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TOUGH CALL: A comprehensive Environmental Management Act
IN AN obvious attempt to soothe public anger over the Rubis fuel leak disaster in Marathon, Environment Minister Ken Dorsett recently unveiled draft legislation “for the establishment of the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection”, saying the law would be brought to Parliament in October.
FACE TO FACE: Ginny’s been peddling the recycling message for years - and it pays off
Bahamians throw away more than $1.5 million worth of aluminium cans each year – cans that could have been recycled and that could have brought money back into the country. With that amount of waste going into the landfill, being strewn across beaches, ending up in the sea and becoming litter on roadsides we have every reason to want to do something about it.
ART OF GRAPHIX: Store knowledge of computer memories
A few days ago I was busy cleaning my son’s laptop, discarding unused files, tidying up desktop folders, creating folders and fragmentation exercise etc.
Ten Red-line Athletics members CARIFTA ready
AS one of the top local track clubs in the country, the coaching staff of the Red-Line Athletics is quite pleased with the 10 members selected to represent the Bahamas on the 80-member team for the Oaktree Medical Center’s 50th CARIFTA Games.
Flowers: 'We grew up, not just as friends, but as family'
BUSINESSMAN and golfer Craig Flowers has called this one of the most difficult periods of his life, having lost his childhood friend and sporting legend Prince ‘Zorro’ Stubbs on Christmas Eve.Stubbs, 80, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital as a re
DIANE PHILLIPS: The finest line of all – the last breath
AN old friend died this week. His death was not the saddest part of the story, the end of his life was.
INSIGHT: Don’t panic - it’s time to think of others, not just ourselves
AS the nation has watched the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, go from a “foreign virus” that spread through Wuhan, China, with epic speed, inch closer and closer to our shores, it has been unsettling to see it reach 118 countries to date. No doubt, any nation still reeling from the disastrous impact of Hurricane Dorian would have citizens gripped by fear.
GOVT LIKELY TO SELL 40% PORT EQUITY STAKE
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday said he expects the Government to eventually sell its 40 per cent stake in Arawak Cay Port Development Company (APD), allowing the Nassau Co
David Nesbitt scores game high 22 points in Boca Juniors debut
DAVID Nesbitt made his debut for Boca Juniors in the FIBA Basketball Champions League Americas and helped lead the club to a 1-1 weekend in Group D.
Giants rout high flyers in NPBA season opener
THE New Providence Basketball Association tipped off its 2019-20 season Saturday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium with a championship rematch in Division II.
Slave ship artifacts uncovered
ON craggy rocks and in silent gullies at Lynyard Cay in the Abacos lay the fragments of an American-owned slave ship, the 129-ton, 88-foot schooner, the Peter Mowell.
Increase in number of people seeking help from Red Cross
THE Bahamas Red Cross Society has noticed an increase in the number of persons requesting assistance in the past year, with as much as a 50 per cent spike in assistance for some programmes.
Wrecked vehicle ban has ‘domino effect’
Bahamian auto body repairers yesterday said the Government’s decision to ban wrecked vehicle imports was already having “a domino effect” across the industry, with hundreds of thousands of dollars being ‘held up’ as a result.
‘All back to normal’ assures airport authority
THE chairman of the Airport Authority yesterday allayed fears of further flight delays in New Providence following delays at the airport last week and international reports of grounded flights in the United States due to computer outages.
Atlantis set to regain 'lot of lost bookings'
Despite losing “a lot of bookings” due to Hurricane Sandy, Atlantis is set to regain them after “most” rebooked for later in 2012.
Briland: Cruise tourism ‘disaster waiting to happen’
More than 99.4 percent of existing and potential Harbour Island visitors have made it “crystal clear cruise tourism is a disaster waiting to happen” for the destination, a hotelier warned yesterday.
D’Aguilar hopeful of uptick in arrivals by end of year
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar says he is encouraged by recent spring break travel numbers, adding he is hopeful the country will experience a “substantial” uptick in visitor arrivals by the end of the year.
Poultry producer: 1,000 jobs boost from ending imports
AN Abaco poultry producer yesterday said that eliminating imports to support local producers could boost government revenues by $33 million annually, and create 1,000 direct jobs.
New grading puts fuel into recovery
A TOP hotelier said “tourism momentum will increase” with the Centres for Disease Control lowering the country’s travel advisory to Level 2 from Level 3.
Airbnb’s October bookings up 50%
Stopover tourist visitors to The Bahamas increased by 7.4 percent over the first three quarters of 2018 with the Central Bank forecasting “continued economic strengthening” through year-end.
