Mitchell: Settle nurses dispute - and don't harm the patients
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell has urged Health Minister Dr Duane Sands to urgently settle any “outstanding issues” nurses may have, asserting that patient care is on the “chopping block” as a result.Mr Mitchell’s admonition comes a
Remembering the veterans of The Bahamas
THE British Legion-Bahamas Branch (BLBB) and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force paid homage to all Bahamian military veterans who served during the First World War during a wreath laying ceremony at Rawson Square yesterday.RBDF officers and marines para
Sports Notes
THE Government Secondary Schools Sports Association is slated to begin its best-of-three volleyball championships 4pm today at the AF Adderley Gymnasium. The match-ups are as follows: Junior Girls HO Nash Lions versus AF Adderley Fighting Tigers.
Doctors, insurers told: Cut fees for viable NHI
All doctors, healthcare facilities and insurers must cut their fees if the revised National Health Insurance (NHI) model is to succeed and be financially viable, a Cabinet minister has warned.Dr Duane Sands, minister of health, told Tribune Business
THREE BAILED OVER $4M DRUGS HAUL
A Supreme Court judge has granted bail to three men ahead of their trial over allegations they were caught with close to $4m worth of marijuana in waters off South Andros.The Tribune understands Justice Gregory Hilton granted Kenny Major, Patrick Bai
EDITORIAL: US holds its breath for Trump's first electoral test
Tomorrow’s American mid-term elections will serve as a referendum on the tenure so far of US President Donald Trump. For months, political pundits and observers have reminded us the first mid-term elections under a new president can serve as a stinging rebuke. The opposition party often racks up big gains at the expense of the president’s party. The most recent example is most often cited. In 2010, the Republicans wiped out the legislative gains Barack Obama had helped to achieve for the Democrats two years earlier.
Four rebels, no real cause
It seems that in every parliamentary term at least one MP goes rogue and rejects the metaphorical paramour who invited him to the legislative dance.
It's time to restructure the Bahamas National Trust
In May 2018, I sent a long letter to the President, the new Council and the Director of Bahamas National Trust.
OAS - no long fit for purpose
IT’S time for a Caribbean Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States.
Wildcats win in grand style
The New Providence Softball Association champions Sunshine Auto Wildcats capped off a perfect run over the weekend to win the Bahamas Softball Federation’s 2018 Eddie Ford ladies’ national title.They did it in grand style last night in the Banker’s F
Hield scores 19 in loss to Bucks
BOTH the Sacramento Kings’ five-game win streak and Buddy Hield’s run of consecutive 20-point games came to an end at the hands of one of the leading teams in the Eastern Conference.Hield finished with 19 points in the Kings’ 144-109 loss to the Milw
Freda Baker, a familiar face at Baker & Sons
Freda Baker, co-owner with her sisters of A Baker and Sons, one of Nassau’s oldest businesses died on October 31. She was 94.
Bahamas bank accounts targeted for US seizure
Accounts at two Bahamian banks, alleged to contain bribery proceeds from a massive $1.2bn money laundering scheme tied to top Venezuelan officials, are targeted for seizure by the US government. Court documents obtained by Tribune Business reveal tha
Re-hired NHI consultant's fee 'not in $8.3m ball park'
KPMG, whose previous $8.3m National Health Insurance (NHI) fee was heavily criticised by the Government, has been re-hired for a sum “nowhere near that ball park”.Dr Duane Sands, minister of health, defended the accounting firm’s new NHI consultancy
Public health system NHI's 'Achilles heel'
The Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chairman has warned that the public healthcare system remains the revamped National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme’s “Achilles heel”. Emmanuel Komolafe, pictured, in an interview with Tribune Business, reiterat
Few prosecutions show anti-financial crime regime works
The Deputy Prime Minister is arguing that The Bahamas has relatively few money laundering prosecutions because its regulatory regime is successfully deterring financial criminals.Flipping a key aspect of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) ratio
Bahamas developers blast OECD's 'cynical' targeting
Bahamas-based developers have blasted the OECD’s “cynical” attempt to ““de-legitimise” this nation’s key investment product by suggesting it threatens the global fight against tax evasion. The newly-formed Bahamas Developers Association (BDA), in a r
Shell eyes power plant's 'synergies' on LNG bunkering
SHELL North America’s proposed multi-fuel power plant for New Providence will provide “natural synergies” for liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering, a senior executive says.Mark Regis, Shell’s country chair for the English and Dutch Caribbean (exclud
Blue Hills reliance hits BPL customers
Bahamas Power and Light’s (BPL) chairman has conceded that increased dependence on its Blue Hills power station, which uses a more expensive fuel, has added to the recent spike in customer electricity bills.Dr Donovan Moxey said: “The spikes in the c
Police investigate apparent drowning
Police are investigating an apparent drowning after a man was found in waters at Goodman’s Bay on Saturday.
