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Medical technicians file redundancy pay dispute

THE Department of Labour was yesterday “aggressively” addressing a labour dispute involving 13 employees of St Luke’s Diagnostic Medical Laboratory who have been made redundant. Robert Farquharson, director of labour, told Tribune Business: “That is

RM Bailey to mark 50th anniversary

RM Bailey Senior High School, in partnership with its alumni association, will host the official launch of its 50th anniversary celebration events with a church service this Sunday at Cousin McPhee Cathedral on Carmichael Road.

Hotels bet on technology to attract, dazzle guests

LAS VEGAS (AP) — It takes just minutes for a room service attendant to respond to a text message asking for a soda, bringing the Diet Coke on a tray with a glass of ice and lime wedges, no need for the modern hassle of placing a phone call.

‘Killers will be brought to justice’ says Dames

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames has warned those committing murders would be caught and brought to justice.

Mixed results for our NCAA players

IT was a weekend of mixed results for Bahamian NCAA Division I basketball players as their respective programmes continued their progression into conference play. DeAndre Ayton was the top performer among the group with a game high 24 points and sev

Gardiner uncertain over World Indoors

HE’S uncertain over whether or not he will suit up to compete in the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) World Indoor Championships. But if he does decide to go to Birmingham, England, in March, Steven Gardiner has shown that he’s ready for the challenge.

Govt's four-six months to 'deliver on pledges before credibility loss'

THE Government has four to six months to “deliver on their promises before they start to lose credibility”, a governance reform campaigner has warned.Robert Myers, a principal with the Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG), told Tribune Busin

Teenagers charged on two killings

TWO male juveniles were arraigned on murder and other gun-related charges in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

Campaign seeks to help children affected by violence

NEARLY a year has passed since The Bahamas Crisis Centre initiated the National Early Intervention Programme for Children Exposed to Violence (NEIPC) in February 2016. With the growing demand to provide specific trauma-focused therapy for people who

We are the champions

Akhepran Academy completed a perfect run through the junior boys division as they successfully defended their title in the fifth annual Freedom Baptist Academy Majority Day Rule Basketball Tournament yesterday at the Anatol Rodgers Gymnasium.Saving t

‘Morale as low as water pressure’

PRESIDENT of the Bahamas Utilities Service and Allied Workers Union (BUSAWU) Dwayne Woods said yesterday it was a coincidence that water pressure throughout New Providence was low one day after workers reportedly staged a ‘sick out’ at the Water and Sewerage Corporation.

Job initiatives rolled out by Minister of Labour

LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes announced a slate of three new employment initiatives yesterday, geared toward easily pairing potential employers with job seekers via the Department of Labour. During a press conference at the department’s Rosetta Stree

Five held by police after bloody start to year in GB

FIVE men are now in custody assisting police with three murder investigations in Freeport and could be arraigned by the end of the week, as Assistant Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander and a team of officers from New Providence are in Grand Bahama assisting police on the island to bring closure to the matters.

What Aidan taught me and John Hopkins

Hundreds gathered in St Anslem’s Catholic Church on Friday for the funeral of two-year-old cancer victim Aidan Carron.

EDITORIAL: Trump under fire - and furious

Two relatively unploughed fields of battle have now opened in Washington, DC for America’s most adept media manipulator. While President Donald Trump’s public 2017 fights with critics and erstwhile friends were largely limited to TV and print media, the worlds of books and movies have now been added to the public frenzy that is the current US presidency.

Minister tells PLP: 'Sit small' on NHI

THE Minister of Health has told political opponents to “sit small” over National Health Insurance (NHI), while admitting he has yet to receive a written legal opinion on the scheme.Dr Duane Sands told Tribune Business that he would “absolutely” make

Court dismisses employees' seven-day work week appeal

THE Court of Appeal has dismissed the legal bid of more than 20 Freeport Container Port employees to overturn the Supreme Court's upholding of their employer's previously implemented seven-day work week on the grounds that was not in violation of the Employment Act.

Bus robbery sentence upheld but fake gun appeal allowed

A MAN sentenced jailed for robbing a bus driver as well as up to 30 of his passengers with a gun almost six years ago had his legal bid to contest his sentence dismissed by the Court of Appeal.Former Court of Appeal President Dame Anita Allen, along

Bahamians 'lucky' to escape illegal aviator's damage

FORMER Bahamian ‘partners’ of an illegal charter operator yesterday admitted they were “very fortunate” to have escaped serious damage to their reputations and business.Captain Fredrick McPhee, proprietor of Nassau-based KA Flight Training Centre, to

‘NHI legal’ ruling upsets overhaul

A long-anticipated legal opinion from the Office of the Attorney General complicates the Minnis administration’s effort to create a National Health Insurance (NHI) programme that fits its preferences and will likely limit the administration’s ability to quickly accomplish its NHI goals, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands confirmed yesterday.

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