Strachan strong on debuts
BOTH Strachan brothers had successful season debuts for their respective teams on the gridiron at the National Football League and high school levels.
Jones leads Sun to No 1 seed
IN A match-up between two of the hottest teams in the WNBA, Jonquel Jones posted her league leading 16th double double of the season as her Connecticut Sun clinched the No 1 overall seed in the postseason.
Six arrests in connection with shop-breaking, stealing
GRAND Bahama Police arrested six persons for shop-breaking and stealing after numerous items were discovered at a residence in Eight Mile Rock.
Pintard: FNM remains best option
FNM candidate Michael Pintard believes the FNM is still the best party to govern in the midst of these difficult and challenging times in the Bahamas.
Country cannot sustain COVID cases rise 'much longer'
TOP public health officials have warned that the country cannot sustain the continued rise of COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations “for much longer” as both resources and staff remain stretched beyond capacity.
'Potential for further COVID spread' if quarantined vote at the polls
THE country’s top infectious disease expert has warned that there could be further COVID-19 spread if people in quarantine are allowed to vote at the polls in next week’s general election.
More than 100 pregnant women with COVID admitted to PMH since pandemic began
MORE than 100 pregnant women have been admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, a top doctor revealed Friday.
PLP Deputy National Coordinator highlights concerns over advanced polls
VALENTINE Grimes, the Progressive Liberal Party’s Deputy National Coordinator, has highlighted what he calls serious problems with Thursday’s advanced polls in a letter to Acting Parliamentary Commissioner Lavado Duncanson.
EDITORIAL: Is it really safe to cast our votes?
THEY stood in their thousands yesterday to vote. In the heat. In crowded lines. In the middle of a pandemic.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Why do so few Bahamian families stay in politics?
Many years ago, a very well-known politician cum head of a major sporting body said he was getting out, leaving the public spotlight. I asked him quietly in a social setting one evening, “Why? Why when you are at the top of your game, everyone knows your name, you can travel anywhere, get an audience with anyone, why leave now and kiss it all goodbye?”
A COMIC'S VIEW: It’s the silly season - but dead voters?
THIS may be the “silliest” of “silly seasons’’ in the history of our nation.
Davis: ‘Telling’ Ingraham hasn’t endorsed Minnis
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis said it is telling that former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has endorsed Elizabeth MP Dr Duane Sands for re-election, but not Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis.
GB voters waiting hours
THERE were complaints about long waiting times from voters in Grand Bahama who queued for hours to vote in the advanced poll.
Wells calls for stricter adherence to protocols
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells made a strong appeal yesterday for vaccinations and stricter adherence to the current public health measures, saying confirmation of the Delta variant’s presence in the country is “concerning”.
‘A lot to do to ensure a smooth vote’
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance leader Arinthia Komolafe says officials have a lot of work to do to ensure next week’s election runs smoothly based on yesterday’s advanced poll.
Christie believes crisis will bring PLP victory
FORMER Prime Minister Perry Christie believes that the “enormity” of the country’s COVID-19 crisis will propel Bahamians to vote for the Progressive Liberal Party in the 2021 general election.
Ingraham was initially turned away
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham voted around 4pm yesterday after initially being given the runaround by poll workers at the advanced poll.
Doctors chief hopes for more safeguards next week
THE president of the Consultant Physicians Staff Association expressed hope that next week’s general election will have more safeguards in place after yesterday’s advanced poll drew long lines and crowds.
