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Chavez Young named player of the week
CHAVEZ Young has excelled with the Buffalo Bison since his return to Triple-A baseball and was recognised as the club’s Player of the Week.
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Forbes: Vaccine coverage must be the priority
THE country’s top infectious disease expert says vaccine coverage in the country needs to be prioritised as less than 40,000 Bahamians have been fully vaccinated and COVID-19 cases surge again.
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COVID death tally passes 600 milestone
THE Bahamas achieved another grim milestone over the weekend after the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths reached 605, with one senior physician warning the country could be grappling with another coronavirus surge.
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Bahamas sees $715m gain if ‘infrastructure gap’ closed
The Bahamas stands to gain a $715m boost if it invests just $31m to close the “digital infrastructure gap” between itself and the world’s leading economies, a multilateral lender is arguing.
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Munroe makes debut in Dominican Summer League
KRISTIN Munroe made his professional debut in the Dominican Summer League over the weekend and gave the Los Angeles Angels an early look at the productivity he hopes to bring to the organisation.
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Bahamian basketball players standouts in junior college
SEVERAL Bahamian athletes delivered standout performances for their respective programmes at the Junior College level.
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Housebreaking accused remanded
A 21-year-old man accused of breaking into a woman’s house earlier this month was remanded to prison yesterday.
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Two game leads in NPBA best of five championship series
THE Giants basketball teams are at opposite ends of the spectrum against the Rockets as the New Providence Basketball Association began its best-of-five championship series over the weekend at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
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Tourism demand up over 50% in vital US markets
The Bahamas’ key visitor source markets are “all up double digits” on tourism demand, it was revealed yesterday, with New York and Florida ahead by 56 percent and 40 percent respectively.
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Kai Jones back in NBA G League
KAI Jones has fluctuated between the Charlotte Hornets’ main roster and the G-League affiliate Greensboro Swarm for much of the season.
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Toledo Rockets tip off ‘Nassau Championship’ with victory
THE Toledo Rockets opened a week of NCAA basketball at the inaugural Baha Mar Hoops with the first win in the series of tournaments.
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Governor pledges to tackle private sector’s ‘pain spot’
The Central Bank’s governor yesterday pledged to tackle the “pain spot” suffered by many Bahamian companies over the difficulties encountered in opening bank accounts.
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Another award win for Jonquel
Jonquel Jones claimed another league wide award and her Connecticut Sun won their 10th consecutive game to improve their league leading record to 22-6.
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Romad Dean on the rise in OSBA
ROMAD Dean continues his series of impressive performances in the second half of the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association season.
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Tavario Miller and Zane Knowles in playoffs
Two Bahamian senior men’s national basketball team players got their postseasons off to successful starts.
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IMF: 12% VAT rate ‘lowest in Caribbean’
The Bahamas’ soon-to-be-repealed 12 percent VAT rate was branded “the lowest in the Caribbean” by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its much-debated report to the Government.
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T20 Cricket World Cup qualifying: Bahamas ends up in 5th place
THE Bahamas finished in fifth place with a 2-4 record at the International Cricket Council’s T20 World Cup Americas Qualifying event in Antigua and Barbuda.
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Bridgewater helps his team win Coupe de Provence title
DOMINICK Bridgewater helped his Sapela Basket 13 club to the Coupe de Provence title in France’s NM2 League.
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Seniors to take the spotlight at national schools golf tournament
THE playoff rounds in the primary division of the second annual National Schools Golf Tournament is complete.
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Peter Galanos dies, aged 80
FORMER parliamentarian and insurance businessman Peter Galanos died at his home early yesterday morning at the age of 80.