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More borrowing

More borrowing EDITOR, The Tribune. Just my opinion on an article that I read yesterday concerning the borrowing of more money for the road works. Yesterday, I was indeed disappointed as I read the headline stating the government will need to borrow eve

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Fernander ‘very disappointed’ with union chief’s description of recent police search

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said he is “very disappointed” with Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) president Kyle Wilson’s description of a recent police search of his properties.

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Retired judge named to solar power firm Board

The renewable energy provider behind a $15m utility-scale solar project on Grand Bahama has named retired justice Rubie M. Nottage to its Board of Directors.

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The show goes on for Bahamian equestrians abroad

BAHAMIAN show jumpers abroad are seizing the opportunity to shine in the ring, as equestrian event organisers worldwide begin to establish a “new normal” for showground competition after months of event cancellations due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

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Inaugural Battle 4 Atlantis Women’s Tourney all set for next year

COMPLETE Sports Management’s Battle 4 Atlantis brand is set to expand in 2020.

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Knowles signs with new team in French Pro League

ZANE Knowles will return to the French ProB League but with a new club for the 2019 season.

Minister says residency processmore important than threshold

A Cabinet minister is more concerned over the process by which permanent residency is granted rather than the threshold that triggers it, adding that the Bahamas has to “re-brand and reposition” to shed the ‘tax haven’ label.Brent Symonette, minister

Rapist asks for mercy from judge

By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A RAPE convict asked a Supreme Court judge for leniency and help yesterday, minutes before he was sentenced to spend the next 15 years behind bars at Her Majesty's Prison. When Dameco Wallace pleaded guilty in

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Bahamas National Trust sponsors marathon teams

THIS year, the Bahamas National Trust is sponsoring three relay teams to participate in Marathon Bahamas, which will be taking place this weekend.

BISX educates high schoolers

The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) spent the afternoon on Monday, February 17 with the Grade 12 Economics and Commerce classes at R. M. Bailey Senior High School.

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'Beneath The Hat' Telling the story of Bahamian women in an unique way

Every hat tells a story. Every woman tells a story.

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A COMIC'S VIEW: Dominica and the tears of Minnis

ON Sunday, while intransit to the US, Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, paid a visit to PM Dr Hubert Minnis here in Nassau. After the meeting, and hearing first hand of Dominica’s obliterated infrastructure, and despite not having an offi

Receiver 'perplexed' by court's verdict

A well-known accountant has described a Supreme Court judge’s decision to remove him as the receiver for a multi-million dollar Abaco resort/marina development as “baffling and perplexing”, adding that the verdict was “detached from reality”.

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BEC plant verdict: 'We got everything we wanted and more'

A leading opponent of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) $105 million Wilson City power plant yesterday said “we got everything and more that we wanted” from Monday’s Court of Appeal ruling, suggesting it would force the Government to end the “secrecy” that surrounded major investment and public works projects.

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Gov't can use 75% 'no show' mandate to legalise gaming

The Government can use the fact that 75 per cent of the electorate failed to vote in Monday’s referendum as “a mandate” to legalise web shop gaming, a leading businessman said yesterday, although it is apparently willing to risk potential “turmoil” from shutting the sector down.

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Sports in brief

AFTER calling off its show that was to have returned to the Fish Fry at Arawak Cay, Champion Amateur Boxing Club will present “Saturday Night Live Boxing” at the Wulff Road Boxing Square 6pm Saturday November 9.

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ACCORDING TO ME: 50 unanswered questions

SINCE the start of the current administration’s term in office, a preponderance of unanswered questions continues to mount...

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'Outstanding women' honoured

SCORES of Bahamian women were honoured yesterday for being “outstanding women of the Bahamas” during Celebrating Woman International’s inaugural event for its Women of Distinction & Women of Excellence awards.

Safe and sure at the adjustment bureau

By THE BAHAMAS ASSOCIATION OF CHIROPRACTIC

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Residents petition MP over 'nuisance' food stall

SEA Breeze residents have requested State Minister of Transport Hope Strachan’s assistance in removing a recently constructed food stall that has become a “neighbourhood nuisance”.