McPhee-McCuin and Rebels lose two games against ranked opponents
AFTER earning its first Associated Press ranking for the first time in 15 years, the Ole Miss Rebels women’s basketball programme dropped a pair of games against two of the top teams in all of NCAA Division I.
WORLD VIEW: Checks and balances - is it time to change the electoral system?
THE second consecutive general elections in Barbados on January 19, at which Mia Mottley’s Barbados Labour Party (BLP) won all 30 seats in the House of Representatives, were hailed as historic. They certainly were for Barbados, but not for the English-speaking sub-region of the Caribbean.
THE KDK REPORT: Lord of the manor
GETTING punched in the eye is a different experience altogether from getting punched anywhere else on the body.
INSIGHT: Things CAN get better if only we pull together in the same direction
LAST week saw the return of students to face-to-face learning, and while there remain concerns about whether that will lead to greater spread of COVID-19, it was heartwarming to see children getting back to some form of normality.
EDITORIAL: We deserve answers over quarantine breach
NOTHING to see here, move along.
Pintard: impossible to move on when questions linger
FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard says it is impossible to move on from the lingering questions surrounding Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ admission that he broke quarantine to buy Christmas presents last month.
Sands alarm at travel protocols
BAHAMAS Hotel and Tourism Association president Robert Sands said the “bigger issue” for the country is changes in entry protocols as opposed to health travel warnings from the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
UPDATED: Pilot rescued after plane crashes off New Providence
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority has been notified that the pilot of a plane that crashed off New Providence this morning has been rescued by responding RBDF vessels and is en route to New Providence to receive medical attention.
PM tells banks: Open accounts in 24 hours
The Prime Minister wants all Bahamas-based commercial banks to be able to open customer accounts within “a 24-hour deadline”, a senior banker revealed yesterday.
‘Number one priority’ to reverse productivity fall
Workforce productivity in The Bahamas fell in five of the six years prior to Hurricane Dorian, it was revealed yesterday, with a Chamber executive saying reversing this must be “number one priority”.
‘Trade off’ over civil service pay restraint
The Ministry of Finance’s top official says the rebounding economy will help the Government restrain public sector wages to $660.5m in four years’ time - a sum $10m below the current Budget.
He fought for us all
CHARLES W Saunders, described as a “giant in the religious community”, died on Friday. He was 91 years old.
‘Baseball $31m an unfunded obligation’
THE additional $31m needed to complete the Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium is part of $1 billion in unfunded obligations facing the government, according to Financial Secretary Simon Wilson.
The truth behind the Fed’s rate inaction
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MANY investors and analysts were caught by surprise after last week’s ‘No-Event’ from the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. The Fed’s chairman, Jerome Powell, only came with words rather than actions at last Wednesday’s press conference, where he announced the FOMC did not make any changes to short-term interest rates, even though this had been widely expected.
Eleven more COVID deaths added to toll
ELEVEN COVID-19 deaths were reported over a three-day period according to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, pushing the total number of reported deaths in the country up to 746.
‘We’d rather not talk about this any more’
THE government wants to put to rest questions and criticism surrounding Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ admission that he broke his self-induced COVID-19 isolation to buy gifts at businessman Leon Griffin’s store before the former Bahamas Taxi Cab Union president was murdered.
Islands hit by weekend murders
A GRAND Bahama man who was shot while playing a game of backgammon in front of a church was one of three people killed in separate homicides that occurred on New Providence, Abaco and Grand Bahama on Saturday.
New tax measures to bridge ‘gap’ over Gov’ts extra $1.3bn
The Government will bridge the “gap” to its $1.3bn revenue increase with “additional measures” in the upcoming mid-year Budget as it faces criticism for “very extreme” fiscal forecasts.
Woman used her car as a weapon
A WOMAN charged with hitting a man with her car while aiming for her ex-boyfriend has officially changed her plea to guilty.
