Two years in prison for stealing lawnmower from Govt House
A MAN was sentenced to a little more than two years at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS) for trespassing onto Government House grounds and stealing a lawnmower.
Gaither, Charlton in Diamond League Final
Sprinter, high hurdler all set for big event in Zurich
After four months and 12 meetings, high hurdler Devynne Charlton and sprinter Tynia Gaither are the only two Bahamians who survived for a spot in the Wanda Diamond League Final this week in Zurich, Switzerland.
CONCACAF Men’s U-17 qualifiers: Bermuda tops the Bahamas
BERMUDA has now topped The Bahamas in three consecutive matches at the CONCACAF Men’s U17 Qualifiers level.
Gibbs and Forbes reach semi-finals at FINA World Juniors
TEAM Bahamas concluded competition at the FINA World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru with a pair of semifinalists over the weekend.
Retired Boxers Association Inaugural Hall of Fame Awards postponed
THE Retired Boxers Association Inaugural Hall of Fame Awards programme originally scheduled for Sunday, September 18 has been postponed and will now take place at a date to be announced in late October.
UB Mingoes upset NPSA defending champions Sunshine Auto Wildcats
THE University of The Bahamas Mingoes women’s softball team defeated the defending New Providence Softball champions Sunshine Auto Wildcats 10-9 on the last play of the game on Sunday at The Bankers’ softball field.
WORLD VIEW: COP-27 failing before it begins
THE most ominous sign of what the forthcoming COP-27 meeting on climate change portends for small states is that officials from a Group of 20 (G20) major economies, who met on August 31, failed to agree a joint statement at the conclusion of the meeting.
THE KDK REPORT: Above all else – PART 2
THERE are certain definitive sink or swim moments throughout our lives that define each and every one of us. Those moments, while outwardly silent but internally screaming, require hope, stamina and strength of character to survive. This necessary strength is bolstered by knowing that someday, over time and as the seasons change, life will once again become bearable and if fortunate enough, happy and fulfilled.
INSIGHT: Holes, bumps and shoddy road repairs
IS it just my imagination or are our roads getting worse and worse again?
EDITORIAL: The long battle to defeat HIV/AIDS
THE end of the AIDS epidemic is in sight?
Memorials placed for 26 victims of Hurricane Dorian
TWENTY-SIX memorial markers for the Hurricane Dorian victims who lost their lives in East End, Grand Bahama, were officially unveiled on Saturday during memorial ceremonies held on the third anniversary of the storm.
German man dead at work site in ‘suicide’
JUST two days following the tragic death of 41-year-old Anthony Tilme from suspected suicide, a 51-year-old German was found dead by alleged suicide at a condo construction site on West Bay Street.
BPL or roadworks? Bran’s $100k IT ‘hell’
A former Democratic National Alliance (DNA) leader says his law firm is trying to determine whether BPL or the Village Road roadworks is to blame for an incident that “fried” its IT servers, computers, Internet and cable TV services.
‘Not claiming victory’: Yet deficit is beaten by $70m
The Ministry of Finance’s top official yesterday said he “won’t claim that victory yet” despite the prior fiscal year’s $689.5m deficit coming in almost $70m below the final projection outlined in May’s Budget.
NAGICO mulls exit after $6m losses
A property and casualty insurer is mulling whether to exit the Bahamian market by seeking a buyer for its existing portfolio almost a decade after being licensed by the Insurance Commission.
Stop ‘getting every dollar’ out of Abaco
A prominent Abaconian has blasted the “bureaucratic red tape” that is preventing the island from making further progress on a post-Dorian economic recovery that he estimates its 60-65 percent complete.
Bitcoin: The Story So Far
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BITCOIN is the original cryptocurrency, created in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis when someone known as Satoshi Nakamoto (their real identity is unknown) published the blueprint. The aim was to bypass traditional financial intermediaries and end central banks’ control over money, relying instead on a peer-to-peer system supported by blockchain, which is the name given to cryptographic information distributed across a decentralised network.
Sporting community shocked by Shavez Hart death
ABACO Olympian Shavez Hart, one of the country’s top male sprinters, was killed on Saturday morning in his hometown, sending shock waves through the sporting community, in particular track and field.
