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52 to take courses to receive captain's licence
A TOTAL of 52 youths will participate in the first-ever Urban Renewal Maritime Programme.
Murder accused ‘should not get bail’
NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday reiterated that persons charged with murder should not receive bail.
Man on bail killed by shots to head and back
A MAN who was out on bail for murder became the country’s latest murder victim when he was shot in his head and back yesterday morning. It happened around 8:45am.
Anger over 'blank cheque' for NIB purchase of building
A RESOLUTION for the National Insurance Board to purchase the Rodney A. Bain Building was met with considerable opposition by FNM MPs in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Fines may go up to $500 for removal of derelict cars
THE Christie administration’s push to bring changes to the Derelict Motor Vehicles Disposal Bill will see harsher fines and penalties enforced on law breakers.
Aim for 'transparency' over seized fish stocks
WHILE questions continue to linger over confiscated fishery goods, Minister of State for Finance Michael Halkitis says the government is working to improve its level of transparency in their processes of collection and distribution.
Hoping for the best
By Rev. Angela C. Bosfield Palacious
Promising signs but shaky script for new Bahamian film
Nathaniel P Lewis is a determined Bahamian film-maker. His “Politicking in Paradise” movie earned plaudits at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival’s Grand Bahama offshoot. “Frapper Avec Amour” is his latest short.
Police officers taken off 12-hour shifts
THE Royal Bahamas Police Force has started to take officers off the 12-hour work shift, introduced in September in an attempt to get crime under control, The Tribune understands.
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EDITOR, The Tribune.
'Help our little girl to defeat cancer'
SINCE last November, five-year-old Zion Knowles has needed 16 different types of medication at a cost of $4,679.75 each month to prevent a leukaemia relapse.
Turnquest defends mandatory minimum sentences
FORMER National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest yesterday defended the Ingraham administration’s decision to introduce mandatory minimum sentences, insisting it was “a pity” that the judiciary had not fully supported the initiative. Minimum mandatory sentences were enacted in 2011 with the previous administration’s passing of a collection of bills intended to fight escalating crime levels. Since then, several members of the judiciary have called for the government to reconsider the law.
Dairy Queen helps to make miracle happen for Zion
THE Dairy Queen restaurant franchise yesterday announced the launch of its first annual Miracle Treat Day, an initiative to help sick children in the Bahamas. The event, which is held every year in the United States and Canada, will take place on August 14.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Talk is cheap but crime is exacting a heavy price
SOME time ago, I said that The Bahamas is a powder keg. Today, I believe in that statement even more than I did then. Our society is imploding and we have reached the point of absolute crisis. There is no other description for the criminality and mayhem happening around us on a daily basis.
'All Clear' as Erika degenerates, but Bahamas could still see heavy rain
RESIDENTS are advised to remain on alert despite early indications that Tropical Storm Erika may not make direct landfall in the Bahamas.
What's next?
By Dr Ian Bethell Bennett
A frightened society now speaks its mind
A FEW days ago a person commented that they didn’t understand all the fuss being made about constitutional changes to give women equal rights in their marriage if after all these years none of them ever raised their voices in protest to get it for themselves.
Sickle cell warrior defies the odds
Mother-of-two struggles to make ends meet
She was never supposed to live past the age of eight. Now, she’s 42.
Bahamas misses over marine genetics share
The Bahamian people are earning nothing from foreign exploitation of this nation's marine genetic resources that has produced over 100 "new natural products", a report has revealed.
SUSPECT SHOT DEAD ‘OVER BAG OF WEED’: Officer taken off duty as police open probe into Exuma shooting
AN Exuma man died about two hours after he was shot by an off-duty police officer on that island on Wednesday night, police said.