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The legacy of St Patrick

EDITOR, The Tribune. Regarding St Patrick's Day - March 17: For most people, St Pat-rick's Day is a day of parades, parties, leprechauns and green beer. But just as Christmas is about more than commercialised fun, so too does St Patrick's Day have a deep

Grand Bahama targets law breakers who dump waste

Freeport - Having just celebrated its fifth anniversary, the Keep Grand Bahama Clean organisation got a major boost when Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour again pledged his officers' full support in the fight against environmental cr

Why I will never vote for the PLP

EDITOR, The Tribune. Election season is upon us once again. This important event is commonly referred to by the general public as "Silly Season", but to be honest, "Stupid Season" is a more accurate description, because every time this five year event co

1,000 cast their vote in Grand Bahama advanced poll

1,000 cast their vote in Grand Bahama advanced poll BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - About 1,000 people were expected to cast ballots in the Advanced Poll in Grand Bahama on Tuesday. Supporters from

Office of the Prime Minister moves

THE Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance will relocate to the former SG Hambros building, now the new Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre, today. Telephone numbers and e-mails are unchanged.

BORCO restructuring creates redundancies

BORCO restructuring creates redundancies By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The Bahamas Oil Refining Company International (BORCO) yesterday said a restructuring had resulted in the termination of an undiscl

BORCO restructuring creates redundancies

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The Bahamas Oil Refining Company International (BORCO) yesterday said a restructuring had resulted in the termination of an undisclosed number of Bahamians at the oil storag

BORCO restructuring creates redundancies

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The Bahamas Oil Refining Company International (BORCO) yesterday said a restructuring had resulted in the termination of an undisclosed number of Bahamians at the oil storag

BORCO restructuring creates redundancies

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The Bahamas Oil Refining Company International (BORCO) yesterday said a restructuring had resulted in the termination of an undisclosed number of Bahamians at the oil storag

BORCO restructuring creates redundancies

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The Bahamas Oil Refining Company International (BORCO) yesterday said a restructuring had resulted in the termination of an undisclosed number of Bahamians at the oil storag

BORCO restructuring creates redundancies

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The Bahamas Oil Refining Company International (BORCO) yesterday said a restructuring had resulted in the termination of an undisclosed number of Bahamians at the oil storag

EXTRA HOMES AT LOW PRICE

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The government is actively pursuing development of an additional 100 low-income housing lots at a Freeport subdivision, Minister of Housing Kenneth Russell announced. He

EXTRA HOMES AT LOW PRICE

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The government is actively pursuing development of an additional 100 low-income housing lots at a Freeport subdivision, Minister of Housing Kenneth Russell announced. He

EXTRA HOMES AT LOW PRICE

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The government is actively pursuing development of an additional 100 low-income housing lots at a Freeport subdivision, Minister of Housing Kenneth Russell announced. He

EXTRA HOMES AT LOW PRICE

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The government is actively pursuing development of an additional 100 low-income housing lots at a Freeport subdivision, Minister of Housing Kenneth Russell announced. He

POLICE PRAISED FOR DRUG SEIZURES

POLICE PRAISED FOR DRUG SEIZURES By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest commended police on Grand Bahama for seizing millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs and fir

PLP candsidate hits out at lack of tourism investment

PLP candsidate hits out at lack of tourism investment By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - PLP candidate Gregory Moss says tourism is virtually dead on Grand Bahama and the FNM government has done nothing to

Man accused of murdering victim in his own bedroom

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - The murder trial of Samiko Rigby opened in the Supreme Court on Tuesday before a jury of six women and six men. Rigby, 24, is accused of the murder of 32-year-old Erison

Lawyer claims child rapist should be spared jail and given treatment instead

BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - A Grand Bahama attorney says there is an urgent, nationwide need for a rehabilitation programme for pedophiles and other sex offenders. Carlson Shurland was the defence l

Closer links to US in drug fight

Closer links to US in drug fight THE Bahamas has recommended improved co-operation between the Caribbean and the United States in the fight against the trafficking of guns and narcotics throughout the region. C A Smith, Bahamas Ambassador to the United S