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Mitchell: ‘People are fed up with their hypocrisy’

THE Progressive Liberal Party is not surprised by Public Domain’s poll highlighting the growing dissatisfaction Bahamians have in the Minnis administration since the 2017 general election, party Chairman Senator Fred Mitchell said yesterday.

Save the Bays begs: Bin Oban

SAVE the Bays Chairman Joseph Darville has made another impassioned plea to Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis for a clean break with the $5.5 billion Oban Energies project, this week insisting Grand Bahama had suffered enough from “unchecked industrial pollution.”

Carnival: The show goes on – May 4

BAHAMAS Carnival will press on for its fourth year on May 4 with a meagre marketing campaign that has left some group leaders discontent.

A Comic's View: Numbers Don't Lie

THIS week, The Tribune published an article detailing how the current Minnis administration’s popularity was waning in support.According to the article, based on a survey conducted by the polling company Public Domain, fewer than 50 percent of Bahami

China reassures Caribbean amid trade tensions with US

AS trade tensions between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America escalate, officials in Beijing this week recommitted the country to all of its ongoing projects and agreements in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Han J

Method of determining country's deficit 'consistent with previous administrations'

CENTRAL Bank governor John Rolle says the government’s method for determining the country’s deficit has remained consistent from administration to administration even as he avoided being caught in the fray between the Minnis administration and the Pr

Dolphin Encounters 'thrilled' with certification by Humane Conservation programme

AMERICAN Humane, the world’s largest certifier of animal welfare and well-being, announced that Dolphin Encounters at Blue Lagoon Island is the first facility in the Bahamas to achieve certification by the American Humane Conservation programme, join

Pensioners club donates to senior citizens home

BARCLAYS Bank Pensioners’ Club in Grand Bahama presented some cleaning and adult personal care items to the Grand Bahama Home for the Aged on Wednesday.Club President Alice Ferguson, along with chaplain Dorcas Sawyer and welfare officer Sylvia Seymou

Alleged suicide investigated

POLICE are investigating the alleged suicide of a 51-year-old woman who was found with a plastic bag over her head late Wednesday night.In a press release yesterday, police said shortly after 11pm they were called to a residence in western New Provid

121 reported cases of child abuse, neglect and abandonment this year

THERE were 121 reported cases of child abuse, neglect and abandonment for the first three months of the year, according to officials from the Ministry of Social Services.Of this figure, 40 per cent represented cases of abandonment, 27 per cent were s

Island Roots Heritage Festival fast approaching

ON May 4, Bahamians and visitors will descend upon Green Turtle Cay’s Settlement Point for the three-day Island Roots Heritage Festival. Founded in 1977, this Cacique award-winning event celebrates Bahamian history, culture and cuisine, as well as th

NHI reform 'not a solution for all healthcare ills'

Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands warned yesterday reform of the National Health Insurance programme is not a solution for all the Bahamas’ healthcare ills.Dr Sands was in Grand Bahama for the official launch at the Rand Memorial Hospital of a ctivit

Fourth annual Woodturner's Exhibition showcases latest work

The fourth annual Woodturner’s Exhibition opens this Sunday with the latest work by veterans and newcomers to the craft.Under the theme “Turning To Art”, Doongalik Studios on Village Road will host the official opening from 3pm to 6pm. The exhibit wi

Guyanese man is arrested at airport for drug smuggling

A GUYANESE man was arrested by officials at the Lynden Pindling International Airport Wednesday for drug smuggling.According to police, the 29-year-old resident of Suriname arrived in the country from Jamaica shortly after 4pm when he was taken into

No answer yet on forensic audit cost for taxpayers

THE Minnis administration is still not ready to say how much taxpayers paid for forensic audits into government corporations.Asked yesterday, Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest said Bahamians will learn how much audits into

Man seeks to appeal 50 year sentence for double murder

A MAN sentenced to 50 years in prison for the double murder of an elderly woman and her grandson during the course of a burglary over 15 years ago is seeking to contest his sentence.Basil Gordon appeared before the appellate court yesterday in antici

Airport Authority to challenge plane theft negligence decision

THE Airport Authority has been granted leave to pursue its legal challenge of the Court of Appeal’s previous decision that it was negligent over the 2007 theft of a Western Air plane.Appellate Justices Stella Crane-Scott, Milton Evans (acting), and A

Shock slump in Minnis’ support

THE Minnis administration’s popularity is waning, with fewer than 50 per cent of Bahamians generally satisfied with its performance, according to a new poll from marketing and research firm Public Domain. 

200 OFFICERS IN FOX HILL CELLBLOCK SHAKEDOWN

MORE than 200 officers across three law enforcement agencies conducted an overnight prison raid and recovered more than a dozen cell phones, deadly shanks and suspected marijuana.

FERNANDER: STOP OBAN IF IMPACT STUDY’S BAD

BAHAMAS Christian Council President Delton Fernander is concerned about the human impact of the proposed Oban Energies project on Grand Bahama and the government’s plans to tear down sub standard shanty town houses, he told the Tribune yesterday.

STRAW VENDORS PROTEST RENTS OFFENSIVE

Dozens of Straw Market vendors demonstrated in Rawson Square yesterday, incensed over recent closures of hundreds of stalls for rent arrears they feel are symptomatic of predatory and oppressive regulatory oversight.

Turnquest: Davis making 'unfounded' allegations

DEPUTY Prime Minister Peter Turnquest yesterday accused Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis of calling into question the integrity and reputations of key institutions in the country by making what he called “unfounded” and “unfortu

Davis: Public Accounts Committee will investigate '$1bn spent by government'

OPPOSITION Leader Philip “Brave” Davis announced yesterday the Public Accounts Committee will investigate the fact that the government has reportedly spent more than $1 billion in the first six months of the 2017-2018 fiscal year and is also summonin

Crown seeks death penalty in Exuma Shooting death case

THE CROWN is seeking the death penalty for one of two men convicted of the shooting death of a man in his Family Island home during the process of an armed robbery four years ago.Prosecutor Al-Leecia Delancy submitted to Justice Carolita Bethel yeste

Shane Gibson's constitutional relief application hearing delayed

THE hearing into former Cabinet minister Shane Gibson’s application for constitutional relief was adjourned by more than a month yesterday due to the “medical indisposition” of a key applicant in the matter.Yesterday was marked for the continuation o