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Carnival jobs helped with unemployment

THE Department of Statistics is expected to announce today that the overall unemployment rate is now at 12.7 per cent after a 2.1 per cent decline, with officials pointing to Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival “related activities” accounting for some of the improvement, according to the 2016 Labour Force Survey results obtained by The Tribune.

Challenger to pay $50,000 today despite concerns

LONG ISLAND MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday she will pay the remaining $50,000 she pledged the Free National Movement’s Finance Committee for the party’s upcoming convention today, despite still having “concerns” about the “transparency” of the event.

Office manager says doctor flirted with alleged rape victim

A FORMER office manager at Dr Gerald Forbes’ clinic testified that the woman who has claimed the doctor allegedly raped her was “flirtatious” with the accused when she worked at his medical clinic.

Ramsey yet to appeal his bribery convictions

FREDDIE Solomon Ramsey has yet to file an appeal against his convictions on multiple bribery related charges stemming from the Alstom SA/Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) scandal, The Tribune has learned.

Three accused of killing student to face trial in 2018

THREE men will stand trial in Supreme Court in May 2018 concerning the murder of a 16-year-old honour roll student at Government High School.

Call for ‘mature approach’ to parole

A well-known attorney yesterday dismissed the idea that were challenges in presenting the concept of parole to victims or persons affected by serious crime, claiming that the country’s “wholly unsatisfactory” system of early custodial discharge is essentially parole without the requisite parameters.

Call to implement laws in honour of Marco Archer

ACTIVISTS are harnessing the power of social media to demand the creation of a sex offender register and the activation of the MARCO Alert system for missing children in a viral protest today.

Ministry ‘aware’ of rise in passport applications

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration said it is aware of the increase in the number of passport applications during the summer period at all the Passport Offices in The Bahamas and overseas offices.

Clubs and Societies: 07222016

Cycling Club Bahamas. - Weekday rides, east, morning, Tuesday & Thursday leaving 5am sharp from Sea Grapes Shopping Centre, East Prince Charles Drive.

Drivers angry at lengthy repairs to Wulff Road

EXTENSIVE road repairs being carried out on a mile-long stretch of Wulff Road this month have vexed scores of motorists forced to find alternative routes to offset traffic woes and poor driving conditions.

THE BIG QUESTION: Kickstarting the economy

With fears that the country's credit rating could be downgraded by Wall Street rating agency Moody's

BREAKING NEWS: Bahamas women's 4x400m relay team will compete at Olympics

THE BTC Bahamas Olympic team has been increased by four members with the women's 4x400 metres relay team being added on Thursday to the original list of 28 athletes announced on Wednesday by the Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC).

Honesty rewarded for clerk in $10,000 mix-up

FOR Tiffany Eldon, a 29-year-old clerk at The Linen Shop, the day started like any other when she opened the company safe to get out the bundle of $1 bills to make up the cashiers’ floats for business.

DNA: Loretta Butler-Turner has nothing to offer on economy

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance finance spokesperson Youri Kemp yesterday criticised Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner’s recent statements on the country’s economy, charging that she has “little or nothing” to offer on the issue other than “empty statements and glittering generalities without substance”.

FNM chairman: Convention to be on the frugal side

FREE National Movement Chairman Sidney Collie said yesterday the party’s upcoming three-day convention will be on the “frugal side” with the convention committee focusing less on the “bells and whistles” regularly associated with such events and more on policy and substance.

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