All results / Stories

Big Time Amateur Boxing Show results

RESULTS of the Champion Amateur Club's Big Time Amateur Boxing Show at the LW Young campus: Javon Johnson (LW Young) won over Travis Ferguson (LW Young), 21-17 Doncyn Cartwright (CH Reeves) won over Allen Joeseph (LW Young), 7-5 Gavin Rolle (RM Bailey) wo

Big Time Amateur Boxing Show results

RESULTS of the Champion Amateur Club's Big Time Amateur Boxing Show at the LW Young campus: Javon Johnson (LW Young) won over Travis Ferguson (LW Young), 21-17 Doncyn Cartwright (CH Reeves) won over Allen Joeseph (LW Young), 7-5 Gavin Rolle (RM Bailey) wo

Big Time Amateur Boxing Show results

RESULTS of the Champion Amateur Club's Big Time Amateur Boxing Show at the LW Young campus: Javon Johnson (LW Young) won over Travis Ferguson (LW Young), 21-17 Doncyn Cartwright (CH Reeves) won over Allen Joeseph (LW Young), 7-5 Gavin Rolle (RM Bailey) wo

Technologists fear quality ‘compromised’ under NHI

Medical technologists have expressed “serious concerns” that healthcare quality could be “compromised” by the Government’s plan for doctors to conduct laboratory tests themselves under National Health Insurance (NHI).

Tease photo

WORLD VIEW: Guyanese electorate shows maturity despite frustration

In what turned-out to be a very close general election the 22-year reign of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) as the government of Guyana has come to an end. By a narrow margin of just over 5,000 votes it fell four and a half years short of the rule of the People’s National Congress (PNC), which lasted for 27 years.

IDB decries zero Gov’t management progress

The Bahamas made virtually zero progress in improving its public sector management efficiency and performance over a five-year period to 2013, a newly-released Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report has revealed.

BISX-listed firms blame profits drop on inflation

Two BISX-listed companies have blamed surging inflation for a margin squeeze that resulted in first-half and second quarter 2023 profits slipping against prior year comparatives.

Tease photo

Spectacular debut for Red-Line Athletics in Texas

THE Red-Line Athletics’ 20-plus member team made a spectacular debut at the Texas Tech High School over the weekend in Texas.

Tease photo

'We don't want the Valley Boys to boycott Junkanoo'

JUNKANOO Corporation of New Providence Chairman Dion Miller is “disappointed” with the Valley Boys’ threat to boycott further parades after the official 2019 Boxing Day results placed the Shell Saxons as victors of the parade.“We don’t need that kind

Crime, overpayments and shoddy work blamed as construction costs triple

By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net CONSTRUCTION costs for a government complex skyrocketed to more than triple the initially contracted sum as a result of "defective work", overpayments, and suspected criminal activity, a

Tease photo

$200 FINE OR THREE MONTHS IN PRISON FOR FAKE COVID TEST

AN Abaco man who paid nearly $200 for a fake COVID test that he presented to officials at the airport in an attempt to return home must now pay $5,000 to avoid spending three months behind bars.

Tease photo

Six ordered to pay back $30,000

FIVE women and a man were ordered to pay back the $30,000 they collectively defrauded a local lending institution out of two years ago by using fake Department of Education employment letters.

Root of problem must be tackled

In response to MP Richard Lightbourn’s suggestion to the nation’s problem that is a result of irresponsible sexual behaviour or habits. To enact legal rights for tubal ligation for a single woman with two children, not to allow her to have any more children.

IAN FERGUSON: Employee well-being is vital post-Matthew

Abraham Maslow provides a psychological framework that reminds us of how important it is to meet human needs, thus allowing people to achieve a level of self-actualisation, efficiency and productivity. When individuals are unable to have their very basic needs met, it becomes quite challenging for them to live out their best existence.

Bahamian man charged in US on three human smuggling incidents

A 33-YEAR-OLD Bahamian man was arrested and charged in the United States yesterday in connection with three maritime human smuggling incidents — including one that resulted in five deaths.

Tease photo

180 tests were used in free pilot scheme on Inagua

HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville said 180 rapid antigen tests were administered last week during the government’s pilot free testing programme on Inagua, resulting in three positive COVID-19 results.

Tease photo

Darville: Drop in cases may be result of low testing

HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville urged Bahamians not to become overly optimistic about the slight drop in recent COVID-19 infections, saying the declining numbers could be a result of low virus testing.

Tease photo

Landslide of voters said 'NO'

OUT OF 38 constituencies in the Bahamas only three returned a majority “yes” vote, Acting Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall said yesterday.

Pay rules for holiday

THE Cabinet has announced that tomorrow, a Public Holiday, is being observed as Majority Rule Day. As a result, stores wishing to do so may open for business during normal business hours. However, employers are to note that employees who are normally

Bank support for web shops

I am the father of a 28-year-old Bahamian professional. My daughter and her husband recently applied for a mortgage at one of the commercial banks, even though they qualified they were informed that the bank was unable to give them the mortgage because the lot they were purchasing was in a subdivision owned by one of the Gaming Companies.