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Our leaders have lost track

EDITOR, The Tribune.

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'Ace' plays high stakes card in tribute to his old friend

Broadcaster Anthony “Ace” Newbold pulled no punches as he paid tribute last week to Edmund Spencer Moxey, his friend of 30 years, whose dream for his people was cruelly smashed by his political colleagues in 1987.

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Bahamas '75% through' with region's worst aviation regime

The Bahamas is 75 per cent complete on an ‘action plan’ designed to overhaul what a leading international authority has branded the worst aviation industry safety regime in the entire Americas region.

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Foreign workers 'manipulating system'; cost Gov't thousands

The Government is losing thousands of dollars in fee income because foreign construction workers and their sponsors "have figured out how to manipulate the system", the Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) chief said yesterday.

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Jones: ‘We’re still young, still hopeful for the season’

LIKE most highly touted rookies, Jonquel Jones is facing an adjustment period in her rookie season of WNBA basketball.

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YOUR SAY: Empty promises and disastrous ideas

FOR too long, I have sat on the sidelines hoping that honest politicians, pastors, lawyers or other leaders of our country would speak up concerning the disastrous trajectory our country continues to spiral on.

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Gov’t confident Power Secure to ‘make major difference’ for BEC

The Government is confident Power Secure International will “make a big difference” at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC), after finally informing the latter’s staff yesterday that the search for a management partner has ended.

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GB water supplier sets out post-Dorian strategy

Grand Bahama’s water supplier is seeking out new fresh reserves and aiming to revive an old wellfield after virtually all its existing sources were compromised by Hurricane Dorian’s storm surge. The Grand Bahama Utility Company Limited (GBUC), in a

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Jones inks her name in WNBA record books

IT was an historic night for Jonquel Jones as she inked her name into the WNBA record books as one of the league’s top performers in finals history.

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'Surprise' at just three Nassau Flight offers

A senior government official yesterday voiced surprise that the Nassau Flight Services (NFS) privatisation had attracted just three bids from potential Bahamian purchasers. Algernon Cargill, director of aviation, told Tribune Business that “a lot mo

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‘Breath of fresh air’: 150k cruise arrivals over Xmas

The Downtown Nassau Partnership’s (DNP) co-chair yesterday hailed the increase in cruise ship traffic as a “breath of fresh air” for business with close to 150,000 passenger arrivals forecast for Christmas week.

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Bahamians win medals, qualify for the NCAA Nationals

NCAA Track and Field moved into its conference championships across several divisions and Bahamian student athletes produced medal winning performances en route to qualifying for the upcoming NCAA National Championships.

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Cybots face Giants tonight in NPBA championships opener

THE last time they met two years ago, the Commonwealth Bank Giants came from a 3-0 deficit to post a four-game back door sweep over the Mail Boat Cybots to win the New Providence Basketball Association men’s title.

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Jonquel reaches 2,500-point career milestone

JONQUEL Jones continued her momentum from the WNBA All-Star break and posted her seventh double double of the season.

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Jones listed as highly coveted prospect for NBA Draft again

TEXAS Longhorns sophomore Kai Jones has once again been listed as a highly coveted prospect for the 2021 NBA Draft by Sports Illustrated.

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Nations League: Bahamas blank BVI 4-0

TEAM Bahamas won their second consecutive CONCACAF Nations League match, this time on the road. The Bahamas blanked the British Virgin Islands, 4-0 last night at Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis. Lesly St Fleur scored a pair of goals (

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St Fleur, Whylly named to CONCACAF Nations League Team of the Week

A PAIR of Bahamian players were recognised by CONCACAF among the best in the region following the latest round of Nations League Play.

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97 Haitians guilty of illegal landing

NEARLY 100 Haitian migrants appeared before Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux yesterday and were convicted of illegal landing. The 97 migrants were ordered early deportation. This group included 86 men and 11 women. They were turned over to immigrat

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Betty Cole ‘was the first person to see the talent in me’

YESTERDAY I dropped my sons off to the Dolphins Swim Club Summer Camp and, boy, did the memories come flooding back.

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Bahamians charged over alleged $500m laundering

US authorities are seeking to extradite two Bahamians from Belize, after charging them with helping to facilitate an alleged $500 million securities fraud and money laundering scheme.