Welcome to the first new babies of 2020
NATHANIEL Gilbert was the first baby boy to be born in 2020. The seven pounds-one-ounce bundle of joy arrived at 9.45am on New Year’s Day. Candice Butcher, Nathaniel’s mother already nicknamed him ‘Vision’. She said that like any mother she wants t
Campaign finance another empty promise, says Davis
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ “vague” commitment to campaign finance law is the latest sign his party’s election victory was built on “empty promises and political expediency,” Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday.After Dr Minnis
Family: why are we still waiting for reports on Turin deaths?
FAMILIES of the two Bahamian men found dead in Italy have yet to receive the final toxicology reports seven months following their deaths. Father of Blair John, Randolph John, is concerned that months have passed since the death and they continue to
A night of all Knights
Platinum Knights pulled off its fourth consecutive victory as the unofficial winners of the New Year’s Day Junkanoo Parade in Grand Bahama. Under the theme, “A Celebration of Life – All Grand Bahama Needs is Love”, the group captured top standings i
Customer complaints as single use plastic ban comes into effect
CONSUMERS are already voicing their anger as the new single use plastic ban which has now come into effect.
On hold - $70m ‘dubious’ deals: List of health projects put in place by PLP remain under review
THE Ministry of Health is still assessing what to do with some $70m worth of “dubious” contracts the Christie administration left in place, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.
US blocks three Bahamas aircraft
THREE of Bahamasair’s largest planes have been blocked from entering the United States because they lack surveillance technology demanded by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Victim died just 11 days after his baby born
MARCO Meadows will never get the chance to see his 11-day-old baby grow up.
Police ‘studying’ new beating video
COMMISSIONER of Police Anthony Ferguson has said the Royal Bahamas Police Force is investigating the actions of officers seen clubbing civilians with nightsticks during a recent Junkanoo parade.
Jury says Disney should pay worker $4m after Bahamas car accident
A Florida jury has decided that a Disney Cruise Line worker deserves $4m from the company based on her claim that she received inadequate medical care from ship doctors after she was hit by a car during a port of call.The Brevard County jury earlier
96 killed in 2019 as murder count increases by five percent
THE country’s murder count in 2019 was pushed to 96, according to The Tribune’s records, a 5.5 percent increase over 2018’s 91 killings.
'My honour's deserved - and long overdue'
BUSINESSMAN and former Olympian Godfrey Kelly, 91, yesterday defended his knighthood saying he expected the award “earlier” and views it as government making “amends” for neglecting to recommend it after his decades of contributions to the country.
Minnis' targets for 'seven more years'
Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to stop income inequality and to create more job opportunities for Bahamians in the country.
Father of four shot dead on first day of year
THE first day of 2020 was marked by the first murder of the year, with a father of four shot dead on Third Street.
Night of the Saxons
THE 2020 New Year’s Day parade ended with an overwhelming victorious win for the Saxons Superstars, who captured the unofficial winner title with an indigenous “Bahamian or Nuttin, Dis We Tings” theme.
