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General Post Office demolition underway
DEMOLITION of the General Post Office at East Hill Street began yesterday as part of efforts to modernise the downtown area.
Junkanoo icon Anthony ‘Stick-A-Tone’ Johnson dies
THE sporting fraternity of softball and baseball as well as the junkanoo world is mourning the loss of Anthony ‘Stick-A-Tone’ Johnson. Johnson passed away last week. He joined the Saxons in 1967 and brought with him a group of men from Market Street called ‘The Lollipop Boys,’ who included Jay Fox, Katanga Johnson, Kenny ‘Mary’ Fox and KC Campbell.
Downtown derelicts
For over ten years many of us have been staring at the decaying structures blighting eastern Bay Street, and agitating for their reconstruction, replacement, or demolition. Never seeing any action, our eyes now just glaze over as they scan the continuing dilapidation in the Zombie Zone.
Forum discusses amendments to insolvency regime
The Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA Bahamas) has held its first roundtable discussion on proposed reforms to The Bahamas’ insolvency framework.
MAYNARD: ROAD TO BE RENAMED FREEDOM FARM WAY
DURING the opening of the Freedom Farm Baseball League on Saturday, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Charles Maynard confirmed that the road from Yamacraw Road leading to the field will be renamed Freedom Farm Way. Mr Maynard, however, did not discl
Work on London residence to cost Bahamas $247,000
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said the structural work on the Bahamas High Commissioner’s residence in London – which he claimed had been delayed for more than four years by the former government – will cost around $247,000 (£159,000).
URCA proposes 20% expansion in budget
The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) is for the second consecutive year proposing a major hike in its operating budget via a near-20 percent increase for 2024.
Under-20 boys win silver and bronze in pole vault
St George’s, Grenada — Neither Douvankiylin Rolle or Ramel Poitier performed as well as they expected, but they are still happy to leave the Grenada National Athletics Stadium as silver and bronze medallists in the boys under-20 pole vault.
Xmas charity donations decrease by nearly 20%
MAJOR charitable organisations saw a decrease in donations of up to 20 per cent this past Christmas, with Hurricane Joaquin relief efforts thought to have already strained the pockets of potential donors.
Bahamas' medal haul at the CAC Juniors
Going into Sunday's final session of the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, Team Bahamas was sitting in sixth place in the medal table. At the meet in El Salvador, the Bahamas had accumulated 29 me
There's gold in Haiti's hills
There's gold in Haiti's hills By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net A MASS exodus of Haitians from the Bahamas has been predicted after $20 billion of precious metals was discovered in the impoverished country. The prediction
Crackdown coming on national symbols usage
AUTHORITIES are seeing an increase in the unlicensed use of national symbols, with National Security Minister Wayne Munroe warning that unsanctioned use of symbols could prompt a $250 fine or a six months prison sentence.
Bahari gets $20 national symbols usage permit
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said Bahari Bahamas applied and received a permit on Wednesday to feature Bahamian national symbols on their merchandise.
LCIS celebrates largest graduating class in its history
ON Thursday June 8, Lyford Cay International School (LCIS) celebrated its largest graduating class in history at the British Colonial Hilton.The 20 International Baccalaureate (IB) graduates have received over $648,000 in scholarships to attend top u
Family Islands enjoy ‘whopping’ 20% rise
The Ministry of Tourism believes its strategy of marketing The Bahamas as a 16-island destination helped spur a "whopping" 20 percent increase in Family Island visitors through August 2018.
20-year-old fined for marijuana
A 20-year-old man who was found with more than two ounces of marijuana was fined $300 in court yesterday.
Man charged with murder of mother on Peardale Road
A 20-YEAR-OLD man, charged with the murder of a mother of three and the attempted murder of two other men as they stood on a porch in the area of Peardale Road last week, was charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday.Godfrey McKinney, of Johnson Alle
Three years in jail for gun offence
A 20-year-old man was sentenced to three years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday in connection with the seizure of a firearm and three rounds of ammunition, allegedly used to commit a serious offence.Teniro Minnis, 20, init
Just 20% of BOB 'bad 'loans' are recoverable
The Government’s capital spending budget took an $80m hit after it was determined that just 20 percent of Bank of the Bahamas’ toxic loans were recoverable.KP Turnquest, unveiling the 2018-2019 budget in the House of Assembly yesterday, said the gove
‘The Promise’ delivers
“THE PROMISE” delivered, but it wasn’t enough to prevent his Arizona Wildcats from being the second ranked team to fall on day one of the 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis, presented by Bad Boy Mowers.
