Man found hanging in Blue Hill Heights home
Police are investigating the death of a man who was found hanging in a home in Blue Hill Heights off Tonight Williams-Darling Highway on Friday night.
08102018 EDiTION
Friday, 10th August, 2018.
Nurses hopeful after meeting with PM
A FRIDAY meeting with Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has given the Bahamas Nurses Union “high expectation” their concerns will be resolved in their favour, union president Amancha Williams said Friday.
PLP leader slams govt over BPL
IN the face of Bahamas Power and Light’s continued generation instabilities, Opposition Leader Philip ‘Brave’ Davis on Friday criticised the Minnis administration’s decision to “go away from all” the plans left by the Progressive Liberal Party.
Justice Stephen Isaacs sworn in as Chief Justice
JUSTICE Stephen Isaacs was officially sworn in as Chief Justice in a ceremony held at Government House on Friday.
Rights Bahamas plans to take shanty town case international
HUMAN rights group Rights Bahamas is planning to take its shanty town case to the International community, attorney Fred Smith, QC, told the Tribune on Friday.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Left in the dark - again
AS much as I would like to address several issues affecting Bahamians this week, I’m forced to go with one, BPL, again!!
EDITORIAL: So, how did we get here?
“I’m going to build a wall, a big one, and keep these people out.” So promised Donald Trump and in doing so pulled on the cord of white America’s deep seated fear of immigration and won himself a seat in the White House.
Man killed, woman injured in Bamboo Town shooting
Police are investigating after a man was killed and a woman injured in a shooting incident on Thursday night.
Lights out as island hit by power outages
AS a foreign expert assesses Bahamas Power and Light’s instabilities, residents in several areas of New Providence were plunged into darkness on Wednesday night after an engine at the Clifton Pier power plant malfunctioned, resulting in a load shedding exercise - with a further power outage last night.
UPDATED: 'Gov't not paying Taranique's bills'
10am UPDATE: THE Cabinet Office has announced that contrary to claims made by the mother of a stateless teen seeking medical treatment in the United States and published in The Tribune on Friday, the government has made no offer or promise to foot the teen’s bills.
Forensic audit on finance ‘complete’
AN American firm’s forensic audit of the Ministry of Finance is complete, The Tribune understands.
'What a waste of money’
HUMAN rights group Rights Bahamas is blasting the government’s intention to pay lawyers outside the Office of the Attorney General for representation in a major judicial review case about shanty towns, calling it a “waste” of money at a time when the government is cutting back on its school uniform budget for the less fortunate.
SHOW US SOME RESPECT, PLEASE: Nurses threaten new action after press blunder
BAHAMAS Nurses Union President Amancha Williams yesterday criticised the Ministry of Labour for its “disrespect” and again threatened industrial action, ratcheting up the fight between the bargaining union and the government over various disputes.
Lighthouse Point must be saved as national park
THE Bahamas National Trust yesterday confirmed its efforts to secure Lighthouse Point as a national park and a “model for sustainable” development.
‘I’m guilty’ - jailbreaker gets three more years
ONE of two men arraigned yesterday in a Magistrate’s Court in connection with a thwarted escape plot at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services admitted he used a piece of steel from a prison bathroom to cut a hole in his cell’s ceiling over a two-month period.
Emancipation still comin'
Emancipation in 1834 was a beginning. But we all as a country are still in mental bondage. Shackles are still holding us, Lord, we continue to pray for deliverance, total deliverance. Let’s sift through some of these shackles:1. Inferiority complexFa
Meditation - Broken chains -
Through the centuries, innocent people have been degraded in unspeakable ways. Our history tells a tale of suffering. Our story is one of slavery, piracy, torture and violence.Is this why we are murdering one another? Is this why domestic violence, i
Inaugural 'Hooping by the Park' Tournament also about giving back
THE inaugural Hooping by the Park Basketball Tournament was not just about playing the game, but it was also about giving back to those persons who would have made a contribution to the growth and development of the sport over the years.Accomplished
