EDITORIAL: Safety first when it comes to keeping virus out of prison
IS enough being done to stop the spread of the coronavirus in The Bahamas?
STATESIDE: Which way to go to bring life back to normal?
It’s called the Gadsden flag. You’ve probably seen it. It usually has a mustard yellow background and features a coiled timber rattlesnake, poised to strike like a cobra. Below the snake are these four words: Don’t Tread on Me.
COVID-19: One newly confirmed case; Americans allowed entry were test kit donors
At Thursday’s press conference, Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands announced one newly confirmed case of COVID-19 in The Bahamas. This latest case is a 29-year-old woman from New Providence, who is currently in isolation at home. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 81.
US funding cut to WHO may cause problems
THE United States’ decision to withdraw funding from the World Health Organization will have a potential impact locally, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday. Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump announced a halt to WHO funding, ac
Melinda keeps helping residents in Abaco
DESPITE having lost everything to Hurricane Dorian in early September, Abaco resident Melinda Pinder has never backed down when it comes to helping those in need within her community. The mother-of-two, who is no stranger to charity work, had been a
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Bahamas ranks 60th on UN preparedness list
THE Bahamas ranks 60th in the world in preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the United Nations Development Programme. The UNDP has explored countries’ readiness in terms of overall human development, inequality, doctors per 10,000 pe
FRONT PORCH: We see the shallow critics carping from the sidelines - why don’t they serve?
US President Theodore Roosevelt was a militarist and adventurist who used the bullying might of the American Colossus to advance his country’s imperialist stratagems in Latin and Central America.
Water Corp’s ‘intolerable’ woe eased in $69m save
The Water & Sewerage Corporation is facing a greater-than 60 percent revenue slump just after being rescued from an “intolerable/emergency-like situation”, it was revealed yesterday.
Auto dealer: 'We cannot go another month'
The auto industry “definitely cannot go another month” under the current lockdown conditions imposed on it, one dealer said yesterday, adding: “We cannot let the economy die.” Ben Albury, Bahamas Bus and Truck’s general manager, told Tribune Busines
'Failure to test is crippling economy'
The failure to aggressively ramp-up COVID-19 testing “is crippling the Bahamian economy” and its recovery prospects, a former Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) attorney warned yesterday.Carey Leonard told Tribune Business that The Bahamas will “not
Retailer's 'hard call' over Mall departure
A Bahamian retailer yesterday said it had made “the hard call” to end its 30-year presence at the Mall at Marathon after being placed “in an impossible position” by its landlord during lease renewal talks. Egan Kemp, president of Eunison Company, th
Central Bank halts Canadian bank dividends
The Central Bank of The Bahamas has suspended the granting of all exchange control approvals for the payment of dividends by the Canadian-owned commercial banks to their foreign parent.The move, which took “immediate effect” from March, will impact R
‘Promotions give me manpower we need’
NEW Police Commissioner Paul Rolle has defended the promotion of 68 senior officers this week, telling The Tribune his decision was part of a succession plan to have the best officers in place long after he retires in May 2023.
‘Desperate’ inmates warn anger’s rising
INMATES at Bahamas Department of Correctional Services have claimed conditions at the facility are “desperate” as they fear not enough is being done to protect them from contracting COVID-19.
Lord, not one more dish!
During this quarantine, I (and other like-minded individuals) have found ways to maintain a positive frame of mind.
Health and spirituality Part II: Christ’s formula for optimal health
John 5:2-8 (KJV): “Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.”
Meditation: Trying to be accountable
Each one of us needs to be accountable as an individual and as a member of the wider society. We have a responsibility to look out for our own families and those of others. We are required to balance the important aspects of christian life: worship, private prayer, communal bible study, family, friends, theological and ethical reflection and ministry, including what may be perceived as political action.
United Worship Experiences prepares Bahamians to ‘Come Alive’ again after lockdown
As the saying goes, ‘the show must go on’. Andit is one the members of the United Worship Experiences are taking to heart. This week, they hosted a virtual worshipper’s retreat under the theme “Come Alive”.
