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The role of religion
The first thing to understand is a lot of religious leaders whilst being competent in theological matters are not necessarily well educated in other fields. Good orators, yes, and like magicians able to hold an audience’s attention but not intellectual powerhouses. There have been two issues in the last few days which highlight this.
Business brings new weapon to the COVID fight
TWO Bahamian businessmen have joined forces to bring a new weapon to The Bahamas in the fight against the spread of COVID-19.
Port Lucaya in fifth month of rent discounts
Port Lucaya Marketplace has entered the fifth month of a ‘rent discount’ initiative to ease a post-Hurricane Matthew burden for tenants that has now been exacerbated by Memories’ pull-out.
Honouring the best in journalism
THE BAHAMAS Press Club will hold its annual awards banquet on Saturday, November 18, honouring the best in Bahamian journalism. The banquet is held under the patronage of Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling and Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis
Steps for future of our nation
AFTER reading The Tribune’s November 22, 2017, articles entitled “We have to open up the economy” and “New job bill will ensure ‘Bahamians are a priority’,” I was tempted to join the spirited and lengthy commentary that the articles engendered. However, after perusing the text of the Commercial Enterprises Bill, 2017, I realised that, because I was neither lawyer nor legislator and because I wasn’t willing to take the time to try to fully comprehend the Bill, I was insufficiently qualified to comment.
Value the nurses
PART of a wealthy family, Florence Nightingale defied the expectations of the time and pursued what she saw as her God-given calling of nursing.
Bahamian work ethic
While it could be argued that Bahamians, on average, are not into certain type works, such as gardening and housekeeping, that aversion should not be used as the standard to judge the Bahamian work ethic.
EDITORIAL: Lessons must be learned from near collision
Things could have been so much worse.
Govt to ‘tremendously’ speed up build permits
The GOVERNMENT is pursuing an electronic platform to process building permit applications, a Cabinet minister said yesterday, in a bid to “tremendously” speed up approvals.
Govt buildings strategy ‘win-win for everyone’
The government’s proposal to structure an investment vehicle that would broaden Bahamian ownership of government buildings is “a win-win for everyone”, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
Road at Smith’s Point will reopen after railing installed
IRAM Lewis, parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Public Works, said that the closure of the road along the seaside in Smith’s Point is for public safety and will reopen as soon as the railing is installed on the newly constructed seawall.
DNA will bring in jobs database and carry out capital punishment says Grand Bahama candidate
ELKANAH Pinder, the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) candidate for East Grand Bahama, unveiled plans for the implementation of a national jobs database during the official opening of his campaign headquarters in Grand Bahama.
Pinder: DNA plan for jobs database
ELKANAH Pinder, the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) candidate for East Grand Bahama, unveiled plans for the implementation of a national jobs database during the official opening of his campaign headquarters in Grand Bahama.
NTA director being let go is ‘sign of a witch hunt’
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday accused the Minnis administration of an “apparent wholesale witch hunt” while suggesting the government has victimised workers as he raised speculation that National Training Agency Director Agatha Marcelle is to be let go from her post.
Contracts are signed to renovate clinics
FREEPORT – Contracts worth a total of $160,000 were signed for renovation work at three clinics in East End, Grand Bahama.
PM seeks new rules on signing contracts before elections
LEGISLATION is being drafted to block governments from signing contracts before general elections, which could be for political gain, according to Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday.
'No' vote would hit workers
A MAJORITY ‘no’ vote on referendum day would not only largely affect the thousands of persons employed in the “numbers industry” but cause an overall loss of revenue for corporations, said a web shop chief yesterday.
More transparency called for over Building permits
THE process of obtaining building permits was yesterday described as difficult and frustrating by a well-known Bahamian contractor, who told Tribune Business that more transparent policies and procedures would help.
JOBS FEARS OVER LEGAL web shops
By KHRISNA VIRGIL
Mitchell: We will grant work permits if Bahamians are not available for roles
THE government has every intention of granting work permits to foreign workers for positions where Bahamians aren’t readily available, says Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell.