PETER YOUNG: An honest confession or spiteful act of revenge?
Last week’s extended seven-hour appearance before a committee of MPs at Westminster by Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser turned out to be an exceptionally bruising affair.
FACE TO FACE: ‘The Soil Guru’ on a mission and people are buying in to his message
THE cannabis industry is beginning to take shape in The Bahamas with the imminent Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2021 set to be tabled in Parliament.
Speaker’s conduct ‘unprecedented’ in Parliament, says historian
A TOP Bahamian historian says the conduct of House Speaker Halson Moultrie is “unprecedented” in the history of the Bahamian Parliament.
Three sworn in as Supreme Court justices
THREE newly appointed justices for the Supreme Court took their oaths yesterday.
‘Several’ airlifts of COVID patients from Andros
SEVERAL people have been airlifted from Andros to New Providence with COVID-19 in the last week, The Tribune understands.
‘Govt ignoring our nursing licence problems’
SOME unlicensed nursing school graduates feel they are being ignored by the government and are left in limbo unable to practise.
‘Too much for the taxpayer to bear’
Bahamasair’s $52m-and-counting subsidy “is too much for taxpayers to bear”, its chairman admitted yesterday, while adding that it has “got to make” the next fiscal year’s $30m allocation work.
Attorney fails to overturn $640k loan ‘negligence’
A Bahamian attorney has failed to overturn a “negligence” verdict over a $640,000 loan issued by an insurer whose owners include the PLP’s deputy leader.
Man shot dead in Abaco
Police are investigating after a man was found shot dead in a car in Abaco on Tuesday morning.
Baha Mar seeks to keep documents confidential
Baha Mar’s current owner is becoming increasingly embroiled in a legal battle with Sarkis Izmirlian related to the latter’s $2.25bn fraud and breach of contract claim against the project’s main contractor.
Judges throw out murder conviction
A MAN who was convicted of shooting and killing another man in 2013 had his 30-year sentence overturned in the Court of Appeal yesterday.
‘WE HAD NOTHING TO HIDE FROM UN’: Johnson responds to factfinding visit on immigration issues
FINANCIAL Services, Trade, Industry and Immigration Minister Elsworth Johnson told The Tribune yesterday he welcomed the United Nations’ recent inspectorial visit to The Bahamas as “we have nothing to hide”.
The corned beef and grits Budget
It is clear that the trio in charge of the Ministry of Finance has been forced to come up with a corned beef and grits 2021-2022 budget. If this is the best that they are able to come up with, God help us. It is conceded that taxes have been held at bay but that there is no real wiggle room for critical infrastructure and people development.
Fashion and the Inflation Dilemma
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EVER wondered why fashions come and go? How come skinny jeans, for example, will be trendy one season only to be frowned upon by the fashion police just a few months later?
Job readiness graduates praised by youth minister
MINISTER of Youth, Sports, and Culture Iram Lewis commended over 70 young participants who completed the seven-week job readiness programme in Grand Bahama.
Woman accused of throwing acid on ex-boyfriend’s lover
TWO police officers testified yesterday in the trial of a 23-year-old woman who is accused of throwing acid on her ex-boyfriend’s new lover.
Couple acquitted after nephew was shot when gun went off accidentally
A MAGISTRATE yesterday acquitted a couple who were charged with child cruelty after their nephew was shot with a gun that accidentally went off when he and their son were playing with it.
Animal control
I am writing in hopes that you and your paper can bring my family and me some relief from a bad situation that exists in my area of “Kool Acres”.
Donald Thomas trying to get his groove back
Coming off a hamstring injury in 2019 and limited competition in 2020 because of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Bahamian high jumper Donald Thomas said he’s just trying to get back into the groove of competing again.
