COVID-19 challenging for amateur and pro athletes
Bahamian athletes, both at home and abroad, have struggled with maintaining their training and physical activity under strict government-mandated lockdowns and curfews.
Shoppers flock to stores as shutdown bites
RESIDENTS in New Providence flocked to grocery stores yesterday shortly after Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced the five-day lockdown.
Media boss has to send staff home
WENDELL Jones, CEO of JCN, said yesterday that the media organisation has “sent some staff home” as the industry grapples with the coronavirus crisis.
‘I honestly thought I was going to die’
A MAN who tested positive for COVID-19 has told The Tribune how he battled the disease through self-medicating, quarantine and advice from his doctor.
Family speak of their heartache after father, 80, dies of COVID-19
CHAD Bartlett will miss his 80-year-old father’s laughter and business-like demeanour the most now that he is gone.
Court deals with curfew violation charges
SEVERAL people appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, charged with violating the national curfew and the weekend lockdown recently implemented by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.
Start of the meltdown
The United States have gone berserk.
Inequalities of lockdown
As a (construction) owner’s representative/Project Manager in the Bahamas I spend the vast majority of my time refereeing and (trying to) keep a fair balance between some extraordinarily wealthy globe-trotting foreigners and some incredibly poor and downtrodden local construction workers (plus a fair share of legal Haitian immigrants). What has taken me some time to get my head around and put a voice to – is the glaring inequality of this lockdown.
Experts warn 2020 hurricane season will be 'above average'
WEATHER experts are warning that the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is poised to be an above average one, with two to four major hurricanes expected.
Consumers face 'all out war' to restock
Food retailers yesterday said Bahamians are “abiding” by the government’s new shopping list protocol even though the upcoming five-day lockdown means many face “an all-out war” to restock. Bradley Rolle, Centreville Food Market’s general manager, to
Govt to 'accelerate' local food production
The government is allocating $1.627m “to accelerate food production” through various measures designed to reduce The Bahamas’ dependence on imports, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. Michael Pintard, minister of agriculture and marine resources, to
E-commerce providers in 75% demand uptick
E-commerce businesses have seen a dramatic spike in demand for their services as they try to keep pace with the influx of new customers amid the COVID-19 lockdown. Ryan Turnquest, owner of Discount Distributors, the manager of the produceexpresss.com
NIB pays out $555,000
THE National Insurance Board has paid out more than half a million dollars in unemployment assistance to self-employed workers in the tourism sector who have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Drivers return to work after walkout
NATIONAL Emergency Medical Services (NEMS) staff returned to work on Saturday, after walking off the job the day before due to COVID-19 safety concerns.In a statement released by the Public Hospitals Authority this weekend, officials noted workers wi
Doctors Hospital closed for public safety
The decision to temporarily close Doctors Hospital to the general public was made by health officials in an effort to protect healthcare workers and the Bahamian public at large against the COVID-19 threat, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands.
Daughter told her bed-ridden mother cannot be assisted
KIM Sturrup experienced a daughter’s worst nightmare on Saturday after being told her mother’s caretaker would not be allowed to leave her home to clean her mother’s painful wounds due to the country being on full lockdown. Speaking to The Tribune y
INSIGHT: When the doors were ordered closed, a new world opened up for students and teachers
When Tambearly International School implemented Google for Education tools into subject area curriculum grades seven through 12 in 2017, we had no idea how valuable it would prove to be.
INSIGHT: Selfishly dicing with death - it’s that simple
COVID-19, or what some health experts and those on the frontline have begun referring to as “the beast”, has infected over a million people worldwide and taken the lives of nearly 70,000 people – a 100 percent increase in just a week. Of those dead, some of our brothers and sisters were also taken from us in another week highlighting a disregard by some of the guidelines put in place by the government to save our lives.
‘Laying the staff off worst day of my life’
A major Bahamian hardware retailer's principal yesterday said it was "the worst decision I've had to make in my life" to temporarily lay-off nearly 70 staff in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
