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Davis hits out at PM at PLP rally

Davis hits out at PM at PLP rally By TRIBUNE INTERNS Brittany Kemp and Michelle Greene "ANDROS, we have the best candidate, the best team and the best leader, and we are ready to govern and improve the quality of life for you," said Philip "Brave" Davis

Davis hits out at PM at PLP rally

Davis hits out at PM at PLP rally By TRIBUNE INTERNS Brittany Kemp and Michelle Greene "ANDROS, we have the best candidate, the best team and the best leader, and we are ready to govern and improve the quality of life for you," said Philip "Brave" Davis

Davis hits out at PM at PLP rally

Davis hits out at PM at PLP rally By TRIBUNE INTERNS Brittany Kemp and Michelle Greene "ANDROS, we have the best candidate, the best team and the best leader, and we are ready to govern and improve the quality of life for you," said Philip "Brave" Davis

Davis hits out at PM at PLP rally

Davis hits out at PM at PLP rally By TRIBUNE INTERNS Brittany Kemp and Michelle Greene "ANDROS, we have the best candidate, the best team and the best leader, and we are ready to govern and improve the quality of life for you," said Philip "Brave" Davis

Boy, 16, denied bail in murder case

Boy, 16, denied bail in murder case By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net TWO men and a juvenile were remanded to prison yesterday after being arraigned in connection with two homicides. In the first of three arraignments be

Guilty policeman awaits bail verdict

Guilty policeman awaits bail verdict By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net MANSLAUGHTER convict and ex-policeman Donovan Gardiner will learn tomorrow if a Supreme Court judge will grant him bail pending the outcome of a cons

Latest Grand Bahama murder victim identified

Latest Grand Bahama murder victim identified BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Grand Bahama's latest murder victim has been identified as Allen Furtile, who was shot and killed Saturday night on Church H

ATTORNEY 'SETTLES' ALLEGED $40K DEBT TO MORLEY REALTY

By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net An attorney yesterday said she had settled an outstanding $40,000 debt owed to a Bahamian real estate company, alleging that the realtor had done "very little work" for its commissi

EXPEDIA SEES 25% BAHAMAS GROWTH

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas recorded a 25 per cent increase in year-over-year bookings across all Expedia travel sites, ranking fourth among Caribbean destinations, with the most significant bookin

TOP REALTOR CALLS FOR STAMP TAX 'REVERSAL'

A LEADING realtor is urging the Government to reverse its Stamp Tax increase on real property transactions, arguing that it is costing the Bahamas much-needed business and discouraging both local and foreign buyers. Mario Carey, head of Mario Carey Realty

ATTORNEY ALLEGES ROAD WORKERS 'OWED' $1M

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net ATTORNEY Wayne Munroe told Tribune Business yesterday he was still proceeding with legal action against Jose Cartellones Construcciones Civiles Company (JCCC) on behalf of disgruntl

ATTORNEY 'SETTLES' ALLEGED $40K DEBT TO MORLEY REALTY

By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net An attorney yesterday said she had settled an outstanding $40,000 debt owed to a Bahamian real estate company, alleging that the realtor had done "very little work" for its commissi

EXPEDIA SEES 25% BAHAMAS GROWTH

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas recorded a 25 per cent increase in year-over-year bookings across all Expedia travel sites, ranking fourth among Caribbean destinations, with the most significant bookin

TOP REALTOR CALLS FOR STAMP TAX 'REVERSAL'

A LEADING realtor is urging the Government to reverse its Stamp Tax increase on real property transactions, arguing that it is costing the Bahamas much-needed business and discouraging both local and foreign buyers. Mario Carey, head of Mario Carey Realty

ATTORNEY ALLEGES ROAD WORKERS 'OWED' $1M

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net ATTORNEY Wayne Munroe told Tribune Business yesterday he was still proceeding with legal action against Jose Cartellones Construcciones Civiles Company (JCCC) on behalf of disgruntl

