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Search for 33 missing crew called off

THE US Coast Guard broke the news to grieving family members yesterday that it was abandoning the search for the 33 mariners aboard a US container ship that sank last week in The Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin.

$500,000 SOS CALL IS ANSWERED

THE extraordinary public response to appeals for help for the Family Islands devastated by Hurricane Joaquin has resulted in the $500,000 target of donations of cash and emergency supplies set by the SOS - Save Our South initiative being exceeded and allowing HeadKnowles, the relief group, to plan for the next phase of the operation.

Butler-Turner: PLP wants to hold convention at Baha Mar

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday accused Prime Minister Perry Christie of “misleading and deceiving” Bahamians over Baha Mar, as she castigated the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) for having ulterior motives behind its push to open the resort’s convention centre by early 2016.

BOC sets record straight on Pan Am Games athletics team

WHILE there’s conflicting reports on who will be allowed to compete on the athletics team at the 17th Pan American Games, Bahamas Olympic Committee vice president Robert Butler said they have not gotten any report of any competitor who will have to be removed from the team that is heading to Toronto, Canada, this weekend.

Former DNA candidate Wayne Munroe joins the PLP

DNA Leader Branville McCartney yesterday said he was caught by surprise over the Progressive Liberal Party’s official announcement that attorney Wayne Munroe, QC, joined the PLP on Monday.

Former senior cop supports call for gun court, stricter gun laws

FORMER Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Thompson yesterday endorsed Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade’s recent call for stricter gun laws, and called for the re-establishment of the gun court to “make an example of people” with illegal firearms.

Saints destroy the Hurricanes

A year ago, coach Juliette Douglas-Sands couldn’t field a junior girls’ team. On Monday, her Kingsway Academy Saints found a full squad and they took advantage of their home field to open their Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ 2015 softball season with a big win over the St Andrew’s Hurricanes, who are going through a rebuilding stage as well.

Rivals play down Moss party plans

WHILE independent MP Greg Moss moves forward with plans to form a fourth party, representatives from the country’s three political parties have told The Tribune there are no concerns that the Marco City MP will siphon their supporters’ votes.

Bahamas and Guatemala sign Olympic pact

ON the platform of bringing nations together to share in the common ideas and values of Olympism, the Bahamas and the Guatemala Olympic Committees on Friday signed its first memorandum of understanding between organisations in the Central American region.

Alternative accommodation offered to Baha Mar guests

GUESTS affected by Baha Mar’s delayed opening have been offered stays at “alternative, comparative hotels,” Robert Sands, Baha Mar’s senior vice-president of government and external affairs, said yesterday.

'Increase minimum wage before VAT'

FNM Shadow minister for Finance Peter Turnquest yesterday said it was critical for the government to address minimum wage concerns before the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT).

World's best Star Sailors to make a splash in Montagu Bay

THE world’s best Star class sailors have all gathered here in The Bahamas for the 2014 Star Sailors League Sailing Championships schedueled to take place in Montagu Bay this week. The event begins today at the Nassau Yacht Club.

Minnis calls for bank management to be fired

FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday led dozens of party members in a protest outside of Bank of the Bahamas, calling on Prime Minister Perry Christie to demonstrate “true leadership” and fire the management team at the bank.

FNM promises to bring in annual tax-free day

OPPOSITION Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday his party will introduce an “annual tax-free day” in August, if his party is elected in the next general election.

Scholarships worth $150,000 given away by Sunshine Insurance

A BUSINESS plan from a senior at Kingsway Academy that outlined the student’s aim to diversify the economy by creating a bush tea pharmacy has won her a $60,000 scholarship to attend Elmira College.

Baha Mar to give NIB details over job cuts

BAHA Mar officials plan to present the National Insurance Board with information that would assist the board’s investigation into recent layoffs of 190 workers from Crystal Palace “within time,” Robert Sands said yesterday.

VAT questions as implementation nears

MANY business licensees in Freeport were eager to learn what they need to do to be VAT compliant as the January 1 implementation date draws near.

Sprinters advance to A final 100m

The second Youth Olympic Games, an elite sporting event for young people from all over the world, has had some interesting results from the 14-member Bahamian team in Nanjing, China, so far.

Carnival signs up Destra, Wyclef Jean

THE Bahamas National Festival Commission yesterday revealed its performance lineup for the Nassau leg of this year’s Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival which includes Trinidadian soca queen Destra, Grammy award winning Haitian hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean and Jamaican reggae star Tarrus Riley.

Smith aiming to return to frontline politics in Exuma

FORMER Exuma MP George Smith yesterday said he was “setting things in motion” to allow for his return to frontline politics ahead of the next general election.

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