Pair charged after shooting incident
TWO Freeport men were charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with last week’s shooting incident.
It's never too late to do the right thing, Dr Minnis
While listening to the Prime Minister’s address, I was very pleased to hear from his own lips that the web shops are NOT able to restart business under the curbside pickup or home delivery rules, although I’m sure they’ll leave no stone unturned searching for other ways around this edict.
In politics, we are mere actors on the stage
It is ironic that on today’s date, a Sunday and Mother’s Day coupled with the third year of the FNM in power, the sky is overcast and it looks like a shower will fall down later. We all know that when it rains the crabs start to walk. The masses of the Bahamian people have woken up from what turned out to be a long and unexpected nightmare.
Radshad commits to Panthers
RADSHAD Davis will conclude his collegiate basketball career playing the closest he has been to the Bahamas since he left years ago to complete his high school education.
BOC set to form Athletes’ Welfare Commission
In a bid to assist athletes get over the coronavirus pandemic, the Bahamas Olympic Committee has decided to form an Athletes’ Welfare Commission.
Who should/should not be allowed to utilise local facilities?
WHILE Prime Minister Hubert Minnis has opened the door for professional athletes to resume training amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the Bahamas Olympic Committee is seeking further clarification as to who should and should not be allowed to utilise the local facilities.
Sailing from Andros ends with $400 fine
A MAN who sailed from Andros to New Providence on a Boston Whaler to seek medical treatment for an ailing leg during the national curfew was fined $400 yesterday.
Bimini Chamber backs 2-week island lockdown
Bimini’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday said he backed locking the entire island down for two weeks as a means to eliminate the COVID-19 virus and prevent its spread.Edward Reckley told Tribune Business: “From my team - and also the administ
Grand Lucayan waiting on $20m Dorian claim
The Grand Lucayan has yet to receive its expected $20m Hurricane Dorian insurance claim payout even though the property’s sale to the Royal Caribbean/ITM joint venture was completed over two months ago. Michael Scott, chairman of Lucayan Renewal Hol
Fraudsters seek to exploit COVID-19
Key Bahamian financial institutions have warned clients they are being targeted by fraudsters seeking to obtain their personal financial information through a technique known as “phishing”.Bank of The Bahamas, the BISX-listed commercial bank, yesterd
Entrepreneur touts plan for junior stock market
A Bahamian financial services entrepreneur says it plans to launch a junior stock exchange in the 2020 third quarter that will bring investor capital and agribusiness projects together.D’Arcy Rahming Jr, the project’s chief technical officer, said in
MONDAY UPDATE: One newly confirmed case of COVID-19
The Ministry of Health announced on Monday that there is one newly confirmed case of COIVD-19 in The Bahamas, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 93.
Woman killed and man injured in Grand Bahama shooting
A woman is dead and a man is in hospital after a shooting incident in Grand Bahama on Monday afternoon.
05112020 EDITION
Monday, 11th May, 2020.
INSIGHT: This game’s been running for a long while - and it’s not over yet
THERE is no doubt politics makes for strange bedfellows, particularly in the case of former Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands and the now acting Health Minister and Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis. It is not too long ago both men were on opposing sides of a battle for the leadership of the Free National Movement. Although, at the time, Sands was positioning himself to be Loretta Butler-Turner’s deputy, his aspirations to become prime minister were widely known.
WORLD VIEW: Now’s not the time to sit quietly while others again decide our fate
Developing countries, including Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states, would make a grave mistake if, in the wake of the economic crisis they now face, they decide to diminish their foreign affairs budgets.
INSIGHT: We don’t need more meetings, false hope and promises - we need leadership, action and solutions
Life is forced to go on for residents of Abaco, sturuggling in the wake of Dorian’s devastation. But now a new cloud is appearing on their horizon - another hurricane season and no visible plan for their safety from a government some on the island feels has abandoned them.
Gibson criticism sent to complaints unit
THE Police Service Commission has referred Shane Gibson’s criticism that an officer who played a key investigatory role in his criminal case last year has been promoted to the Police Complaints Unit. Rev Dr Philip Stubbs, chairman of the commission,
Abaco brush fires now under control
BRUSH fires that threatened to spread to several communities throughout Abaco over the weekend have now been contained, according to RBPF Director of Fire Services Kenrick Morris. Fire rescue workers on the island said there have been a series of fi
