Fusion employees 'tired of excuses'
FUSION employees recently placed on unpaid leave amid the COVID-19 crisis have hit out at owners of the entertainment centre, saying they are tired of “excuses” about payroll.Last week, the superplex told its employees Fusion was facing a payroll def
Domes handed over in Abaco
THE first temporary domes were handed over to families in Abaco yesterday as part of recovery efforts following Hurricane Dorian.
Virus may mean changes to screening for air controllers
AVIATION Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar revealed yesterday air traffic controllers may be screened electronically instead of being ‘patted down’ after complaints were made about lack of social distancing at the airport. Controllers at Lynden Pindling I
Family Islands on high alert after Bimini death
CORONAVIRUS fears on the Family Islands have heightened now the country has recorded its first COVID-19 death of a Bimini woman, officials told The Tribune yesterday. This comes after Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on Wednesday urged Family Island
Bahamian scientist in Florida showing symptoms
DR DANELLE Rolle-McFarland, a Bahamian research scientist living in Florida, has all the symptoms of someone who should test positive for COVID-19. She has “gripping” chest pressure, trouble breathing, fever, body aches and a menacing hacking dry co
Grand Bahama fears there could be more
As COVID-19 cases rise in Grand Bahama, there is concern there could be more infected people in the community who do not know they have the disease.To date, there are five confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the island, which has the second-highest popula
Archbishop: Follow orders to avoid infection
ANGLICAN Archbishop Laish Boyd is urging residents to comply with the government’s extended emergency orders to avoid “widespread infection and death.” His plea came in a pastoral letter issued in observance of Holy Week, which begins on Sunday. Th
'Govt cannot save everyone'
A Cabinet minister yesterday said he was “on his knees” hoping the cruise lines’ Grand Bahama projects pull through, as he warned: “Government cannot rescue everyone from this crisis.” Dionisio D’Aguilar, pictured , minister of tourism and aviation,
New auto sales facing '50% hit' at a minimum
New car sales will take at least “a 50 percent hit” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a major dealer is forecasting, having already slashed his orders for the next three months by some 60 percent.Fred Albury, the Bahamas Motor Dealers Association’s (BMDA
'We fell asleep' over chance of tourism freeze
The Bahamas failed to plan for the possibility of a total tourism shutdown because it was lulled “to sleep” by years of record arrivals and earnings, a former finance minister said yesterday.James Smith, also a former Central Bank governor, told Trib
'No gouging' on eggs as prices rise over 100%
A leading food retailer yesterday reassured Bahamian consumers “there’s no price gouging on eggs” despite prices increasing by “more than 100 percent” over the past two weeks. Philip Beneby, head of the Retail Grocers Association, told Tribune Busin
Two COVID-19 patients die overnight
THE Ministry of Health announced that two COVID-19 patients who were being hospitalised died Thursday night, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths to three.
‘We’ll help - but don’t try to land’: Govt signals it won’t allow cruise ships to send anyone here
THE Bahamas government signalled yesterday that it will not accept people infected with COVID-19 from ships stranded in Bahamian waters despite a US Coast Guard bulletin that foreign-flagged vessels should seek help from countries in which they are registered.
Kim’s family fear they won’t get all answers
LLOYDRA Cash-Bowleg, the daughter of the Bimini woman who died from COVID-19, said she did not watch Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ press conference on Wednesday because she does not expect a full and frank disclosure about why her mother was not helped in time.
Judges quash 35-year murder conviction
THE Court of Appeal yesterday overturned the 35-year murder sentence of a man who was accused of shooting another man in the face at a bar in 2014, after he challenged the trial judge’s decision on the basis of “material irregularities and the judge’s decision to reject his no case submission.”
Child, nine, among new cases of infected
THE number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country has jumped by three to 24 and a nine-year-old girl is among the infected.
Reasons we should be thankful
Be thankful that you have access to the internet, are able to read this, and are able to order your groceries online/watch TV online/take a course online. Some persons among us don’t even have electricity where they live. Further to that some cannot even read or write.
Extra bandwith
One hears of private sector companies in the USA and UK making ventilators . . .
Joanna Evans: ‘We’re all just trying to keep in shape’
Now that she’s graduated and completed with her eligibility as a Longhorn swimmer at the University of Texas, Grand Bahamian Joanna Evans is concentrating on her future in the sport.
Dragons’ Shyrone Kemp named Field Athlete of the Year
SHYRONE Kemp was honoured once again for his breakout season in the field as a member of the Minnesota State University Moorhead Dragons.
