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Many reasons for choosing the pill

AS THE name suggests, one purpose of birth control is to prevent pregnancy for sexually active women. However, oral contraceptives have many other practical purposes for women.

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Super Value: $4 dividend beats others' 'cents return'

Super Value: $4 dividend beats others' 'cents return' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Super Value's president yesterday asserted that the 11-store supermarket chain was a public company, telling Tribune Business that the $4 per share dividend i

Christie government was slow to act

Christie government was slow to act SPEAKING at the opening of Golden Gates constituency office, Prime Minister Ingraham said that the New Providence Road Improvement Project could have been completed "six or seven years ago" if it weren't for the incomp

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Sears calls for PLP to embrace We March Bahamas

FORMER Attorney General Alfred Sears on Monday called for the leaders of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) to “embrace” the We March Bahamas movement rather than attempting to “suppress the group by flexing their muscles.”

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Shaunae donates PS4 to Ranfurly residents

SHAUNAE Miller-Uibo, still celebrating her triumph as a member of the mixed gender 4 x 400 metre relays team, made a special visit to the Ranfurly Homes for Children to award the residents who came out to watch her perform in the3rd IAAF/BTC World Relays over the weekend.

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Bazard and Smith vie for PLP seat in St Barnabas

TWO Progressive Liberal Party lawyers are vying for the newly created St Barnabas seat: former Senator Cheryl Bazard and former Mount Moriah MP Keod Smith.

NHI's extra $10m 'no cost overrun'

Top National Health Insurance (NHI) executives yesterday said extra government funding was required to cover the five percent monthly increase in beneficiaries, and did not represent a “cost overrun”.Dr Robin Roberts, the National Health Insurance Au

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Davis to take Opposition leader role tomorrow

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis is expected to be sworn in as leader of the Official Opposition on Friday.

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Trio to join Pioneers basketball club this fall

A trio of Bahamian hoop prospects will make the transition as teammates from the prep to the collegiate level.

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Wells and Stubbs selected to Academic All-League Team

SASHA Wells and Kayvonn Stubbs received an honour for their work in the classroom following a season of milestones on the track for the Oral Roberts University Eagles.

Local realtor marks its 70th anniversary

Bahamas Realty is marking its 70th anniversary this year, celebrating $10bn in property sales over a history so long it predates the birth of its own chief executive.

Hillside House embraces regional and global perspective

CELEBRATING the work of artists in the Caribbean region and across international borders has always been an objective of Hillside House Studio and Gallery, in addition to its showcasing of Bahamian work. Tomorrow, Bermuda native, Lisa Quinn will exhibit artwork for the first time in the Bahamas during the “Flowers of Dream” exhibition at the Cumberland Street gallery.

Land use proposal submitted for key Bay Street property

A “fairly detailed” development proposal has been submitted for a 3.94 acre property key to revitalising downtown Nassau, a top realtor yesterday saying potential buyers would take their interest no further until they know what they can put there.

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Stubbs wants murder retrial battle to go to the Privy Council

STEPHEN ‘Die’ Stubbs wants to take his battle against a murder retrial to the London-based Privy Council after Court of Appeal judges yesterday dismissed his appeal.

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Seahorse Institute opens its doors after fire

MORE than 150 people gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the new Seahorse Institute on 85 Soldier Road, one year to the day after the old facility was destroyed in a fire.

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A new home for seahorse institute

AFTER being displaced by a fire nearly eight months ago, students and teachers of the Sea Horse Institute finally have a building they can call their own.

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First labour force survey since Covid-19 expected to be released June 20

THE Department of Statistics will release the latest labour force survey on June 20th, according to Labour director Robert Farquharson.

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‘40 percent of work permits are jobs Bahamians can do’

LABOUR Director Robert Farquharson believes 40 per cent of the 12,000 work permits issued this year relate to jobs Bahamians can fill.

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PLP promises 'full support' for Urban Renewal

THE Progressive Liberal Party congratulated the government yesterday on its creation of the Urban Renewal Commission, promising its full support to the government project.

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New FNM leader Minnis hits out at PLP

NEW leader of the Free National Movement Dr Hubert Minnis said the government is already running away from its campaign promises.