‘Low morale’ at Ocean Club ahead of reopening
A WEEK before the One&Only Ocean Club reopens to guests, employees at the Paradise Island hotel reportedly have “low morale” because of certain “changes” taking place at the resort, The Tribune understands.
Woman who travelled for job interview dies in accident
A 32-year-old North Andros woman became the country’s latest traffic fatality after she was killed in a deadly head-on collision early yesterday morning.
FNM will seek to privatise BPL
THE Free National Movement says it will privatise the Bahamas Electricity Corporation, now called Bahamas Power and Light, if it is elected to office this year and will ensure that the utility provider is owned by Bahamians through majority shareholding.
Break-in at C C Sweeting forces school to close on Tuesday morning
C C SWEETING Senior High School will be dismissed at 11.30am on Tuesday due to a major break-in at the campus on Monday night.
Lloyd aims to introduce single-sex schools pilot
IF ELECTED to office, the Free National Movement plans to “immediately” implement a pilot programme to separate the education of boys and girls in classes and schools.
Judge says no to PM legal bid
A JUDGE yesterday dismissed Prime Minister Perry Christie’s “no merit” recusal application which argued that she, while awaiting an approval of her application to extend her tenure as a Supreme Court judge, cannot be perceived to be impartial in hearing an ongoing judicial review into allegations that Lyford Cay resident Peter Nygard illegally increased the size of his property.
BREAKING NEWS: Man dies after Ida Street shooting
POLICE are reporting they are on the scene of a murder on Ida Street, off Balfour Avenue, on Tuesday morning.
Robinson focuses on jobs in 2017 election challenge
FLAGGING unemployment as Bain and Grant Town’s biggest challenge, the Free National Movement’s youngest candidate yesterday released his five-point plan for the area, highlighting community programmes as a “youthful solution providing solutions for all.”
More 94 says Bodie suspended, but not terminated
IN the wake of reports from controversial talk show host Ortland Bodie Jr that he had been “terminated” by officials at More 94.9 FM, the radio station’s management yesterday denied the company fired him, saying he “was suspended from his usual duties as host” until internal matters could be resolved.
Names of murdered men released by police
GRAND Bahama police have officially released the names of the two men murdered last week in Freeport as 27-year-old Joseph Bain, of Weddell Avenue, Freeport and 25-year-old Stephon LaFrance of Hunters, Grand Bahama.
Mitchell: Group barred from Detention Centre visit because of Louis Bacon link
FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday defended his ministry’s decision to bar an international human rights agency from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre, insisting that the move was due in large part to the organisation’s connection to local groups alleged to be orchestrating plans to “destabilise” the government.
‘Change FOI act to make nation a world leader’
REPRESENTATIVES of civic groups that have been calling for strong freedom of information legislation have applauded the government for bringing an Freedom of Information Act to debate, declaring that with a few changes in the draft bill, the Bahamas could become a “world leader” in transparency.
Attorney quizzed over legal representation of Nygard
AN attorney was probed at-length yesterday concerning her legal representation of Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard and correspondence or other documents relating to him that were prepared before December 2014 when alleged dredging activities were occurring on or around Nygard Cay.
Students ‘denied access to clinical training’ at Rand Memorial Hospital
STUDENTS in the nursing programme at Terreve College in Grand Bahama claim that they are being denied access to clinical training at the Rand Memorial Hospital as a result of the delayed signing of a memorandum of understanding by the Public Hospitals Authority.
Finding the right equation to encourage math students
HUNDREDS of students representing schools all over New Providence gathered at the Melia Nasau Beach Resort on Friday to hear the ideas of well-known mathematician Po-Shen Loh for a website that he is designing to make mathematics more approachable for pupils at all levels.
