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Abaco, Long Island and Exuma to get new weather radars
THE GOVERNMENT is planning to purchase at least three additional "state of the art" Doppler weather radars for approximately $18 million to strengthen the country's weather tracking services, Department of Meteorology Director Trevor Basden said on Friday.
Two staff now suspended over prom use of ambulance
TWO Public Hospitals Authority employees have been suspended for 10 days after allowing a teenage girl to use a government ambulance for her prom entrance in Abaco last Friday.
Ben Darbyshire leads Bahamian sailors at U-19 Sail Canada Youth Championships
BEN Darbyshire led a five-member team of Bahamian youth sailors ages 14-16 at the Under-19 Sail Canada Youth Championships in the Laser Class Sailboat in Kingston, Ontario.
400 acres ablaze in Berry Islands
A massive 400-acre bush fire in the Berry Islands that has burned over the past few days was threatening nearby homes yesterday, prompting a team from New Providence to fly to the area.
Mitchell: We will fight smears against country
FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday that the government will use every resource to fight any smear campaign against the country.
Environmentalists warn of damage to Guana Cay reefs
THE once pristine reef system surrounding the tiny island of Guana Cay in the Abacos has suffered extensive damage since construction of the controversial Baker’s Bay development, environmentalists claim.
FNM Deputy: Leader didn't want me as his second-in-command
FNM Deputy Leader Loretta Butler-Turner revealed for the first time yesterday that party chief Dr Hubert Minnis initially did not want her as his second-in-command.
Carnival jobs helped with unemployment
THE Department of Statistics is expected to announce today that the overall unemployment rate is now at 12.7 per cent after a 2.1 per cent decline, with officials pointing to Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival “related activities” accounting for some of the improvement, according to the 2016 Labour Force Survey results obtained by The Tribune.
D’Andre Vilmar gets offers from Oklahoma Sooners, 49ers and Bulls
AFTER a productive offseason on various AAU summer circuits, the major Division I offers he predicted are starting to roll in for Bahamian high school basketball star D’Andre Vilmar.
Licences 'soon' for nation's second cellular provider, says PM
THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) will award licences to the country’s second cellular mobile services provider soon, Prime Minister Perry Christie said during his budget communication yesterday.
US donates generators and reverse osmosis systems to NEMA for shelters
THE United States government donated 28 generators that will be deployed to shelters in seven Family Islands and six reverse osmosis systems.
New legal hurdle faces govt on shanty towns
THE government faces a new legal challenge over the possible demolition of shanty towns after an appeal was filed against an earlier ruling.
EDITORIAL: The blame game in politics
BLAME is an easy thing to do. Something has gone wrong? Blame someone else. It’s their fault. It does not seem to matter who “they” are – it’s not you, so blame them instead.
Sand Wars flag football tourney begins in a month
SAND Wars Bahamas returns for their sixth edition of the beach flag football tournament in exactly one month.
Girlfriend of murder victim ‘broken’
THE girlfriend of a 24-year-old man who was killed in Abaco on Monday said she is “broken”, adding the victim was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
EDITORIAL: Who will bear the cost of climate change?
HURRICANE Dorian was a monster. It bore down on Abaco and Grand Bahama and ripped the islands to pieces. The cost of the lives lost in the storm is immeasurable, there is no price you can put on a life. The damage, however, carried a financial toll, one that The Bahamas had to bear, even though there was a helping hand from others in the aftermath.
West End becomes the latest Bahamas Outpost
The Old Bahama Bay Resort and Yacht Harbour yesterday became the third northern Bahamas addition this year to Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts’ Expedition Properties Portfolio, via a branding and marketing agreement.
RYAN PINDER ACCUSES INGRAHAM OF ‘MANIPULATING’ THE SYSTEM
RYAN Pinder, Elizabeth MP and Financial Services Minister, has accused former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham of “manipulating” the system to take advantage of the Bahamian people.
Backing for Greg Gomez amid outcry
DESPITE concerns raised over his employment history in the United States, the FNM is fully backing their North Abaco candidate Greg Gomez, saying they have seen enough evidence to suggest that their candidate was employed at three different schools in South Florida.