The Press box: Lakers need a ‘buddy’
THE Los Angeles Lakers have work to do in order to get themselves back into title contention next season.
Shepherd Signs with pioneers
JANUS Shepherd will have the opportunity to further both his academic and athletic career at the collegiate level.
Rolle presents cheque for King’s Sons Basketball Camp
ROYAL Bahamas Police Force Commissioner Paul Rolle said he was so impressed with the work that Dr Apostle Carlos Reid is doing in the community that he had to take time out from his busy schedule to make a contribution to the King’s Sons Basketball Camp.
Reginald ‘Reggie’ Forbes retires from SAC
ONE of the longest tenures in high school sports came to an end as Reginald ‘Reggie’ Forbes retired from St Augustine’s College last week.
Davis triumphs in Canadian show jumping classic
BAHAMIAN show jumper Marcus Davis wrapped up an intense June campaign of training and competition in the best way possible – standing alone atop the podium, at the Angelstone Headwaters Cup Tournament in Ontario, Canada.
EDITORIAL: What really went on in Treasure Cay?
THERE are very obviously missing pieces in the story of what happened that led to the plane crash in Abaco that killed two pilots.
STATESIDE: An old warhorse rides into town with the same unchallenged message
Cal Thomas came to town the other day.
FRONT PORCH: Curiosity and discernship in leadership
AMERICAN journalist and author David Simon, better known as a writer and producer of The Wire, captures the role of curiosity in human endeavour: “The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful.
Businesses able to raise $5m through crowdfunding
ELIGIBLE Bahamian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will now be able to raise up to $5m in equity capital to fund their business ventures via crowdfunding, State Minister of Finance Kwasi Thompson said yesterday.
Police officers commended after arrest that went viral
TWO POLICE officers involved in a much publicised arrest have been commended and rewarded by Commissioner Paul Rolle.
PAHO confirms vaccine production delays
PAN American Health Organization officials have revealed that the deployment of COVAX issued vaccines was delayed in June due to a myriad of issues experienced by the group with Oxford-AstraZeneca production sites.
Physicians president’s alarm at lack of health resources
CONSULTANT Physicians Staff Association president Dr Sabriquet Pinder-Butler says it’s “alarming” that Princess Margaret Hospital is at full capacity due to increased COVID-19 cases, but a compounding challenge remains – the lack of human resources in public health.
Man dies from electrocution at dock
A MAN was fatally electrocuted yesterday morning while working on air conditioning repairs on a small yacht docked at the Joseph Alfred Dock in the Bay Street area.
‘Elephant in the room’ for 1m stopover target
A Cabinet minister yesterday said he is targeting one million stopover tourist arrivals for 2021 but acknowledged that COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy remains “the elephant in the room” for this ambition.
‘Huge opportunity’ through no foreign crowdfunding bar
Newly-implemented crowdfunding rules were yesterday hailed as “a huge opportunity” for Bahamian small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) who will be able to source equity capital from foreign investors.
Cruise giant ‘can’t recognise’ rival’s PI crown land lease
A Bahamian entrepreneur yesterday hit out at Royal Caribbean after the cruise giant declined to “acknowledge” his Paradise Island crown land lease that is now locked in a legal battle with the government.
BISX targets 2021 crowdfund launch
The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) plans to launch into the crowdfunding space in 2021, its top executive confirmed yesterday, suggesting it will happen “sooner rather than later”.
‘Mother’ Pratt ‘is getting better’
CYNTHIA “Mother” Pratt, former Deputy Prime Minister, is said to be responding well to treatment for COVID-19 in hospital, Dr Lynwood Brown said yesterday.
‘Personal matters’ see DNA's no.2 resign
THE Democratic National Alliance has announced that the party’s Deputy Leader Buscheme Armbrister stepped down effective June 30 in order to attend to “personal matters”.
