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'My mother was killed like a dog in the street'

THE son of the female pedestrian who lost her life after being hit by a car wants the person responsible for his mother’s death to be jailed.Deangelo Bain, 29, told The Tribune he is “deeply saddened” to know that his mother, 46-year-old Geneva Gibso

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Pinder defends proposals to revoke work permits

DIRECTOR of Labour John Pinder further defended the department’s understudy/apprenticeship programme yesterday, days after saying he wanted employers’ work permits revoked if they failed to appoint and properly train apprentices. “...It has nothing

GB airport in '$1 each' proposal

A proposal has been made for the government to acquire Grand Bahama International Airport by paying its existing owners $1 each then assume responsibility for its multi-million dollar rebuilding.Well-placed Tribune Business sources, speaking on condi

Minister hails 7.216m tourism arrivals record

A Cabinet minister yesterday hailed The Bahamas’ record 7.216m visitor arrivals in 2019 as another “very impressive” sign of the industry’s post-Hurricane Dorian rebound.Dionisio D’Aguilar, pictured, minister of tourism and aviation, paid tribute to

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2019 a record breaking year for tourism

LAST year was a “record breaking" one for tourism, with the country hitting the highest recorded number of stopover visitors in its history, according to the Ministry of Tourism’s Director General Joy Jibrilu. Speaking at a press conference at the B

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Cable gets $31m less for US exit

Cable Bahamas’ top executive yesterday conceded the $31m drop in the price received for exiting the US was “warranted”, but said: “It’s still a massive return for investors.” Franklyn Butler, the BISX-listed communications provider’s chief executive

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Trial begins of trio accused of murdering four and injuring six in 2013

THE trial of three men accused of the 2013 Fox Hill mass shooting that killed four people and injured six others got underway yesterday. Jurors heard the prosecution plans to call the fourth occupant of the car used in the drive-by shooting as one o

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Wolfe wins his first Korn Ferry Tour title

The second event on the Korn Ferry Tour and the second in The Bahamas in as many weeks concluded yesterday at the Baha Mar resort.American Jared Wolfe separated himself from the field on the back nine at The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at Baha Mar an

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Ayton shows potential as Suns win 4 of last seven

THE Suns have won four of their last seven games and Deandre Ayton has exhibited the potential the franchise eagerly anticipated this season.The second year centre is averaging 21.3 points and 12.7 rebounds during that stretch. Ayton scored 20 points

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Minister to 'tighten' up work permits

A Cabinet minister yesterday said he was behind a planned “tightening” of understudy programmes so that Bahamians are properly trained up to replace expatriate work permit holders. Dion Foulkes, minister of labour, said outside the Cabinet Office th

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Rashad Fenton gives Super Bowl a dash of Bahamian flavour

WHETHER you’re a fan or not, Bahamians will have some local flavour to pull for the Kansas City Chiefs during the National Football League’s 2020 Super Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Sunday, February 2. On Sunday, the Chiefs pulled off a 35-24 v

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100 GB airport workers at risk

Government and trade union officials yesterday voiced fears that all 100 employees of the Grand Bahama International Airport Company may be terminated due to the drop-off in flights post-Dorian. John Pinder, director of labour, confirmed to Tribune

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Minister told: 'Make this very first thing for 2020'

An ex-Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) president yesterday renewed calls for the government to properly regulate the sector following Cavalier’s failure, adding: “It’s critical to our survival.”Leonard Sands told Tribune Business that fully imp

Government bidding reform 'revolutionary'

More than 400 businesses were represented at the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) first-ever Bahamian procurement fair in a bid to increase their share of its $292m in locally-funded projects. Marlon Johnson, the Ministry of Finance’s acting

Union's election action given court go-ahead

The Water and Sewerage Corporation’s management union (WSMU) has been given permission to proceed with its Judicial Review action over alleged government interference in its elections. Supreme Court Justice, Indra Charles, last week allowed the unio

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Darville adds his voice to oppose charging shoppers for plastic bags

SAVE the Bays Chairman Joseph Darville has joined the chorus of people calling on the government to abandon the 25 cents to $1 fee merchants are mandated to charge customers for single-use plastic bags. The environmentalist said while he supports th

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Alleged child abductor to stand trial in June

ALLEGED child abductor De’Edra Gibson will stand trial in six months’ time charged with abducting four little boys, one as young as three, from various places in New Providence between February and March of last year. Justice Bernard Turner said the

Shell: Bahamas 'front runner' on clean energies

A Shell executive yesterday said The Bahamas can be “a real front runner” in adopting cheaper, more environmentally-friendly fuels through New Providence’s proposed new multi-fuel power plant.Markus Hector, Shell LNG marketing and trading’s general m

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I'm pleased but we could do better, says Turnquest

DEPUTY Prime Minister Peter Turnquest is generally pleased with relief distribution in Grand Bahama but admits that a “better job can be done” concerning the dispersal of building materials to residents in East End.“It is taking longer than we are li

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Minister aims to bring unity in sports

The year 2020 has already brought some historic moments to the Bahamas with the opening of the new North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) office at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.But according to Minister of Youth, Sports and