Appeal overturns PI resort’s site approval
Plans to develop a new resort at the former Paradise Harbour Club location have suffered a setback after the project’s original site plan approval was overturned on appeal.
Bahamas ranks below ‘investment grade’ with third credit rating firm
The Bahamas has now failed to achieve ‘investment grade’ status with any of the three major credit rating agencies after Fitch yesterday assigned a ‘BB-’ long-term ranking to this nation.
PM ‘won’t sugarcoat’ peril on Trump tariffs
The Prime Minister last night said he “won’t sugarcoat the dangers we are facing” from increased “inflationary pressures”, a tourism and economic contraction, and reduced exports as a result of US tariff policies.
Man charged with murder of Edward Thompson
AN 18-year-old man was remanded to custody yesterday after being accused of fatally shooting Edward Thompson near Fleming Street and Baillou Hill Road last month.
Woman who took son to school on scooter is to be given a car
A VIDEO showing a young mother riding an electric scooter with her eight-year-old son clinging to her back on the way to school grabbed attention — and life-changing support — after it exposed the daily struggle she faced without access to a car.
Shipping giant MSC all set for buy-in to GB Shipyard
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is “joining” the Grand Bahama Shipyard via a joint venture with the latter’s two existing cruise line shareholders, it was confirmed last night.
‘My daughter deserves an education’
FROM public schools to private institutions, grant programmes to special education centres — every path to the classroom has been blocked for an Abaco mother trying to secure an education for her seven-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy.
‘Govt knocked down my home by mistake’
A SINGLE mother had her newly acquired property in Nassau Village demolished without notice — the result of a government-led initiative targeting abandoned buildings.
PM: Tariffs put country in uncharted territory
PRIME Minister Philip Davis warned that newly announced US tariffs have placed The Bahamas in “unchartered territory,” with potentially serious consequences for local exporters, the cost of living, and the tourism sector.
US: Second rape case unreported
POLICE did not publicly disclose two alleged rapes involving American tourists and jet ski operators in the past month — cases highlighted in a heightened advisory issued yesterday by the US Embassy in Nassau, which warns travellers of sexual assault risks tied to jet ski rentals in The Bahamas.
Crime details need to be shared
Last week, The Tribune reported on an accusation that a US tourist had been raped by a jet ski operator.
Collective stupidity on the rise
Collective stupidity appears to be well on track to become the next great pandemic which will bring life as we knew it for most of our lives to a traumatically abrupt halt.
STATESIDE: Optimism amid uncertain global trade landscape
As the US and other stock exchanges slumped again early this week, the effort to figure out what’s really in Donald Trump’s head continues.
First time CARIFTA qualifier T’arjahnaye Green expected to make a name for herself
EVERY now and then, there comes a young athlete with tremendous promise and lofty goals.
Blue Chip throwers aiming to medal again
The Blue Chip Athletics Club, powered by Norwegian Cruise Line, has produced some of the premier field event athletes in the country.
A founding member of FNM rebukes Lewis over departure and joining COI
MAURICE Moore, a founding member of the Free National Movement (FNM), has broken his silence on the political defection of Central Grand Bahama MP Iram Lewis, calling it a “total disrespect” to himself and the constituents who helped elect him under the FNM’s banner.
Constituents may not want Miller - but Mitchell says no one else running
DESPITE discontent among Golden Isles over their MP, Vaughn Miller, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) chairman Fred Mitchell said no one else has shown interest in the seat, likely paving the way for Mr Miller to be renominated.
