Bronze star
Olympian Lamar Taylor picked up The Bahamas’ second medal at the Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, with a bronze in the men’s 100 metre freestyle.
27-member team confident ahead of CARIFTA Triathlon & Aquathon
THE Bahamas Triathlon Association’s 27-member team still has about a week left before they head off to the CARIFTA Triathlon and Aquathon.
National team eager to travel for Billie Jean King Cup
INSPIRED by the performances of the men’s Davis Cup team, the Bahamas women’s national team is eager to travel to El Salvador for the Billie Jean King Cup.
After missed deadlines, no new date for Abaco shelter’s readiness
STATE Minister for Disaster Risk Leon Lundy was mum on a definitive timeline for the completion of the long-awaited Abaco Shelter and Community Centre, which missed its deadline again in July.
Defence force marine accused of abusing seven rangers
A Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) marine accused of abusing seven male cadets at a rangers camp in Eleuthera this summer was granted bail at $15,000 yesterday.
Mother: I saw my son take last breath after he was shot by police
THE mother of 27-year-old Dino Bain, who was shot and killed by police two years ago, testified yesterday that she witnessed her son take his final breath as he lay bleeding in a neighbour’s backyard on Dean Street.
Suspect accused of killing man in drive-by shooting
A MAN accused of killing another man in a drive-by shooting three months ago was remanded to prison yesterday.
MAN WHO EXPOSED HIMSELF IN STORE JAILED
A MAN was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday after admitting to exposing himself and threatening an employee at a convenience store last week.
What you gonna do with your freedom?
After seeing Entou Pearl Springer’s “Freedom Morning Come” on Emancipation Day in Trinidad, I posed its central question to people I know through friendships, scholarship, and activism.
Visions of our Earth come to Grand Bahama
The internationally acclaimed Earth Photo 2025 exhibition has arrived for the first time in the Bahamas and is on display at Conservation Cove in Grand Bahama.
Encouraging creators
Participants in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Division of Cultural Affairs’ Film
PM: Anti-gang charges ‘soon’
THE first charges under new anti-gang legislation passed by the government well over a year ago are expected to be brought “very shortly”, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis revealed yesterday after another weekend of murders and violent crime.
Eleuthera split over new power provider
Eleuthera residents are torn between whether to support a Spanish Wells energy provider or Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) and its island-wide revamp in their quest for reliable electricity.
Briland resorts cautious on funding energy providers
Harbour Island hotels yesterday reacted coolly to suggestions that local businesses and residents help finance a new energy company to provide reliable power to the island.
One of BPL’s offline Abaco units to return by month-end
A senior Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) executive yesterday said he expects one of the two offline units at Abaco’s Wilson City power plant to be repaired before August ends.
BPL teams ‘bracing’ for Erin’s impact
A senior Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) executive yesterday said it has done “extensive” maintenance work in the southern Bahamas prior to hurricane season but efforts are still ongoing.
Top supplier: ‘Some progress’ in cutting Water Corp’s $29m debt
New Providence’s main water supplier yesterday said there has been “some progress” in cutting debts owed to it by the Water & Sewerage Corporation that were nearing $30m at end-June 2025.
Western Air chief succeeds on condo administrator bid
Western Air’s top executive has successfully persuaded the Supreme Court to appoint an administrator for one of Freeport’s most prominent condominium complexes.
Shipping agent fails in bid to jail ex-executive
A Freeport-based shipping agent yesterday failed in its bid to have its former general manager and his wife sent to prison over a dispute that involves the port services contract for Carnival’s $600m project.
US slams Bahamas’ ‘lack of co-operation’ in probe
A US Coast Guard report on the presumed death of an American student who jumped overboard from a pirate-themed tour boat has slammed The Bahamas for purported “lack of co-operation”.
