Maritime Authority confirms top official
The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) has confirmed Captain Dwain E Hutchinson’s appointment as its new managing director and chief executive.
Baha Mar eyes 90% Easter occupancies
BAHA MAR yesterday said bookings across its three properties continue to “exceed our expectations”, as it heads into the Easter holiday weekend with occupancies in the “90 percent range”.
60% boating growth opens job prospects
Bahamians were yesterday urged to pursue jobs in a rapidly-growing marina industry that has witnessed a more than 60 percent increase in visiting boaters over the past three years.
EDITORIAL: "You can’t get lost in the animal rights talk." Oh yes you can - and must.
The swimming pigs have become globally recognised as a part of the Bahamian tourism market.
THE PETER YOUNG COLUMN: Can Assange’s actions be justified? Not in my book
The sudden news of the arrest in London of the co-founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, not surprisingly hit the headlines last week.
FACE TO FACE: A zest for life which has never been broken
One cannot meet a person like Paul Fernander and forget him.
Haitian brothers face charges of killing 40-year-old
TWO Haitian brothers are behind the shooting death of a 40-year-old man in the Mackey Street area last month, police have alleged.
Murphy takes charge as new prison commissioner
AS rain poured around him yesterday afternoon, Charles Murphy accepted the mantle as the new commissioner of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.
DPM: ‘Touch and feel our tremendous work’
The government’s “tremendous” economic and fiscal progress will soon be “touched, seen and felt” by many Bahamians, the deputy prime minister promised yesterday.
Dames: Change can’t happen overnight
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames stopped short yesterday of saying the government will cease letting officers investigate police-involved killings, but he said officials are “looking at the process”.
Power cuts now - what about summer?
LOAD shedding yesterday in New Providence sparked worry among business owners regarding Bahamas Power and Light’s ability to keep the electricity on without interruption as the hot summer months approach.
Horror as woman dies in car fire
A “HORRIFIC stretch” is how Superintendent Mareno Hinds yesterday described the recent spate of traffic fatalities occurring across the nation, culminating in Sunday night’s tragic death of a woman in Fresh Creek, Andros.
SHUT IT DOWN: Locked up on a barren rock, then driven into the waves for tourists
THE treatment of a group of swimming pigs in west Grand Bahama has given way to a growing dispute between the operation’s proprietors and local and international animal rights activists, The Tribune has uncovered.
Workplace wellness
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.
Microneedling craze comes to the Bahamas
It may seem like something out of a horror movie: hundreds of tiny needles piercing your skin and leaving you with a bloody face. But many beauty experts swear by the technique of microneedling, claiming it immediately makes your skin look younger, helps with scars and acne, and reverses sun damage and pigmentation.
Bahamas needs ‘ability to pay’ taxation system
The Bahamas must seriously examine switching to a tax system based on “ability to pay”, a top private sector executive urged yesterday, amid renewed IMF calls for “greater income equality”.
BPL’s multi-fuel engines to arrive in early May
THE seven multi-fuel engines that will power Bahamas Power and Light’s new $95m electricity plant are scheduled to arrive in the capital on May 4 and will take 23 days to be placed.
Ten reasons why men should see an urologist
Bahamian men are sadly well-known for generally showing very little concern for their health and physical well-being.
Migrants caught heading from Cuba up to 50
THE wave of migrants from Cuba taking the treacherous journey to Florida continues to persist, and to date some 50 Cubans intercepted in Bahamian seas have been brought to Grand Bahama in the last two weeks.
