Bodybuilder stabbed to death
PAUL Melbourne, a 70-year-old man known for his athletic versatility, was killed Saturday at his home on McKinney Drive off Carmichael Road after arguing with a woman.
Left in limbo: Locked in Fox Hill three years ‘without charge’
A 42-year-old schizophrenic man has been held in prison without medication, charge or court date for more than three years.
Prison officer gunned down in street
A PRISON officer became one of the country’s latest murder victims over the weekend when he was killed at Tufa Close off Cordeaux Avenue on Friday.
BPSU trio want answers on funds - and for executives to be removed
THREE executives of the Bahamas Public Services Union are seeking to have seven of their peers removed from office - including President Kimsley Ferguson - over allegations of misappropriating funds.
Gaming Board workers seek $2m for dismissal
THIRTY former Gaming Board employees are seeking $2m in damages for their dismissal from the government agency last year, their attorney said on Friday.
Doctors at ‘breaking point’, union chief warns
AFTER years of enduring substandard working conditions and inadequate terms of service, doctors in the public sector have reached a breaking point, Dr Mucomba Miller, Acting President of the Bahamas Doctors Union, has warned.
INSIGHT: Why the cherry switch is a lot scarier than the tamarind switch
In the recent heated and vituperative public reactions to my Human Rights advocacy against the continued victimisation and abuse visited by the Government of The Bahamas upon our Haitian ethnic minority - and the vocal threats on my safety and life - I was moved to react to a particularly savage attack upon me in a voice note circulating widely on social media by a Mr Bannister, a self-proclaimed “True Born and Bred Bahamian”.
INSIGHT: Navigating the steep learning curve of leadership
AS we rapidly approach a year of Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis being the nation’s leader, the landmark only a little more than a month away, we have seen a plethora of moments that made us want to cover our eyes in fear of what he would say next. However, this past week, while he should have still been feeling the bumps and bruises of the beating he took in the media for his egregious missteps on the Oban Energies deal, he is receiving something that has been largely unfamiliar thus far as prime minister – praise.
Revoke his citizenship?
I saw quite a few comments by irate Bahamians on a popular political Facebook page calling for the immediate revocation of prominent attorney and QC Fred Smith’s Bahamian citizenship after the Supreme Court “ordered the unconditional release of five persons and two minors from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre,” as per the February 27 edition of The Tribune.
Crime prevention scheme proving its worth in Grand Bahama
Deputy Police Commissioner Stephen Dean flagged the new National Neighbourhood Watch Council as “the most ambitious crime prevention programme” in the country during a walkabout in Grand Bahama last week.
EDITORIAL: The last Lucayan left standing
WHO is a true Bahamian? And what is a true Bahamian?
Time to cut off BAIC and clean up the mess
BAIC - if operated and owned by a private person they would have gone out of business years ago.
These people ain't making no sense
BOY some people are really annoying and when they are in the hospitality-service industry they must be exposed.
GAIN AN EDGE: The perfect career is within your reach
You have big dreams – that’s why you’ve been thinking about college. You’ve discovered a secret that many don’t know. You’ve discovered graduating from college is key to unlocking career doors in this rapidly changing world.
CARIFTA: 80-member track and field team ratified
WHEN the 26 visiting countries, led by perennial champions Jamaica, come to town over the Easter holiday weekend for the 2018 Flow CARIFTA Games, they will find a 80-member Bahamian track and field team waiting for them at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.
Rockets stop the Regulators, Mingoes sweep Shockers
A PAIR of teams advanced to the semi-finals in the New Providence Basketball Association Division I playoffs Saturday night with sweeps in both series.
Taylor elected president of New Providence Softball Association
FOR the second time in its history, the New Providence Softball Association will have a female president after former player turned scorer Desiree Taylor was elected unopposed.
Higgs and Longhorns advance, ‘Tum Tum’ and Spartans fall
JUST one Bahamian player is left in either NCAA Tournament bracket following last weekend’s schedule of opening round games.
‘Why so jittery on income tax’?
Bahamian businesses need “a friend in government” if they are to successfully compete post-WTO accession, with one entrepreneur arguing: “What does it matter if we have income tax?”
QC: ‘Very difficult’ to combat EU if no corporate tax
A WELL-known QC has warned “it’s going to be very difficult to meet” the European Union (EU) and OECD’s demands unless the Bahamas implements a corporate income tax.
