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Call for workers to be compensated

FREEPORT – Attorney Osman Johnson is calling on Hannes Babak to compensate the 70 former employees of the Home Centre and Freeport Concrete who lost their jobs after the companies went into liquidation.

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BEC worker injured by power lines

A BEC worker was airlifted to New Providence today suffering from first and second degree burns to his left arm and leg after coming into contact with live power lines on the island of Exuma.

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PM highlights efforts to defeat crime

PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham opened the FNM Fox Hill Headquarters on Saturday, endorsing candidate Shonel Ferguson. Speaking out on the war on crime, Mr Ingraham said the government has "invested extraordinary amounts to upgrade the effectiveness of the police and the capacity of the criminal justice system".

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Parties decry nomination day antics

NOMINATION day was marred by claims of violence and aggression, as photos surfaced of PLPs driving over an effigy of an FNM, while the opposition accused someone on the government's side of injuring an elderly supporter. Acco

Prime Minister hits out at 'unruly' PLP

THE PLP are becoming more and more "unruly" as their desperation increases ahead of the general election, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said. Pointing to an alleged assault in the House of Assembly last week, the fire extinguisher incident in Grand Baham

PLP did nothing for renewal

PLP did nothing for renewal EDITOR, The Tribune. I sometimes get frustrated when misinformation, be it intentional or out of ignorance of fact, is used to mislead people into thinking something is what it is not. The other day, as I was watching one o

Call to fix deficiencies in public health care system

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net DEFICIENCIES within the public health care system need to be fixed first before any consideration is given to a 'national health insurance scheme,' a doctor telling Tribune Business

Prime Minister hits out at 'unruly' PLP

THE PLP are becoming more and more "unruly" as their desperation increases ahead of the general election, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said. Pointing to an alleged assault in the House of Assembly last week, the fire extinguisher incident in Grand Baham

1,000 resumes on first recruitment day for Baha Mar

Baha Mar yesterday received “in excess of 1,000” resumes from job seekers as the first wave of hiring kicked-off for the previously stalled $3.5 billion resort.

Exuma voters urged: Don’t be fooled again

REGISTERED voters in Exuma were urged by the Free National Movement (FNM) not to be fooled again by the promises made by the current government, which the opposition party said it has failed to deliver.

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2,600 enrol in NHI in two days

MORE than 2,600 people have enrolled in the National Health Insurance programme in the two days following its historic launch on Monday, according to the NHI Secretariat yesterday.

Be known as a doer

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis is not a talker. Many of the problems he has gotten into in the past seven months as Prime Minister are because he is not gifted in that way.

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Heroes who put Bahamas first

THE recipients of this year’s National Honours all have one thing in common, they put self aside for the sake of country, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday.

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Emotional PM pleads with residents in Grand Bahama to leave high-risk zones

“MAY God bless us all,” said Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on Sunday as monster Category 5 storm Dorian churns through the northwestern Bahamas.

EDITORIAL: A ship can only have one captain

IT is without doubt that we are in a time of national crisis. Hurricane Dorian has torn at our hearts, and devastated our northern islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco.

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Gibson hails success of NTA at graduation event

THE National Training Agency (NTA) is boasting 70 per cent employment after participants have acquired a variety of skills for the workforce.

Labour Minister: No truth in claims of political motive for BAIC sackings

LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes has emphatically denied recent terminations at the Bahamas Agricultural & Industrial Corporation were politically motivated, telling The Tribune to suggest otherwise is “totally inaccurate and baseless”.

Bostwick urges young to register and vote for their interests

A FORMER senator yesterday urged young people to register for the upcoming general election to vote in a government that would represent their interests.

Straight answers

I read with frustration the awkward responses of the state minister for finance Michael Halkitis when asked to account for his “where the VAT money gone” speech at the Progressive Liberal Party’s recent convention.

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Minnis promises new maternity wing at PMH

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis returned to his old stomping grounds for his first official tour as the country’s leader, promising the country and staff at the Princess Margaret Hospital a new maternity wing.