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Swimming Nationals: Mako earn 5th straight title with landslide win
BAHAMAS Aquatics completed a successful four days of competition of its 51st National Swimming Championships on Sunday at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.
Balmoral Club’s hotel given history preserver’s go-ahead
Regulators responsible for preserving The Bahamas’ historic buildings have given the go-ahead for the Balmoral Club’s 50-unit condo hotel expansion at the site of the existing clubhouse.
Balmoral residents threaten exit if $25m hotel go-ahead
Several residents are threatening to sell their properties if the Balmoral Club’s proposed $25m condo hotel expansion receives the go-ahead from the planning authorities.
Andros Chickcharnies in the lead after day 2
Bahamas Games golf tournament at Ocean Club on Paradise Island
THE Andros Chickcharnies are still holding onto the lead after two days of competition in the 6th Bahamas Games golf tournament at the Ocean Club on Paradise Island.
Balmoral condo hotel appeals may be joined
The planning authorities will decide on February 15 whether to combine two appeals over the Balmoral Club's plans to develop a condo hotel into one hearing.
Reopening of Prop Club providing 35 permanent jobs in Grand Bahama
GRAND Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey said the recent reopening of the Prop Club Beach and Bar Grill at the Grand Lucayan Resort has provided new permanent jobs for 35 Grand Bahamians.
Swimmers make a splash at Mako meet
IN the lead up to the Bahamas Aquatics’ National Championships in two weeks, the Mako Aquatic Swim Club hosted a successful Mako Third Annual Oak Tree Medical Invite on Saturday at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.
Vendors exceed expectations at Royal Caribbean workshop
Royal Caribbean yesterday said the first Royal Beach Club workshop for potential Bahamian food and beverage, retail and artisan partners exceeded expectations by attracting around 70-80 attendees.
FIVE STRAIGHT: Mako Aquatic Swim Club are national champions
FOR the fifth straight consecutive year, the Mako Aquatic Swim Club hoisted the Bahamas Aquatics’ National Swimming Championship trophy in the air as national champions.
‘Incompatible’ Balmoral condo hotel is rejected
The Balmoral Club’s eight-storey, 50-unit condo hotel expansion has been rejected by the planning authorities because it is “incompatible” with land use and development trends in the community.
Sports notes
THE first annual Wesley Ruben Rolle Doubles Invitational will be held from Friday to Sunday in the Racquet Club at Baha Mar.
Bahamas Waste celebrates nine-year partnership with Nassau Rowing Club
BAHAMAS Waste continues to celebrate its nine-year partnership with Nassau Rowing Club, through a renewed commitment to ensuring the organisation’s sanitation needs are met year-round.
Bahamas National Swimming Championships get underway next weekend
The Bahamas Aquatics Federation will host the 2023 Bahamas National Swimming Championships next weekend. The 51st edition of the swimming nationals will commence from June 15 to June 18 at the Betty Kelly Kenning National Swim Complex. The event will feature age groups of 8 and under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-17 and 18 and over. The event will serve as an early qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and the CARIFTA swimming championships in April next year.
Gardeners celebrate the Beauty of 50
FOUR of the country’s largest garden clubs will combine their talents for a special showcase to commemorate the country’s fifth anniversary of Independence.
Roadrunners Track & Field blaze through an epic AAU
ANOTHER track and field season has come to an end with the Roadrunners Track & Field Club blazing their way through an epic performance at the annual AAU Club Championship in Orlando, Florida.
Clubs & Societies January, 5th, 2024
On January 10, 2024, at 9.30am, the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc (Iota Epsilon Lambda and Phi Mu Chapters) in conjunction with the University of The Bahamas will host the 2nd Annual MLK High School Students Oratorical Competition.
Golf course ‘a new era’ for island
A multimillion-dollar Jack Nicklaus Heritage Championship Golf Course on Jack’s Bay Club and Resort Community in Eleuthera will help usher in a new era of economic prosperity for the island, creating valuable opportunities for Bahamians, Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis said yesterday.
Andros Chickcharnies take home gold in golf
Grand Bahama Lucayans secure silver, NP Buccaneers win bronze
THE Chickcharnies will carry the sixth Bahamas Games team gold medal home to Andros.
DIANE PHILLIPS: ‘Build your hotel somewhere else!’
BALMORAL is a quiet neighbourhood on Sanford Drive in Nassau. Situated a block south of the Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Centre that houses the Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance, and just east of Liberty Overlook, the residence of the American Ambassador when there is one, Balmoral is a highly desirable residential community.
Clubs & Societies May 12th, 2023
Andros Crab Fest Crab Fest is known as the largest family island festival in The Bahamas.
