Four sprinters qualify for championships
IN what turned out to be the biggest match-up of the 18th Star Performers Track Classic 2021 meet resulted in four sprinters attaining the qualifying standards for the World Athletics Under-18 and Under-23 Championships boys 100 metres.
Jones helps Sun stay undefeated
JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun are off to a historic start in the 2021 WNBA season and are currently the league’s lone undefeated team.
Break-outs for Bahamas baseball minor leaguers
SEVERAL Bahamian baseball players had breakout performances for their respective clubs throughout various levels of minor league baseball.
Girl bosses set to spill the tea
BAHAMIAN girl bosses will be “spilling the tea”, giving women the scoop on all they need to know about finance, branding, customer service and more during a special tea party next Sunday.
PM announces two-week lockdown for Cat Island, North and Central Andros
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on Sunday announced a two-week lockdown for Cat Island and North and Central Andros that will take effect at 8pm on Monday.
Two dead in separate Abaco traffic accidents
Two people are dead after two separate traffic accidents on Abaco.
Body found after fire extinguished
The body of a man was found after a fire was extinguished in a building on Berkley Street, Ridgeland Park West on Friday night.
Bullocks Harbour and Great Harbour Cay placed under two-week lockdown
Negative PCR test required for travel to and from Andros and Cat Island
Bullocks Harbour and Great Harbour Cay in the Berry Islands will be placed under a 14-day lockdown effective Saturday 22 May 2021 at 8pm in order to slow and control the spread of the COVID-19 virus in those communities.
Some shanty town homes in judicial review 'not constructed in compliance with the law'
SEVERAL of the homes occupied by the shanty town residents involved in a judicial review centred on the demolition of their communities were not constructed in compliance with the law and do not meet the standards outlined in the Building Regulations Act, according to Crown Attorney Kayla Green-Smith.
Man accused of assaulting, threatening ex-girlfriend
A 23-year-old man accused of assaulting and threatening to harm his ex-girlfriend earlier this month was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
Two in court in connection with marijuana field
TWO men were arraigned in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Friday in connection with the discovery of a marijuana field in East Grand Bahama, with an estimated street value of $7million.
Man accused of Fox Hill murder
A 28-year-old man was sent to prison on Friday after being accused of murdering a man in the Fox Hill area earlier this month.
DIANE PHILLIPS: The eye – so small in size, so large in life
The eye is so small in size, so large in life. Think about it. Of all your senses, what would be the worst to lose?
A COMIC'S VIEW: Covid jokes to help ease our anxiety
Humour is proven stress reliever and although some may not like the idea of making fun during tough times like the COVID-19 global pandemic, millions of ‘posters’ on line have flooded social media platforms with funny memes, jokes, videos, GIFs to lessen the panic of the pandemic.
Family Islands restrictions ‘appropriate at this stage’
WHILE there is opposition in some quarters to new curfew restrictions put on several Family Islands due to emerging COVID-19 cases, the head of the Consultant Physicians Staff Association suggested the measure is appropriate at this stage.
New rules for cook-outs and indoor cinemas
AN amendment to the Emergency Powers (COVID-19 Pandemic Order) issued last night allows for cook-outs, steak-outs or souse-outs to be held once the sale of food is conducted by drive-through or takeaway.
AG: What is going on is not acceptable
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel blasted developed countries for hoarding COVID-19 vaccines during a debate in the Senate yesterday.
Steak-out for victims of Potter’s Cay fire
A STEAK-OUT will be held Saturday to help raise funds for the Potter’s Cay fire victims.
