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Junior golfers take home national amateur titles
HEATHCLIFF Kane and Anne Fernandez emerged as the Bahamas Golf Federation’s 2021 National Amateur Golf Championships’ male and female champions.
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Improving worker productivity ‘must be our top priority’
The National Tripartite Council’s (NTC) chairman says improving the Bahamian workforce’s productivity “has to be the number one priority” as the latest effort to eliminate workforce skills gaps launched yesterday.
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Bye bye lockdown looks – hello summer hair
COURTESY of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of salon visits last year, many women missed out on the opportunity to spice it up and take advantage of the usual hot summer hair trends.
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Buffaloes retire Buddy Hield’s No.24 jersey
Chavano “Buddy” Hield was honoured by the programme where he concluded his high school career, a place vital on his journey toward NBA stardom and a place he calls his second home.
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Grocers implore PM to end weekend lockdown
THE Retail Grocers Association has called for the end to the weekend lockdowns along with the 7pm curfew, insisting the measures have left businesses teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
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Married to the Bishop
New book reveals challenges of being a church leader’s wife
Pastor’s wives – often misunderstood and misjudged; often viewed only like the extras in a movie who grace the scenery but do not play a major role. Some have lived without having their voices heard, and died with their purposes unfulfilled, never understanding that they, too, had a personal mission apart from their spouse. When facing personal trials, they struggle with the question of who to turn to with their burdens, all because of who they are – the wives of deacons, rectors, pastors or even bishops.
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India firm claims it has ‘world’s safest’ vaccine
INDIA’S Bharat Biotech International claims to have developed “the world’s safest” COVID-19 vaccine and is hoping to register nations in the region as customers as soon as the World Health Organisation gives the drug the seal of approval.
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LW Young and broke candidates
Leon Walter Young, better known to us as L W Young, was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1912, during the governorship of either Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter or Sir William Grey-Wilson. A carpenter and building contractor by profession, Young would serve in Parliament for the Eastern District of New Providence, from the aforementioned 1912 to 1942 – the year of the Burma Road Riots.
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Bahamas Bowl set to return in December
A LANDMARK event on The Bahamas’ sports tourism calendar, the Bahamas Bowl is set to return in 2021.
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Caribbean-US relations: Chance to merge might with right
EVENTS in Washington on January 20 were a welcome relief and release for the world.
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A COMIC'S VIEW: Let’s get ready to rumble
IF you missed Wednesday’s session in the House of Assembly, have no fear because I suffered through (most) of the debate to bring you the highlights and lowlights.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: The light of hope shines again as shameful Trump leaves the stage
ON Wednesday, a huge weight was lifted off the shoulders of the world. Donald Trump left Washington.
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INSIGHT: Global problems such as COVID cannot be solved by adhering to national boundaries
It was on March 15, 2020, that the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in The Bahamas. More than a year has elapsed, and the pandemic shows no signs of abating. The situation is no better in most countries of the world. One of the few known ways to combat the coronavirus is the COVID-19 vaccine, developed simultaneously by many companies and countries across the world.
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A COMIC'S VIEW: Watching and waiting for the U.S. to decide
THE whole world is anticipating the results of the US Presidential election.
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Keyshawn Strachan: ‘I tried my best’ at World Under-20s
IT wasn’t what he anticipated, but men’s national javelin record holder Keyshawn Strachan is hoping that his experience at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday will be the impetus to get him ready for his return to the global stage next year.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol in bid to overturn election
WASHINGTON (AP) — A violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the White House.
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Benjamin Knowles leads the way into today’s final
Ministry of Education’s National High Schools Golf Championships
Benjamin Knowles, producing the most impressive score over the four days of the qualifying round, will lead the way into today’s final of the Ministry of Education’s 2021 National High Schools Golf Championships.
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FACE TO FACE: A one stop place for learners online
NEVER before in the history of mankind have billions of human beings used the internet as a tool for traditional learning at the same time.
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STATESIDE: Is the day of reckoning finally approaching for The Donald?
It’s often said that you’re not paranoid if they’re really out to get you. And a lot of talented, determined people are really out to get Donald Trump.
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STATESIDE: We may be entering one of the most discouraging epochs in American political history
Liz Cheney is an improbable saviour-martyr.
