Casey ends win drought at Valspar after Woods’ late charge
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Paul Casey closed with a 6-under 65 and won the Valspar Championship yesterday after watching Tiger Woods come up one putt short of a playoff.
Bahamian players get bids into field for March Madness
WHEN the dust settled on “Selection Sunday,” four Bahamian players and their respective universities received bids into the 68-team field for the NCAA Men’s Division I Tournament, commonly referred to as “March Madness.”
Cox caps off collegiate career with 2nd in 4x400m relay
WHILE she didn’t make it in an individual event, sprinter Carmiesha Cox capped off her collegiate career by running the third leg of Purdue University women’s 4 x 400 metre relay to help the Boilermakers pull off a second place finish at the NCAA Division One Indoor Championships on Saturday in College Station, Texas.
Miller president of Bahamas Softball Federation for another 3 years
TED Miller, receiving the overwhelming support from the delegates, was returned to the helm as president of the Bahamas Softball Federation for another three years.
Cartwright and American partner win doubles title
AFTER they both got ousted early in their second tournament at the Lyttos Beach Hotel in Heraklion, Greece, Bahamian female pro tennis player Kerrie Cartwright and her American partner Kariann Pierre-Louis made sure that they didn’t suffer the same fate in doubles.
Minnis govt 'played politics' over EU blacklist risk
EXUMA and Ragged Island MP Chester Cooper suggested yesterday the Minnis administration played politics when it came to the possibility of The Bahamas being blacklisted by the European Union as a non-cooperative tax jurisdiction. This threat, he sai
INSIGHT: Don’t fool yourselves - we can see through the smokescreen
THE Bahamian political playbook must have tattered dog-ears on pages revisited by politicians old and new – “when in doubt, distract the Bahamian people with something the previous government did!” Its predictability and overuse has become so exhausting in our culture.
INSIGHT: Oban's another bitter pill for us all to swallow
The rapid fall from grace of this FNM government is becoming painful to watch.
How you can play a part in helping to fight crime
Crime prevention is everyone’s responsibility, not just law enforcement. One of the best ways to take an active part in crime prevention is to become more alert and aware of what is going on around you.
Cash shortage leaves hospital staff having to ventilate by hand
CASH shortages in the public health sector have delayed the acquisition of six critically needed ventilator units at the Princess Margaret Hospital, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands.In an interview with The Tribune over the weekend, the El
11th annual Ride for Hope cancer fundraiser takes place in Eleuthera
RIDE for Hope hosted its 11th annual charity cycling event in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera over the weekend, with a total of 150 riders participating to raise money for cancer initiatives in the Bahamas. RFH co-founder Susan Holowesko Larson said o
Turtle killing
I don’t have the mental toughness to view a 41 second Facebook video of a purported Grand Bahama male resident bludgeoning the head of an obviously distressed sea turtle.
Education need
READ your excellent leader article about Grand Bahama (Feb 20th) and agree with what was written. However, along with imagination we need Education.
Discrimination
SO we are going to celebrate discriminating Women’s Day-week.
Antigua and Barbuda withdraw from summit preparation
Antigua and Barbuda have withdrawn from participation in the second preparatory meeting for the Summit of the Americas scheduled to be held in Lima, Peru next month. Sir Ronald Sanders, Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the Organization of America
Roberts: EY had ‘no right’ to probe political decisions
THE Water & Sewerage Corporation’s (WSC) forensic auditors have “no right to question” politically-led decision-making, a former chairman has blasted.
DPM blasts blacklist threat as 'premature'
THE Deputy Prime Minister has slammed the European Union’s (EU) threatened ‘blacklisting’ of the Bahamas as “premature”, and effectively accused it of ‘changing the rules of the game’.K P Turnquest told Tribune Business that the “timeline” given by t
Miller brands Oban project as 'a hoax'
AN outspoken former Cabinet minister has branded the $5.5 billion Oban Energies project “a hoax”, and blasted: “It will not happen.” Leslie Miller, who was minister of trade and industry from 2002-2006, told Tribune Business there was “no need” for t
Bahamas blacklisting ‘came out of left field’
EUROPE’s planned ‘blacklisting’ of the Bahamas has “come out of left field”, a former financial services minister expressing fears over the potential fall-out for correspondent banking and custodial relationships.Ryan Pinder, now a Graham, Thompson & Company attorney and partner, warned that the European Union’s (EU) branding of this nation as ‘non-cooperative’ in the fight against tax avoidance could result in foreign financial institutions viewing the Bahamas as ‘high risk’.
LETTER TO THE BUSINESS EDITOR: Why Wal-Mart’s big box does not fit the Bahamas
Kindly allow me space to reply to Richard Coulson’s February 25 letter to the editor, and to the public at large, with further insight on why Wal-Mart or a similar company entering the Bahamian market is not a good thing for the country.
