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Police ‘failed’, says Nottage
LAW enforcement has “failed” in attempts to lower the country’s murder count, National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage admitted yesterday.
Country not a better place if PLP win, survey says
ALMOST 100 per cent of Bahamians surveyed in an online poll do not believe the country will be in a better place should the Progressive Liberal Party win the next election, according to data from advocacy group Bahamians Awake.
Bahamians making great strides in the NCAA
IN their new surroundings as freshmen or transfers to major Division I NCAA basketball programmes, Bahamian players have made an immediate impact with their respective schools.
'Behaviour issues' generate 65% of employee firings
Almost two-thirds of employee firings in the Bahamas stem from ‘behaviour problems’, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report has revealed, finding that “the lack of skills” among workers is the main barrier to their hiring.
NCAA: Buddy Hield has his best game of the season
Saturday was a successful day for Bahamian basketball players in men’s division I basketball programmes across the NCAA with standout individual performances and thrilling upsets.
Sands: $6.6m for clinic to see five patients a day
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands yesterday accused the former administration of going forward with the $6.6m upgrade to the Smith’s Bay Clinic in Cat Island despite a nearly 40 per cent decline in visits to clinics on that island in the past decade.
Dominican Republic gets 87-80 win over Bahamas
After getting blown out in the first half, the Bahamas men's national team regained their composure in the second half and cut the deficit to two before eventually losing down the stretch to the Dominican Republic 87-80 on day three of the CentroBasket Tournament in Panama.
S&P’s higher deficits on VAT ‘uncertainties’
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has agreed that there are “indeed uncertainties” surrounding Value-Added Tax (VAT) implementation, and is less optimistic than the Government in projecting a 3 per cent fiscal deficit for 2015-2016.
Treasure Cay’s fuel post eyes $3m record
While the new Delta Airlines service has brightened the immediate future for Abaco tourism, a Treasure Cay hotelier warned that the lack of domestic service into that location “has hurt us for three years”.
'Cold blob' holds key to Atlantic hurricane season - 14 tropical storms predicted
EXPERTS at a leading US weather forecasting service are reporting that the potential movement of a “cold blob” of water in the North Atlantic may hold the key to how active the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season will be.
Majestic Tours owner Billy Saunders dies
THE FOUNDER of one of the largest tour operators in the Caribbean passed away yesterday, The Tribune has learned.
Landfill officials say smoke is nothing to do with the site
OFFICIALS from Renew Bahamas yesterday suggested that smoky conditions in the area of the Harrold Road landfill are not the result of recent fires at the site.
'Absolutely not a level playing field'
Bahamian investors and businesses are at a disadvantage when competing against foreign investors because of this nation’s high cost platform.
Tribute to a good mother
My Mother and Father migrated to Canada in 1956, refugees escaping the Soviet’s punishments allotted to those who oppose Soviet tyranny wherever it may be, Russia, Eastern Europe and in their case Hungary.
Responsibility allowance up by 58 percent
SENIOR public servants have collectively received a 58 per cent increase in responsibility allowance.
DNA: Economy suffering from double dependency
THE Bahamian economy is suffering from "double dependency syndrome" according to DNA leader Branville McCartney.
Bucks even series
Deandre Ayton’s postseason double digit scoring streak ended at 13 games and the Phoenix Suns squandered a nine-point fourth quarter en route to a game four loss in the NBA Finals.
Six deaths added to COVID toll
ONE hundred and eighty-six cases of COVID-19 and eight more related deaths were recorded between Friday and Saturday, pushing the country’s coronavirus tally to 5,703.
Shipyard delivers sign of post-Dorian rebound
Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS), pictured , yesterday delivered “a significant sign” of post-Dorian recovery by reopening and welcoming back its first commercial vessel. The 57,062-ton Agathonissos , owned by Greece-based Eletson, returned to the facili
$500,000 spent on evacuation, repatriation this hurricane season
HALF-a-million dollars have been spent on evacuation and repatriation exercises so far this hurricane season, National Emergency Management Agency head Captain Stephen Russell said Friday.