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EDITORIAL: The hurricane of the COVID pandemic has hit us
Wow, this is brutal.
Grand Bahama lockdown extended
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced the extension of Grand Bahama’s lockdown for seven days.
Chavano ‘Buddy’ Hield: ‘Y’all can read me well’
A POSSIBLY tenuous situation between Chavano “Buddy” Hield and the Sacramento Kings front office this offseason has already begun.
GB Shipyard cuts further 65 workers
Grand Bahama Shipyard was last said to have laid-off a further 65 workers in what sources described as a third round of cuts as Tribune Business went to press. The company was not available for comment last night, but a well-placed source - speaking
51 new cases as surge goes on
NEW Providence recorded a new single-day record of 51 confirmed COVID-19 cases yesterday.
Air conditioning unit thieves must pay up or cool off in prison
THREE men who admitted to stealing two air conditioning units and posting them online for sale at a reduced price were ordered to pay fines of a combined total of $4,000 or risk spending six months in prison.
Kings sink 21 3s, roll to win as Lakers rest most starters
BUDDY Hield concluded the Sacramento Kings’ 2019-20 season with one of his traditional streaky shooting performances and a win over an in-state rival.
Ayton and Suns 7-0, stay in hunt for play-in spot
Bahamian centre Deandre Ayton and his Phoenix Suns kept their playoff hopes alive with a 130-117 rout over the Philadelphia 76ers yesterday in the National Basketball Association’s bubble at the ESPN Wild World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.
PETER YOUNG: We can’t be held hostage to fear, waiting for a cure while the economy dies
If you mention The Bahamas to people in Britain, there is likely to be a positive reaction because the country is seen as a most desirable tourist destination. Such is the country’s fine reputation, it is no exaggeration to say the name itself seems to carry a certain aura. Last week, however, it hit the headlines for the wrong reasons.
FACE TO FACE: From ‘playing doctor’ as a child, Theresa’s now in the frontline of our battle with COVID
If all is well the latest national lockdown will lift next week. For that to happen experience tells us we will need to have seen a period when there were no new cases. This is what allowed our southern islands to be taken out of lockdown on Sunday.
Lawyers losing out in lockdown
Commercial lawyers have seen business volumes plunge by up to 80 percent amid the latest COVID-19 lockdown, two ex-Cabinet ministers disclosed yesterday, describing the impact as “tremendous”.
EDITORIAL: We need to stay resolute
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced the relaxation of lockdown restrictions for southern islands yesterday while disclosing efforts to add an additional 80 beds to the frontline fight against COVID-19.
INSIGHT – Shell’s message: Our ability to invest remains dependent on the timely closure of current negotiations with BPL and the government
We are living in a crisis of uncertainty. In just a few months, we have seen the world go into lockdown mode in the face of an historic pandemic, causing serious impact to the global economy and upturning each of our lives. And as Bahamians know too well, this has happened less than a year since Hurricane Dorian, The Bahamas’ worst natural disaster ever, destroyed the beautiful islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama.
INSIGHT: We’re in a war and we’re losing - we need to bury petty differences and work together
THERE is no doubt our initial success in warding off COVID-19 was merely a test run. Indeed, we are in the thick of things as we may have overestimated our ability to open the country with cases surging in the United States.
We need to stay resolute: PM warns lockdown must continue as another death recorded and cases rising
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced the relaxation of lockdown restrictions for southern islands yesterday while disclosing efforts to add an additional 80 beds to the frontline fight against COVID-19.
War of words over court appointment
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis says he opposes the recent appointment of Supreme Court Justice Carolita Bethel to the Court of Appeal. His statement yesterday drew rebuke from Attorney General Carl Bethel who accused him of launching a “highly politicised attack aimed at the constitution itself and the learned justice of appeal personally”.
Ayton: 'Respect us'
The Sacramento Kings finally got into the win column while the Phoenix Suns became the only 4-0 team in the NBA restart at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.
Poitier: ‘I’m just coaching club volleyball right now’
AFTER completing his tenure at Florida State College at Jacksonville, Bahamian coach Edric ‘Drips’ Poitier turned his attention to his Powers Volleyball Club in Jacksonville, Florida in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Barbers, salons: 'No one talking of closing'
Barbers, hair salons and spas have vowed “to cope” with their latest COVID-19 lockdown as one industry representative revealed: “No one is saying they are going to close down.” Dellarese Taylor, the Bahamian Cosmetologists and Barbers Association’s
IDB loans $200m to aid business climate
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) yesterday said it has approved a $200m loan to boost the business climate through increased productivity, innovation and greater diversification. The multilateral lender said the initiative would support the
