Bastian, Evans to swim for Bahamas at Olympics
Izaak Bastian, the top male FINA point getter, will join Grand Bahamian Joanna Evans as the two representatives for the Bahamas at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Keyshawn Strachan shatters national record in javelin
COACH Corrington Maycock knew that it was just a matter of time before his Blue Chips Athletics’ strongman Keyshawn Strachan broke the 70 metre barrier in the men’s javelin.
Billie Jean King Cup: ‘I’m proud that we were able to place third overall’
AFTER finishing in the second spot in pool B, the Bahamas women’s tennis team made sure they took care of business in the playoffs of the Billie Jean King Cup in Panama City, Panama, over the weekend.
Miller-Uibo and Gardiner put on a show for Bahamian fans
SHAUNAE Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner, preparing to lead the Bahamas team at the 2020 Olympic Games next month, put on a show for the Bahamian fans at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National Track and Field Championships.
Woman dies, man injured after shooting
A woman is dead and a man is in hospital after a shooting incident in Coconut Grove on Friday night.
Body found in overturned car
POLICE on Andros discovered a man’s partially decomposed body in a car overturned in bushes on Thursday.
Man charged with housebreaking, stealing and receiving
A 31-year-old man was remanded to prison on Friday after being charged with several housebreaking and stealing incidents.
Bail for man who denied assaulting sister
A 43-year-old man who denied assaulting his sister earlier this week was on Friday granted bail ahead of his trial.
Woman pleads not guilty to assault
A HAITIAN woman was granted $3,000 bail on Friday after pleading not guilty to assaulting another woman last month.
EDITORIAL: The light at the end of the tunnel
THE Americans are coming.
DIANE PHILLIPS: A Rose that will always bloom
THERE are photographers and then there was Roland Rose.
A COMIC'S VIEW: Lots of talk but little action when it comes to citizenship
THIS week, I watched something that I usually (aggressively) try to avoid; the televised Senate proceedings.
D’Aguilar says supply chain to blame for Sandals delay
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar is confident that Sandals Resorts International has pushed back the reopening of its Sandals Royal Bahamian resort in New Providence because of supply chain issues related to construction and nothing else.
Bahamas not on UK list
THE United Kingdom is poised to add 16 countries to its “green list” – though not The Bahamas – as it expands its list of countries to where travel is safe.
Foulkes says 8,000 jobs created or coming soon
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes said yesterday that some 8,000 jobs have either been created recently or will come on stream soon.
Munroe: AG cannot request stay on ruling
ATTORNEY Wayne Munroe does not believe the Office of the Attorney General can request a stay of the Court of Appeal’s citizenship ruling because “the Court of Appeal has not ordered the government to do anything”.
US departures back to 75% pre-COVID levels
US pre-clearance at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) expects to be processing 70-75 percent of pre-COVID’s record passenger volumes “by the end of summer”, a top official revealed yesterday.
