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Constituencies Commission members to be appointed soon
DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said members of the Constituencies Commission will be appointed by the time the House of Assembly meets again on August 3.
Christie not concerned by Sears leadership bid
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday he is “not at all” concerned about former Attorney General Alfred Sears’ bid to challenge him for the leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).
Sears seeks term limits and integrity commission
FORMER Attorney General Alfred Sears has called for the establishment of an “Integrity Commission to investigate the conduct of members of Parliament, senators, and senior public officials” and for term limits for prime ministers.
Haitian schoolchildren
In the Bahamas government primary schools there are approximately 65 per cent Haitians and 5 per cent different nationalities sitting in our classrooms.
$60 for a light bulb that lasts 20 years
$60 for a light bulb that lasts 20 years NEW YORK Associated Press How much would you pay for an amazing, state-of-the-art light bulb? Shoppers will be asking themselves that very question at Home Depot and other outlets starting Sunday -- Earth Day -- w
Antoan Richardson retires from baseball
ANTOAN Richardson, the sixth Bahamian to play in the major leagues, announced his retirement from professional baseball on Tuesday after a stellar 12-year career.
Tech Talk
• President Donald Trump’s administration is publicly blaming North Korea for a ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide in May and crippled parts of Britain’s National Health Service.
Ex-US diplomat in 25,000 acre Andros venture
A $5m commercial faming venture that involved a former US ambassador to The Bahamas was yesterday identified as one of three competing investment proposals targeting North Andros.Documents obtained by Tribune Business name Ned Siegel, an ex-US ambass
Nassau hotels eye strong Thanksgiving business
Atlantis executives yesterday said the resort is “slightly ahead” of last year’s Thanksgiving bookings as it gets set to host the sixth installment of the ‘Battle 4 Atlantis’ basketball tournament today.
Searching for junior tennis stars on rise
The President of the Southwest Tennis Club (SWTC), Mike Butler, organised a tennis tournament for beginners at the Flamingo Gardens tennis courts.
Clarke scores career high, Bastian and McCoy post double doubles
GARVIN Clarke posted a career-high scoring night in NCAA Division I and a pair of Bahamians posted double doubles in Division II basketball.
New weather stations which can provide island-specific information
THE installation of a WeatherSTEM weather station at Blue Lagoon marks the first Caribbean destination with capacity to provide island-specific, real-time weather information to the island’s management and guests.
Downtown group hopes cruise ports ‘benefit all’
THE Downtown Nassau Partnership (DNP) yesterday said it hopes that the cruise port developments eyed for both Nassau and Freeport will benefit “all stakeholders”.
Commission petitions for broker/dealer’s ‘compulsory’ wind-up
The Securities Commission is petitioning the Supreme Court to place a Bahamian broker/dealer into compulsory liquidation, and appoint a provisional liquidator to wind it up.
Brewery shrugs off $10m storm costs
Commonwealth Brewery shrugged off more than $10 million in Hurricane Matthew-related damage and business interruption costs to post a 45 per cent year-over-year profits increase for 2016.The vertically-integrated, BISX-listed brewer foreshadowed an i
Fishing tournament helps Grand Bahama schools
FREEPORT – The saying goes, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime’.
Daddy Harry - a founding patriarch of priest order
MOUNT Tabor Full Gospel Church is honouring ‘Fabulous 40’ fathers to mark the 40th Anniversary of Independence. The Tribune is publishing the church’s profiles of the fathers.
BEC contenders 'cut to three'
The Government has reduced the bidding field for the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) restructuring to three groups, Tribune Business was told yesterday, and is seeking to complete the process by November 1, 2014.
FACE TO FACE: The best decision of Paul Thompson’s life
IT was a spur of the moment decision that changed the trajectory of his entire life. He was 23 years old when he saw an ad in the Trinidad Guardian recruiting young men for the Police Force in The Bahamas. He read it and immediately knew it’s what he wanted to do. Now, at age 95, retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Rupert Thompson still says it was the best decision he made in his entire life.
Downtown ‘catalyst’ beats goal by $11m
The Nassau Cruise Port’s overhaul is “already serving as a catalyst” for fresh investment in downtown, its top executive has asserted, after its recent bond refinancing was oversubscribed by almost $11m to hit $145m.
