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Let your voices be heard this Junior Junkanoo 2019: introducing Junior Junkanoo fan voting
Let your voices be heard this Junior Junkanoo 2019: introducing Junior Junkanoo fan voting
The time for your input in Junkanoo is now. The Junkanoo process has solely been left in the hands of judges since inception, but as of 2018, the National Junkanoo Committee (NJC) has introduced the annual NJC-MobileAssist Viewers Choice Award, an award that is determined [...]
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Today is the last day to vote for 'Jazz'
Today is the last day to vote for 'Jazz'
At 2 p.m. today, the online voting process for the 2022 Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game will close and the starting position players in each league will be announced. Despite being out with back soreness, Bahamian professional baseball player with the Miami Marlins Jasrado 'Jazz' Chisholm Jr. continues to be the leading vote-getter among second basemen ...
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More than 600 nominees for local government vote
More than 600 nominees for local government vote
MORE than 600 people have nominated for local government positions before the January 27 elections.
Would you vote for a non-Christian
Would you vote for a non-Christian
By ALESHA CADET
Tribune Features Reporter
IF Mitt Romney wins the Republican nomination and goes on to become the next president of the United States of America, he would be the first US president outside of the Christian mainstream.
Over the past days and months, Mitt Romney has come under scrutiny because of his Mormon faith.
Pastor Robert Jeffress, a strong supporter of Rick Perry, another ...
Discussion on vote process
Discussion on vote process
MINISTER of National Security Wayne Munroe said discussions are ongoing about improving the voting process.
Bishop: Register and vote
Bishop: Register and vote
As Bahamians gear up to go to the polls to elect the next government, Church of God members were encouraged to pray for a peaceful and uneventful process by their national overseer/administrative bishop, Moses Johnson, during their annual convention.
Johnson encouraged them to also pray for politicians. He said that everyone should show respect to one another by demonstrating a higher level of mat...
Letter: We should cherish 'right to vote'
Letter: We should cherish 'right to vote'
EDITOR, The Tribune.
As our country nears election, I think of how far we have come with our "Right to vote".
Maybe not in my time but many others can still remember not having this honour. Now that we have it, I pray that we cherish and respect it.
The idea that because we do not "see" our representatives walking through our streets or visiting our houses, which then brings one to say "w...
Jones finishes tied for third in DPOY voting
Jones finishes tied for third in DPOY voting
For the second time in three years, missing last year because of time taken off over concerns for the coronavirus pandemic, Bahamian Jonquel “JJ” Jones is a top five finisher for the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) Award.
Next BUT president 'could represent the union majority vote'
By AVA TURNQUEST
Tribune Staff Reporter
aturnquest@tribunemedia.net
THE next president of the Bahamas Union of Teachers could represent the majority vote of the entire union, according to union secretary general Stephen McPhee.
Unlike the last election which saw four candidates fight for the top spot of the 4,000-strong union, this year's race has only two approved candidates: incumbent Belin...
Dorian swayed Abaco vote
Dorian swayed Abaco vote
LOW voter turnout and the "poor" handling of Hurricane Dorian were chief among the reasons why the Free National Movement was rejected at the polls by Abaco residents, who are now calling for the Davis-led administration to live up to its promises where the previous administration had failed.