All results / Stories
Sort By
Date
Authors
- Everyone
- Neil Hartnell (73)
- Samora St Rose (65)
- Renaldo Dorsett (46)
- Natario McKenzie (32)
- Brent Stubbs (28)
- Eileen Carron (13)
- Eloise Poitier (13)
- Dana Smith (12)
- Paco Nunez (10)
- Alesha Cadet (7)
Bahamas girls ready for under-17 Centrobasket in San Juan
THE Bahamas Basketball Federation will field its first team for a busy summer with the upcoming Centrobasket Under-17 Championships. The U-17 Girls will be hosted at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Team Bahamas will be capta
Jitney drivers cut back on services and warn a full strike could be next
JITNEY drivers withdrew their services yesterday after government officials failed to meet with the Bahamas Unified Bus Drivers Union before their July 1 deadline.Frederick Farrington, BUBDU president, told The Tribune their demonstration yesterday w
'Bahamas not ready for a white PM'
FORMER Cabinet minister Brent Symonette yesterday suggested the country was not ready for a white prime minister as he reiterated his call for a national discussion on race and wealth in politics.
IMF queries Central Bank 'independence' over BOB
The government’s majority ownership of Bank of The Bahamas may have impaired the Central Bank’s “independence” in regulating the troubled institution, the IMF has reported.The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its just-unveiled Article IV and fin
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.
'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
Claims which can’t just be shrugged off
THERE were two shocking statements yesterday – both detailed in today’s Tribune.
‘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.
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
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.
'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
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
‘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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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
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”.
UB's head athletic trainer Sasha Johnson certified in dry needling
UB Athletics head athletic trainer Sasha Johnson was recently certified in the sports medicine process of dry needling at the Institute of Athlete Regeneration in Houston, Texas, as a part of the department’s ongoing programme of excellence. Dry nee
