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Sands says process of placing nurses is slow
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday that there have been some outstanding challenges in getting nurses processed through the public health care system. Speaking to reporters outside Cabinet yesterday, Dr Sands said post-Hurricane Dorian, s
GB Power: Extra $6m-$10m 'pays off'
Grand Bahama Power Company yesterday said the extra $6m-$10m it invested in strengthening its network over the past two years “really paid off” during Hurricane Dorian.Dave McGregor, the utility’s chief executive, told Tribune Business that damage to
Reservist cleared of sex charge - but guilty of abduction and assult of girl
RESERVE Sergeant Dwayne Decosta was unanimously acquitted yesterday of having sex with a 13-year-old girl at a police station last year, but was convicted of abducting and assaulting her.A nine-member jury—five men and four women—unanimously found th
Freeport 'desperately needs' govt's $10m
Several hundred Freeport businesses ravaged by Hurricane Dorian were yesterday said to “desperately need” the Government to extend its $10m financing facility to the city.Carey Leonard, the former Grand Bahama Port Authority in-house counsel, told Tr
Red tape fear on Recovery Zones
The government must eliminate bureaucracy and “red tape” if its post-Dorian Economic Recovery Zones are to work, an Abaco-based poultry farmer warned yesterday.“Economic concessions won’t help if the amount of red tape we’ve been dealing with is stil
Sports Notes
AFTER getting rained out over the weekend, the New Providence Softball Association will begin its postseason tonight in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
EDITORIAL: Learning our lesson – but this is just the start
IT HAS been said many times since Hurricane Dorian struck The Bahamas: We must learn from this. The signs are that the Bahamian government is doing just that.
Tax-free status for storm zones 'totally fantastic'
The prime minister’s designation of east Grand Bahama and Abaco as “Economic Recovery Zones” for three years was yesterday hailed by the private sector as “absolutely fantastic”.Ken Hutton, the Abaco Chamber of Commerce’s president, told Tribune Busi
Abaco worried free fuel supply end premature
Concerns are being voiced that the government is ending Abaco’s supply of free gasoline prematurely given that Hurricane Dorian wiped out the island’s payments system.Algernon Cargill, pictured, the joint Dorian relief and redevelopment co-ordinator
Bahamian tennis players Afrika and Iesha make impression at the HBCU Nationals
BAHAMIAN female tennis players Afrika Smith, competing for the Bethune Cookman Wildcats, and Iesha Shepherd for Jackson State University Tigers, both made an impression at the HBCU National Championships tournament this past week. The HBCU National
Volunteers offer to help storm victims with resumés
TWO volunteers have launched an initiative to help storm victims prepare updated resumes to assist them in their search for new jobs. Karla Lisgaris, brand manager at Caribbean Bottling Co, said in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, she noticed a lo
Reservist no longer faces charge of unlawful sex
RESERVE Sergeant Dwayne Decosta is no longer charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl last year, his attorney revealed yesterday.Murrio Ducille said instead of being charged with unlawful sexual intercourse, Decosta is now charged with abducti
Rising of the Phoenix
I have long believed that had the Hon Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, MP, QC (PLP-Cat Island) been leader of the Progressive Liberal Party a year or so before the last general elections that he would have become Prime Minister and the PLP would have held onto the government.
Williams in dire need of support after Dorian
VOGAL Williams has coached countless Bahamian student-athletes in just about every sporting discipline during a physical education career that has spanned more than five decades. Now Williams is in dire need of support and he’s counting on those who
Jeffery Gibson speaks up for athletes
Jeffery Gibson, the newly elected athletes’ representative for the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations, said it’s disheartening what is transpiring with the team for the IAAF World Championships, but he has encouraged the athletes to continu
DPM pledges relief packages for Dorian
The government will create relief packages to assist persons whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Dorian, the deputy prime minister has revealed. KP Turnquest said this will enable persons to rebuild their lives and communities, as he addre
NPSA ACTION
THE New Providence Softball Association has rescheduled the start of its 2019 postseason. Instead of starting the best-of-five playoffs on Thursday night in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex, they will now begin on Saturday nig
Parents frustrated over student registration
PARENTS and guardians of the thousands of children left displaced after Hurricane Dorian unleashed its fury on Abaco and Grand Bahama more than two weeks ago say they are frustrated with the process set up to enroll the students in new schools. The M
Jerry to skirt Bahamas
TROPICAL Storm Jerry is not expected to be a major threat to The Bahamas but is expected to skirt the southeastern islands on Sunday before heading away from the country, a local meteorologist said yesterday.Basil Dean, deputy director of the Departm
Jones: 'We move the ball really well'
Already the most successful postseason run of her WNBA career after a single series, Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun took game one of their semi-finals matchup.The Sun have been on the losing end of single game elimination scenarios at the hand