Bus driver acquitted of sex assault of 15-year-old girl
A 40-year-old bus driver was acquitted yesterday of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who had been reported missing in Yamacraw Estates in 2023.
Save Exuma Alliance calls for crackdown on reckless boating
A GRASSROOTS coalition in the Exumas is calling on the Bahamian government to urgently crack down on reckless boating, citing a surge in dangerous incidents tied to the explosion of boat traffic around popular tourist attractions like the Swimming Pigs.
Minister: ‘I did everything right’ on $267m hospital’s financing
A Cabinet minister yesterday revealed US government-backed institutions showed “no appetite” to finance the new $267m hospital while the UK offer emerged when the China deal was “95 percent done”.
Family grieves for mom and daughter
A MOTHER and her daughter were killed in a violent car crash early Saturday morning, a tragedy that has left their family struggling to cover burial costs. Yesterday, a third person in the car, a 33-year-old man, was also pronounced dead.
China: Is there a US loan proposal on the table?
THE Chinese embassy has challenged the United States to say whether it ever offered The Bahamas a competing loan for a new hospital, after the US criticised the Davis administration’s $195m agreement with Beijing.
Sebas rejects pastor’s claim that he is trying to reinvent himself
SEBAS Bastian has defended his role in the rise of the web shop industry, rejecting calls from a prominent pastor to repent for what the clergyman described as years of profiting off the poor.
Cannabis Authority’s work ‘moving too slowly’
A DIRECTOR on the Cannabis Authority says the authority’s work is moving too slowly. “Almost like everything in our country, it’s just slow, almost to a stop,” said Bishop Simeon Hall, who also served as co-chair of the former Marijuana Commission.
EDITORIAL: Importance of finding the best deal
THE diplomatic sparring between the US and China has continued over the signing of a deal to provide a loan towards a new hospital for New Providence.
GB Power outage woe branded ‘pretty brutal’
Grand Bahama Power Company is “definitely competing for weakest link” in the island’s economy at present with last week’s outages described by private sector executives as “brutal”.
Bahamas bank defendant in $28m unpaid US tax lawsuit
A Bahamian financial institution is a defendant in a lawsuit demanding that a “bankrupt” client return trust assets domiciled in this nation to settle almost $28m in unpaid US federal income taxes.
Big Game marina off 50% as Gov’t eyes tripling boat fees
A prominent Bimini resort’s marina business plunged by 50 percent compared to normal July 4 weekends after the enactment of revised boating fees that the Government expects to triple its revenues.
Cable fears starlink may force them out of market
Cable Bahamas is warning it may “be forced to exit the market and/or file for bankruptcy” if regulators fail to ensure it can compete on equal terms with Elon Musk’s Starlink and other satellite providers.
Two Bahamians believed dead in drug-related incident in Haiti
AT least two Bahamians are believed to have been killed in Haiti — including a well-known Moore’s Island man, The Tribune has learned.
A welcome jobs boost in GB as Celebration Key opens to fanfare
CARNIVAL Cruise Line unveiled its $600m Celebration Key to more than 8,000 Bahamians this weekend, offering a first look at what is expected to become one of the region’s most visited cruise destinations and a powerful economic engine for Grand Bahama.
US hits out at China after hospital deal
THE Davis administration sidelined a British offer to fund a new hospital and signed a $195m deal with China last week, drawing US warnings about the risks of Chinese investment.
INSIGHT: Are we really independent?
INDEPENDENCE this year felt a little different – and for me it was not just down to the downpour of rain that forced the schedule to be rearranged.
Woman accused of attacking man with her car
A 34-year-old woman was granted bail on Friday after she was accused of attacking a man with her vehicle and causing property damage on Poinciana Avenue last week.
‘Jazz’ Chisholm Jr in Home Run Derby
Tonight will be a very special one for Bahamian Major League Baseball player Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr and his local coach and mentor Geron Sands.
‘May your soul rest in peace’ Winston Marshall, 72
THE Bahamas has lost one of the most brilliant minds and avid supporters of track and field in the passing of Winston Marshall.
Two women die in two-car collision on Baillou Hill Road and Kim’s Crescent on weekend
Two women died and several other people were injured in a crash in the early hours of Saturday morning.
