Girl tourists assaulted on Harbour Island
POLICE are investigating reports that indecent assault was committed against two juvenile female tourists on Harbour Island yesterday.
Man stabbed with screwdriver
A MAN was taken to hospital after he was stabbed by an assailant armed with a screwdriver.Police said the victim was waking on Hospital Lane after 6pm on Wednesday when he was approached by an attacker who stabbed him about the body before running aw
EDITORIAL: Inevitable firings and bitter medicine
IN this column on Wednesday, we drew attention to the opposition of four FNM Members of Parliament to the controversial increase of VAT that led to their voting against the Budget. We touched on the reasons why, under our Westminster system of government, they were subsequently sacked from Dr Minnis’s administration. Today, we explore further the workings of that system, which is the bedrock of our democracy, and also call on the Government to improve its public relations.
The firing of Travis Robinson
HAD Bain and Grants Town MP Travis Robinson severed ties with the governing Free National Movement, the narrative throughout the country would have been that Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis is losing control of his party, particularly his MP backbenchers.
Bahamas falls to the USVI 84-74
The Bahamas men’s national basketball team, even with the services of NBA guard Chavano ‘Buddy’ Hield and college graduate Lourawls ‘Tum Tum’ Nairn, couldn’t find a way to pull off a “must-win” game against the US Virgin Islands.Needing to win by eig
SPORTS NOTES
BLUE CHIPS ATHLETIC CAMP REGISTRATIONTHE Blue Chips Athletic Club, headed by Corrington Maycock, is all set to hold its fifth annual Throwers Summer Camp 9am to 3pm July 23-28 at Queen’s College campus.April Smith, in her fourth season as an assistan
Bahamas teams are selected for IAAF World Jrs and NACAC
BASED on who showed up and what they did at the National Junior and Open Track and Field Nationals, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations selected its teams to represent the Bahamas at the IAAF World Junior Under-20 Championships and the N
Bud Bahamian winner front and centre at FIFA World Cup
MOSCOW, Russia – Soccer enthusiasts from around the world have been glued to their screens as the FIFA World Cup action heats up in Russia. Heralded globally as the most prestigious association tournament in the world, the FIFA World Cup has and cont
Saving smart
THE Bahamas Central Securities Depository has launched a groundbreaking financial literacy programme – BCSD Smart Savers – for preschoolers and primary school students. The programme was launched at Willard Patton Preschool, where BCSD staff members
A COMIC'S VIEW: Here comes Hubully
WITH the dreaded VAT increase days away, Travis is on cleanup duty, Halston speaks in tongues, Sebas for PM, and Hubully is born. The Clean Up Man I think most would agree that it was a brave move for Bain and Grants MP Travis Robinson to vote ag
THE FINISH LINE: BBA seems to be headed in the right direction
THE Bahamas Baseball Association had to play a back seat to mother nature over the weekend in Grand Bahama as the fields got too wet from the rain at the Emera Sports Complex to complete all of the divisional finals in their inaugural National Baseba
Rules apply to politicians
POLITICIANS some-times make such a fundamental political mistake when they hang everything which they use, that is, only apply or abide with when it suits their political ends.
Grabbalicious web shops
Web shops - thanks Minister D’Aguilar for telling it as it is.
Students urged to learn from summer job roles
MINISTER of Youth, Sports and Culture Michael Pintard told young persons participating in the government’s summer job programme that there are some valuable lessons they will learn from job placements. He noted that even though it may not be their ch
'Bowl games are better in the Bahamas'
FOR the fifth consecutive year, Conference USA and the Mid-American Conference will bring their championship football teams to town to clash in the Bahamas Bowl.The bowl game is scheduled for Friday, December 21 at the Thomas A Robinson National Stad
Atlantis links up with Miami University for mammal course
ATLANTIS has set up a partnership with the University of Miami through its Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.Now in its second year, the partnership features a marine mammal based course at the graduate level that is taught at Atlan
'Put brakes on WTO accession', Govt told
The government was yesterday urged by the private sector to “put on the brakes” over the submission of its latest negotiating “offer” for WTO membership.Darron Pickstock, who heads the Chamber of Commerce’s trade and investment division, told Tribune
Property fund chief blindsided by BISX trading suspension
The Bahamas Property Fund’s administrator last night expressed hope that its trading suspension will be short-lived, having been blindsided by the stock exchange’s move.
$1.2m roadworks wait for IMAX's developer
An IMAX cinema-centred entertainment destination cannot open until a $1.2 million roadworks project is completed, its developer revealed yesterday.Carlos Foulkes, the Atavus Group’s chief executive, told Tribune Business it expected to hear from the
BPL rejects one-third of departure requests
BAHAMAS Power and Light’s (BPL) chief executive yesterday said “one-third” of the company’s voluntary separation (VSEP) applicants have been deemed “critical employees” who cannot be released at this time. Whitney Heastie said those employees will b
