Four arrested after marijuana found
FOUR men were arrested after police discovered six boxes of marijuana worth $90,500 in New Providence.
Step Street set for road works
The Ministry of Public Works/Bahamix, has scheduled milling and paving works for Step Street.
Aquaponics project launched at schools on Grand Bahama
THE STEM in Aquaponic Sustainable Agriculture Project was launched on Grand Bahama at two schools where the pilot programme will teach students valuable skills of a more sustainable and eco-friendly system of food production.
BPL electrical failure on Friday morning
MANY customers voiced frustration Friday on Facebook over an electricity failure by Bahamas Power and Light Company leaving them without service.
Fatal police chase was 'tragic'
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames has called a recent police chase that led to two men being killed in a car crash “unfortunate” and “tragic”, adding it’s never easy when “someone loses their life.”
Dames urges students to 'say no to violence'
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames urged Bahamian students on Friday to "say no to violence” after a recent survey revealed that 17 percent of the students surveyed say they were in a fight at school within the last 30 days.
Dr Sands says coronavirus cruise ship report is 'non-story'
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands urged the public to avoid spreading “unverified information,” after reports alleging that a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship carrying passengers believed to have been exposed to the new Coronavirus, suggested that the ship was recently docked in Bahamian waters.
Companies urge homeowners to invest in alarms
SECURITY companies in New Providence are urging homeowners to invest in alarm systems as a first line of defence against criminals in view of concerns over a perceived increase in home invasions.
Bahamian, Chinese nationals intercepted during human smuggling operation
A Bahamian and a group of Chinese nationals were intercepted by the US Coast Guard at sea during an illegal human smuggling operation last week, according to Immigration officials on Grand Bahama.
A COMIC'S VIEW: All aboard the marijuana express
Seeing how the legalisation and decriminalisation, of marijuana seems to be the hot topic throughout all the land, with opinions from various sections of the voting populous abounding everywhere.
Moultrie: Ministers should give answers
HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie wants to make ministers answer questions in the House of Assembly and hopes the Rules Committee of the lower chamber ensures this happens. The ability of the official opposition to question Cabinet ministers is a popula
Gibson: Hurricane workers were abusing overtime
WATER and Sewerage Corporation executive chairman Adrian Gibson said officials uncovered an “abuse of overtime” among a handful of workers doing restoration on Abaco following Hurricane Dorian.
Police issue sketch in hunt for rapist
POLICE have issued a sketch of a man wanted for questioning in connection with a burglary and rape investigation. The man in the sketch has a dark complexion, is 5’7” to 5’8”, of medium build and is wearing a hoodie. Police did not say if he is want
Families frustrated over lack of answers on evacuation
RELATIVES of Bahamians in China have been left with very little answers about evacuating loved ones from the Asian country amid an outbreak of a new deadly strain of the coronavirus. The Tribune understands that family members who attended last week
Bay Street - it’s wrong way round
Downtown Nassau is failing to exploit its prime asset because many Bay Street buildings “are facing the wrong way”, a Cabinet minister has told Tribune Business.
'Slow, painful death' without corporate tax
A Bahamian financial services provider yesterday renewed calls for this nation to adopt a low-rate corporate income tax as the platform to prevent the industry “dying a slow, painful death”. Paul Moss, Dominion Management Services president, warned
Flight Services must cut ‘growing taxpayer draw’
Nassau Flight Services (NFS) must “reduce its ever-increasing draw” on Bahamian taxpayers, a Cabinet minister charged yesterday, after privatisation efforts proved unsuccessful.
Bahamas bank in managers buy-out
The majority buyout of a Bahamas-based bank by its existing local management team is only awaiting approval from the relevant regulators before it closes, it was revealed yesterday. The Swiss-headquartered SYZ Group confirmed in a statement that Bah
