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DIANE PHILLIPS: How a British war hero and a young Bahamian woman proved that love really can conquer all
On June 17, three generations of a low-profile Bahamian family boarded flights to a remote town in Wales where the man who was their father and ancestor would receive one of the highest honours ever accorded.
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'Buddy' Hield enjoys courtside with Jones and Sun
JONQUEL Jones continues to garner recognition from WNBA fans, international media on pace for an MVP season, and a fellow Bahamian basketball icon was on hand to take in her latest contest and the bond between the two.Buddy Hield was courtside as Jon
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ROSE MARIE SYLVIA GIBSON
MRS. ROSE MARIE SYLVIA GIBSON aged 80 years of #5 Pinta Close, Regency Park passed at her residence on Wednesday, June 26th, 2019. She is survived by her husband: Oral Gibson; children: Diane Gibson, Dwight Gibson daughter: Talva Shipp; sister: …
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Sister Verleta Davis
Funeral Service for Sister Verleta Davis age 91 of Dundas Town Abaco who died at her residence June 17th, will be held 11:00 a.m. Sunday June 30th 2019 at The Seventh Day Adventist Church Marsh Harbour Abaco. Pastor Paul Scavella …
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Claims which can’t just be shrugged off
THERE were two shocking statements yesterday – both detailed in today’s Tribune.
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‘Police beat suspects? Ridiculous’
A FORMER police officer’s claim that for decades the Royal Bahamas Police Force has falsified reports, beaten suspects for confessions and sent innocent people to prison was denounced by National Security Minister Marvin Dames and Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson.
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Dames sets target of fewer than 85 murder in 2019
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames has his sights set on a murder count that is below 85 by the end of this year. The minister’s goal, outlined yesterday outside of Cabinet, is more ambitious than the one in the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit r
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Bimini losing tourists ‘left, right and centre’
A major Bimini resort yesterday said it had lost a three-day block booking of all its rooms and marina as Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) energy crisis extended beyond New Providence.
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'Web shops will have a Christmas party but hate to pay their staff a decent salary'
MORE than 1,000 trade disputes were filed with the Department of Labour in 2018, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes revealed yesterday during his budget contribution in the Senate. In total, 1,207 disputes were filed. Labour Director John Pinder later told
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1,600 have found work through job fairs
ABOUT 1,600 job seekers have obtained employment through the government’s Labour on the Blocks job fairs, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes said yesterday.The unemployment rate has remained persistently high over the last decade, with a rate of 10.7 perce
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‘Don’t waste billions’ on Andros as capital
A Freeport-based QC yesterday urged the government to “pull the trigger” on making his city The Bahamas’ future capital rather than waste “billions and billions” on moving it to Andros.
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Todd Isaacs Jr called up to Isotopes in Triple-A
TODD Isaacs Jr received the highest minor league promotion of his career after just two months within the Colorado Rockies organisation.
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‘We want murder rate down to 85’
THE Minnis administration wants to reduce the number of murders to 85 by 2021 while reducing the average time it takes to get a business licence from 30 days to 24 hours.
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INSIGHT: The Rastafarian community’s fight for religious freedom a tall order
WITH a wave of countries removing bans on marijuana, the subject of legalising or decriminalising the herb has been the subject of much discussion.
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Hotel chief hits out at ‘parasitic’ union leaders
THE Hotel Corporation’s chairman yesterday attacked “some parasitic” union leaders, arguing that their “extortionate, outrageous and crippling methods” pose a threat to The Bahamas’ economic welfare.
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Union leader rejects 'parasite' labelling
A top trade union leader yesterday hit back over being described as “parasitic” by the Hotel Corporation chairman’s, asserting that the labour movement is “responsible for the new Bahamas”. Obie Ferguson, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) president, t
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Rev. Raphine Scofield Miller
Funeral Service for Rev. Raphine Scofield Miller age 80 affectionately called “Scofield” a resident of Miller’s Long Island, who died June 9th, will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday June 22nd, 2019 at Beulah Union Baptist Church Simms Long Island. Rev. …
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Cherilia Saint Louis
Funeral Service for the Late Cherilia Saint Louis Age: 80 years A resident of Montrose Avenue, Nassau, Bahamas. Formerly of Port-de-Paix, Haiti. Service will be held on Saturday June 22nd, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Metropolitan Church of the Nazarene, …
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Thelma Thedora Adderley
Funeral Service for the late Thelma Thedora Adderley, 80 years of Burnt Ground, Long Island and formerly of Lower Deadman’s Cay, Long Island, who died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Friday, 24th May, 2019, will be held at St. …
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D'Aguilar blasts Hanna Martin for her defence of 2017 Western Air rental agreement
TOURISM and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday blasted Englerston MP Glenys Hanna Martin for her defence of rental agreement she signed with Western Air back in 2017, accusing his predecessor of trying to shirk “a very bad deal”.
