Gardiner: ‘It’s devastating’ – athletes react to Tokyo Olympics being postponed
The International Olympic Committee and 2020 host country Japan officially announced the postponement of the Tokyo Games due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak on Tuesday and prospective Bahamian Olympians reacted to the decision.
FRONT PORCH SIMON: Real leadership in times of crisis - listen, learn and act
US presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has written extensively on public leadership and character. In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Mrs. Kearns Goodwin chronicles how Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) and Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) grew through personal adversity and performed through periods of national crisis.
STATESIDE: Trump keeps putting his foot in his mouth without sanitising it
On Tuesday the coronavirus claimed one of its biggest victims yet. The 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed. The International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo organising committee officially announced the quadrennial global games had been put off until sometime next year.
Port Authority set to put medical facility on standby
THE Grand Bahama Bahama Port Authority has confirmed its intent to provide a medical facility on standby for COVID-19 cases here on the island, according to GBPA vice chairman Sarah St George.
'Church is here to help anyone who needs it'
ALTHOUGH church services have been suspended amid the COVID-19 crisis, Bahamians can still turn to the religious community for assistance during these hard times.
Disconnections to be suspended until March 31
BAHAMAS Power and Light (BPL) will immediately suspend disconnections until March 31.
Man charged with murdering his father in Garden Hills
A 24-year-old man was charged Thursday with murdering his father in the Garden Hills area earlier this week.
Business dilemma - how long can we survive?
The Government was yesterday urged to strike "a happy medium" in its battle against COVID-19 amid fears that an extended lockdown could "completely destroy the Bahamian economy".
Lockdown extension fears: 30% of small businesses may go
Some 30 percent of small businesses will “automatically” close if the government extends the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown for another month, a consultant to the sector warned yesterday.
‘Praying’ Atlantis re-opens May 16
The hotel union’s president yesterday said he was “hoping and praying” that the COVID-19 related closure of Atlantis and other major Bahamian resorts does not extend beyond May 15.
Pandemic gives online shopping platform lift-off
A Bahamian-developed online shopping platform yesterday said the COVID-19 pandemic had given its business an immediate lift-off despite impacting the launch.
Bahamas cannot be COVID-19 ‘pariah’
The Bahamas will experience a much more rapid post-COVID-19 economic recovery if all citizens do their part to prevent infection numbers exploding locally, a Cabinet minister urged yesterday.
Atlantis' lights out until May 15
ATLANTIS’ announcement yesterday that the resort will close until May 15 signals a “rough ride” economically for the country, Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar told The Tribune, adding he suspected the extended time frame was due to global uncertainty over COVID-19.
NIB expects 15,000 to sign on for benefits
DEPARTMENT of Labour director John Pinder expects that around 15,000 people affected by the tourism sector shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic will register to receive National Insurance Board benefits.
Families delay laying loved ones to rest
MAJOR funeral homes across the country are seeing an increase of families either cancelling or postponing memorial services because of the COVID-19 pandemic, president of the Bahamas Funeral Directors Association Kirsch Ferguson said yesterday.
Fears spread in Abaco after fifth case confirmed
RESIDENTS in Abaco are concerned about COVID-19 reaching their communities after a case was confirmed in Grand Bahama on Tuesday.
Student self-isolates after returning from Jamaica
A BAHAMIAN student studying at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Jamaica has been ordered to self-isolate after returning to the country on a government issued flight.
Ministry set to advise on new exam dates
THE Ministry of Education is closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and will soon advise the public on new dates for all 2020 national examinations.
RBC introduces seniors opening
ROYAL Bank of Canada announced the introduction of special month-end banking times for seniors and differently-abled persons due to the ongoing novel coronavirus global pandemic.
Religious leaders stage day of prayer and fasting
A NATIONAL Day of Prayer and Fasting was observed yesterday as religious leaders engaged with worshippers through social media amid the COVID-19 crisis.
