with no solutions ever offered
IN RECENT days, there has been hand-wringing about the number of murders counted in just one week. This is not an unfamiliar place for us. As the number of murders steadily moves toward 100, people start talking. They decry the state of the nation and worry aloud about its direction and destination.
EDITORIAL: We must build on this new beginning to tackle crime
WHEN The Tribune wrote on Monday of the silence among our political leaders in the face of the soaring murder statistics, we hoped it might prompt a response in our country.
ORG looks to youth to tackle gender violence
THE Organisation for Responsible Governance is mobilising youth activists to bring awareness to Gender based Violence in its latest programme.
‘I expect police to defend themselves’
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe says that if police officers are confronted by criminals with weapons, he expects officers to defend themselves.
Competition law could help cruise challenges
Fulfilling The Bahamas’ long-standing commitment to enact competition laws could help prevent the cruise lines directing passengers to patronise select tours, attractions and retailers, it is being argued.
BNT fears message sent over poaching-accused uncertainty
The Bahamas National Trust’s (BNT) executive director last night voiced fears that suspected fisheries poachers “caught red handed” in the Exumas may be allowed to leave this nation without being charged.
Bahamas among most exposed to Ukraine war
The Bahamas must brace for multiple economic “uncertainties” over the next 12-18 months, a governance reformer warned yesterday, after it was named among the eight Western Hemisphere states most vulnerable to the Ukraine war.
DevCO slams concrete maker over ‘gross underperformance’
The Grand Bahama Development Company (DevCO) has accused a concrete manufacturer or “gross contractual underperformance” and asserted that it cannot continue to grant it an aggregate monopoly that excludes local rivals.
Mother and son graduate from BTVI
WHEN Mark Fraser crossed the stage to receive his certificate, his mother, Kelcene Kelly, was not cheering for him from the audience like other parents and supporters.
Munroe says it’s time to stop politicising crime
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe says it is time to stop politicising crime, as he accused the former administration of dismantling a long term plan to address the issue.
Minister discusses ‘betrayal’ claim by former commissioner
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe has recalled his personal experiences with former commissioner Paul Rolle regarding the senior officers who were made to take accumulated vacation and later seconded to various ministries.
Mangrove Mania seeks to replenish forests
THE organisers of ‘Mangrove Mania’ are extremely thankful to Ann Marie Davis, wife of Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis, and Minister of Grand Bahama Ginger Moxey for participating in the official kick-off of the country’s first-ever competition aimed at restoring and replenishing the Bahamas’ vitally important, critically threatened mangrove forests.
COVID collapse sparked rare $1.7bn ‘dual deficit’
Tourism’s “collapse” at COVID-19’s peak “exposed the fragility” of The Bahamas’ current economic model by producing rare twin goods and services trade deficits worth a combined $1.7bn.
Latest victim another ‘on bail’
A MAN was shot and killed in a shooting incident at Quarry Mission Road on Monday night.
Sadness behind top cop’s appointment
CLAYTON Fernander fought back tears yesterday as he recalled that both his father and brother died not knowing the future of his career with the police force while he sought recourse in a saga that involved him being forced into vacation by the former administration.
