EDITORIAL: Last chance saloon for BPL
“THERE will be an end to load shedding,” declared Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) chairman Dr Donovan Moxey in December as the new Wartsila engines were unveiled. How many of us believed him?
WORLD VIEW: Guyana-Venezuela and international law
GLOBAL attention on Guyana has focused on the current campaigning for general elections due on March 2. Reports indicate a vigorous campaign with the country’s newly found resources in oil and gas very much on the minds of the contesting political parties.
Shootings and stabbings leave four men in hospital
FOUR men are in hospital after separate shooting and stabbing incidents, police said.
INSIGHT: A long road to travel on which we need to tread carefully
NEARLY six months after Hurricane Dorian and we are still in a sobering transition period. Two islands – one on the brink of rediscovering its magic and the other comfortably thriving and contributing healthily to the Bahamian economy – both tied together by one storm’s singularly unmatched devastation.
60 Cuban teachers to cover shortages
THE Ministry of Education will engage 60 specialist teachers from Cuba to address a local teacher shortage, officials said on Friday. Ministry officials signed an extension to an existing memorandum of understanding with the Cuban government, which
INSIGHT: When Nygard stomped his feet over broken promises
I’m sure there’s many out there who feel like shouting Good Riddance to Peter Nygard now that he faces allegations of drugging and raping dozens of women, many under age.
Police probe series of armed robberies and home invasion
POLICE in New Providence are actively searching for the men responsible for a series of armed robberies and a home invasion that occurred over the weekend.
BPL race to fix new plant issue: Minister orders firm it must resolve cooling problem with engines
Bahamas Power & Light is racing against time to have its new $95m electricity plant ready to meet peak summer demand after plans for its cooling system literally hit the rocks.
Funeral home row on Dorian burials
A minister has denied that the Government reneged “on its word” to allow a funeral home association to bury Hurricane Dorian’s unidentified victims on Abaco.The Bahamas Funeral Directors Association (BFDA), in a February 19, 2020, letter said it was
Gaming Board’s redundancy fail ‘mind boggling’ - judge
A Supreme Court judge has slammed the Gaming Board’s failure to follow “clearly set out” employment law procedures when it dismissed 24 staff as “mind boggling”.
AG hails ‘a new day’ on financial regulation
The Bahamas is targeting a June “exit” from a list of 18 nations with “strategic deficiencies” in their anti-financial crime defenses, the attorney general said yesterday, hailing “a new day” in regulation.
UPDATED: Officer killed in 4am East Bay Street car crash
POLICE in New Providence are investigating a traffic fatality that left an immigration officer dead and a woman in hospital early Saturday morning.
Grand Bahama sees its third murder of year
GRAND Bahama recorded its third murder of the year when a young man was shot dead early yesterday morning in Freeport.
‘I used Dorian donations where they were needed’
EMBATTLED HeadKnowles Foundation co-founder Lia Head-Rigby maintained she committed no impropriety after crowdfunding giant GoFundMe told The Tribune she withdrew, but did not transfer,
Weather solution ‘answer to our prayers’
It’s happy faces all round for these senior officials at Bahamas Met Office.
Cobras vs Stingers for Hugh Campbell title
THE much anticipated Grand Bahama versus New Providence matchup will continue with former champions CC Sweeting Cobras taking on Sunland Baptist Stingers for the 38th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic’s prestigious championship trophy 9pm tonight at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
Jazz makes Spring Training debut
JAZZ Chisholm made his Spring Training debut with the Miami Marlins 40-man roster and showed flashes of why he is listed as one of the franchise’s most highly touted prospects.Chisholm went 2-2 at the plate with a run scored and a stolen base in the
Bahamas beat Mexico, 76-59
In a complete turnaround from game one, the Bahamas men’s national basketball team protected home court and emerged with a dominant win over Mexico in game two in the first window of FIBA AmeriCup Qualifiers.The Bahamas allowed just eight points in t
NCAA Swimming: Higgs and Thompson making waves
NCAA Swimming moved into its conference championships at the Division I level last weekend and several Bahamian student athletes were active with top 10 finishes and several school records.At the SEC Championships in Auburn, Alabama, Albury Higgs and
