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Shipyard services 17 liners in eight months
Freeport, Grand Bahama – The Grand Bahama Shipyard is expecting to work on 17 cruise ships in an eight-month period that ends in April 2013, as it bids to become a ‘one-stop’ facility.
Treasury admits breaching 75% wage deduction limit
The Government was yesterday urged to “curtail” civil servant salary deductions to no more than a combined 40 per cent of total income, after the Auditor-General rapped the Treasury for allowing the current 75 per cent limit to be breached.
You can prevent heart disease by following a heart healthy lifestyle
By Dr Graham Cates
Travelling a downhill path
Please help me with this, where do Bahamians get 400 million dollars to gamble with in the webshops? Is this money coming from tourism? Or foreign investors? Or is this money already in the country? If it is already here, then government has already got their cut.
What to know about parkinson's disease
MANY countries around the world, including the Bahamas, are celebrating Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month in April.
'One Love Getaway' brings gospel hip hop show to the Bahamas
ALTHOUGH hip hop music tends to get a bad rap, the genre was used to promote all that is good and positive during the Holy Hip Hop show held last week.
WORLD OF SHARKS HOLDS NO FEAR FOR STUDENTS
At CV Bethel High School, HO Nash, Aquinas and Thelma Gibson, a marine scientist from Stony Brook University and Marcia Musgrove, BREEF’s Outreach Manager and National Eco-Schools Coordinator - a position made possible by The Moore Charitable Foundation - opened students’ eyes to the world of sharks. The first task: diminishing their fear of the large marine predator.
P.S.A. lawyer drafting letter to government asking for payment
THE Police Staff Association is asking the government for $16.4m in overtime pay for officers who worked the extended 12-hour shift in late 2013 and early 2014, The Tribune has learned.
Baha Mar: Morgans is 'still part of plans'
Exuma’s February Point project is aiming to hire a further 120-140 persons when construction work ramps up within the next two months, its owners yesterday telling Tribune Business the project was “moving a little faster than we anticipated”.
Pinewood drainage repair to cost up to $13M
A FEASIBILITY study for Pinewood Gardens’ storm water management is currently before Cabinet awaiting approval before work begins on drainage repair to the flood prone area. The repair is estimated to cost between $8 to $13 million, not the $25 million initially proposed.
Junior basketball stars take on Panama challenge
The senior men and women national basketball teams have dominated the country’s focus recently at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships, but the best junior basketball players in the Bahamas are set to take centre stage next week against international competition.
DNA: Loretta Butler-Turner has nothing to offer on economy
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance finance spokesperson Youri Kemp yesterday criticised Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner’s recent statements on the country’s economy, charging that she has “little or nothing” to offer on the issue other than “empty statements and glittering generalities without substance”.
'Numbers first, before casinos'
BAHAMIANS should focus on liberalising the “numbers business” first before attempting to addressing the issue of casino gambling, according to Ed Fields, Kerzner International senior vice president.
Dan Marino and Friends Weekend all set for May 25
THE Bahamas and the Miami Dolphins continue to develop their mutually beneficial relationship with another edition of the Dan Marino and Friends Weekend.
BeBe Winans PLP? For Real, Though?
EDITOR, The Tribune. Initially I did not intend to write a commentary on the weekend's events over at Atlantis, but since persons have asked: I have said in past op-eds and it bears repeating – national events should always be apolitical, meaning no political party should at any time be the focal point or muse for such events.
DNP: Safety a critical component of Downtown revitalisation
THE managing director of the Downtown Nassau Partnership, Ed Fields, called on the private sector to get behind the police in their efforts to clean up the Bay Street area.
It is now time for politicians to stop playing politics
CRIME is down, murders are up, therefore it should not be said that the PLP’s crime “policies have fallen short and that the sole basis upon which (the government’s) efforts should be measured is the murder rate”.
The stage is set for the 2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
THE teams are ready, the logistics are in place and the stage is set for the 2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl.
COB Caribs men’s basketball team ‘will only get better’
HIALEAH, Florida — Sean ‘Bass’ Bastian, the assistant athletic director, said the College of the Bahamas men’s basketball team will only get better as a result of their participation in the Florida National University’s Basketball Classic over the weekend.
Bahamian bank sued on $8.7m ‘total loss’
Investors are suing a Bahamian bank and trust company over the “total loss” of their collective $8.7 million investment, while also alleging that it misled the Securities Commission.
