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Team Bahamas 6th overall in Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships

THE Bahamas concluded the 65th Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships with a sixth place finish in the standings for both the George Teale Trophy and the Hoerman Cup.

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Jonquel Jones has 17pts and 10 rebounds but Sky get 94-91 win over Sun

CHICAGO (AP) — Jonquel Jones had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Connecticut (22-11) but it wasn’t enough as the Chicago Sky beat the Sun 94-91 yesterday to set the franchise record for wins in a season.

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Mountaineers rout Bahamas team by 46

Head coach Dustin Kerns likes what he saw from his Appalachian State University Mountaineers men’s basketball team in their 46-point rout over the Bahamas Select Team yesterday at the Summer of Thunder in the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island.

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Ayton to miss next window

The Bahamas Basketball Federation was hoping to have all three Bahamian National Basketball Association (NBA) players suited up to play together for the first time in the fourth window of the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.

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Undefeated Wildcats beat Bahamas 98-74

The Bahamas Select team, preparing for its next window of the World Cup Qualifier this coming weekend, put up the best showing against the University of Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team.

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IBA Bahamas players earn scholarships

SEVERAL International Basketball Academy (IBA) Bahamas players are preparing to take their academic and athletic careers to the next level this fall.

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Jones and Sun topple Lynx in final game for Sylvia Fowles

JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun concluded the WNBA regular season with wins in nine of their last 11 games and head into the playoffs as a legitimate title contender.

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Pro basketball player Dwight Coleby off to impressive start

DWIGHT Coleby is off to an impressive start with his new club - Heroes de Falcon - in the Venezuelan SuperLiga. The veteran frontcourt player is averaging 9.4 points and a team high 7.8 rebounds per game. He also leads the team in blocks at 1.6 per game, while shooting 53 percent from the field in 25 minutes per game.

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Dirty money - The biggest policy failure of all

THE Central Bank’s former chief enforcer says the US and UK are the biggest recipients of “dirty money” and suggests racial bias against countries like The Bahamas in anti-money laundering (AML) programmes.

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Goodman’s Bay

Should Government allow private enterprise to coolly take over public open space and no one lift a hand or even understand what is happening? I am concerned what is openly happening on Goodman’s Bay parking lot to the eastern side.

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They served with distinction

The police force is an institution comprised of dedicated men and women of integrity, but like in most such institutions, there will be one or two who do not meet those criteria.

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High dairy intake linked to increased prostate cancer risk

There is a saying that milk does the body good, and another that states moderation in all things is the best policy. Prostate cancer has the highest incidence of any cancer in the Bahamas.

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‘New monster in the house’ on small business funding

The finding that 99 percent of Bahamian firms had no interest in seeking debt financing in COVID’s aftermath was yesterday branded “irrelevant” by a small business adviser, who warned: “We have a new monster in the house.”

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DELAYED: Majority of striking airport staff fail to report for work despite ‘illegal’ court ruling

AN estimated 80 percent of airport workers in New Providence who engaged in a lightning strike on Monday did not return to work yesterday, despite a recent court ruling ordering them to report for duty.

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Attorney General hails ‘trailblazing’ carbon Bill

The Attorney General yesterday hailed the Carbon Credit Trading Bill as “trailblazing”, asserting that The Bahamas is further ahead of the entire world in having a “specific framework” to regulate this multi-million dollar activity.

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Negotiations restart after industrial action at airport

THE government has restarted negotiations with the Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) following Monday’s industrial action with the hopes of having most of their grievances resolved by the end of August.

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Nurses agreement ‘to be signed soon’

BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Amancha Williams says the union has no issues with a proposed industrial agreement that is nearing completion, adding it will be signed soon.

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‘Survivors will be humanely treated’

ONLY two Haitian survivors from Sunday’s deadly boating tragedy had work permits to be in the country, Labour and Immigration Minister Keith Bell revealed yesterday, as he promised survivors would be treated humanely.

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Eight tennis juniors take advantage of JITIC u-14 competition

EIGHT young Bahamian tennis stars are competing in the Under- 14 JITIC regional event in Mexico.

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