‘Speedy Stevie’ will be missed at Worlds
Head coach Rupert Gardiner said it was devastating when he got the news that Steven ‘Speedy Stevie’ Gardiner will not be able to travel this week to Eugene, Oregon with Team Bahamas for the World Athletics’ 2022 World Championships.
Miller elated to be on National Honours list
IMMEDIATE past Bahamas Olympic Committee president Wellington Miller said he’s elated to be included with former world boxing champion Everette ‘Elisha Obed’ Ferguson in the list of honourees for the 2022 National Honours.
Wentia helps to keep her father Wenty Ford’s legacy alive at baseball camp
SHE was too young to remember the exploits of Wenty Ford as a Major League Baseball pitcher with the Atlanta Braves, but Wentia Ford-Diagne said she’s so glad that there are so many memories of her father that she can still rely on to help keep his legacy alive.
Retailer’s Independence sales on pace to ‘triple’
A Bahamian retailer yesterday said sales of Independence Day memorabilia are on track to triple year-over-year, with business so strong he has had to “turn some away”.
PETER YOUNG: From the summit of success to now being shown the door - it’s all over for Boris
“ALL political careers end in failure”. Those were the memorable words of Enoch Powell, who was a leading right-wing Tory, and some say a contrarian and a maverick politician, of the 1960s and beyond. It is a fair bet that some of the older generation in Britain will have recalled this famous dictum when watching Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation statement outside No 10 Downing Street last Thursday as he stood down from what he called “the best job in the world”.
FACE TO FACE: A new platform for Junkanoo to perform
MARIO Smith Jr has created something new in the world of art and Junkanoo. He has created a miniature parade designed to bring the memory of the exciting Junkanoo parade to life.
EDITORIAL: Atlantis goes from up for sale to new investment
THERE has been quite the turnaround at Atlantis – and that’s welcome news.
Singing bishop: I need public’s help
BISHOP Lawrence Rolle has appealed to the public for help with his outreach programme as he awaits the release of government funding amid mounting financial pressures.
‘No victory lap’ as VAT 10% up on pre-COVID
The Ministry of Finance’s top official yesterday said there is “no victory lap yet” despite the Government’s modest $46.2m April surplus due to the continued existence of a likely “substantial tax gap”.
Judge blasts attorneys over ‘lazy indulgence’
A Supreme Court judge has slammed the “lazy indulgence” of Bahamian attorneys in swearing affidavits containing “material” evidence without knowing the facts because it could “embarrass and prejudice” legal cases.
Exporters told: Prove no domestic financing
Bahamian exporters must first prove to the Central Bank that they have been rejected by all domestic financing sources before they will be given approval to seek out alternative funding from overseas.
GB church leader calls for ‘new economic paradigm’
GRAND Bahama Christian Council president Rev Kenneth Lewis believes The Bahamas must establish “a new economic paradigm” that will allow Bahamians to compete in all aspects of the country’s economy. While delivering his independence message, the clergyman indicated that it is now time for Bahamians to be encouraged to own hotels and banks.
Turning nature into art
BAHAMIAN artist and wood carver Julian McKenzie believes he is fulfilling a vision God gave him in a dream – carving tree trunks and roots into amazing works of art.
The wrong Tweet
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Many consider Elon Musk to be the messiah of the global technology industry. But he got bogged down with his billion dollar plans to take over Twitter. And, at Tesla, the problems are piling up.
Honours from grateful nation
BISHOP Lawrence Rolle, community activist Khandi Gibson and former police commissioner Paul Rolle say they are honoured and humbled for recognition of their service to the nation as recipients of the Bahamas’ 49th Independence Day National Honours.
New water supply crisis hits Central Eleuthera
FAMILIES in Central Eleuthera face summer misery as a new water crisis could potentially hit their homes.
Atlantis eyes $500m in fresh investment
Atlantis is on target to “exceed” 90 percent of pre-COVID occupancy levels for the 2022 full year, a senior executive has revealed, as it eyes “well over $500m” in new investment for this decade.
Marsh Harbour business robbed
ABACO police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a business establishment in Marsh Harbour over the weekend.
