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Headaches
A significant health problem in today’s society is headaches. Not only are they painful and debilitation to the people who have them, they cause lost productivity, which can cost in the millions of dollars.Headaches are one of the most common reasons
ISLAND INSIGHTS: Infrastructure investment ke yto unlock Cat Island's potential
Island Overview The cradle of Bahamian rake ‘n’ scrape music, obeah and plantations, Cat Island is the undisputed cultural heart of the Bahamas. While finding sustainable ways to monetise Cat Island’s cultural exports has proven challenging, the isla
Concern raised over schedule of compacting at landfill site
ONE of the nation’s environmental groups has raised concern over the current state of affairs at the New Providence Landfill since the May 10 general election.Representatives of Raising Awareness for the Bahamas Landfill (RABL), noting the proposals
Dorsett denies hiding landfill report
FORMER Environment Minister Kenred Dorsett denied accusations yesterday that the former government sought to “suppress” a damning report from the Pan American Health Organisation, which classified the New Providence Landfill as an “urgent public health hazard” presenting a “chronic health risk” to residents.
Govt ‘seeks landfill solutions in both short and long term’
THE Minnis administration has announced plans to pursue the “deconstruction and proper engineering” of the New Providence Landfill in response to a 28-page report compiled by officials from the Pan-American and World Health Organisations earlier this year.
Landfill ‘urgent health hazard’
THE New Providence Landfill has been classified as an “urgent public health hazard” presenting a “chronic health risk” to those operating in and around its vicinity, according to a report compiled by the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation and submitted to the former Christie administration at the end of April.
EDITORIAL: Is US President Trump facing his Watergate?
WHEN American President Donald Trump summarily fired the US Attorney General James Comey last week, it felt like a watershed moment. Or, perhaps, a Watergate moment.
THE PRESSBOX: ‘A trip down memory lane’ on this day in sports history
DOWN the home stretch we come in ‘silly season’.
EDITORIAL: A ‘boogeyman’ chasing ‘Brave’ Davis?
SPEAKING at a PLP town hall meeting last Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis warned his listeners that the return of former deputy prime minister Brent Symonette to frontline politics was proof that the FNM was now representing the interests of the “Bay Street Boys” – not that of the people.
Obesity and cancer
Obesity affects many people worldwide. In fact, 1.1 billion adults and 10 per cent of children are either overweight or obese. As for us in the Bahamas, the obesity rate is an alarming 42.5 per cent in women and 29.7 per cent in men.
MEDITATION: Endangered species
WHEN we think of our beautiful country with its turquoise waters, we should immediately think of preservation and conservation in the midst of economic expansion and development. We have many visitors to our shores and they need to be properly instructed, as we should have been from birth, to protect that which has been entrusted to us by God.
MOT launches bio-degradable campaign against Styrofoam
WITH support of local wholesale suppliers and retailers, a year-long bio-degradable campaign to reduce Styrofoam was launched on Grand Bahama on Friday.
Albury, Gibson call for gun changes
A MEMBER of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) yesterday called on the Christie administration to “fast-track” the issuance of gun licences to “upstanding citizens who have no criminal records” so that they will not be “left defenceless and at the mercy of violent criminals”.
Bahamas tops Caribbean on crime’s economic cost
The Bahamas leads the entire Caribbean on economic losses stemming from crime, losing $434 million or almost 5 per cent of its annual gross domestic product (GDP) to the scourge.
Families devastated by Freeport double killing
AS police look for three Bimini men they want to speak with in connection with Wednesday’s double homicide in Grand Bahama, the shooting deaths of the two young men from Hunters have left that small community in shock.
Book review: Dr Leslie Minus offers exciting, refreshing reflection on the life of Jacob
IS it correct to suggest that Jacob stole the birthright of Esau? Was the place of the burial of Rachel the same as the birth of Christ? If so, what was its original name? What is the prophetic connection between the reconciliation of Esau and Jacob…and 9/11? Is prosperity always the result of divine blessing?
Business owner shoots man dead at premises
THE rash of deadly shootings to start the year continued in New Providence last evening, with police now investigating two separate incidents that claimed the lives of two men.
Protestors call for national ‘sit down’
A HANDFUL of protestors, including Trade Union Congress President Obie Ferguson and We March Bahamas organisers, assembled in Rawson Square yesterday with placards a day after they called on workers across the country to have a national “sit down”.
Time to get Greenslade out
Tribune Headline 19 Jan 2017. The question that begs asking with The Tribune Headline today is: “Is this the same Commissioner Greenslade” that last week boasted that “Serious Crime Is Down” ? or “Crime is down except murders”?
Bahamas branded ‘debt crisis victim’
The Bahamas’ ‘junk’ downgrade has drawn sympathy from a religious development coalition, which says this nation’s fate highlights the need for structured processes to resolve “financial crises”.