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Record-breaking swimmer leaves hospital for a second time

AUSTRALIAN ultra-marathon swimmer Chloe McCardel was yesterday discharged from hospital in Nassau for a second time after reportedly being re-admitted at the weekend due to “weeping” wounds resulting from her world record swim from the southern tip of Eleuthera to New Providence last week.

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PETER YOUNG: Tumultuous year and passing of a statesman

SINCE this column is mainly about international affairs, it might be appropriate at the beginning of January to attempt a brief broad brush review of the year and offer some thoughts about the coming months in what has become a crisis-ridden world. But I fear that in today’s state of febrile uncertainty it would be hazardous to try to predict even the immediate future.

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Francis Adderley wins President’s Cup Tournament

FORMER softball/baseball player Francis Adderley, who has played well in partnership with others in recent times, emerged as the champion of his first individual tournament over the weekend.

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Turnquest and Anand finish 2nd in their divisions at the 30th Caribbean Junior Golf Championships

TEAM Bahamas produced a pair of top three finishers against elite junior golf talent in the region at the 30th edition of the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships.The team concluded the final round yesterday following the three-day competition

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Nationals: Top junior golfers emerge

THE top junior golfers in the island nation emerged following the results of the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Junior Nationals.

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Wells, Rose lead race for trophy

HEADED into the final day of competition at the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships, one pairing of Team Bahamas will attempt to cling to their position atop the leaderboard while others face an uphill climb toward contention.

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EDITORIAL: Evidence there to check the facts

EVIDENCE is a powerful thing.

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EDITORIAL: Melia shutdown is a disaster for its staff

The news about the Melia Nassau Beach Resort could hardly be worse – it will close down for two years.

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Meditation – The sea

THINK of the uncontrollable power of a storm. Harvey is certainly making his presence felt in parts of Texas. In the face of such force we are reminded to be humble no matter how important we seem to be. Tragic loss of life is a sobering reminder of the many who have found themselves going to a watery grave.

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Tokyo Games ‘not going to start on July 24’

AS pressure continues to mount from athletes, member federations and healthcare professionals, one International Olympic Committee official gave the first indication that the 2020 Tokyo Games will be postponed due to the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.

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Chamber chief: ‘Don’t get sidetracked’ over investor confidence

The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday urged the Government “not to get sidetracked” by the furore over the Prime Minister suggesting investor confidence is “waning”.

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'Once the Bahamas becomes a permanent stop on the tour, millions of dollars will come to our country and impact our local economy'

'Once the Bahamas becomes a permanent stop on the tour, millions of dollars will come to our country and impact our local economy' By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net With the second Bahamas Women's Open less than two weeks a

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'Once the Bahamas becomes a permanent stop on the tour, millions of dollars will come to our country and impact our local economy'

'Once the Bahamas becomes a permanent stop on the tour, millions of dollars will come to our country and impact our local economy' By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net With the second Bahamas Women's Open less than two weeks a

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'Once the Bahamas becomes a permanent stop on the tour, millions of dollars will come to our country and impact our local economy'

'Once the Bahamas becomes a permanent stop on the tour, millions of dollars will come to our country and impact our local economy' By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net With the second Bahamas Women's Open less than two weeks a

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Don’t gamble away the legal profession

Do you consider yourself a gambler? Opening the Bahamian legal system to foreign law firms is just that: A gamble. There is only a small chance (20 per cent, give or take) that opening the legal system to foreign law firms will drastically increase offshore financial services bsiness for the Bahamas.

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Police Farce: Audit exposes RBPF

RESEARCHERS who conducted a manpower audit of the Royal Bahamas Police Force flayed last year’s promotional exercise in their report while revealing the top-heavy Force needs 791 more constables to be more effective.

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Ingraham bids farewell as FNM leader

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham bid farewell as the Free National Movement’s longest serving leader at the party’s convention this weekend.

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Exalting the divine from 1939

Celebration will truly be in the air when Holy Spirit Anglican Church, one of the main spiritual pillars in the Chippingham community, rings in their 75th anniversary. Although the church, once known as the “Little Lipstick Church”, officially celebrates this milestone on January 12, 2014, it is organising six months of activities leading up to the grand celebration.

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BAMSI building destroyed in fire to be rebuilt as co-ed dorm

THE fire damaged male dorm at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Sciences Institute (BAMSI) in North Andros will be rebuilt as a co-ed structure, Minister of Works Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday.