Minister defends joint operation
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe says the joint national security operation between The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands is in the best interest of the country despite criticism from some quarters.
GSSSA set to resume sports with softball and baseball
AFTER a two and a half year hiatus that was hampered by the non-payment of fees to coaches and officials, the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association is all set to resume its afterschool activities with softball and baseball as they celebrate their 30th anniversary this year.
Munnings makes impact in French ProB League
TRAVIS Munnings has had an immediate impact in his promotion to the French ProB League with his Boulazac Basket Dordogne basketball club.
23 points and nine assists for Domnick Bridgewater
DOMNICK Bridgewater returned to pro basketball in the French Nationale Masculine 2 League on what seemed like a moment’s notice, but it took little time for the young point guard to display midseason form.
King and Bluejays look ahead to new season
HIGHLY touted prospect Fredrick King Jr has joined a veteran Creighton Bluejays basketball programme expected to make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament.
Well done, Apostle Valentino Williams
Over the years, I have been privileged to have met and sat under the spiritual anointing of myriad clergy persons here at home and abroad internationally.
Roundabout suggestions
While I fully endorse the view expressed by Athena Damianos, with respect to the QC/BNT roundabout, perhaps, if the Government has some money for “Roundabouts”, it may wish to convert the nightmare that is the Village and Eastern Roads mess.
Man shot in face in Eight Mile Rock
A MAN is in hospital in serious condition after he was shot in the face on Saturday in the Eight Mile Rock area, police reported. Police received a report shortly after 1am on Saturday that a man was taken to hospital with gunshot injuries. Officers went to the Rand Memorial Hospital to investigate.
Father faces incest charge
A FATHER facing incest charges in the Supreme Court on Friday denied sleeping with his teenage daughter, claiming she only made the allegations after a pregnancy test was found in her room.
Three-under-par Harris is champion
FOR the second tournament in a row, David Harris emerged as the champion of the Bahamas Professional Golf Tour.
Mother and son shot dead off Kemp Road
A MOTHER and her adult son were shot dead off Kemp Road on Friday with police searching for a man on bail for murder to help them in their investigation.
Exuma man fined over marijuana plants
AN Exuma man was fined a combined $3,500 in the Magistrate’s Court on Friday after being found cultivating 18 marijuana plants on the island.
Women admit to attacking each other
TWO women admitted in court on Friday to attacking each other, once at a meat mart and then at a preschool the next day.
Arrests for outstanding warrants, immigration purposes
ON Thursday police arrested a Bahamian man on several outstanding warrants and two males for immigration purposes.
Investigator testifies in case of man charged with unlawful sex with minor, possession of child pornography
A lead police investigator told the Supreme Court that a 13-year-old girl told police she had sex with a man who threatened to release nude photos of her if she did not have sex with him.
DIANE PHILLIPS – Island Follies: A photographic look at the architecture that helped shape the beauty of our country
We are all guilty of it, we look at a city or a neighbourhood and see the big picture without stopping to think how it got that way - tall buildings or low level, peaked roofs or flat, classic or contemporary style, sprawling properties or narrow frontage. Rarely do we stop to wonder whose hand helped shape that built environment, or if there was a singular hand that left its mark on what stands today.
Thelma Gibson Primary School ‘is fully functional’
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin informed parents of students attending Thelma Gibson Primary School that measures have been put in place to assure continuous supervision and instruction of the students in those classrooms.
