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Hopefuls seek to muscle way onto the team
WITHOUT an actual show to fall back on because of the restrictions imposed by Covid-19, the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation staged a screening for competitors wishing to make the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championship team.
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BISX-listed insurer in 37% profit jump
A BISX-listed insurance group yesterday unveiled a 36.8 percent year-over-year profit increase for 2021 as its top executive said it was "time to be cautiously optimistic" after two years of COVID.
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Woman, 22, dies as car collides with pole
A WOMAN is dead after her car veered off the road and hit a utility pole in Grand Bahama on Saturday night.
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38,400 doses of J&J vaccine delivered
ABOUT 38,400 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrived in the Bahamas yesterday.
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Three arrests over marijuana find
THREE men were arrested in Grand Bahama on Wednesday for possession of 2.5 pounds of suspect marijuana.
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CAC Bodybuilding: Federation selects 7-member team Bahamas
THE Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation has selected five males to their seven-member team for the Central American and Caribbean Championships next month in San Salvador, El Salvador, with two others pending.
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FNM Women’s Association reaches out to help ill resident
THE Grand Bahama FNM Women’s Association, along with the executives of the National FNM Women’s Association, launched a community outreach scheme at the weekend by donating and delivering food and other items to a Freeport resident who is ill and unable to leave her home.
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Take the tools of death out of the marketplace
The definition of fire arm is a weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder —usually called small arms.
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Former Exuma MP George Smith in hospital
FORMER Exuma MP George Smith is in hospital after falling ill while campaigning for the Progressive Liberal Party last week.
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EDITORIAL: Throwing away vaccines is shameful
THE news that we are throwing away vaccines should be a cause for national shame.
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40,000 J&J vaccines here by month end
THE Bahamas should receive some 40,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this month, Health Minister Renward Wells said yesterday.
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INSIGHT: Time we got real and ended the stigma of mental illness
Although the Ministry of Health has tried very hard to lessen the stigma of mental illness, health professionals admit there is a whole lot more to be done to assist those suffering from mental disorders.
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$6m claims jump drives Bahamas First into loss
Bahamas First has warned “it will take some time” to correct problems with its Cayman subsidiary’s life and health portfolio that have been blamed for a $6m-plus jump in claims payouts.
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Who gets to use Hon?
Always thought you had to be a Minister in a Ministerial appointment today or a Minister who had been a Minister to two-terms, but it seems on election as ab MP today upstarts are using Honourable/Hon as a prefix to their names.
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The storm is over
My basic philosophy in public life has always been to give roses and kudos to individuals while they are alive to appreciate them. I make no exceptions. The storm that hovered over The Bahamas for several years, for whatever reasons, appear to be over. The elimination and relaxation of possibly heavy handed curfews and lock downs. The economy, save for certain historical enclaves within our Family Islands, is back up and running on almost full throttle.
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Bahamian man killed in Ohio
A BAHAMIAN man was killed in Ohio after a gunman shot him in the head through the window of his home, according to US reports.
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Privy Council ruling ‘could open door for release applications’
A PRIVY Council ruling that could lead to a man being freed from Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre after being there for decades could open the door for other people to make applications to the courts for release, according to lawyers.
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Food for The Punch
Two stories hit me from your Tuesday edition... if there was still The Punch today I am sure Ivan Johnson will have had a totally different spin on those stories.
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Making the CARIFTA mark
Versatile sprinter/ hurdler Antoine Andrews qualified in his second event for the 2022 CARIFTA Games, while Leonardo Taylor and Leon Williams joined a list of throwers reaching the qualifying mark for the trip to Kingston, Jamaica, over the Easter holiday weekend.
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Bridgewater leading scorer with 22.4 points per game
DOMNICK Bridgewater continues his dominant play in his second stint in France’s NM2 League.
