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BTVI meets Minister on solar energy re-launch

Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) team members met recently with the Minister of Environment and Housing ahead of plans to re-launch its solar training programme in 2018.Romauld Ferreira reiterated the Ministry’s mandate to increase r

‘One law for all’ call on BPL no disconnect list

The existence of a Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) ‘do not disconnect’ list threatens to undermine accountability and the concept of “one law for all”, a governance reformer warned yesterday.

Learning to live with asthma

EXPERIENCING symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath and chest tightness should never be taken lightly as it may be the beginning of a journey to asthma.

DeAndre Ayton's Wildcats 'to be top offensive team'

DEANDRE Ayton is expected to be an individual standout for the Arizona Wildcats this season, but his presence among a highly touted recruiting class has pundits ranking them among the top teams in all of college basketball.ESPN projects the Wildcats

Sebastian Gray: 'I am one of the leaders of the team'

ENTERING his sophomore season at the JuCo level, Sebastian Gray is expected to take on a greater leadership role with his Northern Oklahoma-Enid Jets men’s basketball programme.Gray is one of just five sophomores and is the second leading scorer of a

Arthur, the boy living in the paediatric ward

FOR five-year-old Arthur, a perfect day consists of touring the hospital with his favourite nurse, eating lots of pizza and watching Barney shows.

The patients stuck in hospital with no home to go to

THOUSANDS of dollars spent daily at Princess Margaret Hospital to lodge homeless patients exposes an historic gap in the country’s ability to adequately care for its citizens in the face of rising demands for public health care, The Tribune has learned.

Bahamians 'put out of business' if no lending, exchange control ease

Bahamian companies will be “put out of business” if exchange controls and bank lending rates are not relaxed before this nation enters liberalised trade regimes.Robert Myers, a principal with the Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG), told Tr

Nassau/PI resorts in booking rebound

Bahamian resorts say they have already begun to see bookings rebound post Hurricane Irma, with one executive predicting an even bigger boost as travellers re-book.Ed Fields, Atlantis’s senior vice-president of public relations, told Tribune Business:

Businessmen slam IMF’s ‘disastrous’ income tax plan

Bahamian businessmen yesterday slammed the IMF’s income tax proposal, demanding: “Don’t even talk to us about more taxation until the Government’s cleaned its house.”

A hero’s welcome home

Hailed as a “silver lining” in the destruction left behind by Hurricane Irma, Gavin McKinney returned home on Wednesday night to a “hero’s welcome” as the fourth Bahamian to win a world sailing championship title.

THE FINISH LINE: Athletes who should be considered for some type of national recognition

THERE has been another clarion call for a permanent recognition for legendary sailor Sir Durward “Sea Wolf” Knowles.

Irma exposes ‘dire need to put our house in order’

Hurricane Irma has reinforced “the dire need” for the Bahamas to put “its fiscal and economic house in order” before a similar storm strikes, a governance reformer warned yesterday.

Budding entrepreneurs discover fertile landscape

Getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to Marc-Arnold Christophe and Ryan Ferguson.Their terminations gave them the freedom and spark to launch their own business, True Green, a landscaping company.The 23-year-olds met in 2012, at their

Minister to revive BTVI partnership

The Minister of Labour has pledged to revive his ministry’s partnership with the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI), in a bid to improve its graduates’ employment prospects.Dion Foulkes was speaking after BTVI’s president, Dr Robert W.

‘Tornado sounded like a freight train running through our home’

GRAND Bahama resident Peter Roberts said it sounded like a “freight train” ran through his home on Sunday when a tornado passed through, the force of the twister so strong the wind picked him up and threw him to the ground as he and his wife tried to get to safety.

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