All the virus secrets are revealed in the numbers
Being a Philomath and in particular a Matholephile, I created a mathematic model for the Bahamas’s Coronavirus cases and death. This is not accurate but it gives a ball park figure. It is similar to predicting the weather; things could change but there is a high probability it will occur.
Relatives waiting for test results
RELATIVES of a police reservist are awaiting the results of the woman’s COVID-19 test to determine if she had the disease when she died.
Shortstop Fox traded to Royals
Lucius Fox has been traded for the second time in his young baseball career.
Ballin’ By Da Beach first virtual basketball camp ends today
BALLIN’ By Da Beach Basketball Camp’s new venture has been a resounding success over the course of the week as it engaged with hundreds of participants virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Godet to take up assistant coaching job in Rome
CHRISTOPHER Godet, one of the Bahamas men’s national soccer team players, is leaving town today to return to Rome, Italy to take up an assistant coaching job and resume his semi professional career as a player.
EDITORIAL: What is the course for the ship of state?
THERE’S some political sparring afoot. As readers of today’s Tribune can see, the deputy leaders of the FNM and PLP are taking potshots at one another.
STATESIDE: Out of the White House shadows at last we saw something presidential emerge - Melania Trump
Looking back, maybe we should have seen it coming. But it was quite unexpected. It was unethical if not yet illegal. And it might yet prove to be a real turning point.
FRONT PORCH: Make no mistake - we’re all in this fight and have to work together
“We have to move from ‘they should’ to “we should’. We have to move from ‘they say’ to ‘we say’.” – Prime Minister Hubert Minnis
Four survive as aircraft crashes
A GROUP from Abaco is lucky to be alive after their small aircraft crashed into water off Treasure Cay yesterday morning just after takeoff.
What the latest emergency powers allow
THE Minnis administration’s latest emergency order reveals which businesses will be allowed to resume operations as the country eases lockdown restrictions.
Fusion to roll again as soon as government permits
DESPITE being shuttered for the last five months, Fusion Superplex will reopen once the government gives the nod for cinemas to operate.
Nurse 'had to pay for private COVID test'
A NURSE at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre who has COVID-19 says she had to pay $224 for testing at a private facility after waiting since August 10 for her results at the South Beach Clinic.
Bahamasair chief says company’s financial state is ‘very rough’
BAHAMASAIR chairman Tommy Turnquest yesterday described the national airline’s current financial state of affairs due to the COVID-19 pandemic as being “very rough,” adding that officials are anxiously awaiting the government’s greenlight on the resumption of domestic and international travel.
Tributes to former FNM chairman Johnlee Ferguson
FAMILY, friends and political colleagues of former Free National Movement (FNM) chairman Johnlee Ferguson paid tribute yesterday to a man they said had great love for his country and made many contributions to society.
Moody's: GDP down by a fifth
Moody’s expects a 22 percent contraction in GDP in 2020, citing high unemployment and a near tourism collapse in 2020.
Two-year risk to nation's credit
Downside risk to the country’s credit profile will remain for the next two years, ratings agency Moody’s warns as it keeps the country’s sovereign credit rating to Ba2 with a negative outlook.
Sharp rise in households with income below minimum wage
THE number of households reporting an income below the minimum wage in April nearly trebled, according to an Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) report.
700 Wines & Spirits brings back curbside
A major retail liquor store chain will be ready to operate curbside as commercial activity restarts on August 31.
110 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Wednesday
The Ministry of Health reported that there were 110 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
