Grand Bahama Football Association receives supplies to restart league in aftermath of Dorian
Whether you call it soccer or football, the game has gained a reputation as one of the world’s most popular team sports. With a history that dates back some three thousand years, football is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries - including The Bahamas. On Grand Bahama Island, and throughout the country, the Bahamas Football Association has led the charge in making the game widely accessible to hundreds of young athletes.
EDITORIAL: Outrage is just the start
IT is not often that we hear the voice of the Prime Minister’s wife in the wake of the violence that too routinely breaks out on our streets.
Robinson left off 60-man player pool
KRISTIAN Robinson was noticeably left off the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 60-man player pool for the upcoming Major League Baseball season, but the club’s No.1 overall prospect will still have an opportunity to train under team supervision.
Rodgers to run for president of BBA
One year after being elected as the new president of the Bahamas Baseball Association, Sam Rodgers and his executive team got all of the fragmented organisations to come back under one umbrella in 2017.Now, after serving his first four-year term in o
Bethel must offer his resignation
We profess to follow the so-called Westminster form of constitutional democracy here at home in our wonderful nation. Under that system there are certain constitutional conventions, while not having the force of an actual law or legislation, are followed and observed in the political arena.
Strengthen Parliaments
The International Day of Parliaments was recognised on June 30.
Travel consultancy turns to Bahamian tours focus
A local travel consultancy yesterday said it was focusing on its “Bahamian Bucketlist” package of Family Island experiences for the remainder of 2020. True Love Travel, a boutique travel consultancy in the Bahamas, explained that it has launched its
Balancing the risks in COVID-19 reopening
With the opening of our international borders to visitors, many are bracing with bated breath for what might be a COVID-19 resurgence in The Bahamas. We have seen many countries re-open irresponsibly or prematurely, resulting in a disastrous onslaugh
Port Authority teams for improved IT skills
The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) has teamed with a local call centre to develop a workforce with skills required by the sector and wider technology industry.The partnership with itelbpo Smart Solutions is continuing to invest in human capital d
Tourism launches its mobile planning app
The Ministry of Tourism and Aviation has launched a mobile app, pictured, to help visitors with planning a visit to The Bahamas.In a statement, it said the app’s key features include downloadable island guides; flight charter request processing; and
BAMSI set to hold virtual graduation
The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) will today hold a virtual graduation ceremony for its 2020 class. Dr Raveenia Roberts-Hanna, BAMSI’s executive director and college head, said: “While the day will not be the same as our c
UPDATED: Mexican workers 'all had negative COVID-19 tests'
BAHAMIAN medical experts yesterday insisted measures are in place to limit the risk of someone with COVID-19 entering The Bahamas.
UPDATED: Mexican workers 'all had negative COVID-19 tests'
THURSDAY EVENING UPDATE: BAHAMASAIR Chairman Tommy Turnquest said all Mexicans who arrived in the country Thursday to do construction work at the Baker’s Bay resort in Abaco had negative COVID-19 tests from an accredited lab. Their tests, he said, were taken within the required ten day period. He spoke to The Tribune after top health officials expressed uncertainty about the test status of the workers during a Ministry of Health press conference.
EDITORIAL: Job cuts, businesses gone and a long road to recovery
THE reopening of our borders might be taken by some to show we’re getting back to normal – but as the comments from Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar show, we’re a long way from that.
STATESIDE: Both sides should be mindful of the lesson from Delaware - just ask Mike Castle
Mike Castle will celebrate his 81st birthday today. Who is he and why does his example offer a significant message for members of the political party that opposed him for almost 50 years?
FRONT PORCH: Don’t dare relax - behave like fools and we’ll pay a deadly price
In one of his most ominous warnings since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pleaded with world leaders and the international community:
Clean-up of Equinor oil spill delayed by COVID-19 pandemic
THE oil spill clean-up at the Equinor South Riding Point facility in East Grand Bahama seems to have slowed down over the past several months, with some areas of the forest still covered with oil. It is believed the COVID-19 pandemic which forced th
Senior policeman warns fraud is on the increase
A POLICE official revealed yesterday that fraud crimes at various local banks have increased from January 1 as he warned the public against allowing individuals to use their accounts. Chief Superintendent Matthew Edgecombe of the Financial Crime Inv
Taxi drivers glad to be back on the road
ONE local bus driver wants the government to rethink the policy of a maximum 50 percent occupancy on jitneys, questioning how this will work for the industry in the long term. He spoke as public transport resumed for the first time yesterday since t
'We need to rethink 50% capacity limit'
AFTER months of being out of business due to the COVID-19 restrictions, taxicab drivers say they are happy to resume operations now that international travel has resumed in the country.Speaking to reporters outside Lynden Pindling International Airpo
