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Tourism staff rally round

MORE than 30,000 pounds of essential relief items were delivered to the islands affected by Hurricane Joaquin as part of the Tourism Sector Relief Effort led by the Ministry of Tourism.

Bastian is confident of securing web shop licence

ISLAND Luck CEO Sebas Bastian said he was confident that his company would be among the chosen few to receive the conditional gaming house operator licenses expected to be issued this week, insisting that his team had put together a “best in class” request for proposal.

Meet the women who farm Cat Island

UNITED Nations International Rural Women’s Day on Thursday will focus in The Bahamas on the female farmers of Cat Island.

Activist Romi Ferreira joins the FNM

ATTORNEY and environmental activist Romi Ferreira has joined the Free National Movement, according to a statement from the party. Mr Ferreira is also an ecologist and television host of “Bahamas At Sunrise”.

Ministry of Agriculture staff present donations to NEMA for hurricane relief

STAFF of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries donated numerous items to the National Emergency Management Agency yesterday to aid the agency’s relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Joaquin.

Visitors moved by hurricane reports to provide help

DOYLE Syling and his wife were in Nassau for the International Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Conference at Atlantis recently and during their short trip, they were offered a lift to Arawak Cay by Shelly Ward, a Bahamian.

How a bite to eat has helped out BAARK

A SERIES of successful “Luxe Belvedere Saturday Nights” events hosted this summer by Olives Meze Gill, Cable Beach, has proved beneficial for BAARK Bahamas.

VIDEO: Solar generator delivered to help Colonel Hill Airport

A SOLAR-powered generator was delivered to Crooked Island on Saturday to provide power to what is left of the hurricane-ravaged Colonel Hill airport terminal where a makeshift health clinic has been set up to help the residents.

Institution of failed processes, says damning 2011 audit of COB

AS the College of the Bahamas prepares to transition into a university, a recent draft audit report paints a damning image of its internal control processes and accounting procedures.

Talks over Baha Mar progress described as ‘constructive’

TALKS between the parties involved in the stalled Baha Mar resort last week have been described as “constructive” and “another important step on the road to resolution” by the court appointed joint provisional liquidators.

NEMA: We wouldn’t have done anything differently

A NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency official yesterday said in hindsight, there was nothing NEMA could have done differently during the passage of Hurricane Joaquin despite mounting criticisms over NEMA’s handling of the storm and response time to the affected islands.

The face of grief as man shot dead in Fox Hill

GUNMEN opened fire on two male relatives who sat talking outside a home at Dorsett Street, Fox Hill yesterday afternoon killing one of them and pushing the country’s murder count to 119 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.

$500,000 SOS CALL IS ANSWERED

THE extraordinary public response to appeals for help for the Family Islands devastated by Hurricane Joaquin has resulted in the $500,000 target of donations of cash and emergency supplies set by the SOS - Save Our South initiative being exceeded and allowing HeadKnowles, the relief group, to plan for the next phase of the operation.

Technicians tackle Cable Bahamas outage

CABLE Bahamas technicians were working last night to restore cable television service to customers in Nassau, Abaco, Grand Bahama and Eleuthera after equipment failure in the company’s transport facility on Robinson Road led to an outage.

Series of shootings leave six in hospital

POLICE in New Providence have one man in custody and are searching for several other male suspects in four separate shooting incidents which left victims in hospital.

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