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Minister hails exam result improvements
EDUCATION Minister Jeff Lloyd, pictured, yesterday highlighted several improvements in this year’s national exam results, which showed more students achieving A, B and C grades in 2021 when compared with 2020.
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Drop in top grades as exam results are released
NATIONAL exam results worsened in 2020 compared to 2019, with fewer students achieving A, B and C grades and more students receiving D, E, F and G grades compared to the year before.
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A-C grades increase in exams
EDUCATION Minister Jeff Lloyd revealed yesterday that the number of BGCSE students receiving A, B and C grades this year increased by more than 10 percent compared with 2019.
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CW Sawyer moving to UB campus
STUDENTS of C W Sawyer Primary School will be temporarily relocated to the University of the Bahamas’ campus to resume face-to-face classes on Monday.
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BJ Murray named to All-Conference USA second team
BJ Murray received conference wide recognition for his breakout sophomore season and developed into one of the leading members of the Florida Atlantic University Owls lineup.
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BJ Murray makes it official with the Chicago Cubs
Just over a week after he was selected in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft, BJ Murray made it official with the Chicago Cubs.
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Bastian wins, record-breaking weekend for swimmers Carey and Johnson
WHILE Izaak Bastian walked away with a pair of medals, it was a record-breaking weekend for Davante Carey and Marvin Johnson as they led a field of Bahamians competing at the 2021 UANA Tokyo Qualifier in Clermont, Florida.
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UPDATED: Man dies after crash in Abaco
AN Abaco man is dead after the vehicle he was driving collided head on with a truck on S C Bootle Highway on Thursday evening.
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Murray hits first homer as a pro
BJ Murray had his best game since he joined the Chicago Cubs organisation with a perfect night at the plate and his first professional home run in the Arizona Complex League.
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BJ Murray hits team-leading 14th home run of the year
BJ Murray continued his power hitting display in a season of milestones for the FAU Owls.
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'Diabolical' exam results threaten growth revival
A governance reformer is warning that the latest "diabolical" BGCSE exam results will further undermine efforts to grow the Bahamian economy at the faster pace needed to recover from COVID-19.
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‘Water heater sales are lucrative on GB’
A Grand Bahama hotel operator says “it’s a lucrative business to be in hot water heater sales” as his property grapples with the same salt water issues that have afflicted the nearby Grand Lucayan.
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Abaco man killed in traffic accident as car flips
AN Abaco man is dead after a traffic accident on Sunday.
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Tribute to Zelma Dean
I received news recently about the sad demise of Zelma Dean. I was a colleague of Mrs Dean’s in the late 60s, when she was a maths teacher at Robinson Road School, through to the late 70s when the school became C H Reeves Junior High and Mrs Dean was the principal.
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Man dies after being thrown from moving truck
AN Abaco man died on Saturday after he was thrown from the back of a moving truck.
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Grand Lucayan feels the ‘chill’ with no A/C
The Grand Lucayan’s chairman yesterday blamed the resort’s recent closure to overnight guests on an inferior water supply that “rotted our chillers” and left it without air conditioning.
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‘D minus’ for defence of exam grades
BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson has accused Ministry of Education officials of trying to twist the narrative about the “poor” BJC and BGCSE examination results.
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Murray’s ‘late game heroics snaps Owls’ losing streak
BYRON Murray’s late game heroics snapped his Florida Atlantic Owls’ recent losing streak and simultaneously placed him atop the Conference USA leaderboard in home runs.
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Bahamians are among the top performers at IBBF Pro League World Caribbean Championships
BAHAMIAN competitors Kaif Young, Jason Johnson, Paul Wilson, Serena Decius-Norius and Dawn Charlton were among the top performers at the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IBBF) Pro League World Caribbean Championships.
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Students fall sick after eating marijuana cookies
SEVERAL students on Eleuthera fell sick after consuming marijuana laced cookies which were shipped to the island, police reported yesterday.
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