Man died ‘trying to scale barbed wire’
A MAN was found dead early on Sunday morning in a shed on South Beach Drive, after what police believe may have been a failed attempt to scale a fence topped with barbed wire.
Carnival participation ‘will be up by 50 percent’
BAHAMAS Carnival Band Owners Association chairman Dario Tirelli expects participation in this year’s event to jump nearly 50 percent over the past two years — but he’s sharply criticising the Ministry of Tourism for failing to support the festival through funding or marketing.
PM hits out at absent Pintard
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis torched Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard for missing last week’s signing of the Grand Lucayan Heads of Agreement, accusing him of ducking a pivotal moment for Grand Bahama and failing to show leadership when it mattered most.
Govt needs to make rent control laws
I note with interest in Thursday’s Tribune dated May 8th, Washington State Governor signed a bill into law to protect tenants.
‘We need roads and bathrooms at RM Bailey Park’ - vendors
DESPITE progress in talks, the RM Bailey Park Association is still fighting for bathroom facilities and properly paved roads.
Guard Denika looking forward to FIU
LIKE her new team-mate Rhema Collins, guard Denika Lightbourne is just as eager to suit up in a new uniform with the Florida International University Panthers women’s basketball team.
WORLD VIEW: US Immigration laws - A message for nationals of the Caribbean
“A nation without borders is not a nation”.
Stop myth that Lewis did nothing
BAHAMIANS have been fed the myth that Coalition of Independents MP Iram Lewis has done diddly squat in Central Grand Bahama.
INSIGHT: Hoping for a good deal, not fool’s gold
THE big news of the past week has been without doubt the signing of the deal for the Grand Lucayan.
Ongoing tensions over internal operations at Clifton Heritage Park
INTERNAL communications from the Clifton Heritage Authority reveal ongoing tensions between senior officials and a department head, involving disputes over probation terms, resource requests, and internal operations at one of the country’s primary heritage sites.
Is inequality not a matter of consequence?
AMID all the hullabaloo about the new Grand Lucayan deal – which is very worthy of the attention that surrounds it, make no mistake – some words from former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham may have been overlooked.
American woman in critical condition following boat accident in Bahamas
AN American woman is in critical condition after suffering severe injuries in a boating accident during a recent visit to The Bahamas.
Irrigation by solar power in North Andros project
A SOLAR-POWERED irrigation system has been piloted on a North Andros farm as part of a collaboration between the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) and the US-based Community and College Partners Program (C2P2) and Stanford University’s Chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World.
Businesses ‘need to feel’ effects of nation’s growth
SMALL and medium-sized businesses need to feel the economic growth in the country, said Senator Darren Pickstock, at the Institute of Chartered Accountants’ (BICA) SMP seminar.
$120m price tag on Grand Lucayan deal
THE purchase price of the 56-acre beachfront Grand Lucayan resort along with the adjacent 160-acre Reef Golf Course was $120m, according to the Office of the Prime Minister’s communication director Latrae Rahming, who said Ancient Waters Bahamas Limited, a Bahamian subsidiary of US-based Concord Wilshire Capital (CWC), was the purchaser.
GSSSA crowns senior girls, boys soccer champions
THE Government Secondary Schools Sports Association crowned its senior girls and boys soccer champions on Friday at the Roscoe Davies Developmental Center at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
Pickleball: Prize money doubles tourney rocks Romora Bay in ‘Briland’
AS the sport of pickleball continues to grow in The Bahamas, Kevaughn Ferguson decided to venture into the Family Islands, hosting his first prize money doubles tournament over the weekend.
Man sentenced after drunken break-in to room paid for by Social Services
A MAN was sentenced to eight months in prison for damaging a room paid for by the Ministry of Social Services, without permission to be there.
Woman granted $5,000 bail after loaded gun found in car
A WOMAN was granted bail on Friday after she was accused of having a loaded gun in her car on Turtle Drive and Carmichael Road last week.
Man jailed for breaching probation after stealing from AID
A MAN was sentenced to one year in prison on Friday for breaching his probation on a prior charge by stealing from AID on Wulff Road last week.
