Seymour back to double-a with Miami Marlins
Anfernee Seymour continues to alternate levels through the Miami Marlins organisation and has returned to the Double-A baseball.Seymour was re-promoted to the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp of the Double A’s Southern League from the Jupiter Hammerheads of
Rising star Clarke a double finalist in St Lucia
Sydney Clarke, who has the distinction of being the only junior ranked under 500 in recent times in the under-18 juniors, attained multiple successes this weekend in St Lucia.Clarke, who was ranked number one in girls singles in the tournament, was t
Freedom Farmers bring pride in World Series
The Bahamas (Freedom Farm Baseball League) was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Cal Ripken Baseball Major 70 World Series but the team was still recognised for its efforts as a unit and with several individual awards.Team Bahamas won the “Sportsm
Poachers hit with $3m fines
FORTY-SIX Dominican poachers were fined over $3 million during a special sitting of the Magistrate’s Court on Friday. The poaching vessel’s captain was also convicted of two additional charges relating to possession of weaponry and sentenced to a tot
WORLD VIEW – Barbados, Dominica and Ross: Debating the wrong issue
THE debate, particularly on social media, following the decision by Ross University School of Medicine to relocate from Dominica to Barbados, is about the wrong issue.
Concern grows over Lighthouse Point plans
OUTCRY has increased against a proposal for Lighthouse Point, Eleuthera to be developed into a cruise port, with two more activist groups worrying the planned project will have a detrimental effect on the country’s natural resources. Lighthouse Poin
Committee to be set up in weeks on cannabis issue
WITHIN the next “week or two,” representatives of a cannabis committee that Cabinet has established will receive their terms of references and begin exploring public opinion on the issue, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said Saturday. The committee
Revisiting port authority past
The following letter was written to Fred Sturrup, Editor Freeport News, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas.
Fighting through
COACH Mike Brey looked positively at the way his Notre Dame Fighting Irish responded to the challenges they faced in pulling off their three exhibition games against local-based teams in the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s 2018 Summer of Thunder over
Shooting victim identified
POLICE have released the identity of the man who was killed on Thursday night in a double shooting that also injured a woman in Bamboo Town.Superintendent Anton Rahming confirmed to The Tribune yesterday the murder victim was Jerome Pinder, 66.Accord
INSIGHT: Nothing’s changed - second class citizens in our own country
SHOULD we really be surprised by how quickly the government acquiesced to the threats made by the Lyford Cay Association? A letter obtained by local media last weekend that was penned by the association’s chairman, Henry Cabot Lodge III, expressly indicated that homeowners in the exclusive community would sell and leave The Bahamas. These threats were made as a result of what Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest called an “unintended impact” of changing the property tax laws.
INSIGHT: Jobs for a generation - creating innovation in an age of rising unemployment
Four billion “new minds” will be connected to the world wide web in four to seven years. This means that every person on earth will have access to the world’s information in a split second and at near zero cost. So what?
Bahamas pulls off Barbados victory
THE Bahamas men’s national volleyball team pulled off a big victory over Barbados on Sunday to get their play started in the Men’s CAZOVA (Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association) Championships, but they won’t have much time to celebrate at the Ismay
Government denies it will pay teen's bills
THE Cabinet Office announced on Friday that contrary to comments made by the mother of a stateless teen seeking medical treatment in the United States, the government has made no offer or promise to foot the teen’s bills.The teen’s mother, Ginette Ca
Land'Or workers claim they're owed 49 weeks unpaid wages
EMPLOYEES at Club Land’Or claim they are owed as much as 49 weeks pay according to Labour Director John Pinder, with the resort’s attorney acknowledging the property is having “challenges”.Mr Pinder told Tribune Business: “Some of the staff have comp
'Virtual' initiative will aid over-the-hill project
A “virtual bonded warehouse” concept is being “fine tuned” to facilitate the importation of duty free goods under the Over-the-Hill Economic Empowerment Zone initiative, the project’s lead executives have confirmed.Kemie Jones, project manager, told
'Give us licence to prove medical marijuana works'
A group advocating for the development of a marijuana industry in The Bahamas is seeking a “three to five year” research and development licence to grow and research certain medical attributes of marijuana.According to the BACARI, given current tren
Helping hands for small businesses
SMALL businesses will soon have access to a suite of “hand holding” services aimed at ensuring their viability, according to the head of the Small and Medium Business Development Centre (SBDC) who noted access to capital was not the only “major” chal
scholarships for star students
BAHAMIAN students Jasmine Bethel and Ravyn Maycock are the 2018-2019 recipients of PwC Bahamas’ Remelda Moxey Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to Bahamian students pursuing full-time undergraduate or graduate degrees in accounting at any accre
State-recognised funeral for Senator
THE Cabinet Office has announced that a state-recognised funeral will be held for former Senator Telator Strachan on Friday at 10am at Faith United Missionary Baptist Church, Faith United Way, off Baillou Hill Road South.Interment will follow at Wood
