Deshaughn Forbes and Warriors advance to final four
DESHAUGHN Forbes and his Trinity Christian Warriors, out of Lake Worth, Florida, are headed to the Florida High School Athletic Association Final Four.
South Florida Hooters donates sports equipment to Bimini primary school
SEVERAL young ladies from Hooters distributed kickballs and soccer balls to children at Bimini Primary School.
Swimmer Laura Morley hopes to continue family Olympics legacy
LAURA Morley, still hoping to continue a family Olympic Games legacy, competed along with Grand Bahamian Olympian Joanna Evans and sisters Albury and Lilly Higgs at the 2021 TYR Pro Swim Series over the weekend.
EDITORIAL: ‘Don’t blame us - the Governor General made us do it!’
EXTENDING emergency powers for another six months may be necessary – but the manner in which it has been done is questionable at best.
WORLD VIEW: Vaccinate or suffocate – the stark choice
SECTIONS of the population in many of the 14 independent CARICOM countries are in grave danger of undermining their own health and economic interests by their refusal to be inoculated against the coronavirus, COVID-19.
INSIGHT: Will we be the winners of this geopolitical tussling between the US and China on vaccines?
THE Bahamas is increasingly finding itself caught in the middle of a geopolitical fight. On one side is the growing presence of China in the West. On the other, the United States.
Cuban group detained
A GROUP of Cubans was intercepted off Guinchos Cay in the northwestern Bahamas by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Saturday.
Little welcome for Wilchcombe
THE return of former Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe to frontline politics is receiving mixed reactions following his ratification last week as the Progressive Liberal Party’s candidate for West Grand Bahama and Bimini.
Father ‘asked police to transfer his son’ before suspected suicide
THE father of a police officer who is suspected to have committed suicide in Grand Bahama on Friday desperately wanted his son transferred off the island out of concern for his well-being.
VIDEO: Going . . . going . . . CRUNCH!
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force has confirmed its vessel HMBS Lawrence Major sustained “structural damage” when another motor vessel rammed into it in Suriname on Saturday.
‘We’re scapegoats for Mortgage Corp fiasco’
The Bahamas Mortgage Corporation’s legal chief yesterday asserted that she and three other suspended executives are being made “scapegoats” over a probe into “serious irregularities” on home loans.
Banker: Bar’s ‘bad apples’ leading to attorney controls
The Bahamas Bar Association’s failure to properly discipline wayward members is why many banks will only deal with “approved attorneys” for mortgage transactions, a top executive said yesterday.
Super Value chief: ‘Well will run dry’ if taxes increase
Super Value’s president has warned that “the well will run dry” if the government imposes new and/or increased taxes in next week’s budget, adding: “We have to get the economy rolling first.”
Govt not bound’ to renew BPC licence
The government has full legal authority not to renew Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) oil exploration licences, a major environmental organisation has told the prime minister.
The Rise of NFTs
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THE artistic world has through the years provided many anecdotes that illustrate the subjectivity of the concept of value.
PMs’ tributes at passing of Sir Charles
TRIBUTES poured in over the weekend paying homage to the life of former PLP Cabinet minister and veteran broadcaster Sir Charles Carter, who died at the age of 78 on Saturday.
Three new deaths as third wave continues
COVID-19 deaths have risen to 220 after three new deaths were reported over the weekend.
More homes demolished in the farm
A MAN displaced by demolition activities in Abaco over the weekend says dealing with the aftermath has been a nightmare as he struggles to find shelter for himself, his girlfriend and her two-year-old daughter who no longer have a place of their own to live.
Bloody toll of weekend gun attacks
POLICE are investigating two murders that happened over the weekend as well as the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was found with gunshot wounds about his body.
