BNT: Impact of diesel leak in Exuma marina 'small'
THE impact from the diesel fuel leak in Exuma over the weekend is going to be “small”, Bahamas National Trust Executive Director Eric Carey estimated yesterday. In an interview with The Tribune, Mr Carey said while the accident had the potential to b
Police hunt for robbers after two raids
POLICE in New Providence are investigating two armed robberies which occurred on Monday.Shortly after 9am, a man was in the parking lot of a local bank on Prince Charles Drive when he was approached by a gunman who robbed him of a bag containing cash
Five years in jail for ringleader in housebreaking and theft group
A 35-year-old man was convicted and sentenced yesterday to five years in prison in connection with a five-month long housebreaking and theft ring which netted an estimated $13,916 in stolen property.Tiffalo Johnson, of Native Yard, East Street North,
Treat Grand Bahama as a special case - Lewis
MEMBER of Parliament for Central Grand Bahama Iram Lewis said yesterday Grand Bahama has to be viewed “as a special needs case” by the government and the Grand Bahama Port Authority.“Business, as usual, does not exist in Grand Bahama presently and mo
Summer in Mt Moriah
THE Mount Moriah constituency’s summer camp held from August 13-17 at the Central Church of Christ in Yellow Elder, catered to more than 70 youngsters and teenagers.Campers engaged in art and drama classes and were treated to a field trip at the Adve
Davis: Why did Bannister reappoint Osborne if there were problems?
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis has said revelations Works Minister Desmond Bannister made yesterday about former Bahamas Power & Light Chairwoman Darnell Osborne are “disingenuous,” questioning why Mr Bannister reappointed her to the board in July if he felt her conduct had been egregious.
No student turned away because of background
EDUCATION Minister Jeff Lloyd yesterday reiterated that it is against policy and prohibited by law for educators to deny students’ entry into schools based on their ethnic background or nationality. He added he had no “proof” this was occurring, but
Case of pit bull dog's death at a standstill
THE case involving the death of Whitehead, a pregnant pit bull that died as a result of an illegal caesarian performed by an unlicenced “street vet” in Freeport earlier this year, is at a standstill due to the absence of a complaint and lack of suffi
Three jailed over seizure of marijuana
A BAHAMIAN man and two Jamaican men were sentenced to three and a half years in prison yesterday for last week’s seizure of 375 pounds of marijuana at a residence on Meadow Street.Two additional people - a Jamaican woman and a Bahamian man - were als
BNT: Poaching 'greatest threat to seafood resources of nation'
THE Bahamas National Trust has described poaching by commercial fishermen from the Dominican Republic as “the greatest single threat to Bahamian seafood resources”. The BNT said this was based on a report produced for the Bahamas Lobster Fisheries Im
‘Tell us what’s gone on at BPL’
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip Davis yesterday called on Works Minister Desmond Bannister to answer “damning” allegations of government interference at the Bahamas Power and Light board.
‘Dr Minnis’ hypocrisy is simply staggering’
RIGHTS Bahamas has criticised recent comments Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis made about eradicating shanty towns, saying “the level of hypocrisy” involved in Dr Minnis’ remarks regarding Haitian ethnic communities is “simply staggering”.
Premiers’ rejection of honour avoidable
THE decision of former Prime Ministers Hubert Ingraham and Perry Christie to reject the government’s national honour award is an “embarrassment” for the Minnis administration, Reverend Sebastian Campbell, chairman of the National Heroes Committee, said yesterday.
Doors open for 1,000 pre-schoolers
IN an effort for the Bahamas to attain universal pre-school education, Education Minister Jeff Lloyd yesterday said starting this year, and each year thereafter, 1,000 pre-school students will enter the school system.
Bahamian band of brothers unites as new fraternity branch chartered
IT was a historic day on the campus of the University of The Bahamas on Saturday, as Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated chartered its first international undergraduate chapter.After 107 years of existence, the organisation officially established
