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EP Roberts Primary captures A and B division championships
A NUMBER of primary school students participated in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s “World Tennis Day” Jamboree at the National Tennis Centre on Monday.
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Trash talk and national pride
Armed with a camera and access to social media, local community advocate Deran Thompson has made a name for himself with the focus he brought to the nastiness with which we cohabit here on New Providence.
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PLP's NIA operated for 'personal gain'
HEADS of respective law enforcement agencies raised concerns that the former government never communicated to them how the National Intelligence Agency was to function in the collective fight against crime.
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'It was a slugfest'
It was a slugfest at the Banker's Field last night as the Bommer G Operators avenged their loss to the Proper Care Lady Sharks. In the New Providence Softball Associatio
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‘Shell billions show corporate tax need’
A Bahamian financial services provider yesterday argued this nation should not use global demands for a 15 percent minimum corporate tax rate “as a marker” after Ireland refused to budge from its lower regime.
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sports inbrief
SOCCER BSSA ACTION THE Bahamas Scholastic Sports Association held its Football (Soccer) Tournament at the St Paul's Sports Field in Lyford Cay over the weekend. The results were as follows: Primary Boys Final - Tr. Christian def. Teleos 2-0 Primary Girls
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Pink Foxes blow away Predators 53-0
BALL IN PLAY: The G-Fit Pink Foxes blew away Femme Fatale Predators 53-0 as the Bahamas Flag Football League continued its regular season action at the Winton rugby pitch on Sunday. In the other women's game, the Lynx routed the Lady Raiders 21-0.
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Two charged in gun and assault cases
TWO men charged in separate criminal matters appeared in the Freeport Supreme Court yesterday for a bail application hearing before Justice Petra Hanna-Adderley. Clive G Wyatt, who is facing charges of possession of a firearm and ammunition, appeare
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NPWBA: Best-of-5 championship opens tonight
THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association will open its best-of-five championship tonight at the DW Davis Gymnasium when the Lady Cheetahs take on the Bommer G Lady Operators.
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Ex-AG: ‘No cause to panic’ over 15% tax
An ex-attorney general yesterday reassured that The Bahamas has “no cause to panic” over the 15 percent global minimum corporate tax rate agreed by world’s powerful nations at the weekend.
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Waste station being developed at Green Turtle Cay
A MODERN transfer waste station is being developed through the J&G Pavers accelerated project in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, for proper and efficient debris management in that community.
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Financial sector labelled ‘parody of contradiction’
The Minister of Financial Services yesterday described the industry as a “parody of contradictions”, given that many of the G-20 countries pushing for automatic tax information exchange are the main perpetrators of bank secrecy.
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RACE FOR THE CURE BACK FOR A SECOND YEAR
By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net The world's largest breast cancer association has partnered with Marathon Bahamas to host the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure for the second consecutive year in the Bahamas in a weeken
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NPSA to open women's best-of-five first round playoffs this weekend
WITH the men’s national softball team travelling this week, the New Providence Softball Association will only open its best-of-five first round playoffs with the women’s division in the Banker’s Field at Baillou Hills Sporting Complex this weekend.
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Tributes to sculptor and artist Stephen G E Burrows
PROMINENT Bahamian sculptor and artist Stephen G E Burrows, who dedicated his life to the culture of art in public spaces, has passed away.The 80-year-old was the first Bahamian steel and metal artist to have his artistry publicly showcased throughou
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G-League Draft: 'Chicken' and Zane join NBA minor league franchises
DANRAD “Chicken” Knowles and Zane Knowles became the latest Bahamians to join National Basketball Association minor league franchises when they heard their names called at the NBA G-League Draft.Danrad was selected by the Grand Rapids Drive with the
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Scotiabank joins forces as corporate partner with Sunshine Insurance's Race Weekend
SCOTIABANK has again joined forces with Sunshine Insurance’s Race Weekend as a corporate partner of the annual event inclusive of Marathon Bahamas and the Susan G Komen Bahamas Race for the Cure.
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Bahamas must 'get ahead' of G-20 plans
The Minister of Financial Services yesterday said the Bahamas had to “get ahead” of the policy cycle when it came to G-20/OECD initiatives targeting international financial centres, and become more than an ‘offshore centre’.
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Minister slams G-20's 'unprecedented assault' on financial industry
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has used a regional summit with the European Union (EU) to hit out at “the unprecedented assault” on the Bahamas’ financial services industry, arguing that the sector was subject to regulatory standards that matched those in developed countries.
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Junior Athlete of the Week
Junior Athlete of the Week Name: Eric Nabb Sport: Sailing Age: 14 G-Series Performance: Nabb won the Bahamas National Laser Radial (singlehanded) division and has qualified to represent the Bahamas in the 2012 International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Wor
