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Report: One in five teens attempted suicide
Among a list of alarming trends among teens revealed in the Ministry of Health’s Global School Health Report 2025, the most concerning revelation was that one in five Bahamian students between the ages of 13 and 18 have attempted suicide and one...
NHI no longer ‘skewed’ towards private sector
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A Cabinet minister last night revealed that incorporating the public clinics into National Health Insurance (NHI) will ensure the scheme’s sustainability by enabling the...
'Premature' to say deal done for Dominican food imports
By Fay Simmons Tribune Business Reporter jsimmons@tribunemedia.net THE announcement of a trade deal with the Dominican Republic has been described as "premature" by Agriculture Minister Jomo Campbell. Mr Campbell said the memorandum of...

Captain Sandy shares the travel moment that changed her life, why boating is an escape
Captain Sandy Yawn of Bravo's "Below Deck Mediterranean"Captain Sandy Yawn is best known for leading crews on Bravo's "Below Deck Mediterranean," but her maritime career began with a visit to The Bahamas. Yawn, who has traveled the world as a...

The Best Room At... South Bank
Turks and Caicos, a collection of 40 islands and cays tucked southeast of the Bahamas, has always drawn travelers to its brilliant blue waters, silky white sand, spectacular coral reefs, and endless sunshine. When South Bank opened last November...

'Total Dreamboat' - Banter, Exotic Locales, and Vacation Crises
Katelyn Doyle loves tropes such as "forced proximity" and vacation books, hence writing "Total Dreamboat." What was your inspiration behind your most recent book? As a romance writer I love tropes, and one of my favorites is “forced proximity,”...
Call for rethink over pharmacy approvals
BY ANNELIA NIXON Tribune Business Reporter anixon@tribunemedia.net A quality assurance and “pharmacovigilance team” has been assembled after the government has been advised “to rethink their policy of utilising the Caribbean Public Health Agency...

Hon. Philip Edward Brave Davis Prime Minister and Leader of theProgressive Liberal Party
June 23rd, 2025 PLPs, Look at what we’ve built together. In just almost four years, we didn’t just make promises — we made progress. When we came in, the country was on shaky ground. Bills were high. Trust was low. Bahamians were tired of talk and...

'Below Deck's' Captain Sandy on her first visit…
Captain Sandy Yawn is best known for leading crews on Bravo's "Below Deck Mediterranean," but her maritime career began with a visit to The Bahamas. Yawn, who has traveled the world as a superyacht captain, initially started out by answering an ad...

Cruise operators are steering troubled waters with their own private islands
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GE Vernova Secures Gas Turbine Order to Modernize Puerto Rico's Power Grid
GE Vernova secured an order for six of its LM2500 XPRESS* aeroderivative gas turbine packages from RG Engineering (RGE) to modernize the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) power plants at Daguao, Jobos, and Yabucoa, which are managed by...

Bite mark helps experts determine this shark species bit woman on popular New York beach
As temperatures this summer rise, more people will be going to the beach and increasing their chances of seeing sharks. FOX Weather Correspondent Brandy Campbell spoke with shark researcher Catherine MacDonald about shark safety tips for...

Promotion: Myrtha Wellness – Breathtaking escapes
Myrtha Wellness partners with spa consultants, hoteliers and architects to design and build wellness areas that balance aesthetic appeal, guest experience and long-term operational performance. The company provides flexible, sustainable solutions...

Our independence journey
Over the course of a history ranging from a “discovery” of these islands to genocide to Eleutheran Adventurers to piracy to colonization to slavery, followed by emancipation and minority rule, suffrage, internal self-governance, Majority Rule and...

Bermuda athletes leave for overseas meets
Heading to Barbados: Denver Tucker, left, Suresh Black, Miles Outerbridge, Norre Robinson and Devon Bean at Miami International Airport on their way to the Barbados Grand Prix (Photograph supplied) Three separate groups of Bermudian athletes left...

Aztec Airways Launches Fort Lauderdale to Abaco Service
Aztec Airways launches Fort Lauderdale to Abaco service, offering travelers an exciting new way to experience the Bahamas with unmatched convenience. With daily flights connecting Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport’s private terminal...

I was so scared of dying in a shark attack I made a will: Countdown's Rachel Riley reveals her fears she'd be a 'goner' during filming for shocking new show
Rachel Riley was frightened before she even flew out to film new reality show Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters. But here she reveals the sheer euphoria of going eyeball to eyeball with ferocious maneaters... We were thrown in the deep end,...

Expanding fiscal space for priority investments
II. Measuring fiscal space Fiscal space is sometimes measured simply as discretionary fiscal spending—the amount of revenue and borrowing capacity that is left over when non-discretionary spending has been subtracted out. Non-discretionary...
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Brandy Opens Up About 'Taxing' Experience Filming 1998's I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
NEED TO KNOW Brandy says filming her role in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer was "taxing" due to the weather and the bugs In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, she also noted that her character didn't die in the film because she...

Archaeologists Just Found A "Lost City" That Even The Government Didn't Know About
For much of human history, contacting previously unknown people groups and discovering ancient ruins involved a painstaking process of exploring unfamiliar lands and digging through layers of fauna and dirt. Christopher Columbus, for example, had...