# FREE National Movement (FNM) leader Michael Pintard said the reduction in the Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate on food falls ...

Economic Affairs Minister Mr Michael Halkitis revealed that the government will forgo an estimated $30 million in revenue due ...

NEARLY $10 million worth of cocaine has been seized in a New Year’s Day drug bust at the container port in Grand Bahama. As a result of a joint operation, Bahamian and US law enforcement ...

THE country recorded 119 murders in 2024, an eight percent increase from the 110 homicides in 2023, according to The Tribune’s records. January was the deadliest month, with 21 murders, followed ...

A CANADIAN said his visit to The Bahamas with his girlfriend turned into a nightmare when police allegedly abused him –– beating him with a bat while he was handcuffed. Tanner Cartwright, 23 ...

Deltec Bank and Trust has officially completed the sale of its private client banking and fiduciary business to Brittania Bank. The acquisition, which was announced in September, has now been ...

ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said the government is working to establish the Office of the Ombudsman in the first quarter of 2025, stressing that a wide range of work is required, from outlining ...

THE US Coast Guard handed over 14 migrants to Bahamian authorities following the interdiction of an illegal maritime migration attempt. It is not clear whether the migrants left for the US from ...

HUMAN Rights Bahamas has called for the newly established parliamentary Human Rights Committee to begin its work, emphasising the urgent need to address ongoing issues affecting the Bahamian public.

A GRIEVING grandmother says the loss of 14-month-old Kengdom Seymour, her last grandson, in a horrific New Year’s Day crash has devastated her family, and the premature posting of the tragedy ...

POLICE on Friday launched a search for a 51-year-old male American tourist who went overboard from a cruise ship near Clarence Town, Long Island. Police were reportedly notified of the incident ...

THE Shell Saxons Superstars did it again, pulling off a fourth consecutive win of the Junkanoo season by unofficially clinching the 2025 New Year’s Day parade with a theme celebrating six ...