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Sandilands and Centreville Primary girls and boys volleyball champions
SANDILANDS Primary and Centreville Primary emerged as the girls and boys champions of the New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association’s 2024 volleyball championships.
Boys take the court in NPPPSSA volleyball
WHILE the girls are now waiting for the play-off rounds on Friday, the boys began their preliminary rounds in the New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association’s 2024 Volleyball Tournament.
Bahamians advance in NCAA March Madness
BAHAMIAN collegiate basketball players and coaches experienced success in the men and women’s brackets of the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) March Madness basketball tournament over the weekend.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority to host annual honours day
THE Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Eta Psi Omega Chapter, will host its annual honours day programme from April 2-7.
Man fined for body armour without a permit
A MAN was fined in court after he admitted to having body armour without a permit.
BAISS: Inter-school soccer heats up
THE Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools continued its inter-school soccer competition at the Bahamas Football Association’s Roscoe Davies Developmental Center at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex with a few games on tap this week.
AJ Storr declares for the NBA Draft
Less than a week removed from an early National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) D1 basketball tournament exit, Wisconsin Badgers guard AJ Storr now has his sights set on the 2024 NBA Draft.
Colombian accuses Miller of threatening him with a gun
A COLOMBIAN man alleged that former Police Staff Association chairman Sonny Miller, 46, threatened him with a gun after the US Coast Guard caught them with 181lb of cocaine in Acklins in 2022.
New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association volleyball playoffs begin today
THE stage is now set for the playoffs in the New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association’s 2024 Volleyball Tournament.
DIANE PHILLIPS: The road to Olympics relays runs through The Bahamas
IN the days and weeks leading up to May 4-5, hundreds of athletes will descend upon The Bahamas for the World Athletics Relays Bahamas. As of this week, athletes from 54 countries had registered. One estimate projected the final number of competitors would exceed 1600. And that does not include coaches, trainers, medical staff, therapists, event support staff, family, friends and camp followers.
C I Gibson Senior High School hosts 'Labour on the Campus' career fair
STUDENTS of C I Gibson Senior High School had the opportunity to speak with professionals from several industries ranging from medical, hospitality, security, and law enforcement as the school, in collaboration with the Department of Labour, hosted its 'Labour on the Campus' career fair.
Junior baseball team ‘didn’t play well enough’
FOR a team that wasn’t supposed to be in the Dominican Republic, Bahamas Baseball Association president Theodore Sweeting said they couldn’t be happier with the way Team Bahamas performed at the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s Under-15 Baseball Pan American Tournament.
NCAA tourney: ‘Coach Yo’ and Ole Miss Rebels eliminated
IT wasn’t the type of performance that Bahamian head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin expected from her Ole Miss Lady Rebels as they fell short of advancing to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.v
AG blasts ‘utter foolishness’ of France’s Bahamas blacklisting
The Attorney General has slammed France’s decision to keep The Bahamas on its national tax blacklist as “complete and utter foolishness”.
Bahamians conflict on broker’s US client pull
Bahamian executives have given conflicting evidence over whether a local broker/ dealer used marketing deals with day trading schools to circumvent US laws against soliciting American clients.
Justifiable homicide ruling in Kwondrick Lowe case
A CORONER’S Court jury returned a unanimous finding of justifiable homicide yesterday concerning the police-involved killing of 18-year-old Kwondrick Lowe near Kemp Road in 2023.
Court of Appeal denies govt appeal in matter of former officer in wrongful arrest case
THE Court of Appeal refused to grant the government leave to appeal to the Privy Council after the courts found that a former police officer was entitled to damages because he was wrongfully arrested and detained by his colleagues in 2016.
Officer shed tears over video shown at inquest
A POLICE officer choked up and cried in court as she recalled when a fellow officer killed 18-year-old Kwondrick Lowe near Kemp Road last year as the Coroner’s Court inquest into the killing continued yesterday.
Sprinter Brianne Bethel excited to be back on track
SHE was one of the promising young sprinters to help the Bahamas regain its prominence in the women’s 4 x 100 metre relay.
PI resort proposal expands units 46%
The former Paradise Harbour Club’s proposed redevelopment is being expanded to a seven-storey hotel featuring a 46 percent increase in units compared to earlier plans.
