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$3m 'goodwill gesture' by BTC after blackout

A $3 MILLION "goodwill gesture" is being offered by BTC in the wake of a blackout that crippled the company's landline, cell and broadband services.

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Bran to reject u-turn claim over marital rape law

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance leader Branville McCartney has scheduled a press conference for today to refute a Tribune headline he feels misrepresented his stance on the efforts to ban marital rape.

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'911 AND 919 CALLS UNANSWERED'

MEMBERS of the public claim they repeatedly called emergency services Friday, but no one answered the phone. Two unrelated persons said they tried dialling both 911 and 919, but the lines just rang and rang for several minutes. Despite calling each number

Poets, rapper and writers to join camp with peers

Poets, rapper and writers to join camp with peers The winners of the first "Youth Express" essay, rap and poetry contest, co-sponsored by the United States Embassy in partnership with the Bahamas National Drug Council, are participating in a National Pee

Thunderstorms rattle the Bahamas

Thunderstorms rattle the Bahamas A FRESH round of thunderstorms moved in over the northern and central Bahamas yesterday as Tropical Storm Debby made landfall in northwestern Florida. The storm came ashore near the community of Steinhatchee late yesterda

Abaco short list down to four

Abaco short list down to four FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said that his party has narrowed the field to four possible candidates who will be put forward in an eventual by-election for the North Abaco constituency. Currently the seat is being represented

$14M WATER DEAL SEALED

$14m water deal sealed CONSOLIDATED Water yesterday announced $14m joint venture water supply deal with New Providence Development Company that will ultimately supply "everything bar Albany" west of Lynden Pindling International Airport. The company unv

Cassius Stuart backs out of deputy leader race

Cassius Stuart backs out of deputy leader race FORMER Free National Movement candidate Cassius Stuart has withdrawn his bid for the deputy leadership of the party, it was announced on his Facebook page yesterday. Giving a detailed explanation of why he o

The singers of Crooked Island

pics in website daily photos, slugged: crooked island Captions Photos, Eric Rose/BIS Photo 0611 CABBAGE HILL, Crooked Island - Ulric H Ferguson Primary School student Demetria Mackey recites "Wonderful Mothers", on June 6 at the Rev EA Thompson Memo

Police search for missing men

Police search for missing men POLICE are searching for two Turkish men and a Jamaican-American man who were last seen in Freeport on March 9. One of the Turkish men, Veysi Oral, 24, was last seen at the Royal Islander Hotel on East Mall Drive. The other,

DOMINICANS ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY FISHING CRAWFISH ON DAILY BASIS

By KHRISNA VIRGIL kvirgil@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas' crawfish industry is illegally fished 365 days a year by Dominicans claiming to be engineers carrying millions of dollars in seafood outside of the country, a Potter's Cay Dock fisherman claimed yes

HOSPITAL'S PLEA TO FUND NEW MACHINE

By KHRISNA VIRGIL kvirgil@tribunemedia.net Princess Margaret Hospital officials are appealing to corporate Bahamas and the public to make donations to a new digital mammography machine that will replace the near obsolete equipment they are using. So far,

CALL TO CREATE NATIONAL DATABASE OF CANCER CASES

By KHRISNA VIRGIL kvirgil@tribunemedia.net A LOCAL doctor is calling on the government to create legislation allowing for everyone diagnosed with cancer to be recorded in a national database. Princess Margaret Hospital oncologist Dr DuVaughn Curling said

Art for the Parks

AN elite group of talented Bahamian artists will exhibit their works at Abaco Beach Resort during the Art for the Parks Festival, to be held January 27-29. The annual event, a collaboration between Abaco Beach Resort, the Bahamas National Trust and corpor

Art for the Parks

AN elite group of talented Bahamian artists will exhibit their works at Abaco Beach Resort during the Art for the Parks Festival, to be held January 27-29. The annual event, a collaboration between Abaco Beach Resort, the Bahamas National Trust and corpor

Art for the Parks

AN elite group of talented Bahamian artists will exhibit their works at Abaco Beach Resort during the Art for the Parks Festival, to be held January 27-29. The annual event, a collaboration between Abaco Beach Resort, the Bahamas National Trust and corpor

Art for the Parks

AN elite group of talented Bahamian artists will exhibit their works at Abaco Beach Resort during the Art for the Parks Festival, to be held January 27-29. The annual event, a collaboration between Abaco Beach Resort, the Bahamas National Trust and corpor

PM urges five more years

By KHRISNA VIRGIL kvirgil@tribunemedia.net ANOTHER five years in office for the Free National Movement would mean further social, economic and infrastructural advancements, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said. Revealing the party's Manifesto 2012-2017 pl

PM highlights efforts to defeat crime

PM highlights efforts to defeat crime PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham opened the FNM Fox Hill Headquarters on Saturday, endorsing candidate Shonel Ferguson. Speaking out on the war on crime, Mr Ingraham said the government has "invested extraordinary amou

Scheme aims to help beat drugs

Scheme aims to help beat drugs A NEW initiative aims to give prisoners a better chance at a successful, drug-free life after release. National Security officials met with senior prison officers yesterday to launch the HMP Challenge Drug Therapy Programme

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