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Coach Yo leads Rebels to 11th straight win
COACH Yolett McPhee- McCuin’s Ole Miss Rebels are one of the hottest teams in all of NCAA Division I basketball and streaked to their 11th straight win.
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Jamaican pair arraigned over $600K marijuana haul
TWO Jamaican men were arraigned on several drug-related charges yesterday in connection with last week’s seizure of over $600,000 worth of marijuana that was found in Inagua.
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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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Man accused of damaging car
A woman testified yesterday about how she made a complaint to police after being informed by a friend that her car had been damaged.
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Failure to get Lucayan deal over the line not unexpected
A lack of “commitment” to complete by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line for the purchase of the Grand Lucayan Hotel was behind government’s decision to pull the plug on the deal and one Freeport businessman agrees.
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Gambler winnings tax ‘too complex’
The Minnis administration chose not to implement the tax on web shop patron winnings because it was “too complex” and could have driven gamblers back into the underground economy.
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‘Slippery slope’: Don’t exploit private aviation
The Bahamas must “nurture rather than exploit” a booming private aviation market that can become increasingly “fickle” if hit with increased taxes, a prominent industry executive is warning.
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Insurers ‘trying to hold line’ on rate increases
Bahamian insurers yesterday warned businesses and homeowners that premium prices are again coming under “upward pressure”, with one pledging: “We’re trying to hold the line.”
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This year’s Bahamas Bowl most-watched edition of event in four years
THE 2021 Bahamas Bowl was the most-watched edition of the event in four years.
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Middle Tennessee tops Toledo 31-24 to begin bowl season
THE Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders out-classed the Toledo Rockets in a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback to hoist the 2021 Bahamas Bowl college football championship trophy at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium on Friday.
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Betting shops new levy scrapped
ECONOMIC Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis said the government will do away with a patron tax on lottery winnings, although the levy was never implemented on gaming houses.
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Murder toll for year stands at 119
THE country recorded 119 homicides so far in 2021, a 75 percent increase when compared with the 68 that occurred during the same period in 2020.
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‘I saw injury to the face of mother’
A POLICE officer testified in court yesterday how he noticed injuries on a woman who alleged she was hit in the face by her child’s father.
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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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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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Robbery ‘ruled out’ in Griffin slaying
THE motive behind businessman Leon Griffin’s murder does not appear to be armed robbery, Royal Bahamas Police Force Commissioner Paul Rolle said yesterday.
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Adjusted guidelines for those testing positive or exposed to COVID-19
THE Health and Wellness Ministry has released adjusted guidelines for people who test positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed to positive cases.
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Man waved cutlass
A MAN was ordered to attend counselling after he was charged yesterday with unlawfully carrying arms and brandishing a weapon.
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AG: Several tools added to deal with international requests for exchange of information
The Attorney General has provided an insight on the government’s case management system to help facilitate the management of responses to international requests for exchange of information.
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Facebook con artist jailed for four years
CONVICTED con artist Shane Mackey will spend four years in prison for defrauding several people of more than $30,000 in connection with a Facebook Marketplace scam that occurred earlier this year.
