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Grand Bahama hosts Midwives Conference

MIDWIVES and other childbirth professionals will convene in Grand Bahama this weekend for this year’s Midwives Conference.

Distorted views on corruption

It was disappointing that your article in Tribune Business on the 26th April (‘Not a Single Bribe Demand is Probed’) while quoting heavily from a group claiming to be Transparency International’s local affiliate, contained not one single reference to The Bahamas’ ranking in that group’s all important Corruption Perception Index.

Elections and talk of deficits

IT is rather funny but serious that today we hear regularly from the FNM that one of their highest priorities is to eliminate deficit budgets, but they do not explain what it will mean to us… wonder why?

TECH TALK

• Self-driving car spinoff Waymo will buy up to 20,000 electric vehicles from Jaguar Land Rover to help realise its vision for a robotic ride-hailing service.

Restore the death penalty

The recent murder of an eight-month-old infant has horrified and incensed many of us. But I wonder if we as a nation are sufficiently horrified and incensed to ensure that all convicted murderers receive the just and fitting punishment for their crime, which is swift execution by the state.

Be careful buying the Grand Bahama hotel

It is unfortunate that the deal to sell the Lucayan hotel in Grand Bahama didn’t work out. The hotel has been closed since Hurricane Matthew late in the hurricane season of 2016.

Is it really the People's Time to beg?

I understand our country is in an economic crisis and the said government is trying, in their opinion, to fix and balance the budget. But living in the state we’re in, we see families are struggling more so than ever. On top of this, the increase of value added tax has caused the cost of living to become for some, unaffordable.

Earlier parades being considered

JUNKANOO Corporation New Providence (JCNP) Chairman Dion Miller is considering Junkanoo parades starting earlier in the day instead of at night due to unpredictable weather conditions.

Retailers in mixed Christmas verdicts

Bahamian retailers yesterday revealed a mixed Christmas performance, with some reporting up to 20 percent year-over-year sales increases but others bemoaning declines. Brent Burrows, general manager of CBS Bahamas (Commonwealth Building Supplies), t

Triple jump legend Willie Banks visits Nassau

VETERAN long-triple jump coach Peter Pratt said he was delighted to renew his relationship with former American world record holder Willie Banks.

Political pandering

Campaigning for the next scheduled general elections has started in earnest by the major political parties. The DNA seems to have fallen off the proverbial map. So sad but a reality. The FNM and the PLP both have a lot of baggage and must do a lot more to convince voters that either of them has the people’s interests at heart.

UPDATED: Mexican workers 'all had negative COVID-19 tests'

THURSDAY EVENING UPDATE: BAHAMASAIR Chairman Tommy Turnquest said all Mexicans who arrived in the country Thursday to do construction work at the Baker’s Bay resort in Abaco had negative COVID-19 tests from an accredited lab. Their tests, he said, were taken within the required ten day period. He spoke to The Tribune after top health officials expressed uncertainty about the test status of the workers during a Ministry of Health press conference.

We should back PM over decision to close beaches

Yes, we have brought our community spread under control, thanks to the herculean efforts of this government.

It seems that no-one cares for the homeless on our streets

Usually referred to as vagrants, but it becomes obvious when you begin to interact with them, that clearly these Bahamians are operating under diminished responsibility ... therefore, what government entity is responsible to pick them up?

Union leader: 'All hands on deck' for virus

A trade union leader yesterday called for an “all hands on deck” approach to minimise the threat that the coronavirus crisis poses to the livelihoods of thousands of Bahamian workers. Bernard Evans, the National Congress of Trade Unions of The Baham

Security chief warns on virus-related crime spike

The founder of a private security firm yesterday urged Bahamians to exercise extreme caution in the coming weeks amid forecasts of a spike in crime due to coronavirus-related unemployment.Elston Bain, pictured, a 16-year veteran of the Royal Bahamas

RBPF distributes COVID-19 policies

THE Royal Bahamas Police Force has distributed its COVID-19 policies to officers, according to Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson. He said the RBPF’s plan is in line with the government’s policies and has been handed to the minister of national

$250m PI investment 'shakes off' lockdown

Sterling Global Financial’s $250m Hurricane Hole redevelopment is “shaking off” the COVID-19 lockdown with a construction restart that has brought 75 Bahamians back to work.The Paradise Island-based project has resumed with masks and social distancin

EDITORIAL: Promising signs - but not an end to the lockdown yet

MORE than a thousand people want to head for the Family Islands.

That was a Budget? Not in my book

The National Budget presented in the House of Assembly on Wednesday, 27th instant, by the Minister of Finance, was nothing short of a document that is not worthy of being referred to as a Budget.

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