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Unfair to Colours
Colours were unfairly treated in the B category 2024 New Year’s Day Junkanoo Parade, said Dion Miller, Chairman of the Junkanoo Corporation New Providence.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: It’s our problem. We’re the solution – Safe Bahamas made us all part of the picture, no one escaped responsibility
Crime is not someone else’s problem. It is ours. All of us.
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‘Huge admission’ over Gov’t $110m BPL loan
THE Opposition’s leader yesterday asserted he has wrung “a huge admission” from the Government that it loaned Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) some $110m without first agreeing the interest rate and terms.
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Softball legend Van ‘Lil Joe’ Johnson dies at age of 60
THE Eleuthera Softball Association’s Jets, the New Providence Softball Association’s perennial kingpins Budweiser Eagles and Truckers softball teams and the men’s national softball team, lost one of its most talented and versatile players in the death of Van “Lil Joe” Johnson.
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Bahamas athletes shine in Caribbean Equestrian Association final standings
IT was all good news for the Bahamas equestrian community when the final results of the Caribbean Equestrian Association 2023 Mini Jumping Challenge and 2023 Mini Dressage Challenge were released last week.
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NPPPSSA basketball tournament for boys ends today
THE New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association will conclude its basketball tournament for boys today at 9 am at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
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Housing crisis needs solving
It has long been accepted that there is a severe affordable housing crisis here in the capital island of New Providence. This did not just pop up out of the proverbial blue but has been fueled by the apparent lazy, laid back modus operandi and non-innovative approach of our home grown urban designers and politicians, across the political chess board.
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Eva Hilton shockers emerge as champions
AT the end of two exciting days of competition, the Eva Hilton Shockers emerged as the girls’ champions of the New Providence Public Primary Schools Association’s Sherman Smith Basketball Tournament.
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Man pleads guilty to housebreaking and car theft and receives six-months in prison
A MAN was sentenced to six months in prison after admitting to stealing a car from a residence in Pride Estates last week.
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St George’s High School unofficial winner of GB Junior Junkanoo
ST George’s High School is the unofficial winner of the 2024 Anthony “Huck” Williams Junior Junkanoo Parade in Grand Bahama.
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DIANE PHILLIPS – Where oh where has the Girl gone?
THE striking man saddled up to the bar, cool, confident, and in a calm voice said to the bartender, “Gimme a girl.”
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‘No mask mandate’ as COVID cases rise
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said there is no need to reintroduce COVID-19 prevention mandates such as wearing masks after an uptick in cases of the disease, though people are recommended to wear masks. He said businesses could enforce a mask mandate.
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One man dead as 36 cases of COVID-19 reported in six weeks
CASES of COVID-19 are on the rise in New Providence and Grand Bahama, with one man dying.
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Rhema Otabor optimistic for 2024 season
With 2023 now in the rearview mirror, expectations are high for not only federations but also top athletes in the 2024 calendar year. Top javelin thrower Rhema Otabor turned in an outstanding 2023 season across the board and although many adopt a “new year, new me” mindset as the calendar flips, The Tribune’s 2023 Senior Female Athlete of the Year wants to build on last year’s tremendous progress this season.
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Melia middle managers’ dismissal claim survives
A wrongful dismissal claim by 50 middle managers at the former Melia Nassau Beach Resort has been permitted to survive “so that justice may not only be done but be seen to be done”.
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Bahamian music artist Canaan For Yah signs a deal with Epidemic Records
CANAAN Cunningham worked multiple jobs to make ends meet when he moved to Miami, doing sound engineering for artists, songwriting, and part-time work at TJ Maxx.
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SAXONS MARCH TO TWO STRAIGHT: The Superstars sweep Boxing Day and New Year’s Junkanoo parades
THE Shell Saxons Superstars unofficially won the New Year’s Day Parade, rocking the crowd with a theme of exploring the indigenous history of the archipelago.
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Skydive company told to stop advertising its jumps
A skydiving excursion provider has been warned by the Civil Aviation Authority of The Bahamas (CAAB) to not advertise any jumps until given further approval.
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Grand Bahama senior boys steal spotlight
As the Providence Basketball Club’s 24th Yuletide Classic continued yesterday at the CI Gibson Gymnasium, the two senior boys teams from Grand Bahama took the spotlight.
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SUPERSTARS SHINE: Saxons inch past Valley, Colours take top spot in B
THE Shell Saxons Superstars unofficially won the Boxing Day Parade, dominating the major categories with its Ancient Rulers theme.