Correction
An article in today’s Tribune Weekend supplement incorrectly named Island Grooves producer as CeCe Rogers when it should have been CeCe Mitchell.
Minnis overturns citizenship vote
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday announced his administration’s intention to amend the Immigration Act to allow all Bahamian women the right to automatically transfer citizenship to their children regardless of where they are born.
Exuma grounded by faulty fire engine
FLIGHTS from the United States to Exuma International Airport have been suspended, according to Member of Parliament for Exuma Chester Cooper who said the issue is costing the island’s economy “hundreds of millions of dollars.”
About turn: MPs will get pay rise
THREE years after opposing a salary increase for parliamentarians because of the weak economy, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis now says his administration will raise the salaries of members of Parliament in the next fiscal year.
It’s green light for new DPP
THE passage of the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2017, yesterday in the House of Assembly will result in the creation of the country’s first-ever independent Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
$800K deal days before election
DAYS before the 2017 general election, the Christie administration renewed Sir Baltron Bethel’s contract as a senior policy advisor and consultant in the Office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of Tourism nearly a year before it was set to expire and increased his salary, agreeing to pay him $800,000 over a four-year period. This is according to documents tabled in the House of Assembly by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday.
Mitchell: Govt 'chipping away' at civil service labour force
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell yesterday raised concern over the recent termination trend in the public sector, insisting the Minnis administration has actively been “chipping away” at the country’s labour force in the civil service
Pastors and Politicians set to hold court at Jamboree
REACH Out Youth Organisation (ROYO) has announced the return of its basketball jamboree, with a battle between Grand Bahama pastors and politicians.Dudley Seide, founder of ROYO, said the purpose of the tournament is to bring the entire community tog
Zonta Club celebrates 35 years of advancing status of women
ON October 12, 1982, a heroine, Judy Munroe chartered Zonta Club in the Bahamas.She followed the non-partisan objectives of Zonta and 19 presidents later, the club still seeks to improve the legal, political, economic health and professional status o
Cigarette Company to employ 25-30 Grand Bahamians
DEPUTY Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest has hailed operations associated with the Wind River Tobacco Company, which will employ 25-30 Grand Bahamians in the coming months, as the start of a potential rebound for the island’s economy.In an interview o
GB taxi union chief hits out at illegal tours
DAVID Jones, president of the Grand Bahama Taxi Union, said the most significant issue cab drivers face in the Grand Bahama is with the illegal operation of tour operators at the harbour, airport and hotels. Mr Jones said Minister of Transport Frank
Man gets six years after guilty plea to manslaughter
A FORMER Baha Mar steward previously accused of murdering a waitress by ramming her with a car in 2015 was sentenced to just shy of six years in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.Clarence Rahming was sentenced to five years and eight mo
Nearly half of 77 BTC contractors agree new terms
NEARLY half of the 77 Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) contractors who were allegedly told to sign new contracts or be terminated have agreed to BTC’s new terms, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes confirmed yesterday.In an interview with The Tribun
Former Ranfurly Homes' resident adjusts focus
LIFE changed for Edneka Farquharson at the age of 13. First, she was taken from her mother and placed with her grandmother, only to eventually land in the Ranfurly Home for Children.As a resident of the home, she regularly attended St Andrew’s Presby
Govt slammed for 'excuses' over public Disclosure Act
CITIZENS for a Better Bahamas (CBB) yesterday slammed the government for failing to meet its campaign promises on enforcement of the Public Disclosure Act.In a press statement the advocacy group called on citizens to reject “implausible” and “unreaso
