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‘No need to keep size of awards a secret’

A PROMINENT lawyer said the Davis administration’s reason for declining to disclose settlement awards is unjustified because lawyers share information among themselves.

Bain awaits appeal verdict on investment repay order

LINCOLN Bain is awaiting the Court of Appeal’s verdict about his application to appeal to the Privy Council to overturn a decision related to a failed investment deal.

SETTLEMENT OFFER FOR PRISON CHIEF: Commissioner reviews proposal from govt to bring lawsuit to an end

SIDELINED Corrections Commissioner Charles Murphy is reviewing an Office of the Attorney General offer to settle a lawsuit he brought after the Davis administration sent him on administrative leave in 2021.

Rev Thompson takes over as chairman of Bahamas Games

With the sixth Bahamas Games just two months away, the Games Secretariat has a switch in leadership with Rev Harrison Thompson taking over from the retired chairman Martin Lundy.

Glory Basketball Jam prize money doubles for year 2

THE Glory Basketball Jamboree will make its return to the Kendal GL Isaacs Gymnasium for year two in less than two weeks. The highly-anticipated basketball tournament will be a three-day event set for May 11-13 starting at 4pm.

Table tennis spring tourney this Saturday at LW Young Junior High

THE Bahamas Table Tennis Federation (BTTF) will host a spring table tennis tournament this Saturday at LW Young Junior High School.

Web shops ‘carried’ gaming in COVID

A senior Gaming Board official yesterday hailed web shops for "carrying the industry" during the COVID-19 pandemic as no jobs were lost from the domestic sector.

Minister: BAMSI no longer 'wasteland'

BAMSI is now thriving and fruitful again, according to Agriculture and Marine Resources Minister Clay Sweeting, who reported that it has almost made a complete turnaround.

Caribbean states moving on gaming regulatory overhaul

The gaming sector throughout the Caribbean is rapidly evolving as multiple countries seek to overhaul their regulatory regimes in a bid to gain a competitive advantage, an international testing executive said yesterday.

Family and crime

Crime - the eradication over the years of the ingredient called Family’s root cause for crime. Young ones growing up in an unbalanced unit far from criticising single mothers many have done an incredible job, but you have the disaster of the 25 percent who failed.

Why we need Freedom of the Press

ON December 17, 1986, journalist Guillermo Cano Isaza was assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper, El Espectador, in my home country of Colombia. He was targeted because of the news stories he was pursuing as a journalist.

Family and crime

Crime - the eradication over the years of the ingredient called Family’s root cause for crime. Young ones growing up in an unbalanced unit far from criticising single mothers many have done an incredible job, but you have the disaster of the 25 percent who failed.

Teen held on accusation of two armed robberies

AN 18-year-old was sent to prison yesterday after being accused of two armed robberies in Nassau last week.

House burgler pleads not guilty, granted $5,000 bail

A MAN was granted bail on Tuesday after being accused of stealing more than $1,000 when he broke into a house in New Providence earlier this year.

NPA Invitational Spring Classic starts tomorrow at Kendal Isaacs Gym

THE Noble Preparatory Academy’s Invitational Spring Classic Basketball Tournament is back and organiser Geno Bullard anticipates that it will be bigger and better this year.