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‘Rules are there - just enforce them’

SKY Bahamas CEO Captain Randy Butler yesterday cautioned the government over the proposed licence control regulations for small-craft pilots, claiming the new rules only “over-regulates” an over-taxed industry currently fighting for survival.

Plane hackers’ days numbered

TOURISM and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday said he expects regulations that would restrict a pilot’s ability to classify flights as commercial or leisure to be reviewed and legislated within the “next month or two,” as part of a move to crack down on the deadly practice of “hacking”.

IDB: Bahamas ‘4x costlier’ over company registration

Registering a company in the Bahamas is “four times’ costlier” than in developed countries, with less than 3 per cent of government procedures able to be completed online.

National Cyber-Crime Strategy critical to underpin ‘tech hub’

THE Bahamas must develop a National Cyber-crime Strategy otherwise its plans to become a ‘technology hub’ will be “gravely affected”, the Attorney General’s Office has warned.

Turtle killing

I don’t have the mental toughness to view a 41 second Facebook video of a purported Grand Bahama male resident bludgeoning the head of an obviously distressed sea turtle.

World Kidney Day puts the spotlight on Women’s Health

WORLD Kidney Day was celebrated globally on Thursday.

FINCO profits near-double on 50% loan provision fall

FINANCE Corporation of the Bahamas (FINCO) profits near-doubled in 2017 due to a more than 50 per cent drop in loan loss provisions, even though bad credit increased to $121 million.Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) mortgage arm, in financial statements r

MONEY MATTERS: Identifying the bare necessities of life

TVs. Laptops. Cellular phones. Turn on any device and you are constantly bombarded by advertisements to consume. Facebook. Instagram. Snapchat. Interact with anyone on social media and you are constantly flooded by advertisements. Food. Entertainment

EDITORIAL: Tug-of-War between Trump and FBI

LAST Saturday had the potential to be one of the great news days of 2018, and it delivered on that promise. In the continuing, deepening battle between Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the US Department of Justice and the FBI on one side and American president Donald Trump and his scarred administration on the other, last Saturday could have represented a home run for either side.

McMinns to take part in 'Diamond In The Rough' Football Combine

BAHAMIAN collegiate gridiron star Eugene McMinns is looking to make the transition to professional football with an upcoming trial next month.McMinns is expected to participate in the “Diamond In The Rough” Football Combine. The event will be hosted

Bahamian honorary consul in landfill bid

A BAHAMIAN Honorary Consul is among the principals in a consortium named as one of the seven bids to qualify for the next round of the New Providence landfill management tender. Cedric Scott, the actor, producer and uncle of former Cabinet minister,

Progress - but we have to do better: Crime rate falls despite 10 percent jump in murders

OVERALL crime in the country declined by 13 percent in 2017 compared with 2016, according to Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson, however murders during this period jumped by 10 percent.

PM’s response to fish fry alert ‘comical’ says PLP leader

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ response to the US State Department warning its citizens against visiting Fish Fry at Arawak Cay at night was “comical” and “lackadaisical,” Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday.

INSIGHT: We treat murderers and rapists better than we treat people suspected of having ‘Haitian blood’

When people hear the term “ethnic cleansing” they tend to think of notorious historical genocides – mass exterminations of people under the most graphic and shocking of circumstances. References to “concentration camps” usually evoke images like the unspeakable horrors of Auschwitz, the huge death toll of the Soviet Gulags, mass graves in the former Yugoslavia.

INSIGHT: Who’s afraid of ‘Big Bad Mary Jane’?

IT is “high” time the conversation of marijuana decriminalisation or legalisation be approached intellectually. This has been a subject of recent debate, particularly gaining momentum at the beginning of the year. CARICOM’s regional assessments led to a town meeting over a week ago, where despite a lack representation from the people that oppose marijuana decriminalisation or legalisation, there was still a good turnout as citizens came to voice their opinions on the issue.

BDB offers as 'vehicle' for Ministries' goals

THE Bahamas Development Bank (BDB) plans to offer itself as a “vehicle” through which government ministries can realise their goals in industries such as tourism, agriculture and culture.Lynden Nairn, the bank’s chairman, told Tribune Business that s

Don't let the scale fool you: Why you could still be at risk for diabetes

(THE CONVERSATION) – Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions, with an estimated 29 million people in the US having the disease and another 86 million considered prediabetic. With an estimated cost of $245 billion, prevention becomes critica

Development Bank eyes 37% loss fall

THE Bahamas Development Bank’s (BDB) chairman expects a 37 per cent reduction in its 2017 net loss to $1.2 million, and pledged: “We are headed in the right direction.”Lynden Nairn told Tribune Business in a recent interview that the Board is laying

EDITORIAL: Trump under fire - and furious

Two relatively unploughed fields of battle have now opened in Washington, DC for America’s most adept media manipulator. While President Donald Trump’s public 2017 fights with critics and erstwhile friends were largely limited to TV and print media, the worlds of books and movies have now been added to the public frenzy that is the current US presidency.

Public has its say on marital rape issue

THE issue of marital rape and whether it should become a crime has become a hot topic of debate in recent weeks, more than eight years after the last Ingraham administration shelved legislation to do just that amid public backlash.In light of the pub

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