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Athletes reflect on 6th Bahamas Games - a Golden Jubilee event
WITH Saturday marking the end of the basketball segment of the 6th Bahamas Games, eight athletes were able to stop and reflect on how they felt coming into the games and their excitement going up against the other islands.
Rolle denies Butler-Turner claims of jobs for votes
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Long Island candidate Glendon Rolle yesterday denied recent claims by Official Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner that he and the PLP have “hand picked” nearly 30 people out of the constituency for new employment opportunities in an attempt to attract support on the island.
DNA candidate laments cruise ship pull out from Grand Bahama
WITH hundreds of hotel workers unemployed in Grand Bahama, Nevar Smith, the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) candidate for Marco City, said the island is again faced with bad news after the recent pullout of Norwegian Sky resulted in the loss of millions of dollars to the local economy.
Remaining Acklins evacuees head home
MORE than a week after refusing to return home to begin clean-up efforts, those remaining Acklins evacuees still in the Nassau were sent back following a tense ten-day period at the Sir Kendal Isaacs Gym.
Cutlass killer suspect captured
A 54-year-old Long Island woman was hacked to death with a cutlass early Saturday morning during a domestic dispute that also left her elderly mother in the Intensive Care Unit at Princess Margaret Hospital.
Bannister targets Ragged Island repair work
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister yesterday revealed that the Ministry of Works will spearhead a number of repair projects in Ragged Island and New Providence this year. Speaking to reporters outside of Cabinet, Mr Bannister said the ministry has pla
We need to stay resolute: PM warns lockdown must continue as another death recorded and cases rising
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced the relaxation of lockdown restrictions for southern islands yesterday while disclosing efforts to add an additional 80 beds to the frontline fight against COVID-19.
Blue Lagoon welcomes its youngest member: Duchess the dolphin
AN Atlantic bottlenose dolphin calf named Duchess is the “newest member of the family” at Blue Lagoon Island.
Glenys: Cat Island airport handling unacceptable
FORMER Transport Minister Glenys Hanna Martin described the Minnis Administration’s treatment of the Arthur’s Town, Cat Island airport as “unacceptable” in a statement released yesterday. She was responding to comments by Tourism and Aviation Minist
'Tact and strategy' need over tourism promotion
The Bahamas must “tactfully and strategically” promote it is open for business ahead of the all-important winter tourism season’s November start, a top hotelier says.Robert Sands, Baha Mar’s senior vice-president of government and external affairs, b
Turnquest: PLP should help fix things, not just criticise
AS the government forges ahead with plans to restore storm-ravaged islands, Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest said the country would be better served if the official opposition made contributions on fixing issues rather than criticising efforts.
Freeport gets poor treatment
Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis’s revelation that wealthy Dubai investors are reluctant to invest in Grand Bahama must be greatly demoralising to Grand Bahamians, especially those in the Freeport area.
D'Aguilar confirms plans for new airport
THE Minnis administration has committed the funds needed to construct a new airport terminal at Great Harbour Cay, Berry Islands within the next year, Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar has confirmed.
Nothing loosens the purse strings like an election
READERS will be forgiven if the announcement by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis of major road projects last night sounds familiar.
Butler-turner out of FNM as she runs as Independent
LORETTA Butler-Turner yesterday officially nominated to run in the 2017 general election as an Independent candidate for Long Island.
Johnson rumoured to be among candidates for FNM ratification
THE Free National Movement expects to ratify three candidates for the 2017 general election next week, The Tribune was told yesterday.
National basketball team brings home the silver
Some “miscommunications” on the defensive end caused the Bahamas men’s national basketball team a chance to successfully defend their title as they returned home from Tortola, Virgin Islands, with silver medals following the 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation men’s championship series.
DPM: Eleuthera airport woe ‘completely embarrassing’
The deputy prime minister has admitted that North Eleuthera airport’s present woes are “completely embarrassing” even though the island posted a monthly visitor record for February 2024.
Minister hails cruise tourism ‘tipping point’
A Cabinet minister yesterday hailed “a tipping point” for tourism and the wider economy as the first cruise line to ever home port in The Bahamas unveiled its multi-island schedule for summer 2021.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Tourism Ministry is on the right track
FRANKLY, the termination of contracts between the Ministry of Tourism and international public relations companies, in favour of local companies, seems to indicate that the ministry has decided that the best way to promote the Bahamas and recapture and expand market share is to allow natives—with an everyday outlook on all things Bahamian—to have a shot at reinvigorating that ministry’s approach to the marketing and development of our tourism product.