Dominican dies in Bimini crane fire
A Dominican crane operator was killed in north Bimini yesterday after a 40ft beam he was attempting to move snapped his machine’s cable and crashed on to the crane’s cabin, fatally pinning him inside as the crane was engulfed in flames.
Train the RBDF
US Embassy donates new harbour patrol craft - boat trailer, etc…this is a US global policy, big deal, they do it all round the world.
PHA: No new dialysis fee despite internal memo
THE Public Hospitals Authority said it has not implemented a new fee structure for wheelchair transport services for dialysis services at Princess Margaret Hospital, after concerns were raised about an internal memo made public proposing such a move.
'Businesses must help students for school year'
WITH the recent value added tax hike, cost of living increases and a 25 percent cut to the government’s school uniform assistance budget, Bahamas Striping Group of Companies is urging local companies to do their part to help more students from disadv
US research group to study cancer gene in GB
WITH high rates of prostate cancer in the country, a cancer research group from the United States is due back in Grand Bahama today to continue ongoing research of the BRCA gene in Bahamian men and its link to the disease.Don Mitchell, chairman of Us
Dominican accused of illegal landing
AN immigrant from the Dominican Republic was charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court this week with illegal landing. Manuel Hernandez Gomez, 31, appeared before Magistrate Charlton Smith and pleaded guilty to the charge.According to the particular
Up close and personal with our 200, 400m national champion
ZURICH, Switzerland — In the last two years, Steven Gardiner has emerged as the Bahamian male track and field athlete to watch, having become the first to crack the 20 and 44-second barriers in the 200 and 400 metres respectively.
Man dies after bar shooting
A MAN died in hospital Tuesday night after being shot multiple times outside a bar off Soldier Road.The incident marks the 63rd murder for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.Police said shortly after 11pm, the man was sitting in his vehicle
Saunders: I’ll hold feet to fire over dump
TALL Pines MP Donald Saunders says he plans to hold the government and Providence Advisors/Waste Resources Development Group Consortium’s feet to the fire when it comes to the management and proper maintenance of the Nassau dumpsite.
DIANE PHILLIPS: I’m going to sit right down and write myself a letter
Every woman could have written the beginning of this column. I did not. It was sent to me by someone close and special and it was too good not to share so I do so in the form in which it landed in my inbox.
In tribute to James Catalyn
Bush crack and James Catalyn gone!
BPL turbulence
BPL - good for you Ms Osborne let it all hang out if what has been said is not the truth - truth Madam never lies so you have a big advantage.
Coach Evans pleased with quarter-miler’s progress
ZURICH, Switzerland — It has been two years since coach Gary Evans took over as the coach of quarter-miler Steven Gardiner and the American could not be more pleased with the progress of the Bahamian native from Abaco on and off the track and field scene.
Get your golf clubs out and win a million!
THIS Friday at 2pm at the Royal Blue Golf Club at Baha Mar, RMS Insurance Agents an Brokers is putting up a $1,000,000 prize for the lucky golfer (pro or amateur) who gets a hole-in-one.
Saunders signs minor league baseball contract with Mets
WARREN Saunders became the latest local baseball talent to sign a minor league contract during Major League Baseball’s international signing period.
IPO potential for $130m 'nightmare transformation'
Ordinary Bahamians may be able to invest in the $130m “transformation of an ongoing nightmare” within three to five years, the winning New Providence landfill bidder said yesterday.Kenwood Kerr, Providence Advisors’ chief executive, told Tribune Busi
Web shop 'cart before horse' may cost $40m
LicenCed web shops last night branded the five percent patron tax’s imminent introduction as “putting the cart before the horse” due to the Government’s failure to combat illegal operators.The Bahamas Gaming Operators Association (BGOA), breaking its
Bahamas 'will never hit' renewable energy target
The Bahamas “is never going to make” the National Energy Policy’s (NEP) goals, providers warned yesterday, with nine megawatts (MW) of renewable capacity required every year to hit target.Philip Holdom, Alternative Power Supply’s (APS) president, tol
IMAX Superplex eyes 'best launched theatre'
The Fusion Superplex’s developer is targeting a late November “soft opening” for the IMAX cinema-centred entertainment destination, telling Tribune Business over 400 jobs will be created.Carlos Foulkes, the Atavus Group’s chief executive, said more t
Landfill winner won't 'roll out' like Renew
A Cabinet minister yesterday expressed confidence that there will be no repeat of the “packing up and rolling out” experienced with the New Providence landfill’s last private manager.Romauld Ferreira, minister of the environment and housing, said the
