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Airlift ‘bane of everyone’s life’
Andros has exceeded last year’s total stopover visitors by 66.5 percent in just the first four months of 2022, it was revealed yesterday, despite airlift woes being “the bane of everybody’s life”.
Home repairs initiative is launched by Urban Renewal
URBAN Renewal has launched a new home repair initiative in response to hundreds of homeowners who are hurting and in need of restoration of the houses in which they live.
INSIGHT: The grey area of corporal punishment in schools may have made one administrator a sacrificial lamb
DURING the debate of the 2019-20 National Budget, in his contribution, Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd said Bahamians should decide what they want the government to do in relation to corporal punishment. Wisely placing the onus on the Bahamian people, the ball is essentially in our court. Now, where will we go from here?
The House should vote the gambling issue
THE much awaited letter from House Speaker Dr Kendal Major informing him of North Abaco MP Hubert Ingraham’s resignation from the House arrived on the Governor General’s desk yesterday morning.
Tax reform paper set for October release
The Government is planning to release its Tax Reform White Paper for public consultation next month, a key Cabinet Minister yesterday telling Tribune Business the Government was “up to the task” of avoiding a further sovereign credit downgrade.
How does gambling benefit us?
If we did not consider ourselves a “Christian Nation” I would keep my mouth shut, but as a Christian in a Christian Nation, I feel the need to speak out.
Echoes from 2002 being heard in 2012
IT IS interesting to browse through The Tribune’s “dead” files only to discover that they are not so dead after all. In the Bahamas history has a way of repeating itself at very short intervals.
Does status justify extra expenses?
SEVERAL YEARS ago a debate arose when members of the public expressed annoyance at expensive cars being used by government members during the Pindling administration for a certain official function — at the moment we do not recall whether the function was in the Bahamas or in the US.
Storr praises moves by government to fight high levels of crime
PLP SENATOR Alex Storr has praised the government's proposed crime fighting agenda, revealing he has been a victim of crime in the past.
Long on promises, short on delivery
A COMMENT by Prime Minister Perry Christie that he is pleased to be leading the country at this time because he feels the nation requires someone with his "temperament and personality" to bring in the levels of investment that are "quickly" needed, recalls a conversation we had with Mr Christie towards the end of his first administration as prime minister.
Bahamas has lost a great leader
BAHAMIANS went to the polls yesterday and showed the depth of their ingratitude to a man who had dedicated 35 selfless years to their service.
Original developer: 'I felt like Don Quixote'
The original developer of an $11 million Eleuthera resort project yesterday said he was “as passionate as I was eight years ago” when he signed its Heads of Agreement, after construction work on its Marina Village component finally broke ground last week.
'Blatant attack on unionism'
THE Bahamas Communication and Public Managers Union is calling on the Bahamas Telecommunications Company to reinstate the union’s vice president after she was terminated from her job at the phone company “without cause.”
The battle is raging
“I keep telling myself not to give up hope to be brave and stay strong because I believe there are people out there who will believe in me and will help me through these hard times”.
PI entrepreneur tells RCL: ‘We’ve heard it all before’
The Bahamian entrepreneur battling to restore Paradise Island’s lighthouse yesterday accused Royal Caribbean of “trying to baffle us with massive numbers and future promises”, adding: “We’ve heard it all before.”
INSIGHT: Back to normal, or building back better?
THE latest step in removing COVID restrictions is perhaps one of the most significant for Bahamians. The removal of the need for COVID tests for inter-island travel is more than welcome – it makes us able to travel freely within our nation. No longer will there be the hassle of arranging a test or the worry of what happens if it shows up positive before we go and visit our family members on different islands.
Tour de Turquoise raises a record $165,000 for Exuma
FOR donors who wonder where exactly their dollars go and who they help, in Exuma they only have to look as far as the school bus that proudly bears the name LN Coakley High.
Bahamas secure hard-fought win over Panama
THE Bahamas men’s national team played with a lot of heart and grit right to the end, securing a hard fought 83-79 victory over Panama in the first of two games at home this weekend as the FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifier continued Friday night at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
Don't fall for those who can't deliver
WHEN one picks up a copy of The Tribune and sees page upon page of homes on the market because owners are unable to keep up with their bank mortgages, there is cause for tremendous concern.