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International basketball players head into break with wins
TAVARIO Miller helped his club extend their win streak, David Nesbitt scored a season high, and Jaraun Burrows led his club into the break with another season high to highlight Bahamian basketball players in various leagues across Europe and South America.
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Furlough ‘frustration’: Workers want finality
A union president yesterday warned that the 90-day extension to the COVID furlough period is “adding to the frustration” of long-suffering workers who want “finality” for their plight.
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Union chief: Workers not feeling tourism’s rebound
The hotel union’s president yesterday said industry workers were yet to feel the benefits from tourism’s post-COVID resurgence with “no higher than 40 percent” of his members recalled to work to-date.
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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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‘Fairly good turnout’ at 10th annual Ed Armbrister Baseball Summer Camp
ORGANISER Michael Butler said he was quite impressed with the outcome of the 10th annual Ed Armbrister Baseball Summer Camp, which paid tribute to the late Major League Baseball Player.
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Burrows and Tigers finish 5th in U Sports Men’s Basketball Final 8
SHAMAR Burrows and the Dalhousie Tigers concluded their season with a fifth place finish overall at the U Sports Men’s Basketball Final 8.
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Atlantis ‘close to 90%’ occupancy in coming weeks
Atlantis will operate at “close to 90 percent occupancy” over the next few weeks, its top executive revealed yesterday, with all properties apart from the Beach Towers having re-opened post-COVID.
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300 attend Sawyer’s Fresh Market job fair
MORE than 300 job seekers in Grand Bahama turned out for a job fair held at the new Sawyer’s Fresh Market location in Lucaya.
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Bill passed to end Emergency Orders
MEMBERS of Parliament passed a bill yesterday to bring an end to certain suspensions implemented under the former Minnis administration through the Emergency Powers Orders.
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Mixed fortunes for Bahamian pro basketball players in Europe and South America
This week produced varying results for Bahamian pro basketball players as their postseason runs continued in their respective leagues throughout Europe and South America.
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Woodside and Capers extend winning streak
DIANGELO Woodside and his Cape Breton Capers concluded the home portion of their Atlantic University Sport regular season and extended their win streak to five games.
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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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Clarke scores career high, Bastian and McCoy post double doubles
GARVIN Clarke posted a career-high scoring night in NCAA Division I and a pair of Bahamians posted double doubles in Division II basketball.
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Jonquel Jones scores 23 in return from EuroBasket tournament
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonquel Jones scored 23 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in her return from the EuroBasket tournament, and the Connecticut Sun beat the short-handed Washington Mystics 90-71 last night.
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BTC: No contract worker termination over COVID policy
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) chief executive has denied that any contract workers have been terminated with “over 90 percent” complying with its COVID policies.
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Bahamas hitting ‘bull’s eye on HIV/AIDS global targets’
HIV/AIDS Foundation hosts candlelight vigil on December 1
TOMORROW the world re-commits to the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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Gibson leads Huskies to two victories
Qyemah Gibson has emerged as an offensive leader for the St. Mary’s Huskies this preseason and has set the tone for lofty expectations in the 2021 campaign.
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‘It’s bouncing back with a vengeance’
Tourism was yesterday said to be “bouncing back with a vengeance” with 13,000 cruise visitors expected in the week before Independence and Nassau’s mega resorts reporting occupancies of up to 90 percent.
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Insurer’s $5m payout to boost equity return
A Bahamian insurer will “significantly reduce our cost of capital” by redeeming $5m in preference shares as it awaits regulatory approval to acquire an agency owned by one of its main shareholders.
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Securities sales
The performance of The Central Bank sale of Securities recently is exceptionally significant not because the securities were over-subscribed but only 25% of a $34m offer caught interest of those who purchase.
