EDITORIAL: A pawn in Washington's game
EACH day brings a new fusillade of advocacy and commentary about Brett Kavanaugh, US President Donald Trump’s historically controversial nominee to fill the vacancy on the American Supreme Court created by the resignation this summer of Anthony Kennedy.
INSIGHT: It’s not a fantasy - live younger, longer, better
Longevity. Not your concern if you’re in your 20s right? Wrong. Living to 120 or 150 years old. Sounds absurd at best, or an obsession for the top one percent of the population, right? Wrong again. What if we thought of longevity (and preventing ageing) as living younger, longer and better?
Funeral announced for George Pyfrom
FUNERAL services for George Loran Pyfrom, IV, 67, who died suddenly on Wednesday afternoon, will be held at St Matthew’s Anglican Church on Shirley and Church Streets on Friday, September 28, at 4pm.The Rt Rev Bishop Laish Boyd, Sr, Bishop of the Dio
Bahamas earns 'Best Team Trophy' at Ocean State Judo Championships
LED by Jasmine Russell, the Bahamian national team competed this weekend at the annual Ocean State Judo Championships, held in Providence, Rhode Island, bringing home the coveted best team trophy.The Ocean State is one of the USA’s best tournaments o
‘1,200 in work thanks to Labour on the Blocks’
SOME 1,200 people have been permanently employed as a result of the government’s Labour on the Blocks initiative, according to Department of Labour officials giving the results of its eighth job fair.
DNA hits out at ‘lazy’ resort purchase
THE Minnis administration’s “lazy” purchase of the Grand Lucayan Resort has exposed a lack of “business and negotiating skills” on the government’s part, according to Democratic National Alliance Deputy Leader Arinthia Komolafe.
WORLD VIEW: Almagro - more a General than Secretary
A FURORE surrounded Luis Almagro, the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), after the Associated Press (AP) reported him as encouraging military intervention in Venezuela to topple the government of President Nicolas Maduro.
Hitmen shutout Truckers 3-0 to grab 3-1 series lead
ACE Alcott Forbes, avenging a home run he gave up to fellow national team pitcher Thomas Davis in game two as the Commando Security Truckers won their only game so far, pushed the C&S Hitmen one game away from repeating as the New Providence Softball Association men’s champions.
Carey Jr all set for top league in Mexico
THE next step on the pro basketball journey for Michael Carey Jr will take him to the top league in Mexico.Carey reached an agreement with the Huracanes de Tampico of Mexico’s premier basketball league, Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional.He come
Wildcats rout Lady Truckers 17-5 to take 3-1 series lead
AS long as they continue hitting the ball, centre fielder Tyrice Curry said there’s no reason why her Sunshine Auto Wildcats should not be able to wrap up their defence of the New Providence Softball Association ladies’ championship crown on Tuesday
Hield and Ayton in NBA camps this week
BUDDY Hield and Deandre Ayton are set to begin their 2018-19 seasons as NBA training camps get underway this week.Hield and the Sacramento Kings will host Media Day today and will tip-off camp tomorrow at the team’s downtown practice facility at Gold
Game of Thrones
MANY idle Bahamians who may have little to do or may have too much down time have opined in recent times that former Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Perry Gladstone Christie, may, along with others, be “plotting” to launch a coup against the current leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), the Hon Philip “Brave” Davis, QC, MP (PLP-Cat Island; Rum Cay & San Salvador). This, of course, in my opinion, is pure and unadulterated cow manure.
‘An inconvenient truth’ for govt, developers
The government and developers can no longer ignore The Bahamas’ key planning law as “an inconvenient truth” after the Supreme Court ordered a key element be enacted by July 1, 2019.
Cabinet-approved PPP policy set for imminent release
A Cabinet-approved Public-Private Partnership (PPP) policy document is set for imminent release as the Government moves “to ensure we get taxpayers value for money”.KP Turnquest, pictured, deputy prime minister, told Tribune Business that the Governm
BPL oil theft exposed by sex in truck
A major oil theft from Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) was only exposed when the thief was distracted by having sex in his truck.
Consumers 'pay the price' for supporting agriculture
The Government has been urged to step back from direct involvement in the agriculture sector amid a “disconnection” between policy goals and budget spending allocations.A newly-published Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) analysis of Bahamian agri
Govt WTO negotiators 'armed and dangerous'
The Government’s WTO negotiating team will be made “armed and dangerous” through the highest possible level of private sector support, the Chamber of Commerce’s chairman is pledging.Michael Maura told Tribune Business that the business community’s in
Abaco 'plagued' by unlicensed business
Unlicensed businesses operating in unregulated districts on Abaco are one of the biggest problems “plaguing” the island, its Chamber of Commerce president believes.Ken Hutton, pictured, while addressing the Abaco Business Outlook conference, lamented
Web shops: We had 3-month 'tax holiday'
The Government’s changes to the web shop industry’s “sliding scale” tax structure will not prevent the sector moving forward with its legal challenge, a well-known QC says.Wayne Munroe, pictured, who is representing several web shops in their fight a
Vendors want first refusal on port return
VENDORS at Festival Place are asking to be given first preference to return to the port area following the privatisation of the Prince George Wharf.Rory Dean, the lead spokesperson for the Festival Place Tenants Association (FPTA), said the group of
