Airport employee arrested after cocaine find
POLICE arrested an adult male employee at the Lynden Pindling International Airport following the seizure of a quantity of dangerous drugs on Friday.
New party member Byron Woodside praises party
BYRON Woodside, a former Cabinet Minister under a previous Free National Movement (FNM) administration, has lauded the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) as an organisation that is unmatched in its contributions to the nation’s social, economic and political progress.
Magistrate adjourns sentencing of former senator in ammunition case
A MAGISTRATE on Friday adjourned the sentencing for a former Free National Movement senator convicted of possession of ammunition after a lead counsel in the case was involved in a murder trial that conflicted with the proceedings.
Bishop says govt should not wait on insurers
BISHOP Simeon Hall yesterday said while the Christie administration should “at least listen to credible critics” of National Health Insurance, it should not “wait on insurance companies to lead the fight” in providing universal healthcare for Bahamians.
Symonette: FMM should not consider non-voting convention
IF FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis is comfortable in his position at the helm of the party, then the party’s next convention should have executive posts up for a challenge, former Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette said yesterday.
Hunt for suspects after Super Value armed robbery
POLICE are on the hunt for two men responsible for the armed robbery of a leading New Providence supermarket on Thursday night.
Doctors unite to condemn process over NHI scheme
IN a rebuke of the government’s handling of National Health Insurance, doctors gathered for a press conference at the Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday to condemn the way NHI is being introduced.
UPDATES: Bulk of Friday's 'severe weather' in Bimini, Grand Bahama, Abaco and the Berry Islands
THE BULK of the "severe weather" expected to affect the Northwest Bahamas on Friday will be felt in Bimini, Grand Bahama, Abaco and the Berry Islands, according to forecaster Gregory Thompson.
PM: We will press on with NHI as we have the right advice
DESPITE intense push back from stakeholders over National Health Insurance, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday the government still intends to proceed with the healthcare scheme because it has the “right advice” from both its Costa Rican and Bahamian consultants.
LEFT IN TEARS: Animals injured, families scramble for belongings as bulldozers move in
A LOCAL outreach organisation had dozens of its beneficiaries displaced yesterday after bulldozers ripped through their homes and other buildings in the Prince Charles area as the result of a long-standing land ownership dispute.
Man held after 57 pounds of marijuana found on mail boat
AN ADULT male from Exuma is in police custody after officers discovered more than 57 pounds of marijuana on a mail boat on Thursday morning.
The Tribune and the end of discrimination - an historical appreciation
Sixty years ago tomorrow, Etienne Dupuch moved a resolution in the House of Assembly that was to change life in the Bahamas forever and pave the way for the modern independent country we now know. Twelve years later, Eileen Carron, who had been in the House on that momentous night reporting for The Tribune, looked back at how the end of racial discrimination had led to Majority Rule and a loss of perspective over the role her father and editor, who later became Sir Etienne, had played. This is the report Mrs Carron – now the long serving Publisher/Editor of The Tribune – wrote on December 30, 1967.
60 years on from turning point in nation’s history
SIXTY years ago, the late Tribune Editor and Publisher Sir Etienne Dupuch moved a resolution to end discrimination in the House of Assembly, a move that changed the racial landscape in The Bahamas forever.
Former FNM MP Woodside joins PLP
FORMER FNM MP Byron Woodside reportedly announced last night that he was joining the PLP.
Two held in car theft ring probe
POLICE are questioning two persons, a man and a woman, who they suspect to be a part of a major car theft ring.
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