Jones has 19 points, 14 rebounds, Sun top the Wings 80-59
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jonquel Jones had a double double - 19 points and 15 rebounds - to help the Connecticut Sun beat the Dallas Wings 80-59 on Sunday.
Gifts for gold medal heroes
OLYMPIC gold medalists Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner were rewarded yesterday with money from a local company.
THE KDK REPORT: A simple test can save a life and not just leave you with memories
There is a line in Les Misérables wherein one of the characters affirms there is often a grief that can’t be spoken and the pain goes on and on.
WORLD VIEW: Are people in the Caribbean becoming architects of their own destruction?
THE question has to be asked. Are some people in Caribbean countries becoming the architects of their own and the region’s destruction?
INSIGHT: A family holiday which turned into a Bahamian nightmare
What started out as a vacation in paradise for Rui Hao and his family and friends turned into a total nightmare.
INSIGHT: We’ve got the vaccines but need to do a much better job persuading the public to take them
THE arrival of more vaccines and more assurances will bolster our supply before the year’s end is certainly good news. However, with a void the size of the Grand Canyon in the government’s communication and vaccine education machinery, vaccination hesitancy may still prevail. If it does, you can bet the people of The Bahamas will lose handily.
Bahamas ready to do ‘whatever is necessary’ to assist Haiti
THE Bahamas is ready with CARICOM to do “whatever is necessary” to assist Haiti following the earthquake that shook the country on Saturday, killing more than 700 people.
Hopes that 60,000 can be fully vaccinated over the next six weeks
THE National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee is seeking to fully vaccinate 60,000 Bahamians and residents over the next six weeks, with the addition of the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
Fire destroys Church of God Bahamas in Cat Island
A FIRE destroyed the Church of God Bahamas in Orange Creek, Cat Island yesterday morning.
UPDATED: Woman dead, man injured after Saturday morning shooting
A WOMAN is dead and a man is in hospital after a shooting in Victoria Gardens on Saturday.
Assistant Commissioner of police ends tenure in Grand Bahama district
ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Ashton Greenslade has ended a successful tenure in the Grand Bahama district during his command as the officer-in-charge of the northern Bahamas district.
Activists in new court filing over oil drilling
TWO leading environmental groups have filed a Supreme Court application to discontinue a judicial review of the government’s approvals concerning Bahamas Petroleum Company’s exploratory drilling in Bahamian waters.
Cooper: AG suggestion of change to beneficial ownership act ‘laughable’
PLP deputy leader Chester Cooper has called the attorney general’s explanation of how money was spent from a $250m International Monetary Fund loan “laughable” as well as a possible “violation” of the terms of the loan.
Eleuthera calls bridge upgrade ‘waste of time’
SOME Eleuthera businesses say it is a waste of money to repair or rebuild the Glass Window Bridge and it would be better to build a causeway on the Bahama-bank side instead.
Governance reformer: Secure procurement process, integrity
SECURING procurement integrity must be two-fold with a specific process for resolution as well as any legislation having strong technical systems in place, says a governance reformer.
The world leading sand dollar
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LAST year The Bahamas became a global leader in e-money, after launching its own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), the Sand Dollar, ranked number one in the PwC Global CBDC Index. A remarkable achievement for the nation, that captured headlines around the world. But what is a CBDC? Should other nations follow the example of The Bahamas? Why not instead adopt an existing cryptocurrency, like bitcoin, for example, like El Salvador did?
UPDATED: 1,297 dead and 5,700 injured in Haiti earthquake
MONDAY UPDATE: Haiti's Civil Protection Agency said 1,297 dead from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake had been counted by Sunday, a day after the temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off frantic rescue efforts ahead of a potential deluge from an approaching storm.
Grace is not expected to be major threat
LOCAL meteorologists are monitoring the development of Tropical Depression Grace, however, it is not expected to be a major threat to this country.
