HFM outbreak ‘will get worse’
AN outbreak of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease is affecting young children in the country, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands confirmed yesterday.
Swimming pigs perk up tourism
EXUMA’s famed swimming pigs was named as a major factor behind the back-to-back record year success of one of the country’s most exclusive resorts.
Bimini Husband and wife missing at sea
BAHAMIAN and US authorities are searching for a Bimini husband and wife who are believed to be missing at sea since Saturday, police reported.
Sears: PLP has been compromised by ‘constitutional non-compliance’
FORMER leadership contender Alfred Sears, QC, yesterday said the Progressive Liberal Party’s culture of “constitutional non-compliance” has compromised the party’s “integrity, viability, resilience and nimbleness”.
Davis: I’ll win fight for leader
WHILE urging Progressive Liberal Party members to unite during this week’s national convention, PLP interim Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said he is “confident” he’ll retain the party’s top post when the three-day event comes to a close.
Police 'following leads', but no one in custody over teen's murder
POLICE have not yet taken anyone into custody for the murder of Anthony Smith, 15, who was gunned down on Prison Lane earlier this week.
Govt under fire over response to grounded barge
THE Minnis administration is again facing criticism from environmental groups angered by it's "disgraceful" response to the grounding and partial submersion of a supplies barge transporting, among other things, a large quantity of diesel fuel in Long Island.
Keith Albury announces candidacy for PLP chairmanship
AS THE Progressive Liberal Party gears up for its three-day convention on Monday, another candidate has announced his intention to contest the chairmanship of the PLP.
Shane Gibson appears in Supreme Court
FORMER Labour and National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson was arraigned in the Supreme Court Friday morning before Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson.
Pupils threaten revenge attacks
FRIENDS of murdered 15-year-old Anthony Smith yesterday told The Tribune they will retaliate against the murder of the teenager.
PI guard positive with TB
A SECURITY guard on Paradise Island has contracted tuberculosis and four others have been exposed to the disease. However, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands insisted there is no cause for widespread public alarm.
Campbell faces new citizenship challenge
TWO weeks after Transport and Local Government Minister Frankie Campbell rejected speculation he has dual citizenship, Attorney Wayne Munroe, QC, has confirmed he is looking into challenging in court whether the Cabinet minister’s citizenship can be rightfully established.
Search suspended for Sancos
BRANDON Simmons yesterday vowed to keep moving forward with the search for his mother and her husband - Forrest and Donna Sanco - as authorities suspended their search for the missing couple’s plane.
Murder count overtakes 2016
WITH less than three months left in the year, the Bahamas has surpassed last year’s murder count of 111, according to The Tribune’s records.
Carl Culmer elected FNM chairman
CARL Culmer was elected chairman of the Free National Movement (FNM) last night.
