PM: We're doing all we can to help families
A DAY after he visited the victims of the Labour Day Parade tragedy, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis told The Tribune yesterday that Cabinet will discuss the level of government involvement needed in the wake of a national tragedy with the aim of dev
'Chaotic' scene as hospital tackles tragedy
WHEN Emergency Medical Services made its first call to the Princess Margaret Hospital at 10.15am on Friday the hospital went into mass casualty mode for an “all hands on deck” operation, Medical Chief of Staff Dr Caroline Burnett-Garraway said yester
‘No words’ to describe tragedy
THE tragic and untimely death of Tabitha Charlene Haye, 41, has left family and friends “traumatised and reeling,” some remain “unable to process”.
12% - now the backlash
BAHAMAS Institute of Chartered Accountants President Gowon Bowe believes the government’s plan to increase value added tax will create further distancing between the “haves and have-nots” and possibly create the conditions for class unrest, he told The Tribune.
‘If I could rewind the day, I would’
FOR triple jumper Dannielle Gibson when her younger sister Dominique called her on Friday morning while she was in the locker room at the track facility at Penn State in Philadelphia, it sounded like a script from a movie.
Public responds to call for blood donations
THE Princess Margaret Hospital’s Blood Bank received some 40 pints of blood in a 24-hour period as donors responded to an urgent appeal for blood following the Labour Day tragedy.Chief phlebotomist Dr Glennville Roberts told The Tribune the bank rece
100JAMZ seeks review over licence takeover decision
THE People’s Radio Station, 100JAMZ, has initiated legal action against the Broadcast industry’s watchdog – URCA – for approving the takeover of ZSR Sports Radio 103.5FM on the grounds that the regulators’ legal interpretation of the grant of the Ba
Abaco man guilty of killing uncle
AN Abaco man was convicted of the manslaughter of his uncle and sentenced to 12 years in prison.Shannon Walkins aka “Shannon Watkins” accepted a plea deal and pleaded not guilty to murder, but guilty to manslaughter in the stabbing death of his uncle
One in four Bahamians has been a smoker
TWENTY-FIVE percent of Bahamians have smoked at some point in their life, according to a 2017 National Household Drug Survey, which revealed 13 percent of teenagers smoke tobacco.Bahamians surveyed were between the ages of 12 and 65, with men found t
Downtown derelicts
For over ten years many of us have been staring at the decaying structures blighting eastern Bay Street, and agitating for their reconstruction, replacement, or demolition. Never seeing any action, our eyes now just glaze over as they scan the continuing dilapidation in the Zombie Zone.
WORLD VIEW: Let PM Mia Mottley’s seed sprout across the Caribbean
IN the wake of the clean sweep by the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) of all the seats in general elections on May 24 for the Barbados House of Representatives, the problem of no parliamentary opposition has rightly become a matter for wider discussion in the Caribbean and farther abroad.
EDITORIAL: ‘Birdie’ thanks God for Hanna-Martin and PLP
“THANK God for Ms Hanna Martin and the PLP government. The Tribune takes credit why?”
FNM is a jungalist
A vast majority of Bahamians voted for the Free National Movement and, by extension, the elevation of Dr Hubert A Minnis (FNM-Killarney) to the post of Prime Minister. We were all dead tired of the juvenile leadership of the former Prime Minister, Perry Gladstone Christie. The Progressive Liberal Party and a preponderance of its leadership cadre had ceased to check for those Bahamians whom they professed to have once “believed in”. The PLP and Christie had to go.
GAIN AN EDGE: Fred Perpall’s journey to success
Young Fred Perpall had a dream of becoming an architect. However, little time during his first year at what was then the College of The Bahamas (COB) was spent in the classroom; instead Fred rolled around town visiting old high school friends and frequented surrounding fast food eateries. The ‘fun’ came to a screeching halt when his first-year grades did not reflect what Fred’s parents knew he was capable of.
Two drownings being investigated
POLICE are investigating two apparent drowning incidents which occurred in the past few days, one in Grand Bahama and the other in Abaco. Grand Bahama police are investigating the drowning of a man in the Fortune Bay area over the weekend.Police have
NIB director resigns
NATIONAL Insurance Board Director Patricia Hermanns has tendered her resignation from the corporation effective June 15.A copy of her resignation letter was shared on social media on Friday, and its validity was confirmed by incoming Labour Director
Sprinter Gaither leads the way at Cayman invite
THREE Bahamian sprinters, with TyNia Gaither leading the way, competed in the Cayman Invitational 2018 at the Truman Bodden Stadium in the Cayman Islands on Saturday.
Marlins’ Anfernee Seymour promoted to Double-A baseball for first time in career
IN a season that got off to an unfavourable start, Anfernee Seymour continues his progression in the minor leagues and reached a new career milestone within the Miami Marlins organisation.
Jones and Sun stay unbeaten with 110-72 victory over Sky
JONQUEL Jones had her best offensive output of the season and her Connecticut Sun remain undefeated so far.
$400m extra in VAT?: 'Not a chance in hell'
There is “not a chance in hell” that the 60 percent VAT rate increase will generate the extra $400m revenue the government is targeting, a prominent businessman is warning.Sir Franklyn Wilson told Tribune Business that it was “unwise” for the Minnis
