Strachan beats Fraser-Pryce in 200m
SPRINTER Anthonique Strachan and quarter-miler Steven Gardiner were both in fine form as they led a contingent of elite and collegiate athletes in action in various meets in the United States and Jamaica over the weekend.
Two shot at Grand Bahama nightclub
TWO men were shot at a Grand Bahama nightspot on Friday, police said.
Regatta time again!
CLOSING ceremony festivities for the National Family Island Regatta C & E Class Championship were held in George Town, Exuma, on Saturday evening.
The cost of hosting sport events
July 10th, 2023 will be our 50th anniversary of Independence — certainly we should celebrate and celebrate but let’s use some sense and purpose.
Plea for Kietta
I am writing on behalf of the dog on the street named Kietta to formally complain about the terrible conditions she is in, the way she is being treated, and my concerns. As a former owner, this is really unsettling.
Jazz has first 4-hit game of career
An eventful weekend for Jazz Chisholm featured a career milestone, two home runs and one viral moment saw the Miami Marlins infielder become one the slugging percentage leaders in all of Major League Baseball.
RUGBY SEVENS – Qualifiers: Bahamas has 1-4 win loss record
RUGBY Americas North (RAN) hosted its Sevens Qualifiers over the weekend as the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium hosted the top programmes in the region looking to advance in further international competition.
Anfernee Seymour homers in debut with Dirty Birds
ANFERNEE Seymour’s 2022 season opened on a high note in his debut with Charleston Dirty Birds.
Softball community mourns death of two prominent players
IN the space of a few hours of each other, the softball community lost two prominent players in Eleuthera and in New Providence respectively on Friday.
Officials 'in dialogue' over return to normal numbers in classrooms
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said officials are in dialogue with the Ministry of Health regarding when children can come in normal numbers to the classroom.
Three charged with obtaining credit by false pretenses
A professional Bahamian Chef, along with two others, was charged with obtaining credit by false pretenses in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Man charged with failing to give address to officers, resisting arrest
A MAN was arraigned in a Magistrate's Court Friday after allegedly failing to give his address to officers and resisting arrest.
Woman accused of murder and attempted murder
A WOMAN, accused of the murder of another woman after a shooting in Pinewood Gardens, was arraigned in a Magistrate's Court on Friday.
UPDATED: Police investigating traffic fatality
A MAN is assisting police with investigations into a traffic fatality after turning himself in on Friday.
One year sentence for firearm related charges
A MAN was sentenced in a Magistrate's Court on Friday to one year in prison for firearm related charges after claiming to have found the loaded gun that was on him when he was arrested.
Man accused of threatening and assaulting the mother of his child
A MAN was granted bail in a Magistrate's Court on Friday on charges of threatening and assaulting the mother of his child.
Diane Phillips: Transforming an Eleuthera eyesore – a lesson for historic Nassau?
FOR 45 years, the single-storey stone building stood abandoned. Shards of glass were all that remained of what had been windows. Once the home of a local family, it slowly sank into a hideaway for rats and rodents, strewn with broken beer bottles and half-pints, blind to nefarious activity. The structure in total disrepair was not in some remote out of the way place, but in direct view of hundreds going and coming daily from Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera to Cupid’s Cay and beyond.
A new vision
THE Bahamas always benefited from nefarious activities; giving shelter to crooks and shady characters is a historical fact. From 1698-1718, The Bahamas became the world’s capital of piracy. New Providence was sprinkled with whorehouses, motels and shops that catered to pirates. The records will bear witness to corrupt politicians, even governors, of that period, taking bribes and a share of ill-gotten loot.
