UPDATED: Family say body of missing fisherman found
FAMILY of fisherman Harold Fritzgerald have reported that his body has been found.
A COMIC'S VIEW: My New Year’s Resolutions
IT’S a new year, 2020, and everyone’s slate is clean. Save for the often unattainable, well-intended ‘New Year’s Resolutions’.
Welcome to the first new babies of 2020
NATHANIEL Gilbert was the first baby boy to be born in 2020. The seven pounds-one-ounce bundle of joy arrived at 9.45am on New Year’s Day. Candice Butcher, Nathaniel’s mother already nicknamed him ‘Vision’. She said that like any mother she wants t
Campaign finance another empty promise, says Davis
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ “vague” commitment to campaign finance law is the latest sign his party’s election victory was built on “empty promises and political expediency,” Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday.After Dr Minnis
Family: why are we still waiting for reports on Turin deaths?
FAMILIES of the two Bahamian men found dead in Italy have yet to receive the final toxicology reports seven months following their deaths. Father of Blair John, Randolph John, is concerned that months have passed since the death and they continue to
A night of all Knights
Platinum Knights pulled off its fourth consecutive victory as the unofficial winners of the New Year’s Day Junkanoo Parade in Grand Bahama. Under the theme, “A Celebration of Life – All Grand Bahama Needs is Love”, the group captured top standings i
Customer complaints as single use plastic ban comes into effect
CONSUMERS are already voicing their anger as the new single use plastic ban which has now come into effect.
Sir Franklyn: PM has 'no difference-making ideas'
The prime minister has “no viable ideas” for improving the lives of ordinary Bahamians, a prominent businessman has blasted, arguing that the Over-the-Hill revival has made little impact to-date. Sir Franklyn Wilson, the Arawak Homes and Sunshine Ho
Auto dealers target 15-20% sales surge
Bahamian auto dealers yesterday said they are targeting a 15-20 percent sales increase for 2020 amid expectations that the sector could enjoy its best year in more than a decade. Ben Albury, Bahamas Bus and Truck’s general manager, told Tribune Busi
Haitian deportations 'hit Dorian rebuilding'
A former finance minister yesterday warned that the speed of Abaco’s post-Dorian reconstruction could be undermined by the government deporting much of the necessary workforce back to Haiti.James Smith, also an ex-Central Bank governor, told Tribune
Fishermen hail 45% increase in crawfish prices
Bahamian fishermen yesterday hailed this season’s 45 percent increase in crawfish prices to $16 per pound as “the best we have ever had” since they started in the industry. Keith Carroll, the Bahamas Commercial Fishers Alliance’s (BCFA) vice-chairman
Real estate sales 'pulled down' 10% by offline Abaco
A prominent Bahamian realtor yesterday predicted that total real estate market sales volumes will be “pulled down” by ten percent in 2020 due to Abaco being taken offline by Hurricane Dorian.John Christie, HG Christie’s president and managing broker,
The Kingdom of God
There is much difference of opinion about the meaning of the Kingdom of God, due in part to the plethora of scripture on the subject. Isaiah 11:6 (KJV) describes God’s Kingdom as “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”
US blocks three Bahamas aircraft
THREE of Bahamasair’s largest planes have been blocked from entering the United States because they lack surveillance technology demanded by the Federal Aviation Administration.
On hold - $70m ‘dubious’ deals: List of health projects put in place by PLP remain under review
THE Ministry of Health is still assessing what to do with some $70m worth of “dubious” contracts the Christie administration left in place, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.
Victim died just 11 days after his baby born
MARCO Meadows will never get the chance to see his 11-day-old baby grow up.
Police ‘studying’ new beating video
COMMISSIONER of Police Anthony Ferguson has said the Royal Bahamas Police Force is investigating the actions of officers seen clubbing civilians with nightsticks during a recent Junkanoo parade.
Jury says Disney should pay worker $4m after Bahamas car accident
A Florida jury has decided that a Disney Cruise Line worker deserves $4m from the company based on her claim that she received inadequate medical care from ship doctors after she was hit by a car during a port of call.The Brevard County jury earlier
Knighthoods and nonsense
For the sake of Brave Davis and Fred Mitchell, and anyone else who has a problem with the skin colour that God put them in, I do hope that someone, somewhere in the world, will soon find a way to alter their chromosomes, so that they can become white, at least for a little while.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Riding for Dorian relief
Jeanne Dupuch and Anne Maury grew up in Nassau close friends with a special bond – their love of horses.
