The Opposition and its Leader are caught in a cleft stick, a classic catch- 22 situation in which the party is floundering and Perry Christie is flailing about as if his political life is in jeopardy - which it is.

The party's prospects for winning the next election are quite slim and there is little the leadership can do to change things. The Opposition is in desperate need of reform and house-cleaning.

Those in the higher echelo ns know that they cannot win with Mr. Christie (most of them did not support him for leader in the first place) but they realize that any attempt to get rid of him at this late hour will run the risk of ripping the party apart.

MOST women dread the onset of menopause - the hot flashes, night sweats, and decreased sexual drive.

To most women the change of life signifies the loss of youth and desirability. It's the gradual metamorphosis from youth into old age.

Some women go through menopause with few or no symptoms, but many women experience short-term or acute symptoms such as hot flushes, dizziness, headaches, vaginal dryness, heart palpitations.

They may also grieve over the loss of their youth, which can manifest as mild depression and anxiety.

Helping women embrace the changes brought about by menopause is what the Foundation For Regular Women aims to do at it ...

By JEFFARAH GIBSON
Tribune Features Writer

THE WATER and Sewerage Corporation's (WSC) general manager told Tribune Business yesterday that it was in a "delicate" situation with regards to collecting fees at the Tonique Williams-Darling Highway landfill, adding that the $12 per load tariff was insufficient to cover the cost of operating and investing in the facility.

Glen Laville told Tribune Business: "The fees do not cover the costs, but we're in a sort of 'Catch 22' situation. If the dump fees are raised people may start finding alternative, and sort of illegal ways of dumping, rather than paying what the actual cost is.

"T ...

By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Business Reporter
nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business
Editor

THE Water & Sewerage Corporation may have 20,000 inactive accounts as a result of consumers dumping its service, it has been revealed, as it aims to reduce non-revenue water from 55 per cent to just 20 per cent of total supply.

A September 2011 Environmental and Social Analysis, prepared by Bahamian environmental consultant Stacey Moultrie for an $81 million Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) project aiming to rehabilitate the Water & Sewerage Corporation's water supply and wastewater treatment provision, described reducing water losses from five million gallons per day to two million gallons as the "cornerstone" of bringing th ...