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Where are the journalists?

Where are the journalists in the country? All I see are “reporters” not journalists. I am very disappointed in what I read in the newspapers and hear on the radio and see on TV when it comes to news.

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Renaldo's Ramblings: NFL Wild Card Picks

AS MOSES descended from Mount Sinai with the stone tablets dictating the rules of NFL Playoff football, his followers took note of the inscribed: If you are taking a young quarterback (rookie/sophomore) on the road...you’d better trust that quarterback more than you trust your barber the day before your wedding.

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Sentence delay for man who caused $1.2m road damage

A MAN who admitted for the second time to causing $1.2 million damage to the airport road was told by a magistrate that she would need time to consider the factors in his case before deciding what to do with him. Acting Chief Magistrate Joyanne Ferguson-Pratt told 53-year-old Thomas Alexander Rigby that he would be medically and psychologically evaluated before she makes a decision on September 27.

Government distracted; fiscal restraint needed

THE MOMENT we saw the first questions for the so-called gaming referendum we knew the jig was up.

Where did we go wrong?

I love Rihanna. Her music is upbeat, tempting and full of cool, funky grooves.

The making of a man

How do we frame men or make men? How does society see masculinity?

Urban renewal to launch door-to-door crime survey

URBAN Renewal is set to launch a door-to-door survey in New Providence in an effort to determine the prevalence of factors that lead to crime.

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Web shops fear organised crime takeover of sector

THE Bahamian web shop industry will likely fall into the hands of organised crime if established operators are forced to shut their businesses down, one of their attorneys telling Tribune Business: “I don’t think people understand how much trouble we are looking at”.

Young people prove themselves 'greater than'

THE “Greater Than” campaign designed by the eNue organisation has garnered great support since it was launched earlier this year, with scores of young people sharing their greater than declarations on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.

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Top Bahamian sprinter to miss IAAF Worlds

The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations was hoping that with the addition of Derrick Atkins, the Bahamas men’s 4 x 100 metre relay team would be in a much better position to compete for a medal at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, next month.

Keith Bell puts his foot in his mouth

EDITOR, The Tribune.

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Minnis releases draft Bill on death sentences

OPPOSITION leader Dr Hubert Minnis has released a draft Bill which seeks to amend the constitution to cut the London-based Privy Council out of the appeal process in cases where a death sentence has been imposed.

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Claims NSA is bugging all Bahamian calls

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said last night that his ministry is liaising with the US government to address reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) has got the green light for all cellphone conversations within the Bahamas to be recorded.

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Celebrity All-Star game highlight of Jeff Rodgers camp 'Fun Night'

AN iconic staple in the Bahamas’ basketball culture, the 27th edition of the Jeff Rodgers Summer Basketball Camp is set to end in grand style.

Giving a Christian view on issues concerning gambling

A faulty basic assumption is implied: that legalising something makes it morally right...

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INSIGHT: A delicate balance of minimising deaths without putting the whole country at risk

THE world, including The Bahamas, has been plunged into a state of fear, insecurity and uncertainty by the coronavirus epidemic. We congratulate our Prime Minister for taking the bold stand of setting up a curfew and restriction of movement in response to this national challenge. A leader must be informed, willing to take risks and, above all, able to exude calm. The Prime Minister fulfilled these three characteristics.

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Urban Renewal revamp 'an error'

REVAMPING the original Urban Renewal was a “fatal error” in the fight against crime, Social Anthropologist and College of the Bahamas professor Dr Nicolette Bethel told The Tribune.

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Suspects caught: Two men arrested over murder of teacher

POLICE have arrested two men in connection with the murder of 34-year-old Queen’s College teacher and mother of two, Joyelle McIntosh, Commissioner Ellison Greenslade revealed yesterday.

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Mitchell questions intelligence of grieving mother

FOREIGN Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell has hit out at the grieving mother of a Bahamian pilot who died in a Haiti jail, calling her a “little slow” and someone who “does not understand the most basic matters about her son’s care”.

Breast cancer awareness – Part I: Stopping cancer before it starts

By now I am sure that most of us are very aware that it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.