Southwest Tennis Club’s Holiday Invitational set for Flamingo Gardens
IN their bid to provide some excitement in the community this Christmas season, the Southwest Tennis Club is scheduled to hold its Holiday Invitational Tennis Tournament, starting this weekend at the Flamingo Gardens Tennis Courts.
Flamingos Women’s Golf Club 242 hosts its inaugural 18 hole scramble golf tournament at Baha Mar’s Royal Blue Golf Course
THE development of women’s golf is making headway led by the Flamingos Women’s Golf Club 242.
Teams set for Home Run Derby in Paradise
The teams for the Don’t Blink Home Run Derby in Paradise have been set for Team Fox and Team Isaacs as they prepare to decide the 2021 title.
Bahamas Bowl kickoff set for noon today live on ESPN
MIDDLE Tennessee and Toledo players have heard the “Something has to give” cliché all week long as the two teams prepare to play in the annual Bahamas Bowl today with a noon kickoff on ESPN.
STATESIDE: ‘Tis the season to... keep on worrying for the world
THERE was a time, not so very long ago, when it seemed like the second half of December provided a respite from news about the troubles in the world. Part of this was due to the fact that in many countries, including the US, the politicians were on vacation somewhere warm and the media journalists who covered them knew the Christmas season was one of the few times of the year – August was usually another of them – when a family vacation could safely be booked.
FRONT PORCH: Ongoing struggle to emancipate colonised minds
“The most important area of domination [is] the mental universe of the colonised, the control, through culture, of how people perceive themselves and their relationship to the world.” – Jason Hickel
EDITORIAL: A glimpse of sunshine at last
WITH every cloud, there comes a silver lining – but what a cloud we’ve been living under.
Ministry insists: There has been no attack on any public servant
IN the face of claims that some island administrators were being victimised, the ministry with responsibility for local government has said no public servant has been attacked.
Disputes probed over staff dismissed by Minnis govt
LABOUR Director Robert Farquharson says the Department of Labour is reviewing trade disputes related to 65 employees of Urban Renewal in Grand Bahama who were dismissed under the Minnis administration.
PAHO official: Don’t use doses for boosters now
A PAN American Health Organization official has said the organisation does not recommend using vaccine supplies for booster shots at this time, saying the doses should be used to increase vaccination coverage.
‘Only open schools when safety measures in place’
AS public schools prepare to reopen for hybrid instruction with face-to-face learning next month, a Pan American Health Organization official said this can be done once adequate safety and health measures are in place.
BOB to expand branch network
Bank of The Bahamas yesterday revealed it plans to buck the industry’s downsizing trend by opening two new branch locations on New Providence by September 2022.
Bahamas provider probed on $77m securities fraud
Regulators are investigating a Bahamas-based financial and corporate services provider that allegedly helped to conceal and transfer proceeds generated by a $77m securities fraud.
Nassau airport loss up 8-fold to $37.4m
The Nassau Airport Development Company’s (NAD) net loss rose more than eight-fold to $37.396m for the year to end-June 2021, exposing the full extent of COVID’s devastating travel impact.
Welcome back, you did the nation proud
TOURISM Minister Chester Cooper revealed yesterday that Miss Bahamas Universe Chantel O’Brian will be offered a job at his ministry starting Monday.
Six more deaths blamed on COVID
COVID-19 deaths have increased by six, bringing the overall count to 714.
Nurses’ concern at hospital security
BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Amancha Williams says one nurse was injured and others have been left mentally shaken after a fight broke out between patients in the Emergency Department of Princess Margaret Hospital.
Carnival left to wait on approval decision
HEALTH officials were still in meetings last night and up to press time no decision had been made on a new application from operators of the Christmas Carnival who are still seeking to open despite being denied permission by the Ministry of Health last week.
THE GREAT RETURN: Airport to be swamped with arrival of 6,000 passengers on Saturday
The Bahamas’ major aviation gateway is confident it can escape another debt default waiver as it readies for “numbers we’ve not seen for two years” with 6,100 arrivals anticipated this Saturday.
