Walk for the Cure campaign sets sights on $100,000 target
CIBC FirstCaribbean launched its 6th annual “Walk for the Cure” campaign this week with a press conference at their Shirley Street headquarters.The popular fundraising event held during cancer awareness month each year is set for Sunday, October 1, a
Minister plans island-wide clean-up campaign
AFTER several meetings, Environment and Housing Minister Romauld Ferreira finalised on Monday a planning team with public and private partners to organise an island-wide New Providence clean-up campaign.The Keeping OUR Bahamas Beautiful initiative wi
Urban Renewal summer camp ends with a celebration
SUMMER camp came to a close for over 700 campers who participated in a three-week programme put on by the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development. The camp officially closed during a ceremony at Loyola Hall, July 31. Children from 5 to 15
Zero tolerance approach by police for Emancipation Day
ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Samuel Butler yesterday promised to ensure public safety at the upcoming Fox Hill Day/Emancipation Day celebrations, warning potential troublemakers that police “will tolerate nothing other than proper behaviour”.ACP
Five rescued from sunken vessel
FIVE individuals are counting their blessings after they were rescued from their sunken vessel Thursday morning.While on routine patrol, Royal Bahamas Defence Force patrol craft P-128 under coxswain Petty Officer Bernard Cash came upon a 30-ft craft
Residents line up to take out money as RBC quits Bimini
THE Royal Bank of Canada closed its operations in Bimini on Wednesday, ending more than 50 years of banking services on that island. Residents stood in long queues outside the bank from 8am waiting for it to open at 9am to withdraw their money and cl
Local repairs keeps yacht repair facility ticking over during slow season
BRADFORD Marine’s yacht repair facility in Grand Bahama is getting a lot of local commercial work during the slow yacht repair season.Dan Romence, general manager at Bradford’s shipyard in Freeport, reported that 2015 and 2016 were relatively “good y
Ferguson wants to remove crime label from Fox Hill
FOX Hill MP Shonel Ferguson yesterday expressed concern about the recent wave of gun-related violence in her constituency, as she pledged to “eradicate” the “stigma” of Fox Hill being labelled a crime hotbed by Bahamian society.Ms Ferguson, in an int
Human Trafficking Suspect Denied Bail A Second Time
A WOMAN awaiting trial on allegations related to human trafficking had her bail application rejected in the Supreme Court yesterday.Abigail Wilson, 20, and her lawyer Bernard Ferguson appeared before Justice Bernard Turner seeking pre-trial release a
Ambassador pick says future is bright for the Bahamas
THE Trump administration’s pick for United States ambassador to The Bahamas, Doug Manchester, seemed to speak favourably of the newly elected Minnis administration yesterday, telling the panel at his Senate hearing “it really looks bright” in The Bah
No need for me to say sorry, insists Davis
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party interim Leader Phillip “Brave” Davis said yesterday he “doesn’t understand” calls from Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis for him to tell the nation he is “sorry” about errors made during the Christie administration because ne
UDPATED: Shane Gibson facing 36 charges
FORMER Minister of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson was taken into police custody yesterday afternoon, after voluntarily presenting himself to the Central Detective Unit to assist officers with an ongoing investigation, The Tribune understands.
Donna Vasyli granted bail
Australian Donna Vasyli has been granted $250K bail ahead of her retrial over the murder of her husband.
Detainee stuck in limbo for decade
A STATELESS man of Cuban descent, who served in the US Navy, has been held at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre for more than a decade, one of several migrants in limbo at the facility, The Tribune was told.
‘Bahamas needs US, not China’
THE $2.1bn Chinese fishing proposal for Andros, which placed the former Progressive Liberal Party government in the line of fierce criticism, took centre stage during the United States ambassador to the Bahamas’ confirmation hearing with nominee for the post Doug Manchester saying more US investment is needed in this country.
