Ayton has 28 points, 12 rebounds in 129-124 loss to Pelicans in overtime
THE Phoenix Suns are mired in a losing streak, but Deandre Ayton continues to enjoy one of his best statistical stretches for the season.
Baha Mar Cup brings star tennis players to Bahamas
THE island nation’s most decorated tennis player brought the Baha Mar Cup back to the Bahamas for a third time with a line-up of some of the most accomplished male and female players in the world to the Baha Mar Tennis Club over the weekend.
BPL fuel charge hike to recover $76m cost
BAHAMAS Power & Light (BPL) is hiking its fuel charge to recover $76m in costs that it failed to pass on to customers after the late 2021 oil purchases designed to underpin its hedging strategy were not executed.
Nassau/PI hotels enjoying 136% room revenue jump
ROOM revenues for Nassau/Paradise Island hotels have increased by 136 percent year-over-year in 2022, it has been revealed, with non-US source markets also producing triple digit percentage increases in visitors.
Baha Mar’s Xmas bookings up 40%
BAHA Mar’s booking pace for the Christmas and New Year period is some 40 percent ahead of 2021 comparatives, a senior executive has revealed, with group bookings for 2023 up by 33 percent.
$3,000 fine for bail violations
A MAN on bail for five counts of attempted murder was fined $3,000 in court after admitting to failing to adhere to the conditions of that bail.
Man bound to keep the peace for a year by court
AN elderly man was bound to keep the peace for a year by a Magistrate's Court on Friday after admitting to assaulting and threatening his sisters.
Man charged with possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition
A MAN was granted bail in Magistrate’s Court on Friday after reportedly being found with a loaded gun in Eleuthera earlier this month.
Two shot dead off West Bay Street
A MAN in his early 20s and a teenage boy who was out on bail were shot dead on Friday morning when they were ambushed by gunmen in a parking lot on Ferguson Road off West Bay Street.
DIANE PHILLIPS: The little team that could – and did
IT was a nail-biting, hold-your-breath moment that lasted for weeks on end. Would Team Bahamas – kids who had worked so hard to qualify and had their hopes pinned on faith -- get the funding to go to Marseilles to participate in the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games?
ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION: Myths of non-profit groups
ON Monday, I was rewatching a Ted Talk video called, “The way we think about charity is dead wrong” by Dan Pallotta.
EDITORIAL: Will Alfred Sears follow tradition and resign?
ALFRED Sears misled Parliament. It has taken some time to reach the moment when the Minister of Works and Utilities has admitted that fact. The matter is simple.
‘Govt needs to attend to Family Island healthcare’
SENATOR Darren Henfield said yesterday that the healthcare facilities on the Family Islands need the attention of the government. He said many islanders are still forced to fly to the capital for emergency medical assistance.
Gladstone Road project will last for two years
MAJOR work on the Gladstone Road Improvement Project is now expected to begin mid-2023 and will last for two years, officials from the Ministry of Works revealed yesterday.
‘Disappointed’ in Eleuthera water firm
WATER and Sewerage chairman Sylvanus Petty expressed his disappointment with Aqua Design, the company contracted by the government to provide water to Central Eleuthera due to the repeated disruptions in supply.
‘New farming model’ to aid 57,000 trapped in poverty
A “new food production model” will aid up to 57,000 poverty-stricken Bahamians through the location of ten hydroponic container farms “in poor and vulnerable communities”, it has been revealed.
Bahamian bank, chair under US senate scrutiny on FTX
A Bahamian bank and trust company, and its chairman, are coming under increasing scrutiny by US senators over their links to FTX and other entities owned by the collapsed crypto currency exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried.
