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EDITORIAL: Changing faces - the story of the White House chaos

The sad, dangerous chaos that is the Trump administration was illuminated again last week when EPA administrator Scott Pruitt resigned. Pruitt, as venal and corrupt as any senior official in Trump’s government, was reportedly the subject of 13 different corruption or misconduct investigations when he finally resigned under pressure from the White House chief of staff.

BOC has not yet named Team Bahamas for the CAC Games

WITH the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games all set for July 19 to August 3 in Barranquilla, Colombia, the Bahamas Olympic Committee has yet to name the team that will represent the Bahamas.BOC president Rommel Knowles said they are still in t

Fiscal Responsibility needs 'more teeth for accountability culture'

A governance reformer yesterday renewed calls for the Fiscal Responsibility Bill to be given “more teeth until we get a culture of accountability” in the public service.Robert Myers, the Organisation for Responsible Governance’s (ORG) principal, told

Taino Beach fails water standards

A popular beach on Grand Bahama has received a ‘no-swim’ alert by an international online organisation after failing to meet water quality standards.According to Swim Guide.org, water samples were taken on June 28 at Taino Beach by Save the Bays/Wate

DIANE PHILLIPS: The little shop with a window back on time

At the southeast corner of Bay & Frederick Streets stands a store that seems to defy time. The sign above the door reads simply A BAKER & SONS, ESTABLISHED 1894. If you were alive when it opened, you would be 124 today and probably not remember the day it opened. But for most of the rest of us, we cannot remember a time when it did not exist nor when we were not fascinated by the fact that it remains, a survivor of the days when men’s shirts and baby clothes shared the same kind of tight plastic see-through protective wrapping.

Series of men accused of New Providence murders

TWO men, a 23-year-old Haitian and a 25-year-old Bahamian, were charged in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday with shooting two teen aged brothers in a barbershop last month.

'Like a hurricane': Super Value up 45% pre-VAT

Sales at Super Value stores jumped as much as 45 percent on the last day before the VAT hike, its owner revealing yesterday: “Customers were shopping with a vengeance.”Rupert Roberts told Tribune Business that the strong consumer demand - described a

Inferno at sea

AN American woman died after a tour company’s boat engine exploded off Barraterre, Exuma, on Saturday in an accident that left ten other people, including her 39-year-old husband, one Bahamian and nine Americans, injured.

AML chief apologises for 'early' 12% VAT

AML Foods chief executive yesterday apologised to Freeport consumers for “any distress caused” after provider error resulted in store receipts showing a 12 percent VAT two days early.Gavin Watchorn explained to Tribune Business that the mistake resul

Good news 'soon' for Grand Bahama, says Labour Minister

GOOD things are on the horizon for Grand Bahama, according to Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes, who said some important announcements would be made soon by the government.He did not elaborate or disclose much, but said the officials are very “optimist

SPORTS NOTES

BLUE CHIPS ATHLETIC CAMP REGISTRATIONTHE Blue Chips Athletic Club, headed by Corrington Maycock, is all set to hold its fifth annual Throwers Summer Camp 9am to 3pm July 23-28 at Queen’s College campus.April Smith, in her fourth season as an assistan

Saving smart

THE Bahamas Central Securities Depository has launched a groundbreaking financial literacy programme – BCSD Smart Savers – for preschoolers and primary school students. The programme was launched at Willard Patton Preschool, where BCSD staff members

Union chief hits BTC's 'dismal performance' post privatisation

The head of BTC’s line staff union yesterday blasted the company’s “dismal performance” post-privatisation, while giving it an “A” grade for cost-cutting and staff lay-offs.Bernard Evans, pictured, the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union

Blue Chips' 5th annual Throwers Summer Camp next month

COACH Corrington Maycock, who has gained a great deal of success with the rising young throwers in the country through his Blue Chips Athletic Club, is gearing up for the staging of the club’s fifth annual Throwers Summer Camp.It’s scheduled for 9am

Ayton arrives as symbol that Suns are on the rise

PHOENIX (AP) — Since the heady days of Steve Nash came to an end, there have been few signs of joy from a dwindling fan base that watched the Phoenix Suns tumble to the bottom of the NBA standings and miss the playoffs for the eighth year in a row.

DPM: Responsibility Bill will bridge 'trust deficit'

The deputy prime minister yesterday admitted there is a “trust deficit” between the government and Bahamian people that he hopes to close with the Fiscal Responsibility Bill’s passage.KP Turnquest told Tribune Business that poor fiscal management, br

Buddy to headline roster for Americas World Cup qualifier

MEN’s senior national basketball team head coach Mario Bowleg called this current Bahamas roster “one of the most talented the federation has put together” as they continue to seek FIBA World Cup qualification.Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield will

'Like white on rice' for fiscal responsibility bill

The government was yesterday urged to be all over the Fiscal Responsibility Bill “like white on rice”, as it will give Bahamians confidence their VAT sacrifice is not in vain.Robert Myers, the Organisation for Responsible Governance’s (ORG) principal

FNM constituency association regrets picking Chipman

The Free National Movement’s Centreville Constituency Associationregrets backing Reece Chipman’s nomination for Parliament and will not recommend he be re-nominated in 2022, association chairman Juan Cartwright told The Tribune yesterday.

Manta wings back to the sea

AS part of their renowned release and research programme, a team of 20 marine aquarists at Atlantis, Paradise Island resort successfully completed the transfer of a 700+ pound manta ray (measured at a final wingspan of 11.4 feet) named Leyley from th

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