Davis: Is travel budget a campaign fund?
THE financial allocation set aside for travel and several other in-house expenses at the Office of the Prime Minister in the 2019/2020 budget could be viewed as the government’s attempt to finance campaign-related activity, Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis has suggested.
Armed robbery suspect says police beat him with a bat
A MAN who was arraigned on an armed robbery charge in Grand Bahama yesterday accused police of beating him with a baseball bat while in custody and coercing him to sign a report.
BNT: We need our own fines over waste dumping
THE Bahamas National Trust said yesterday the county needs the ability to enforce its own fines where it is discovered that cruise lines dump waste in Bahamian waters, adding this kind of penalty would provide recourse where fines are paid out in the United States.
Teen accused of murder
A 19-year-old is responsible for shooting another teenager to death and attempting to kill three other people while they were walking on Raymond Road last week, police have alleged.
Food safety seminar today
THE Bahamas Agricultural Food Safety Authority will host a food safety seminar today.
Two years on - and no govt response on threats
IT has been two years since Rights Bahamas activists were granted protective measures by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights but to date the government has yet to report on its efforts, the group said.
Dames: Budget cut but things are getting better
WITH respective elected officials set to begin debate today on the Minnis administration’s 2019/2020 budget, one Cabinet official says it will be evident that things are “getting better”.
Hospitals need more pharmacists
THE PUBLIC Hospitals Authority will need 13 more pharmacists before existing staff can stop working extra shifts, according to Deputy Director Lyrone Burrows.
Beating children is our sport
IN all my many years of buying and reading the dailies, both The Tribune and The Nassau Guardian, I have never seen anything as ridiculous and nauseating as an editorial letter written to this very newspaper.
Chaos of migration
I believe that most people would agree that the dissolution of the traditional family has contributed significantly to most of our societal ills and criminality, but I cannot help considering the influence of another factor.
BAAA trying to secure more than $850,000
As they reach the six-month point in office, Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations president Drumeco Archer took the opportunity to deal with a wide range of topics from their financial disposition to the participation of elite athletes competing on the international scene.
Boyce, Hield to headline elimination tournament
TWO of the three defending champions will headline the Boxing Federation of the Bahamas’ eight-member team to the Bert Sugar Elimination Tournament this weekend in Punta Gorda, Florida.
Coach Major to introduce Hutchinson to amateur boxing
SHE walked into the Aftershock Boxing Club training programme at the National Amateur Boxing Gymnasium and Elizabeth Hutchinson was an immediate hit with coach Kieshno Major.
Apple previews new software as it diversifies beyond iPhones
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Apple, beset by falling iPhone sales, announced upcoming changes to its phone and computer software intended to highlight its increasing emphasis on digital services and to further position it as a fierce guardian of personal privacy.
Tech Talk
• The German government is extending a system of incentives to buy electric cars by 18 months until the end of 2020.
PM urged to step in on new Lanisha row
THE relationship between the Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC) and Youth, Sports and Culture Minister Lanisha Rolle has become tenuous, with members now demanding she either sit down for formal talks or be removed as minister.
Union chief urges end to ‘strong man tactics’
A trade union leader has called for an end to “strong man tactics” in industrial negotiations while admitting that The Bahamas’ labour relations climate is “very, very bad”.
‘No big concern’ for the US$ peg in joining WTO
The Central Bank’s governor says the prospect of widening “trade imbalances” as a result of joining the WTO is “not a major concern” for The Bahamas’ fixed exchange rate system.
Bran: Budget is ‘same old, same old’
THE DNA’s ex-leader yesterday told the government it must “walk and chew gum at the same time” by reducing the deficit and stimulating economic growth, slamming the 2019-2020 budget as the “same old, same old”.
BREA chief to head Florida conference
The Bahamas Real Estate Association’s (BREA) president will be the keynote speaker when business leaders from various countries gather in Fort Myers tomorrow for International Day.
