Former PM Hubert Ingraham has COVID-19
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is in Doctors Hospital with COVID-19 but is expected to make a full recovery, according to his personal doctor, former Health Minister Dr Duane Sands.
EDITORIAL: Questions remain after Lanisha Rolle’s departure
THE story of Lanisha Rolle’s time in the public eye has been, it’s fair to say, a turbulent one.
ALICIA WALLACE: Serena has nothing to prove even if she doesn’t lift that 24th crown
Last week, Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka met again at the Australian Open. I have always been #TeamSerena.
Man dead and woman in hospital after shooting
A MAN is dead and a woman is in serious condition in hospital after a shooting on Monday.
Students return - but up to 25 schools still shut
EDUCATION Minister Jeffrey Lloyd said there are approximately 20 to 25 schools on four islands that did not see students return to campus today for face-to-face instruction due to needed repairs.
Cat Cay Yacht Club in ‘self-imposed lockdown’
CAT Cay Yacht Club’s manager says the community is in “self-imposed lockdown” after a spike of COVID-19 cases emerged last week.
Carnival chief: Nassau needs more than port
A senior Carnival Corporation executive yesterday warned Nassau needs to improve more than just its port facilities given that three-quarters of passengers declined to book excursions pre-COVID.
‘Tax system is broken’
The Bahamian taxation “system is broke” and in dire need of “comprehensive reform” to develop a suitable framework for the next 50 years, a top banker argued yesterday.
GB Shipyard to be ‘biggest Caribbean industrial’ player in $100m investment
The Grand Bahama Shipyard will become “the biggest industrial concern in the Caribbean by far” if it proceeds with a $100m-plus investment to build the world’s largest floating dock.
Carnival awaiting permits for GB ‘crown jewel’ start
A senior Carnival Corporation executive yesterday voiced optimism that construction on its Grand Bahama “crown jewel” can still start this year despite the pressures imposed by COVID-19.
Marina chief hits at increased red tape
The Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) yesterday voiced frustration that the entry process for incoming boats and yachts has been made “more complicated and difficult” for 80 percent of the market.
Man shot dead by police as car ‘speeds through checkpoint’
A MAN was shot dead last night in a police-involved shooting after reportedly racing through a checkpoint at speed.
Grieving mum begs: Give yourself up
THE mother of Omar “Punch” Penn is calling on the gunman who killed her son “like an animal” to turn himself in to the police.
One-shot rollout likely for vaccines
THE country is expected to receive its first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine by the end of the week, according to Health Minister Renward Wells - and Mr Wells said the government will likely use all doses at once to give 100,000 people their first shot.
‘The FNM is not falling apart’
SEVERAL Cabinet ministers yesterday dismissed speculation that the Minnis administration is “falling apart” following Lanisha Rolle’s resignation, with one MP saying “not everyone is going to make the full five-year term”.
‘LOCK IT DOWN’: Rolle quits after PM ‘shut’ ministry and ordered in auditors
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis ordered a lockdown of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture just days before an internal audit he requested uncovered findings that led to the resignation of Sea Breeze MP Lanisha Rolle, The Tribune can confirm.
‘The antics of having to stand when she enters a board meeting is not one that sports leaders were very comfortable with’
While many declined to speculate on what may have led to her resignation, some of the sporting leaders welcomed Olympian Iram Lewis, who will replace Lanisha Rolle as the new minister of youth, sports and culture.
Where is your heart and soul?
Recent events and statements by senior FNM ministers and Chairmen suggest that the administration is trying its level best to lose the next general elections.
Ex-finance minister says income tax 'stable' choice
An ex-minister of state for finance yesterday backed income tax as a more "stable" and equitable alternative to the present regressive structure that is dominated by VAT and import duties.
