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Tribune Carifta Games 2024 supplement now online
Relive this year's CARIFTA Games coverage with our special supplement, now available to read as a pdf edition.
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Now-Cabinet minister wins just 14.5% of union claim
A SUPREME Court judge has awarded a now-Cabinet minister just 14.5 percent of the compensation he was seeking over a breach of contract battle with the Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT).
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Contractor chief challenges ‘short sighted’ stadium deal
THE Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president yesterday argued it was “short-sighted” not to ensure the national stadium’s overhaul involves skills and knowledge transfer by the Chinese.
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Ex-civil service union boss: I urged pension reform two decades ago
A FORMER union leader says he recommended that civil service pensions be made contributory almost two decades ago as financial analysts warned “it’s all coming home to roost” over a forecast $3.5bn hole.
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‘Total incompatibility’: But $100m project forges on
AN Exuma-based developer says it is pursuing all necessary approvals for a $100m project that has forced a neighbouring resort to place its development plans on hold and raised environmental concerns.
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Dealers: Used car sales up 30% with ‘level playing field’
AUTO dealers yesterday argued they could increase their used car sales by up to 30 percent if the authorities enforce a competitive ‘level playing field’ with roadside vendor rivals.
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‘Don’t shoot, please, I give up,’ said teen
SECURITY footage showed 17-year-old Elron Johnson say, “don’t shoot, I give up” during a gun battle in which a police officer shot and killed him after his failed attempt to rob a Chinese restaurant last year.
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Andros residents leave for safety as forest fire rages
A FOREST fire in North Andros has forced some residents to leave their homes over health concerns and affected the sleep patterns of people protecting their homes from the raging blaze.
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Man asks to avoid ankle monitor because he says it attracts sharks
A MAN failed to convince a judge that his electronic monitoring device should be removed because it allegedly attracts barracudas and sharks while he is deep-sea diving.
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'Release PwC report on what the GBPA owes’
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard wants the Davis administration to release the PwC report outlining what the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) owes the government.
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Cleare confirms man beaten in prison attack
ACTING Corrections Commissioner Doan Cleare confirmed the fears of a mother who said she could not speak to her son because he was beaten in prison, telling The Tribune the man was attacked by several inmates.
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World Relays ticket sales ‘spiking’
THE anticipation is mounting and the enthusiasm is peaking as the countdown for the 2024 World Athletics Relays has now shifted from months to days.
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Stage set for National High School Track & Field Championships
OFFICIALS of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (MOYSC) have collaborated with the Ministry of Education (MOE) to officially launch the 2024 National High School Track and Field Championships under the theme “Ringing in a New Era of Sporting Excellence”.
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Residents voice objections to new PI resort proposal
RESIDENTS last night argued that plans to transform the former Paradise Harbour Club site into a seven-storey hotel represent an “overdevelopment” that will impact quality of life and devalue their properties.
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FNM claims govt broke law on finance
THE Opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday challenged whether the Government may have violated public finance laws by drawing on $133m from its “sinking funds” to pay debts coming due.
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Two men charged in Saunders murder case
TWO men were remanded in custody yesterday accused of murdering former FNM MP Donald Saunders during a bar robbery last month.
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Witness tells how teen robber killed by police
A WOMAN said she was terrified when 17-year-old Elron Johnson entered a Chinese restaurant with a gun last year.
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$36m stadium repair to finish 14 days before World Relays
THE Chinese government is fully covering the $36m repairs to the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, which officials expect to be completed at least 14 days before the World Athletics Relay.
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Police chief to review fatal shooting advice
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said he has received recommendations from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions concerning the potential criminal prosecution of officers involved in killings that returned adverse inquest findings within the last year.
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Govt ‘in process’ of acquiring facility for delayed GB domestic violence shelter
AMID concerns over delays in the creation of a domestic violence shelter, Minister of Social Services Myles Laroda said it is on the government’s agenda and will be completed shortly.
