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INSIGHT: A simple way to boost the bottom line - training
2018 is fully underway and by now many of us have reviewed last year’s performance, outlined our goals for this year and recommitted ourselves to our New Year’s resolutions. It’s an exciting time of the year filled with endless possibilities. We are teeming with new ideas, armed with lessons learned from past mistakes, and optimistic this year will be better than the previous one.
EDITORIAL: Changing faces - the story of the White House chaos
The sad, dangerous chaos that is the Trump administration was illuminated again last week when EPA administrator Scott Pruitt resigned. Pruitt, as venal and corrupt as any senior official in Trump’s government, was reportedly the subject of 13 different corruption or misconduct investigations when he finally resigned under pressure from the White House chief of staff.
Save The Bays Chairman calls Govt's actions over Oban 'demonic'
THE government’s continued push of Oban Energies’ $5.5 billion refinery project amidst intense opposition is tantamount to treason, according to Save The Bays Chairman Joseph Darville, who on Friday slammed the move as “sacrilegious” and “demonic.”
Foreign numbers at Pointe? No idea
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes said yesterday his department does not have any evidence China Construction America (CCA) has broken the agreed workforce ratio outlined in the Heads of Agreement with the government for The Pointe development in downtown Nassau.
Did PLP operate ‘dirty tricks’ unit?
THE Department of Public Prosecutions has been directed to look into viral allegations concerning a political “war room” and its purported campaign of dirty tricks against Free National Movement candidates in the run up to the 2017 general election.
Safe haven for cancer patients hailed as a ‘godsend’
“A godsend” is what Francis Friends calls the assistance of the Cancer Society of the Bahamas, whom she credits with making her husband’s treatment and recovery process as comfortable as possible.
Firefighters battle double blaze in New Providence
POLICE are investigating two structural fires that occurred in New Providence yesterday morning, one at the D’Albenas Agency in Palmdale and the second at an abandoned building on Bay Street.According to head of Police Fire Services, Chief Superinten
THE FINISH LINE: Congrats to 'Golden Girl' Joanna and our swimming team at CAC Games
WHAT a difference an international meet has been for Olympic swimmer Joanna Evans. In her second appearance at the Commonwealth Games Down Under in the Gold Coast in Australia in April, Evans was quite disappointed that she didn’t get to perform at
Apocalypse of crime
EVER since men started to evolve into societies we have been plagued with crime and the violence often associated with it.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Left in the dark - again
AS much as I would like to address several issues affecting Bahamians this week, I’m forced to go with one, BPL, again!!
CLEAR YOUR NAME: Chance to erase record for minor marijuana crimes
FORMER Police Commissioner Paul Farquharson wants young and first-time offenders, especially those convicted of drug possession crimes, to get their criminal records expunged.
Why not pay schools by results?
No one in his/her right mind could or should blame the Hon. Minister of Education, Jeffrey Lloyd (FNM-South Beach) for the dismal state of the educational plant in The Bahamas today and the terrible national grades. This phenomenon has come about due to any number of factors. With your leave, Editor, allow me to flesh out one or two of them.
VAT, business licence filings back to April 15
The government has pushed back the deadlines for March’s VAT filings and business licence fee payments until April 15, a senior official confirmed yesterday. Marlon Johnson, the Ministry of Finance’s acting financial secretary, told Tribune Business
Bahamas needs 'asue mentality' for its recovery
The Bahamas must “pool resources like never before” if it is to successfully jump-start the economy once COVID-19 has passed, a banker urge yesterday, adding: “We need that asue mentality.”Gowon Bowe, pictured, Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) chief financial
'My faith in God keeps my head above water'
A Grand Bahama mother who is now unemployed as a result of the COVID-19 shutdown says things are very tough, but her faith in God is keeping her “head above water.”Two months before the crisis, the single mother was employed at Freeport Harbour and g
Some homes for elderly running low on supplies
SUPPLIES are running short at some elderly homes and for charity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We support our MP 110%, says branch chair
PAMELA Hart, chairman of the Free National Movement’s Elizabeth constituency branch, reacted with sadness to Dr Duane Sands’ resignation from Cabinet and vowed the group will continue to support him as its MP.
‘That’s not your job, Mr Speaker’
AS AN “impartial arbiter,” House Speaker Halson Moultrie should not be calling for action or legislation on any matter regardless of his convictions, attorney Wayne Munroe insisted yesterday.
EDITORIAL: Speaker should learn when to speak
The current Speaker of the House, Halson Moultrie, came to his post without the benefit of experience of Parliament.
BOC makes good on promise regarding athletes’ welfare
After making an announcement last month that they have formed a committee to assist developing athletes, the Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC) has made good on its promise through its newly-formed Athletes Welfare Commission.