ATTORNEY 'SETTLES' ALLEGED $40K DEBT TO MORLEY REALTY

By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net An attorney yesterday said she had settled an outstanding $40,000 debt owed to a Bahamian real estate company, alleging that the realtor had done "very little work" for its commissi

EXPEDIA SEES 25% BAHAMAS GROWTH

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas recorded a 25 per cent increase in year-over-year bookings across all Expedia travel sites, ranking fourth among Caribbean destinations, with the most significant bookin

TOP REALTOR CALLS FOR STAMP TAX 'REVERSAL'

A LEADING realtor is urging the Government to reverse its Stamp Tax increase on real property transactions, arguing that it is costing the Bahamas much-needed business and discouraging both local and foreign buyers. Mario Carey, head of Mario Carey Realty

ATTORNEY ALLEGES ROAD WORKERS 'OWED' $1M

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net ATTORNEY Wayne Munroe told Tribune Business yesterday he was still proceeding with legal action against Jose Cartellones Construcciones Civiles Company (JCCC) on behalf of disgruntl

Four chronic diseases added to drug prescription plan

Four chronic diseases added to drug prescription plan By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net FOUR more chronic diseases have been added to the National Drug Prescription Plan. Chief pharmacist Dr Brenna Brown-Turnquest confi

Four chronic diseases added to drug prescription plan

Four chronic diseases added to drug prescription plan By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net FOUR more chronic diseases have been added to the National Drug Prescription Plan. Chief pharmacist Dr Brenna Brown-Turnquest confi

Man accused over child porn

Man accused over child porn A BAHAMIAN man faces 250 counts of child pornography in a Florida court, according to media reports last night. Broward County police arrested 26-year-old Kenwood Deveaux after they found "photos of children in unspeakable po

Tribune journalist victim of brutal robbery

Tribune journalist victim of brutal robbery By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net A BAHAMIAN journalist was the victim of a brutal armed robbery this weekend. Tribune senior reporter Chester Robards ran for his life after h

PM 'will not take 90 days for vote'

PM 'will not take 90 days for vote' By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net PRIME MINISTER Hubert Ingraham yesterday said he does not plan to "take advantage" of the 90-day period available to him after the House of Assembly

PM 'will not take 90 days for vote'

PM 'will not take 90 days for vote' By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net PRIME MINISTER Hubert Ingraham yesterday said he does not plan to "take advantage" of the 90-day period available to him after the House of Assembly

Crime, overpayments and shoddy work blamed as construction costs triple

By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net CONSTRUCTION costs for a government complex skyrocketed to more than triple the initially contracted sum as a result of "defective work", overpayments, and suspected criminal activity, a

Prison superintendent to explain late arrivals at court

By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net SUPERINTENDENT of Prisons Dr Elliston Rahming will appear before three judges in two weeks to verify if his agency is at fault for the late arrival of prisoners to court. In yesterday's a

PM: FNM delivering on urban renewal

PM: FNM delivering on urban renewal By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham last night said the Free National Movement is delivering Bahamians a better new version of Urban Renewal than the upgra

Manslaughter appeal delayed yet again

Manslaughter appeal delayed yet again By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THE appeal hearing of a man convicted of manslaughter by provocation was adjourned yesterday morning for another two weeks. The hearing was resched

Family safe and well

Family safe and well POLICE have stopped their search for a Millennium Gardens family of five who disappeared without a trace over the weekend. According to press liaison officer Insp Chrislyn Skippings, the missing mother and her four children have been

'We don't know how to handle small business'

'We don't know how to handle small business' By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A Bahamian small and medium-sized business development agency should have been created 20 years ago, a local entrepreneur said yesterda

Charged over decade-old crime

Charged over decade-old crime By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A MAN from the nation's second city was arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday in connection fraud crimes committed a decade ago. Leroy Bowe, 42, of Freep

DNA hits out over FNM priorities for Abaco

DNA hits out over FNM priorities for Abaco By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THE Democratic National Alliance's Central and South Abaco candidate Roscoe Thompson says Abaco's latest infrastructural projects should have b

Turnquest to sue

Turnquest to sue By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net NATIONAL Security Minister Tommy Turnquest followed through on his promise to consider suing a political candidate if he did not retract a slanderous remark reportedly

Man bailed over fraud allegation

Man bailed over fraud allegation By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A FOX Hill man is on bail after he pleaded not guilty to using a popular restaurant's account to defraud a local bank of more than $5,000 last December.

