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WNBA MVP Jonquel Jones designated as core player
THE Connecticut Sun have placed the core tag on reigning WNBA MVP Jonquel Jones, weeks ahead of what is expected to be a busy 2022 free agency period.
MOTIA welcomes golfers to Great Exuma Classic – PGA Korn Ferry Tour
EXUMA, The Bahamas – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments & Aviation Chester Cooper welcomed over 100 participants to the Great Exuma Classic/PGA Korn Ferry Tour, as the country rebounds from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Digital banking can’t be ‘rammed down throats’
A senior banker yesterday said the industry must adopt the “Mary Poppins with medicine” approach in encouraging more Bahamians and businesses to switch to digital transactions.
Student athletes shine at NAIA, Junior College level
BAHAMIAN student athletes have excelled this season at various levels of collegiate basketball, highlighted by recent performances at the NAIA and Junior College level.
Tennis ace Justin Roberts earns Battle of Boca title
After taking almost a year off to recuperate from a hamstring injury, top-ranked Bahamian tennis player Justin Roberts returned to the international scene in grand style, winning the Battle of Boca Men’s Open Championships.
Bastian records 4th double double of season
BAHAMIAN student athletes at various levels of NCAA basketball opened their conference schedules following a series of COVID-19 related postponements.
Bahamian farm eyes 1.4m herbs in $60m joint venture
A Bahamian hydroponic producer and its US partner last night revealed they will invest $60m in developing a 71,000 square foot facility able to grow “300 times more food” than a traditional farm.
NACAC President Mike Sands says 2021 ‘will be very hard act to follow’
COMING off what could only be described as an exceptional year for the North American, Central American and Caribbean, president Mike Sands said their athletes will be hard pressed to surpass their achievements in 2021, but they’re looking forward to greater success in 2022.
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McCoy and Bastian stand out in NCAA Division II basketball
BAHAMIAN student athletes continue to have a major impact on their respective programmes in NCAA Division II basketball.
New location drives 80% of December sales rise for AID
A major Bahamian retailer yesterday revealed that its newly-opened Blue Hill Road and Coconut Grove store was responsible for 80 percent of the December sales increase seen in Nassau.
Bad weather cancels as many cruise calls as COVID’s Omicron
Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive yesterday said it has lost more vessel calls to bad weather than the COVID Omicron variant with berth bookings “very solid” for the remainder of 2022.
Trent donates bats during visit to Mario Ford Baseball Camp
BEFORE leaving to begin spring training camp in Tempe, Arizona, centre fielder Trent Deveaux took the time out to spend Saturday, giving some instructions to players in the Mario Ford Baseball Camp as they returned to Windsor Park.
GLENYS LETS RIP AT LLOYD: Accuses former minister of leaving schools in crisis and ignoring pupils’ plight
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday blasted her predecessor, Jeffrey Lloyd, saying he opposed the resumption of face-to-face teaching and left behind “a crisis and debacle” in public education.
Cruise port: ‘Omicron not slowed us down’
Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive yesterday said vessel bookings have not been impacted by what he slammed as an “unfair analysis” by US health regulators of the industry’s COVID risk.
Dire predictions of how bad it could be
A NEW study has projected that due to the Omicron variant in The Bahamas, daily case numbers could reach a high of 2,610 by February 13.
Omicron ‘pushes back’ pre-COVID for tourism
Tourism’s hoped-for return to 2019 business volumes this year has been “pushed back” several months by Omicron with Internet searches for The Bahamas now “half” of pre-COVID levels.
McPhee-McCuin and Ole Miss Rebels back in win column
YOLETT McPhee-McCuin’s Ole Miss Rebels have rebounded from their lone Southeastern Conference loss of the season with a pair of dominant performances, including a milestone win over an in-state rival.
FRONT PORCH: Wishful thinking won’t be enough - there needs to be a clear strategy
THE COVID-19 pandemic continues to test the character, tenacity and imagination of individuals and countries. Some countries are faring better, others worse, for a variety of reasons. How is The Bahamas faring on a number of fronts?
Top official hopes surge is slowing down
THE country recorded 2,489 cases of COVID-19 in the first clinically monitored week of 2022, according to Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Phillip Swann.
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