All results / Stories

No Bahamian firms represented on Baha Mar creditors body

No Bahamian companies are directly represented on Baha Mar’s unsecured creditors committee in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in Delaware, the membership of which was published last night.

Tease photo

Scrap metal scavengers may have started landfill fire, Dorsett says

ENVIRONMENT Minister Kenred Dorsett yesterday said the fire that occurred at the New Providence landfill two weeks may have been caused by people “wanting to find a bit of scrap metal” at the site and that he had been authorised by the Prime Minister to increase security.

EDITORIAL: A hard line on migration from govt

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis set a hard line in his national address on the issue of migration.

Claims which can’t just be shrugged off

THERE were two shocking statements yesterday – both detailed in today’s Tribune.

Tease photo

Roadrunners have three athletes on CARIFTA team

THEY’RE not one of the top ranked track and field clubs, but coach Dexter Bodie said they are extremely proud to have three of their athletes making the Bahamas’ 80-member team that will compete at the Oaktree Medical Center’s 50th CARIFTA Games this weekend.

EDITORIAL – Haiti policy: What happens next?

THE question “what happens next?” is very useful when examining public policy.

Tease photo

World Health Day shines spotlight on ageing

World Health Day is celebrated annually on April 7 and represents a unique opportunity to focus attention on a specific global health issues with intention, and to compel governments, international communities, civil societies and individuals to take action globally.

CAT ISLAND REGATTA TO HONOUR ‘ZEKE’

CAT Island Sailing Club Association is celebrating its 61st annual regatta this year, August 4-7 in New Bight.

EDITORIAL: Are 120,000 vaccinations really enough?

THE Minister of Health was in optimistic mood yesterday.

Tease photo

Nathaniel makes an impact at JUCO basketball showcase

BASED on his performance, Lathaniel Bastian felt he made an impression on the scouts at the All-American Junior College Basketball Showcase.

Let's be both sensible and sensitive

Stranger things have happened, but yesterday in the House of Assembly a strange thing happened - it came the turn for the member for St Anne’s to speak ..... he prefixed his comment, all of maybe three-minutes by saying there will be an announcement concerning Immigration and sat back down giving way for PM Hubert Minnis to make his statement, far from the usual summing up that the closing MP, usually the PM will do then the bombshell.

Illegal migrants

STRANGER things have happened but yesterday in The House of Assembly a strange thing happened - it came the turn for the member for St Anne’s to speak ..... he prefixed his comment, all of maybe three minutes by saying there will be an announcement concerning Immigration and sat back down giving away for PM Hubert Minnis to make his statement, far from the usual summing up that the closing MP, usually the PM will do then the bombshell.

Tease photo

UPDATED: If we carry on like this, we will not cope

THE number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen to 33, with four new cases diagnosed in New Providence.

Environment legislation

Thank you for giving me space to express my concerns about a situation that is unfolding that is deeply disturbing. I have heard numerous rumours since the new administration has taken over that the 2019 Environmental Planning and Protection Act and the 2020 Biological Resources and Traditional Knowledge Protection and Sustainable Use Act will be repealed.

Tease photo

$4.8m seawall close to completion at Smith’s Point

THE $4.8m seawall and road repaving project at Smith’s Point in Grand Bahama is just about finished and residents are eager for the community to be reopened to the public.

Battling it out for arts title

pics in website daily photos, slugged: natl arts Photos by Eric Rose/BIS Photo 9895 The Bishop Michael Eldon School Group sings a medley of songs, including "Uncle Lou" and "Don't Squeeze the Mango", during the E Clement Bethel National Arts Festiva

Battling it out for arts title

pics in website daily photos, slugged: natl arts Photos by Eric Rose/BIS Photo 9895 The Bishop Michael Eldon School Group sings a medley of songs, including "Uncle Lou" and "Don't Squeeze the Mango", during the E Clement Bethel National Arts Festiva

Tease photo

Businesses wait over two months for bank account

BAHAMIAN businesses face an average wait of more than two months to open a bank account with almost 80 percent asserting that the process “took longer than expected”.

Digital building permits hailed as ‘long overdue’

The Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE) president yesterday hailed as “long overdue” plans to slash building permit turnaround times by going digital, branding the 60-80 percent reduction target as “achievable”.

Tease photo

Insurance cuts Aliv's Dorian cost to $2.5m

Aliv’s subscriber base grew by 20 percent during the final six months of 2019, its top executive revealed yesterday, after the mobile operator shrugged off $2.5m in one-off net Dorian costs. Damian Blackburn told Tribune Business it had “recovered a