Freedom Farm Baseball returns with All-Star weekend
The Freedom Farm Baseball League outlined its plans for a return to the baseball diamond following a nearly year-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Young and Cavalry advance to semifinals
CHAVEZ Young and the Canberra Cavalry continued their recent streak into the Australian Baseball League playoffs and advanced to the semifinals.
Bahamian student-athletes shine at junior college level
SEVERAL Bahamian student-athletes are having an immediate impact on their respective programmes at the Junior College level.
Taneka Sandiford-Mackey making a name for herself on LPGA Tour
SHE’S not playing, but Taneka Sandiford-Mackey is still making a name for herself as the first Bahamian and only black female full-time caddie on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour.
EDITORIAL: Lack of basic skills shows we’re failing students
When the national exam results came out in January, they were declared a success… by the Ministry of Education, at least.
ALICIA WALLACE: Throwing money at a problem doesn’t mean it’s going to go away
Last week, it was reported a woman was sleeping in a car with her children, including an infant. She was asked to leave her previous apartment after being allowed to live there rent-free for several months. She expressed concern about her children’s education, noting her daughter had fallen behind over the past year. She noted there were other people in the same situation, forced on to the streets.
Minister: Rape allegation against defence force officer ‘disturbing’
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday called the rape allegation made against a Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer “concerning” and “disturbing”.
Minister disagrees with Pinder on severance
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes says he doesn’t agree with the position that companies should offer employees redundancy packages as a form of assistance to struggling workers.
‘Public Disclosure Commission needs to be made independent’
PUBLIC Disclosure Commission Chairman Myles Laroda says the group needs to be independent of the government, a change that will give the body the “teeth” it needs.
Police sergeant: I feel abandoned
A POLICE sergeant says he is now homeless and barely able to make ends meet because he claims the Royal Bahamas Police Force owes him money after they discontinued his salary following an injury he received on the job ten years ago.
$10m Exuma development unveils plans
A $10m resort/marina project is aiming to create 50 construction, and up to 30 full-time, jobs on Exuma if it received the go-ahead from the government’s regulatory agencies.
Andros lodge: Oil strike out removes ‘dark cloud’
An Andros bonefishing lodge’s co-owner yesterday said “a large dark cloud” that helped slash bookings by 30-40 percent has been removed with the failure to discover commercial oil quantities.
BPC director: Activists can’t dictate on oil
A Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) director yesterday argued that “pressure groups” cannot dictate to a sovereign nation whether it should seek out and exploit its natural resources.
‘Rude awakening’ awaits on true COVID-19 costs
Bahamians face “a rude awakening” once COVID-19’s true economic and fiscal costs are revealed, a governance reformer warned yesterday, as he called for “accelerated efficiency” in government.
Man found dead with gunshot wounds to the face
POLICE are investigating another homicide that occurred on Monday night – just a few hours after another man’s body was found on Cowpen Road.
Cubans lived on coconuts for five weeks
THE United States Coast Guard rescued three Cubans who were stranded on an uninhabited Bahamian island for more than a month.
Miller’s PLP nomination in doubt
SOME Progressive Liberal Party supporters in Golden Isles say MP Vaughn Miller is so vulnerable in the constituency that he would lose the seat on the PLP’s ticket in the general election, a challenge for party leaders who are leaning towards giving him the nomination.
PHA says sorry for maternity problems
HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said building work in the maternity ward at Princess Margaret Hospital has now been completed after a social media post went viral this weekend, showing unsanitary conditions.
Abaco shanty town issue ‘will be treated humanely’
IMMIGRATION Minister Elsworth Johnson said yesterday his ministry has been working in conjunction with other government agencies to address illegal immigration and shanty town concerns in Abaco, vowing officials will clamp down on the problem, but in a humane manner.
