Maria ramps up to reach category 5
HURRICANE Maria grew into a category five storm as it barreled toward islands in the eastern Caribbean yesterday with forecasters warning it was likely to grow even stronger before it impacts the Bahamas late Friday.
Patients are trapped by lack of funds
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday the government is still trying to decide what it can afford to do regarding the homeless patients who are lodged at the Princess Margaret Hospital.
Fox hill families: We need more help
WHEN gunshots go off in Fox Hill, as they do almost every night according to residents there, Lavern McPhee Gray’s heart flops.
Two charged in $80k post office scam
A FORMER female Post Office employee and a businessman were charged in Magistrate’s Court with defrauding the Bahamas government of over $80,000 in a six-month period.
BPL’s elite list 'just a privilege'
FORMER Bahamas Electricity Corporation Executive Chairman Leslie Miller said yesterday there is nothing “unusual” about parliamentarians, top civil servants and churches being placed on a special “do not disconnect” list at Bahamas Power and Light.
40% of users disconnected now hook up illegally
NEARLY half of Bahamas Power and Light’s disconnected customers are reconnected illegally by paying “bribes” to employees, a problem officials are hoping to rectify by launching a new automated system within a year, BPL Chairwoman Darnell Osborne told The Tribune.
What kind of policy keeps children out of school?
A HAITIAN mother is considering placing her 11-year-old special needs son in the care of the state after he was allegedly denied access to school for three consecutive years because of the country’s immigration policy.
Bimini starts to rebuild after Hurricane Irma
WHILE Hurricane Irma has claimed more than 30 lives in the Caribbean, one Bimini resident is indeed grateful there was no loss of life on the tiny island in the northern Bahamas.
Three arrested after gunshots
BIMINI police arrested three men after hearing gunshots fired near a business early Sunday morning.
Fresh water projects 'critical' for islands
SUSTAINABLE fresh-water projects in Andros and Exuma were said yesterday to be “very critical” during the official ceremony of UNESCO’s eighth Meeting of National Committees and Focal Points of Latin American and Caribbean for the International Hydro
Hunt for shooters
POLICE are searching for two men, suspected of a shooting incident that sent a man to hospital on Sunday. Shortly before 6pm Sunday, two men were driving on Ida Street when their car was approached by two armed men in a grey Chrysler vehicle, who sh
Cabinet alert over fake cash grants
THE Cabinet Office has advised the public to be on the alert about a “cash grant” scam involving fraudsters who are circulating erroneous information they claim is from Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis about a programme to help persons who are down on
'Time to come home to Acklins,' administrator tells island evacuees
JEFFREY Forbes, one of his island’s oldest living residents, has a message for Hurricane Irma’s Acklins evacuees: Come home and clean up your yard.In the wake of Hurricane Irma, the island’s largest problem is neither flooding nor destroyed homes as
Coastal clean-up for Grand Bahama
ON Saturday, 28 students from Lucaya International School (LIS) on Grand Bahama Island and six Earthcare volunteers arrived at Gold Rock Beach International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICC) at Lucayan National Park. Gail Woon, zone captain for Gold Rock B
Dingman given lifetime achievement award
MARQUIS Who’s Who, the premier authority on who makes a difference in the worlds of politics, law, science, art, business and community, has bestowed its highest honour on visionary entrepreneur Michael D Dingman, naming him a 2017 Marquis Who’s Who
