Always a flooding issue
FISH Hole Road/Causeway has for years been an issue from flooding…spend $8-10 million surely problems solved? Not even with the rains and high tide, no tropical storm or hurricane Saturday the Police had to close the new $10m replacement causeway as it was unsafe.
Godfrey Rolle helps the Bearcats win home opener
GODFREY Rolle got the first start of his senior season with the Southwest Baptist University Bearcats and helped the team to win its home opener. Rolle finished with 15 points, shot 6-9 from the field, including 3-4 from three-point range of a 95-70
'Know Your Numbers': Bahamas' biggest diabetes expo seeks to save lives
With more than 35,000 Bahamians living with diabetes and many more who may be considered pre-diabetic, it is extremely important that members of the public “know their numbers” as it relates to blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure.These number
International spotlight on 'skin care from paradise'
She may have started out small in a small country, but Indira Weech has seen her skin care products make an impact far beyond these Bahamian shores after being highlighted on ABC's "Good Morning America".
Miss Bahamas Teenager makes pageant history in Mexico
Seventeen-year-old Amani Stuart has done what many Bahamian beauty queens can only dream of: placing in the top three of an international pageant.The reigning Miss Bahamas Teenager won not only the judges’ hearts, but also the admiration of her fello
Jonquel scores 26 points, grabs 16 rebounds in win
JONQUEL Jones continues to be a major asset to the Bosnia and Herzegovina women’s national basketball team and led the side to their second consecutive win in the current window of FIBA EuroBasket 2021 qualification. Jones recorded 26 points and 16
Benefits of playing sports for adults
Health coach Ethan Quant, of Elite Wellness Solutions, has succeeded in his weight loss journey and now wants to share his methods with the Bahamas in an effort to foster a culture of wellness and conquer the obesity epidemic. Obesity is a serious hHealth coach Ethan Quant, of Elite Wellness Solutions, has succeeded in his weight loss journey and now wants to share his methods with the Bahamas in an effort to foster a culture of wellness and conquer the obesity epidemic.
‘Buddy Buckets’ season high 35 points in win over Celtics
ON October 31, the Sacramento Kings left the court at the Golden 1 Center under a chorus of boos as they surrendered a 14-point, second-half lead to the Charlotte Hornets and fell to 0-5.
Lowering the prostate cancer risk
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has registered that 200 Bahamian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, and that number is likely underestimated, as several Bahamian men seek prostate cancer screening and treatment abroad and they are often not captured in local statistics. WHO data showed that 249 men died of cancer in the Bahamas in 2018 and 80 of those men died of prostate cancer.
Royals and Rattlers earn basketball titles
The DW Davis Royals came from behind and blew out the Queen’s College Comets to repeat as the junior boys’ champions, while the CI Gibson Rattlers had to hold off a late surge by the Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins to earn the intermediate boys’ title.
UB Mingoes lose back-to-back games
THE University of The Bahamas Mingoes men’s basketball team (pictured) was on the verge of winning both games at the Edward Waters College Thanksgiving Classic but just could not seal the deal.The Mingoes lost to Florida National Friday 110-102 and t
'Your Health is Your Wealth'
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force demonstrated excellence in fitness at the Bahamas Law Enforcement Cooperative Credit Union Fun Run and Walk competition on Saturday. In the runners’ segment, Lieutenant Commander Derrick Ferguson placed first in the u
'Stamping Out Hunger' this Christmas for families in need
The Rotaract Club of South East Nassau Centennial continued to do its part in addressing needs of the less fortunate by hosting their third annual “Stamp Out Hunger” initiative.After launching on World Food Day during the 2017/18 Rotary year, a team
Poultry producer: Give us land to fund Dorian rebuild
A major Abaco poultry producer yesterday urged the government to grant it ownership of its property so that this can be used as security to obtain Dorian reconstruction financing. Lance Pinder, Abaco Big Bird Poultry’s chief executive, told Tribune
British Airways in Nassau expansion
British Airways yesterday said increasing the frequency of its Nassau to London service from four to five weekly flights with effect from April 2020 should boost visitor arrivals from the UK. Flights to Heathrow Airport will leave on Monday, Tuesday
Abaco Chamber chief fears NGO departures
Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday voiced fears that the imminent departure of non-governmental organisations (NGO) will leave a vacuum in post-Hurricane Dorian relief efforts. Ken Hutton told Tribune Business “the biggest concern” for
EDITORIAL: Once again, PLP figures don’t add up
EXACTLY a week ago The Tribune revealed that Dutch authorities were investigating possible corruption involving the purchase of $150 million worth of ships for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force.
WORLD VIEW: Don’t believe the story we’ve been fed - there was a coup d’état in Bolivia
CALLED by any other name, there was a coup d’état in Bolivia on November 10. To be clear, an elected president and the government were forcibly removed from office. The term in office of Evo Morales, as President of Bolivia, does not expire until January 21, 2020.
