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Davis: We need more clarity on reopening

OPPOSITION leader Brave “Brave” Davis yesterday called Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ recent announcements on the re-opening of the country’s economy a “ball of confusion”, saying more clarity is needed on the country’s travel requirements for visi

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Cruise passengers won’t be downtown this year

Nassau Cruise Port's top executive yesterday warned that downtown Bay Street is "unlikely to see any cruise passengers" before year-end 2020 regardless of whenever the industry resumes sailing.

All the virus secrets are revealed in the numbers

Being a Philomath and in particular a Matholephile, I created a mathematic model for the Bahamas’s Coronavirus cases and death. This is not accurate but it gives a ball park figure. It is similar to predicting the weather; things could change but there is a high probability it will occur.

Women urged: Love yourself from head to toe

DURING January and February, every woman who had a mammogram at Doctors Hospital’s Diagnostic Imaging Center was automatically entered in the hospital’s ‘Love Yourself From Head To Toe’ promotion.

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Davis Cup: Team Bahamas honoured

IT was a congratulatory night for the men’s Davis Cup team as the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association honoured player/captain Marvin Rolle, No.2 seed Philip Major Jr and newcomer Jody Turnquest for their achievement last week in Costa Rica of pulling the

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Compliance 'onslaught' on substance demands

Accountants are urging the Government to extend today's deadline for corporate Bahamas to meet substance reporting requirements amid "a last-minute onslaught" from stunned firms racing to comply.

Silver trails - Lessons from a lowly creature

It’s 5.30am. My heart is pumping and my muscles straining as I run (trot, really) along the winding, concrete path in Cable Beach. Suddenly, the moon escapes its cloudy constraints and the lane is bathed in moonlight. I look down and gleaming up from

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Ads that grab the headlines

My client tossed the newspaper towards me and said: "I want my ad to look like this one. I noticed it right away; do you see all the colours in it?" I knew I was in for a long meeting. "What does the ad say?

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Wrong e-mail caused blacklisting by France

The Bahamas was blacklisted by France because of an incorrect e-mail address, the attorney general has revealed to Tribune Business.

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World Relays deserve Grade A

Brent Stubbs has covered many international track and field meets as The Tribune’s Senior Sports Reporter. This weekend’s World Relays in Nassau compare more than favourably to those he says and fully merits an A grade.

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Cheetahs win title

THE Career Builders Lady Cheetahs tasted the thrill of victory as they pulled off another sweep to regain their Bahamas Basketball Federation’s ladies’ national championship title.

MARKETING REVOLUTION: Firms, consultants must understand the customer

“Listen to me, son, we don’t need all of this marketing stuff.” I was told this recently by a client who I had done an online university for.

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McAlpine denies prejudice in Dominica comments

WHILE insisting he is neither xenophobic nor racist, Pineridge MP Rev Fredrick McAlpine said he has no regrets about comments he made criticising his own party’s plan to accommodate Dominicans following the destruction Hurricane Maria caused in Domin

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Foulkes blasts critics of shanty town census plan

LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes yesterday pushed back at critics who have said a planned census for the 11 shanty towns in New Providence might fail because community leaders were not consulted ahead of the initiative’s launch.The census was slated to b

Bahamian wrestler Mackey fails to advance out of round of 16

GLASGOW, Scotland — Before he could get a grip of his opponent, Gerald Meyer from the Republic of South Africa, Rashji Mackey found himself pinned on the mat in his men’s 75 kilogram weight class on Tuesday.

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Strachan returned as president of the Amateur Boxing Federation

AFTER about two decades away from the administration of the sport, Vincent Strachan has been returned as president of the Amateur Boxing Federation of the Bahamas.During the annual general meeting and election of officers on Saturday at the Thomas A

Greg Gomez in the spotlight

Prime Minister Perry G Christie has told the Press that the North Abaco by-election to fill the seat left vacant by former prime minister and that area's former member of Parliament, Hubert A Ingraham, will be held in October.

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Major Jr wins first all-Bahamian ITF Goombay Splash Final

KEVIN Major Jr had to dig down deep to hold off a resilient Shaquille ‘Shaq’ Taylor to win the boys 18-and-under singles title to wrap up an historic week for the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association as the Bahamians dominated just about every category at the International Tennis Federation’s fourth annual Goombay Splash Bowl.

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Chris Brown ready for Rio - minus his luggage

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil: While he should be focusing on his race strategy against an anticipated field of quality quarter-milers at the Olympics, veteran Chris 'Fireman' Brown is more concerned about his luggage.

Energy bid upset at info 'vacuum'

An Israeli-based energy provider yesterday expressed unhappiness over the information “vacuum” that had emerged since it presented a multi-million dollar power plant solution to the Government six months ago.