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Man held on charges of Hospital Lane murder and attempted murder

A MAN is behind bars after being accused of causing the death of a 20-year-old male last month and wounding three people in a shooting incident early in January.

Tax stamps for tobacco products

TAX STAMPS will be placed on tobacco products in an attempt to recuperate the $20 million in revenue lost annually to smuggling, Prime Minister Perry Christie said.

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Man jailed for killing appeals

AN Abaco man sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2009 fatal beating of Adam Evans appears in the Court of Appeal today.

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Gov't raising short term debt limit 20%

The Government is increasing its short-term debt limits by 20 per cent, from 50 to 60 per cent, via reforms to the Financial Administration and Audit Act.

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20-year-old facing murder charge

A 20-year-old was charged yesterday with the murder of a man outside of a bar earlier this year.

SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: A mad March day for records and retirements

FROM time to time I like to look back at great sports achievements, occurrences and events in sports history.

COVID’s $9.5bn blow nearly a triple Dorian

The Bahamas will never recover $9.5bn in economic losses and damage caused by COVID-19, it was revealed yesterday, with the pandemic combining with Hurricane Dorian to deliver a shattering $13.1bn blow to this nation.

Knights, Lions win cross country titles

THE CR Walker Knights and the HO Nash Lions emerged as the overall high and junior school champions of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s Cross Country Championships over the weekend.

Sprint champ Bailey charged with drunken driving

TORONTO (AP) -- Former sprint champion Donovan Bailey has been charged with drunken driving. The 1996 Olympic champion from Canada has been charged with having a blood-alcohol level of more than 80 milligrams while driving in Toronto. The Toronto Star repo

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Bahamas GDP rebounds 4-8 months after storms

The Bahamas has returned to pre-hurricane gross domestic product (GDP) levels between four to eight months after each of the last four major storms struck this nation, a study has found.

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SAC are National Champions

A total of seven made the qualifying standards for the CARIFTA Games and at least 12 records were broken as the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture concluded their National High School Track and Field Championships on Saturday night as the Big Red Machine took home another overall title to St Augustine’s College.

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Minister: End of AIDS epidemic in sight

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said The Bahamas has reached the moment where “tremendous progress is being made” and that the “end of the AIDS epidemic is in sight.”.

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Police hunt for gunman

POLICE are searching for a gunman responsible for an armed robbery that occurred on Tuesday June 20. According to reports, shortly before 11pm a man was standing near his vehicle on Blue Hill Road north, when a slim dark male armed with a handgun ro

Correction

IN an article published on June 20, The Tribune incorrectly reported that the Bahamas was classified as a Tier 2 Watch List country in the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIPS) Report for 2013.

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Cargo port ‘starts to shrink the gap’

Nassau’s sole cargo port yesterday voiced optimism it has “started to shrink the gap” to pre-COVID business volumes with vehicle imports making up 20 percentage points during May alone.

Top auto dealer lays-off 80 staff

A major auto dealer yesterday confirmed it is temporarily laying-off 80 staff as the industry prepares to make its case to the government for a partial opening amid the COVID-19 lockdown. Fred Albury, the Auto Mall’s principal, told Tribune Business

What's on: January 30th, 2015

February 7-8 Ride for Hope, Nassau, http://www.rideforhopebahamas.com. 2015 online registration is now open or at Cycles Unlimited, Mackey Street.

Thunder take down turnover-prone Heat

By JEFF LATZKE AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Kevin Durant had 28 points, nine rebounds and tied his season-high with eight assists, Kendrick Perkins added a season-best 16 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder opened a difficult stretch in their s

Thunder take down turnover-prone Heat

By JEFF LATZKE AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Kevin Durant had 28 points, nine rebounds and tied his season-high with eight assists, Kendrick Perkins added a season-best 16 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder opened a difficult stretch in their s

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Who will be champions as top basketball teams clash?

THE top basketball teams in the country will meet this weekend to decide the overall titles of Bahamas Basketball Federation national champions.