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AML donates $275k to aid staff, Dorian relief

AML Foods yesterday said it has donated more than $275,000 to support both Hurricane Dorian relief efforts and its 275 impacted employees in Grand Bahama.The BISX-listed food retail and franchise group said some $200,000 had been allocated to support

UN body teams to aid local MSMEs

THE Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG) has teamed with a United Nations (UN) body for an initiative designed to aid Dorian-ravaged micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).

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Five deaths, 93 COVID-19 cases reported on Friday

THE Bahamas recorded five additional COVID-19 deaths and 93 newly confirmed cases of the virus on Friday.

Police hunting for armed robbers

POLICE in New Providence are asking the public for help in solving a string of armed robberies, two of which occurred Friday at a fast food restaurant and on a jitney.In the first incident, shortly after 3pm Friday, a man armed with a firearm entered

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Teacher of the year named

THE Ministry of Education Teacher of the Year (TOY) Steering Committee hosted its first-ever teacher of the year luncheon with Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd at the Stapledon School Auditorium.

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Americans held after guns and ammunition found

TWO Americans are in police custody after a search of private residence in Abaco uncovered a high-powered weapon and more than 600 rounds of ammunition.

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Building character to build the future

EDUCATORS came together to attend workshops on several Bahamian islands to participate in the country’s second Character Day Training Workshop.The event took place on New Providence, Abaco and Grand Bahama and was geared toward informing educators ab

Ragged Islander's response

EDITOR, The Tribune.PLEASE allow a few lines to voice this Ragged Islander’s opinion. We, like our Bahamian brothers and sisters, are a proud people who can trace our inheritance on Ragged Island for the last few hundred years. The small settlement

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Free dental care clinic for Dorian victims

IT’S been nearly two months since Hurricane Dorian devastated Abaco and Grand Bahama and across the country, many health care organisations are continuing to respond to the health needs of Hurricane Dorian survivors. One of them is the Bahamas Denta

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Unidentified victims to have individual graves

UNIDENTIFIED victims of Hurricane Dorian will be placed in individual graves, with a key recovery agency in the country urging that “no one should exploit” this issue. This, according to Disaster Reconstruction Authority Managing Director Katherine

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Seven cancer organisations to share $90,000 donation

SEVEN cancer organisations will be able to provide free services to even more patients thanks to a recent $90,000 donation from CIBC FirstCaribbean.

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"Airbnb's just a pain for boutique operators"

AIRBNB has become a “proverbial pain in the butt” for boutique resort operators, the Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board’s (BOIPB) president said yesterday.Dr Keenan Larry Carroll, owner of the Sandpiper Inn, said: “Airbnb is a vexing problem that we

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Williams in dire need of support after Dorian

VOGAL Williams has coached countless Bahamian student-athletes in just about every sporting discipline during a physical education career that has spanned more than five decades. Now Williams is in dire need of support and he’s counting on those who

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'More storms like Dorian' warns UN secretary general

UNITED Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm on climate change at the UN’s Climate Action Summit yesterday, saying images of Hurricane Dorian’s destruction in Grand Bahama and Abaco will be seen more frequently if action is not

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PLP debate on Hurricane Dorian operations denied

HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie denied the opposition’s request yesterday for debate about the planning, management and execution of operations surrounding Hurricane Dorian.

Godfrey Rolle helps the Bearcats win home opener

GODFREY Rolle got the first start of his senior season with the Southwest Baptist University Bearcats and helped the team to win its home opener. Rolle finished with 15 points, shot 6-9 from the field, including 3-4 from three-point range of a 95-70

Chamber to 'champion climate change' focus

The Chamber of Commerce next year plans to “champion the cause of climate change” awareness and its impact on Bahamian business and livelihoods, its chief executive has revealed. Jeffery Beckles, the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confede

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Gardiner and Russell qualify for 400m semifinals

IT was an easy run for national record holder Steven Gardiner of Abaco, but a gallant comeback for Grand Bahamian Alonzo Russell as the two Bahamians advanced out of the heats of the men’s 400 metres on Sunday morning at the 2020 Olympic Games.

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UPDATED: Doctor dies in traffic accident

ABACO police are investigating a traffic accident that claimed the life of a woman who was a passenger on Sunday.

Keep it simple

Nothing has changed over the past 30 years. There is a constant and continual flow of economic migrants from Haiti, which remains still in an economic mess, even after massive aid after the earthquake, now years ago.