Contest seeks out talented artists
CELEBRATING 100 years of business in The Bahamas, HG Christie has partnered with CAB Gallery to highlight the country’s talent with the official launch of an art competition yesterday.
American man held over marijuana
AN AMERICAN citizen was arrested at the Bimini Airport this week after suspected marijuana was reportedly found in his luggage, a senior police official reported.
Please don’t get rid of cheques
SO, the good Governor of The Central Bank thinks cheques are redundant and in 2023 he will declare them a dinosaur.
‘Ya born dere, ya born dere’
Who are we? Saxon’s Superstars want to know.
FTX donates 100 laptops to Ministry of Education
FTX DIGITAL Markets donated 100 laptops to the Ministry of Education, Technical and Vocational Training yesterday to assist teachers in need.
Two accused of bail violations
TWO men were charged in the Magistrate‘s Court yesterday for allegedly violating their bail while on release on separate murder charges.
Equestrian Bahamas: Kacy Lyn Smith and Chicago M 9th overall
SOMETIMES the road to success involves taking a step backward, as Kacy Lyn Smith discovered after falling short at the FEI North American Jumping Championship for Juniors/Young Riders earlier this summer.
A year in jail over loaded pistol
A MAN was sentenced to one year at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday for having a loaded pistol.
Man must compensate brother for fight
A MAN was ordered to pay $3,000 in compensation and bound to keep the peace for one year yesterday after admitting to stabbing his brother during a fight.
Man accused of assault with rock
A MAN with a hearing disability was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with assaulting a man with a rock and damaging his car.
‘Jazz’ says he’ll suit up for Great Britain
Chisholm Jr gives update on injury
Great Britain baseball has an opportunity to field its most talented roster of all time when it participates in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Let’s Swim Bahamas relaunched
IN relaunching its water safety programme for primary school students, Let’s Swim Bahamas is eager to get more Bahamians learning the importance of being able to swim in an archipelago surrounded by water.
Softball: QC Comets senior girls win 2 straight
IT was the second straight lopsided victory for the Queen’s College Comets, but their senior girls’ softball team still feel they have not yet produced their best efforts so far in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools 2022 season.
UB Mingoes’ Ronaldo scores two goals on opening day
UNIVERSITY of the Bahamas Mingoes striker Ronaldo Green scored two goals over two matches on opening day of the Bahamas Football Association’s season over the weekend.
PART I: Small island, huge impact - historical facts and truths about Taiwan
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan was provocative, reckless and dangerous. The visit, which was the culmination of misguided US moves to challenge China’s core national interests, left the political foundations of China-US relations shaken and drew an expectedly strong reaction from China.
STATESIDE: Biden’s age, inflation and immigration record to be tested
POLITICIANS are quite comfortable lobbing verbal grenades at an incumbent president of the opposing party, and the current crop of Republican office holders and job seekers is no different. In the steady, numbing drumbeat of GOP criticisms of Joe Biden and his administration, the loudest seems to be about his age.
FRONT PORCH: The necessity of memory, ritual and symbols in civic life
THE pomp, pageantry, mythology and history marking the period of mourning and state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II were fascinating to observe and moving on many levels, a sort of magical and solemn theatre with certain purpose.
EDITORIAL: Missed opportunity in mask announcement
THE lifting of the mask mandate is a major moment in the history of the pandemic in our country. It will also likely prompt mixed feelings for Bahamians.
Coastal management scheme to tackle climate threat
THE Ministry of Works in collaboration with several other stakeholders has launched a coastal management programme for The Bahamas as a “vulnerable nation” to combat the looming threat of climate change.
