Bahamians in Queen's birthday honours
SEVERAL Bahamians were named to the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for exemplary services to The Bahamas, Government House has announced.
UPDATED: Man shot dead in Nassau Village
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man in the Nassau Village community on Sunday night.
Five big winners in 100JAMZ Secret Sound promotion
FIVE lucky winners took home a combined $10,000 in cash prizes in the 100 JAMZ and The Beauty Shack’s “Secret Sound” contest powered by Stiletto’s Shoe Loft.
A tragedy remembered: Labour Day Parade participants pay tribute
KATHERINE Rodgers says her family has struggled to rewrite life a year after her loving and strong sister was tragically taken in an accident at last year’s Randol Fawkes Labour Day Parade.
Autopsies reveal friends drowned
INITIAL reports from the autopsies of Alrae Ramsey and Blair John have added another layer of questions to the mystery of the men’s deaths.
Marijuana: We can't be left behind
MARIJUANA is an “industry that we should not turn our back on”, Caribbean Development Bank president Dr William Warren Smith has warned, adding it would be “foolhardy” for countries in the region not to capitalise on the opportunities the plant brings for the medical, agriculture and trade industries.
Dupuch hits govt with $28m writ over debt
A PROMINENT Bahamian publishing company - which is in no way connected with The Tribune and its affiliates - is suing the government for $28.8m with interest to secure payment for the production of more than five million publications promoting and advertising The Bahamas.
Rolle blasts corruption claims
ACTING Deputy Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle has threatened to take action against Bitcoin millionaire John McAfee after he unleashed a tweet storm over the last few days, making damaging claims about corruption in the US government and Bahamian officials.
Fair aims to raise hurricane awareness
THE Community Services Department (CSD) of the South Bahamas Conference of Seventh-day Adventist will host a fair to raise hurricane awareness and funds for supplies to aid affected communities in the event of a major natural disaster.
Wreaths laid at Labour Day Parade for fallen union members
Union members paid their respects yesterday to the four colleagues who died in last year's Labour Day parade.
Fire hits BAMSI building in New Providence
A FIRE ripped through a building operated by the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) on Thursday night.
Teen beaten in street with shovel
A BOY is in hospital after being beaten by a group of men - including by one armed with a shovel.
Bahamasair to spend $9.3m on aircraft maintenance
BAHAMASAIR will use $9.3m of its total budget in the new fiscal year on heavy maintenance to its aircraft and another $1m to move the headquarters to a building complex on Blake Road.
Davis: PLP to have '30 to 40 percent' women candidates
THE Progressive Liberal Party’s 2022 slate will be composed of 30 to 40 percent women candidates, according to party leader Philip “Brave” Davis.
Davis commits PLP to renegotiating labour commitment
OPPOSITION Leader Philip “Brave” Davis has committed his party to renegotiating the historic 1977 Memorandum of Understanding on labour.
