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EDITORIAL: A warning we can’t ignore

ON a day when President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, there is a stark reality on show for The Bahamas.

UN warns of long road back for fishing sector

THE Bahamas’ lobster and fisheries industry - a sector worth $75m - has been severely set back by Hurricane Dorian, and United Nations assessors say it could take two years for Abaco and Grand Bahama to recover. A report by The Food and Agriculture

Boats used by poachers to be given to local fishermen

BOATS seized from Dominican poachers will this week start to be distributed by the government to Bahamian fishermen affected by Hurricane Dorian. Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard told The Tribune yesterday that distributi

Baker’s Bay could offer up to 1,500 jobs as it rebuilds

BAKER’S Bay Golf and Ocean Club will need between 1,000 and 1,500 construction workers to rebuild the resort, according to Director of Labour John Pinder.

Central Bank: Dorian inflicts a $2.5bn blow

The Central Bank's governor yesterday forecast that total Hurricane Dorian losses could exceed $2.5bn at the "low end" - a sum equivalent to 20 percent of The Bahamas' total economic output.

Central Bank eyes 'movable collateral registry' initiative

The Central Bank is set to study the feasibility of creating “a registry to track movable chattel pledged by borrowers”, such as vehicles, in a bid to improve credit access for deserving borrowers. John Rolle, the Central Bank’s governor, yesterday

‘Totalled’ Abaco resort awaiting summer re-open

An Abaco resort operator yesterday said her property is unlikely to re-open until summer 2020 after it was “totalled” by Hurricane Dorian with “nothing left of the marina”.

Evacuees ask - where is your compassion?

JUST a day after Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced that all “illegal” migrants will be banned from Abaco’s Family Relief Centre, some storm victims living in shelters are calling for the government to show more compassion to those without immigration status, citing the move as a “heartless” one.

Rising seas risk worse than feared

NEW research show rising seas will have worse impact than previously known, with most of Grand Bahama, Abaco and Spanish Wells projected to be under flood levels by 2050 because of climate change.

RBDF looks into reports of foreign poachers

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force is investigating reports of foreign poachers being spotted in Bahamian waters. The vessels have reportedly been seen in the southern Bahamas during the past few days. No information was available at the time of going

The story of Miracle is a lesson to us all

I am a Bahamian – hailing from the island of Grand Bahama – retired and now living with my wife in Florida. My wife is an American, from the state of Ohio, who lived with me in The Bahamas for over 40 years, which shows, I believe, our contentment with living in The Bahamas. However, after my uncle passed away, I inherited his estate and with our two adult sons, already residing in the US, hence our move to Florida.

Truckers, Wildcats keep All-Star titles in Nassau

The Bahamas Softball Federation’s All-Star Classic on Sunday in aid of Hurricane Dorian relief saw the Commando Security Truckers and the Sunshine Auto Wildcats keeping the titles here in New Providence. In the late game played on Sunday night to co

YOU GO GIRL: Scieska follows in her aunt’s footsteps to be a true ‘giveback girl’

Helping those in need will never go out of style. And for the family that makes up the Giveback Girl organisation, the goal each year is to do more than they did the previous year.

Bahamas 'on it' during world's top boat show

Marina operators yesterday said The Bahamas “was on it” at the world’s largest boat show in a bid to lure more yachting business and aid post-Dorian recovery efforts. Joe Dargavage, vice-president of the Bahamas Marinas Association (BMA), and owner

EDITORIAL: Honour those serving in uniform today

THERE is a notable contrast to be seen in today’s Tribune.

INSIGHT: Cry for Haiti but UN is start throwing stones at us

Every other week there’s some demand from the UN – this time, from the High Commissioner for Refugees - so what should The Bahamas, a nation still reeling from the devastation suffered at the merciless hands of Hurricane Dorian, do as it relates to upholding our immigration policies? Considering the disastrous state Haiti is in right now - its democracy threatened daily through violent protests demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise - it is absolutely understandable that no sensible person will want to go there.

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