GOVT PAY RISES ‘IN TIME FOR HOLIDAYS’: Minister says aim is for salary increases as union hints at action
STATE Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle said yesterday that the government is aiming to roll out proposed salary increases for public servants before the holidays.
GSSSA champions crowned
It was a double dose of victory as all four pennant winners emerged as the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s softball and baseball champions with clean sweeps across the board on Thanksgiving Day.
No. 3 Kansas survives overtime scare from Wisconsin 69-68
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Kansas’ Bobby Pettiford Jr. stood all the way out near midcourt, almost on the Battle 4 Atlantis logo, when he saw his teammate launch a shot for the lead with only a few seconds left in overtime.
No. 22 Tennessee beats USC in OT
PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Tennessee has twice played without its leading scorer at the Battle 4 Atlantis. It hasn’t stopped the 22nd-ranked Volunteers from reaching the championship game.
Head coach McPhee-McCuin pleased with Bahamas trip
ALTHOUGH the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship title slipped out of their grasp on Wednesday night at Baha Mar, Bahamian head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin said her Ole Miss Rebels will learn from their two-game experience here.
BBA putting final touches on Team Bahamas for Caribbean Baseball Cup
WITH just about a week left before the start of the fourth Caribbean Baseball Cup, the Bahamas Baseball Association is putting the final touches on Team Bahamas.
Flyers looking forward to adding Lightbourne
SHORT handed for their initial appearance in the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championships, Dayton head coach Tamika Williams-Jeter expects her Flyers women’s basketball team will be much better when they return in two years with a much improved squad that includes Bahamian Denika Lightbourne.
IAN FERGUSON: Holding your entire team accountable
Accountability provides assurance that an individual or company is evaluated on their performance and/or behaviour related to something for which they are responsible. A great example of accountability is when you are able to limit distractions, and remain focused on achieving your goals and tasks.
Man ‘should serve 12 years’ for repeated sex offences
A 73-year-old Grand Bahama man convicted of having unlawful sexual intercourse with an eight-year-old girl was labeled a repeated child sex offender who should serve a prison term of 12 years, a Crown prosecutor submitted to the Supreme Court.
Power to the people?
We said that the former Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC), now the Bahamas Power and Light (BPL), belonged to The Bahamian people.
Man used sword on gas attendant
A MAN was ordered to complete 75 hours of community service after admitting attacking a gas station attendant with a sword last week.
Suspect accused of armed robbery
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday in connection with the armed mugging of a man earlier this month.
Man charged with attempted murder
A MAN faced an attempted murder charge in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Man admits breaking into church
A MAN was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday after admitting to breaking into a church and stealing thousands of dollars worth of equipment six years ago.
Father Marcian Peters tourney is back
AFTER a two-year hiatus as a result of COVID-19, the country’s most prestigious Father Marcian Peters Invitational Basketball Tournament for primary and high school basketball teams is back.
The rising cost of food
Many Thanksgiving dinner ads are popping up all over Facebook.
‘Enter country the right way or be repatriated’
AMID reports of United Nations officials calling for deportations to Haiti to stop, Immigration Minister Keith Bell said yesterday any undocumented migrants wishing to come here should apply to enter The Bahamas the “right way” or they will be repatriated.
STATESIDE: Special counsel Jack Smith and the Elliot Ness comparison
JACK Smith is Elliott Ness. Or is he? Especially before he grew a scraggly beard, Smith resembled Kevin Costner playing the Treasury Department’s legendary crime-fighter and nemesis of notorious Chicago Depression-era gangster Al Capone, depicted by the peerless Robert DeNiro in 1987’s celebrated movie “The Untouchables.”
FRONT PORCH – The insurgency of Mia Mottley: 21st century philosophy and vision for national development
MUCH of The Bahamas is stuck in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. During their three terms in office, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham and the FNM did much to reform and modernise a backward-leaning and mostly paralysed state creaking with crumbling infrastructure and moribund mindsets.
