Nurses trained to help save limbs
With 13.6 percent of the population of the Bahamas suffering from diabetes, the country is at an epidemic status. Each year, more than more one million diabetics around the world lose at least a leg. Research has shown that 85 percent of all amputations are preceded by an ulcer and can be prevented.
Romad Dean to join Lions this fall
ROMAD Dean will continue his prep basketball career in Toronto, Canada.The former Tabernacle Baptist Falcon will join the Crestwood Prep Academy Lions this fall.Crestwood has competed in Canada’s National Preparatory Association since the 2017-18 sea
Elle O’Brien 12th at the Marshall & Sterling League National Finals
RISING equestrian star Elle O’Brien shone brightly at the Marshall & Sterling League 2019 National Finals, held this week in Saugerties, New York.
GB Chamber targets 'plan of attack' on Dorian revival
The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday said he was looking to develop “a plan of attack” for the restoration of commerce as businesses slowly re-open after Dorian.Gregory LaRoda told Tribune Business that the restoration of key ut
AML donates $275k to aid staff, Dorian relief
AML Foods yesterday said it has donated more than $275,000 to support both Hurricane Dorian relief efforts and its 275 impacted employees in Grand Bahama.The BISX-listed food retail and franchise group said some $200,000 had been allocated to support
Fears Dorian will sparkexpansion of Govt size
A think-tank executive yesterday voiced concern that Hurricane Dorian will cause a further expansion in government’s size after The Bahamas fell seven spots in an economic freedom index.Rick Lowe, of the Nassau Institute, also expressed concern about
Baha Mar hosts tennis cup to aid Dorian relief
Baha Mar has teamed with leading Bahamian tennis player, Mark Knowles, and other former tour professionals to host the Baha Mar Cup fundraiser for Hurricane Dorian victims. The event, which will take place from Thursday, November 7, to Sunday, Novem
EDITORIAL: We must not fail those in need
"In times of crisis, some things happen that are inappropriate."
INSIGHT: In our darkest hour, caring hearts are most needed
JUST over two weeks ago, the islands and cays of Abaco and Grand Bahama were devastated by the ruthless winds and rain of Category 5 Hurricane Dorian. Left in its trail of destruction, the stench of death and loss still permeates the air of two jewels in the crown of The Bahamas – completely altering the picturesque landscape of the treasured Bahama islands.
INSIGHT: Lessons from the Equinor oil spill
EQUINOR, formerly Statoil, operates the old Burmah Oil storage facility at South Riding Point in East Grand Bahama.
More than 300 Haitians feared missing after Dorian
A NEWLY formed Haitian advocacy group said it has forwarded the names of more than 300 people listed as missing from shanty towns in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. The group, United Haitian Community Front, is chaired by League of Haitian Pastor
Govt expects revenue drop - but other nations helping
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said he “anticipates revenue to decrease” as a result of Hurricane Dorian, but noted The Bahamas is receiving “a lot of assistance from the international community”.Dr Minnis made the comment at a press conference at t
Building to resist category five 'too expensive'
MOST Bahamians would be priced out of the real estate market if the building code were changed so residential homes and businesses could withstand a Category Five hurricane, former Bahamas Contractor’s Association President Leonard Sands said yesterd
'Ingraham is welcome - but we don't need egos'
SOME residents of hurricane ravaged Abaco yesterday welcomed assistance from former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, but stressed egos need to be put aside in the best interests of storm victims. Victor Patterson, chairman of the Free National Moveme
PM speaks to Prince Charles
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis spoke by phone with Prince Charles on Friday from his office at Cabinet, Churchill Building. Prince Charles expressed how deeply the people of the United Kingdom are feeling for Bahamians during this time of tragedy i
Sick child rescued from Mudd
A SICK infant was rescued from a damaged home in The Mudd in Abaco by rescue workers and is now receiving medical care in Nassau. Gwen Denton DeLeon, an American doctor volunteering in Abaco, posted on Facebook about the emotional moment a search te
ZNS facing $542,000 summary judgment bid
ZNS is facing a $542,000 summary judgment bid over claims that it breached a satellite leasing contract with two years of the deal remaining. Attorneys for Centrex Centrex Communications Corporation, in September 12 letter to the southern New York f
$3-5bn Dorian 'cataclysmic' if Nassau struck
The Bahamas would have taken a “cataclysmic” hit if Hurricane Dorian struck Nassau, Moody’s Analytics believes, while still predicting the storm has cost this nation between $3bn to $5bn. Adam Kamins, senior regional economist at Moody’s Analytics,
