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School hit by scabies shuts for two days
EXTERMINATION efforts are underway at the D W Davis Junior High School after Ministry of Education officials confirmed five cases of scabies.
Healthy Living Made Simple! Supplementation mythbusters – Part I
WELCOME to another exciting edition of “Healthy Living Made Simple!” where you are educated, encouraged and empowered to live well.
Scabies confirmed at DW Davis Junior High
EDUCATION Director Lionel Sands has confirmed reports about a scabies scare at DW Davis Junior High School.
Condemns promotion of immodesty at carnival
ALTHOUGH the g-string clad beauties who come with the controversial Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, did not shock PLP chairman Bradley Roberts, the remarks of the eye-brow raising president of the Bahamas Christian Council certainly did.
Jailhouse wedding
On perusing The Tribune’s 22/01/2015 issue the headline story “Police failed says Nottage” and the lead story “Nottage: Jailhouse wedding discipline not down to me” on page 3 aroused my curiosity so I read them first.
Body found after fire engulfs building
FIREFIGHTERS found a body burned beyond recognition after extinguishing a structural fire yesterday evening.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Why is assault category missing from police crime stats?
I FOUND the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s statistical presentation relative to criminal activities for 2014 to be quite interesting. And that’s putting it mildly!
Crime: What on earth is it?
THE rising tide of serious crime in the Bahamas has reached the point at which a national debate is required to help solve the blight on society.
Woman dies of suspected heart attack while driving
A WOMAN apparently suffered a heart attack while driving her car, which crashed into a tree in the Lucaya area on Thursday morning.
Man dies in hit-and-run
A MAN was killed by a hit-and-run driver who struck him as he was walking in the area of Golden Isles and Carmichael Road early yesterday morning.
Bahamians lost real Junkanoo many years ago
IF EVER there was a Bahamian who has his heart rooted in Junkanoo, it is Prime Minister Christie, who never misses an opportunity to show off his Junkanoo shuffle. A founding member of the Valley Boys Junkanoo group, the ker-lick of the cowbells and beat of the goat skin drums seem to put a renewed vigour in his step.
Police searching for two hit-and-run drivers
GRAND Bahama Police are still searching for the hit-and-run drivers who killed pedestrians in two separate incidents on Pioneer’s Way, Freeport, last week.
The Bahamas is no long Number One in tourism
TODAY Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe thinks that the US’s lifting of the embargo on Cuba provides an “excellent” opportunity for the Bahamas to “focus on improving the quality of our tourism produce”.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: We need to embrace change
This is my final column for the year - a column on perspective.
Rate of murders classes nation as conflict zone
THE Bahamas qualified as an “armed conflict zone” with high rates of gun violence according to findings from the United Nations’ and the World Health Organization’s 2014 Global Status Report on Violence Prevention.
Corruption hindering anti-crime measures
POLICE corruption hinders anti-crime initiatives and efforts to restore confidence in law enforcement, according to Commissioner Ellison Greenslade.
Shareholder outrage over ‘no change’ BOB
Bank of the Bahamas shareholders yesterday reacted with outrage over the decision to nominate the existing Board of Directors for re-election, one demanding: “Where does the buck stop?”
Central Bank slammed ‘all facets’ of BOB’s lending
The Central Bank first raised the alarm over Bank of the Bahamas’ “very weak” commercial loan portfolio almost two years ago, Tribune Business can reveal, slamming “all facets of its credit risk management processes” as “unsatisfactory”.
Development Bank: Less than 30% of loans 'good'
Less than 30 per cent of the Bahamas Development Bank’s (BDB) outstanding loan portfolio was ‘performing’ at year-end 2013, with the taxpayer underwriting its operations via multi-million dollar annual subsidies.
Neymour says Minnis has the advantage in contest
PHENTON Neymour, former State Minister for Environment, yesterday suggested that incumbent FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has the advantage over his rival Loretta Butler-Turner, the party’s current deputy leader.