Charged over decade-old crime

Charged over decade-old crime By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net A MAN from the nation's second city was arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday in connection fraud crimes committed a decade ago. Leroy Bowe, 42, of Freep

DNA hits out over FNM priorities for Abaco

DNA hits out over FNM priorities for Abaco By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THE Democratic National Alliance's Central and South Abaco candidate Roscoe Thompson says Abaco's latest infrastructural projects should have b

Turnquest to sue

Turnquest to sue By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net NATIONAL Security Minister Tommy Turnquest followed through on his promise to consider suing a political candidate if he did not retract a slanderous remark reportedly

Public sector strikes could be on the way as negotiations hit rocks

By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net DISAPPOINTED public managers are considering taking industrial action over slow-moving labour negotiations, union officials said yesterday. Public Managers Union representative Leslie M

GASOLINE STATION CLOSURES 'SOONER RATHER THAN LATER'

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net Bahamian petroleum retailers yesterday said rising oil prices have wiped out all benefits from the margin increase granted by the Government last year, one telling Tribune Business

Holocaust survivor to tell her tale

Holocaust survivor to tell her tale HOLOCAUST survivor Rena Finder will give a first-hand account of her horrific experiences and subsequent salvation in Nazi-occupied Germany at the Sheraton tonight. Ms Finder will be sharing her harrowing story for the

Roadwork-hit businesses 'need more time'

Roadwork-hit businesses 'need more time' By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net ONE week is not a practical amount of time for businesses to collect information and documentation to assess the damage caused by the road improveme

Holocaust survivor to tell her tale

Holocaust survivor to tell her tale HOLOCAUST survivor Rena Finder will give a first-hand account of her horrific experiences and subsequent salvation in Nazi-occupied Germany at the Sheraton tonight. Ms Finder will be sharing her harrowing story for the

Man stabbed to death

Man stabbed to death By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net POLICE last night denied reports of growing tensions between Bahamians and persons of Haitian descent in Abaco. The vehicular assault of a man of Haitian descent ju

Satellite provider backs regulation

Satellite provider backs regulation By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net A leading Bahamas-based satellite TV provider says it will have no problem being regulated by the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority

Realtor unveils its new recruit

Realtor unveils its new recruit MARIO Carey Realty team has announced a new addition to its team, real estate agent and architect Ashley Brown, who is following in her family's footsteps. Brown's great-grandfather, Ernest John Henry 'Harry' McPherson, so

Papa leaves mother in tears

Papa leaves mother in tears By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net THE Progressive Liberal Party is braced for an "imminent" election following the impromptu suspension of parliament yesterday. PLP Leader Perry Christie yes

BTC unveils new mobile features

THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is launching a new mobile feature that allows customers to carry out faster account transactions. The new mobile feature, Star 200 (*200#), allows pre-paid customers to top-up minutes, transfer minutes to anot

Man convicted of unlawful sex faces sentence wait

Man convicted of unlawful sex faces sentence wait A MAN convicted in the Supreme Court in December of having sex with an 11-year-old girl will have to wait another month before he is sentenced. Alexander McPhee was brought down to Bank Lane yesterday, ho

Man convicted of unlawful sex faces sentence wait

Man convicted of unlawful sex faces sentence wait A MAN convicted in the Supreme Court in December of having sex with an 11-year-old girl will have to wait another month before he is sentenced. Alexander McPhee was brought down to Bank Lane yesterday, ho