No new confirmed COVID-19 cases for sixth consecutive day
The Ministry of Health is reporting that there are no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 for the sixth consecutive day.
EDITORIAL: Leave no room for doubt - explain these decisions
NATURE abhors a vacuum. So once said the philosopher Aristotle – and just as it is true in physics, so it is true that human nature also abhors a vacuum.
PETER YOUNG: Time to stand up to the blacklisters
The recent news that The Bahamas has been included in yet another European Union anti-financial crime blacklist will have been depressingly familiar to many. The subject seems like a never-ending saga in which our nation, as an international financial centre (IFC), is under unremitting pressure from the EU and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to satisfy their forever changing demands.
FACE TO FACE: Anything is possible - the only limit is imagination
The first time I heard Drew Harmony sing, I was in awe. His voice is smooth and sultry and I was immediately taken back to a time when R&B was in its prime. His buttery yet bold voice made me stop and listen and I have been a fan ever since.
Minnis backs draft resolution put forward by WHO
ACKNOWLEDGING the destabilising effect Hurricane Dorian and COVID-19 have had on The Bahamas in the last year, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis expressed support for the World Health Organisation’s work in a speech during the body’s general assembly m
Keva Bain elected president of World Health Assembly
MEMBERS of the 73rd World Health Assembly have elected Bahamian Keva Bain as the body’s president. Ms Bain is The Bahamas’ permanent representative to the United Nations. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be the first time that the two-day sess
'I've been stuck in Nassau for two months'
EXUMA resident Genia Knowles came to New Providence to support her fiancee who had minor surgery in March and has been stuck here since the COVID-19 border closures. The 31-year-old and her partner have been in the capital for almost two months and
Golfer Justin Rose and his wife donate $100,000 to community
Lend a Hand Bahamas, a Bahamian non-profit organization has announced a charitable contribution of $100,000 from the Kate & Justin Rose Foundation. This donation will enhance vital food security in the community of Adelaide in Nassau, Bahamas for the next 10 weeks.
Retailer calls for easing of restrictions
A LOCAL retailer is calling on the government to further ease COVID-19 restrictions on businesses in the clothing industry, saying the current curbside and delivery services are not working. Speaking to The Tribune yesterday, the store’s representat
Judge: Medical Council 'undermined its integrity'
The Supreme Court has blasted the Bahamas Medical Council (BMC) for “undermining its integrity” through improperly accessing a doctor’s “confidential” employment file held by a government agency. Justice Ian Winder, in an April 22, 2020, ruling, fou
$16m debt?: ‘Just the way Bahamas normally operates’
The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s main supplier yesterday reassured the capital markets that the $16m debt currently owed to it by the state-run utility is “just the way The Bahamas operates”.
'Level playing field' on Family Island re-open
Eleuthera’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday called for “a level playing field” on the re-opening of Family Island economies, and warned: “The well-being of communities across this island is at stake.” Thomas Sands, in a messaged reply to Tri
Phew! Govts relief port not given to cruise lines
The government is breathing a sigh of relief that it did not award Nassau cruise port’s multi-million dollar transformation to the cruise line consortium given COVID-19’s disruption, a Cabinet minister revealed yesterday.Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister
Marinas 'chomping at bit' to lead re-opening
Bahamian marinas are “chomping at the bit” to re-open before the wider tourism industry in a bid to make multi-million dollar inroads into the lucrative yacht charter market, it was revealed yesterday.Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviat
‘Why are they still closed?’: Islanders angry at lack of answers on keeping them shut
RESIDENTS in Family Islands without COVID-19 have criticised the government’s decision for not allowing Exuma, Eleuthera and San Salvador to resume commercial activities, saying it’s unfair that some islands without cases are given certain freedoms, while others are not.
Man and teenager on murder charges
A MAN and a juvenile were arraigned in Freeport yesterday in connection with last week’s double murders in Grand Bahama.
Memorial motorcade: 13 held on breaking curfew
A FRIDAY motorcade in South Eleuthera celebrating the life of a beloved resident who died last week resulted in police arresting 13 people on the island yesterday, including 12 women and one man.
RBDF chief ‘holiday’ - now it’s farewell
RAYMOND King will formally take over the command of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force at a ceremony this Thursday, putting an end to speculation about the return of Commodore Tellis Bethel.
Curry-Turnquest dies on her 63rd birthday
THE softball community is mourning the loss of Molere Curry-Turnquest.
