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EDITORIAL: Tougher legislation against poaching overdue

ON Friday of last week, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard announced in Grand Bahama that legislation was going to be introduced with stiffer penalties for poaching, the illegal taking of fish, conch and crawfish from Bahamian waters by non-Bahamians or non-Bahamian owned vessels.

IAN FERGUSON: Companies must understand the value of human resources

The role of human resources professionals is growing rapidly. Businesses small, medium and large understand more clearly the value of well-trained practitioners in the smooth and efficient running of their operations. If a company’s human resources team functions akin to the nucleus of a cell, then the well-being of the cell, tissues, organs, systems and body on the whole depend heavily on the strength and resilience of the nucleus.

Lights out as island hit by power outages

AS a foreign expert assesses Bahamas Power and Light’s instabilities, residents in several areas of New Providence were plunged into darkness on Wednesday night after an engine at the Clifton Pier power plant malfunctioned, resulting in a load shedding exercise - with a further power outage last night.

No 'talking bad' on GB Power's work

The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president said he will “not talk bad” about the island’s energy supplier despite its recent admonition from the deputy prime minister. Gregory LaRoda, responding after K Peter Turnquest urged the Grand Bahama P

Do it again and Ingraham would fire Speaker’s a**

THE behaviour of House Speaker Halson Moultrie was unprecedented and overboard, according to a former deputy prime minister and a former long-time parliamentary clerk.

Landlords ask: ‘What about us?’

A former Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) president yesterday warned that the government’s rental assistance initiative threatens to place many landlords at “an unfair disadvantage”.

Dames and Lightbourne sign letters of intent

JOSHUA Dames and Bradley Lightbourne became the latest Bahamian basketball talents to announce their intention to join programmes at the Junior College level.

High school teacher embraces ‘new normal’; offers online exam preparation

While she is missing the one-on-one connection with her students during this time of social distancing, educator Kizzy McKinney-McPhee is doing her best to make her virtual lessons as engaging and cohesive as possible.

PLP leader says deal on Grand Lucayan doesn't add up

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said the Grand Lucayan’s sale to foreign interests signifies a loss of tens of millions in taxpayer dollars, vindicating the party over its long held position that government should not have purch

Marley called it mental slavery

American hegemony and cultural domination looms large all over the world, nowhere more so than here in the Caribbean.

EDITORIAL: The disaster that has hit our economy

AN economic earthquake has hit The Bahamas.

Bahamas urged to re-examine 'citizen investors'

A Bahamas-based contractor yesterday argued that this nation should re-examine introducing an “investor citizenship” initiative to help counter COVID-19’s negative impact.

Parents ask for more face-to-face lessons

AMID uncertainty surrounding the re-opening of schools, some parents say they want officials to consider resuming face-to-face instruction, but with strict health guidelines. The parents say they do not support the implementation of a blended learning environment.

Contract work fear for middle classes

A trade union leader has voiced fears that the increasing use of contract workers by Bahamian employers threatens to further “erode” an already-shrinking middle class. Bernard Evans, the National Congress of Trade Unions (NCTU) president, told Tribu

RBPF continues to be Nassau's finest

The Royal Bahamas Police Force, Nassau's finest nation builder and protector of this great nation and its inhabitants.

DIANE PHILLIPS: A stench of entitlement laid bare

In March, when the story broke revealing some 50 people had been indicted in the US for what was labelled a “racketeering scheme” involving Hollywood hotshots, hotheads and CEOs paying up to $500,000 to have test scores altered so their children could get into good colleges, shockwaves radiated from coast to coast.

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