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Man accused of sex attack on 15-year-old girl at regatta

A MAN made his initial court appearance yesterday on a charge of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl during the Long Island regatta earlier this month.

Passenger spending

I would appreciate you publishing my open letter to Mr Michael Bayley, CEO, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

No sympathy for Fusion

The Fusion Super-plex complex complains about BPL and its power outages impact on their business.

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Sex attack on woman during blackout

A FORMER Parliamentarian was sexually assaulted and robbed early yesterday morning during an island-wide blackout, The Tribune has learned.

Aviation promoted to Florida's pilots

BAHAMIAN student, Marie Irene Ajero, presents an artistic hand painted aviation chock to the president of the Florida Air Museum, John Burton, at the recent Sun N' Fun Aviation Show in Lakeland, Florida.

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Woman dies in triple shooting

A woman was killed and two other people were taken to hospital after a shooting incident on Ragged Island Street on Wednesday night.

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$6k bail for man accused of death threat to girlfriend

A MAN is in custody after allegedly breaking into his girlfriend’s house in Cat Island last month and threatening to kill her.

Bahamas Department of Meteorology issues severe weather warning until 3.00pm

The Bahamas Department of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning from 1:00 pm to 3:00pm, Tuesday, 26th September, 2016.

VAT extension for Dorian-hit islands

The government has extended the deadline for filing September and October’s VAT returns to November 30, 2019, for businesses devastated by Hurricane Dorian. The Department of Inland Revenue confirmed the extension for all VAT registrants on Abaco, t

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Atlantis hits out at BPL after outage

The Atlantis resort has hit out at Bahamas Power and Light following Friday night’s island-wide power outage.

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VIDEO: Bimini in darkness as fire hits BPL facility

A MASSIVE fire ripped through a Bahamas Power and Light facility in Bimini last night, leaving the island in darkness.

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Team Bahamas to face Mexico today

TEAM Bahamas is all geared up and ready to compete in their opening game of the CentroBasket Tournament today in the British Virgin Islands. The team, which left town on Monday, will be playing against five other teams for one of the three spots tha

Nomination Day for candidates vying for Local Government seats

CANDIDATES looking to throw their names in the hat to become local government representatives in Grand Bahama nominated themselves for the posts yesterday.Candidates representing every constituency on the island showed up to various nomination centre.

Big Game afoot for Bimini

THE Big Game Club on Bimini yesterday said its re-opening had sparked a number of new tourism opportunities on the island. The resort is continuing to build its own tourism-focused base in 2012, promoting its traditional water sports activities, along wit

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164 Haitians stopped on 40-foot sailing boat

THE United States Coast Guard repatriated 164 Haitian migrants after it intercepted a 40-foot ‘grossly overloaded’ sailing boat off Long Island.

Tropical Storm Erin has formed

TROPICAL Storm Erin has formed and was yesterday moving away from the Cape Verde Islands in the eastern Atlantic, with expectations that it will strengthen over the next two days.

Bimini developer unveils casino training course

Resorts World Bimini yesterday announced the launch of a six-week Roulette training course for island residents, with selected graduates to be offered employment at its casino.
 The course, said to be one of several training programmes created by the developer, gives participants the opportunity to further their career in the casino industry.

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Prizes for filmmakers

THE Grand Bahama Port Authority added to the Christmas festivities of two Nassau filmmakers by providing cash prizes for their winning entries in a Grand Bahama Island film competition.

SEVERE WEATHER WARNING 3.30pm-8.30pm

THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE WEATHER WARNING FROM 3:30PM TUESDAY …UNTIL 8:30PM.

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New home listings surge 1,025% on ‘right-sizing’

New home listings in the major Bahamian islands increased by 1,025 percent year-over-year for the 2023 second quarter, a major realtor disclosed yesterday, amid signs it is “slowly turning to a buyer’s market” after a “bonkers” post-COVID.