Send in the clowns...
As a follow-up to the Christmas Carnival caper we now have the Dubai Debacle. The back-to-back mini-disasters by the PLP government are very revealing. We have a seemingly giddy, frivolous, non-serious prime minister who seems to like showmanship and hanging out with celebrities instead of substance.
Lead by example on masks
So many Ministers - MPs - spouses of Ministers - Beauty Queens - MPs getting married all should be fined for every breach of the still in existence protocol and requirement of wearing a mask.
Woman denies house break-in
A 56-year-old woman who denied breaking into a woman’s home and stealing several of her belongings earlier this month was yesterday granted bail before her trial.
Men accused of drug offences
SEVERAL men appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with a number of drug-related offences.
Kashon Conliffe signs with San Diego Padres
Kashon Conliffe became the fourth Bahamian baseball player to sign a professional contract in the current 2022 Major League Baseball International Signing Period.
Steven Gardiner breaks his national record in 300m
OFF to what he considers to be his best indoor track and field start ever, Bahamas male 2021 Athlete of the Year Steven Gardiner feels he’s on track to securing his third straight medal at a global meet in the men’s 400 metres at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in August.
BBF hopes to secure funding for men’s national basketball team
BAHAMAS Basketball Federation president Eugene Horton said they are still hoping to secure the necessary funding for the men’s national basketball team to travel to the second round of the FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Qualifiers February 24-28 in the Dominican Republic.
International Basketball Academy launches Grassroots Basketball League
IN an effort to provide student athletes with an avenue for exposure and continue to hone their skills, International Basketball Academy tipped off a new venture with its Grassroots Basketball League.
Coach Lance Brauman brings week-long training camp to New Providence
ALTHOUGH they train in the warm weather conditions in Clermont, Florida, coach Lance Brauman didn’t mind bringing part of his Pure Athletics Track Club, led by two-time Olympic gold medallist Shaunae Miller-Uibo, to the sunny Bahamas for a week-long training camp.
Sawyers and St Fort train with Miller-Uibo in The Bahamas
GREAT Britain’s long jumper Jazmin Sawyers and Trinidad & Tobago’s sprinter Khalifa St Fort said they couldn’t ask for a better teammate than Bahamian two-time Olympic women’s 400 metre gold medallist Shaunae Miller-Uibo.
Landscaping chair hits out over rogue entrants
Established landscaping companies are increasingly having to clean-up behind rogue new market entrants who have emerged amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it was argued yesterday.
Supply chain woe ‘highly challenging’ for brewery
Commonwealth Brewery’s top executive yesterday said supply chain woes had made trade “highly challenging” for some of its imported brands with such issues set to persist in 2022.
WORLD VIEW: Commonwealth Caribbean countries – all republics by 2030?
BY 2030, it is more than likely that the eight independent Commonwealth countries which are still monarchical states, with Queen Elizabeth II as their Sovereign, will become Republics.
THE KDK REPORT: Lessons from a way of life
HAVE you ever noticed that members of the Rastafarian community have largely remained relatively unscathed by the COVID- 19 pandemic?
INSIGHT: Will Dubai spending bring value for money?
AS the wheels lifted on the flights taking the Bahamian delegation to Dubai for the Expo event being held there, the debate over the cost of the trip was already well underway.
Plea agreements bring high rate of convictions
THE Director of Public Prosecutions Office secured a high conviction rate of 85 percent in 2021 while its use of plea agreements recovered after COVID-19 caused disruption in 2020, according to Director of Public Prosecutions Garvin Gaskin.
EDITORIAL: Is Dubai spending the best use of our money?
THE trip by a Bahamian delegation to Dubai was always going to raise questions about the cost.
600 new COVID cases reported over weekend
MORE than 600 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country over the weekend prompting Free National Movement chairman Carl Culmer to say more must be done to control the spread of the virus.
