Police alert after series of armed home invasions
FOLLOWING a string of recent home invasions in the capital, Royal Bahamas Police Force Superintendent Shanta Knowles is urging members of the public to take all necessary precautions to avoid making their homes targets for intruders.
Grand Bahama airport crisis as 100 jobs on the line
DEPUTY Prime Minister Peter Turnquest says the disengagement of workers at the Grand Bahama International Airport is a concern, and that addressing the current situation at the airport is a priority for the government.
U Sports Basketball: Bahamian players shine in Canada colleges
THE Dalhousie Tigers fell one spot in the U Sports Men’s Basketball ranking after their first loss of the season, but rebounded with a pair of wins to highlight weekend play from Bahamians in the top level of Canadian college basketball. Shemarr Bur
Two hurt in separate shooting incidents
TWO New Providence men were taken to hospital after they were shot in separate incidents on Sunday, police said. In the first incident, a group of men were standing in front of a home at Samson Street, Nassau Village, shortly before 7pm when two arm
Bahamas to host major lawyer conference
FOR the first time ever, the Bahamas will host the 22nd Commonwealth Lawyers Conference (CLC) in September 2021, attracting more than 1,000 lawyers and visitors from across the Commonwealth. The four-day conference will be held at Baha Mar from Sept
Marijuana report expected to land on PM's desk today
THE Bahamas National Commission on Marijuana is expected to give Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis its long-awaited report on marijuana this morning. “We did our work,” Bishop Simeon Hall, co-chairman of the commission, said yesterday. “We were mandat
RBDF apprehends over 30 Haitian migrants
OVER two dozen Haitian migrants were apprehended by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in waters off Ragged Island early yesterday morning. According to a statement from the RBDF, HMBS L L Smith under the command of Senior Lieutenant Shawn Adderley, ac
New solutions for women who have urinary leaks during intimacy
It is the embarrassing secret sadly suffered in silence by thousands of Bahamian women: an uncontrollable loss of bladder control with urinary incontinence during sex.
How to track your progress
Health coach Ethan Quant, of Elite Wellness Solutions, has succeeded in his weight loss journey and now wants to share his methods with the Bahamas in an effort to foster a culture of wellness and conquer the obesity epidemic.
Feel the love this Valentine’s Day ‘on the pole’
For the last five years, the team at Girl on Pole as been giving Bahamian women a new way to stay fit and exercise. The dance studio, which not only teaches people how to pole dance, but seeks to help women boost their self-confidence and feel sexy in a judgement-free environment, is once again hosting a special event for Valentine’s Day.
Killer withdraws appeal against sentence
A MAN has withdrawn his appeal against his near 20-year sentence for the role he played in killing three people, including a pregnant woman due to give birth to her son, nine years ago. Timothy Saunders withdrew his appeal yesterday against his 18-y
We need our own airline
THE national airline of The Bahamas – Bahamasair – has been operating for decades in the ignominy of being a “burden” to the citizens of the Bahamas. We hear the narrative all the time “shut it down” when the facts remain that the airline is a tool that has not been utilised effectively to assist in the growth of the Bahamian economy, instead it has been a convenient tool used by the politicians who hypocritically lambaste its lack of performance from the confines of the House of Assembly.
PETER YOUNG: Winners and losers - they still have to work together
To adapt Abraham Lincoln’s famous dictum about not being able to fool all of the people all of the time, it is similarly impossible to please everybody even for some of the time. So to obtain order in the conduct of human affairs, some way has to be found of determining the will of the people. The best means is to consult them and let the majority prevail.
Hield scores 20 against the Heat in overtime loss
MIAMI (AP) — Kendrick Nunn scored 25 points, James Johnson added 22 on 9-for-11 shooting and the Miami Heat improved their NBA-best home record to 19-1 by beating the Sacramento Kings 118-113 in overtime yesterday.Goran Dragic scored 18 and Bam Adeba
International cancer specialists offer their expertise to Bahamians
The Cancer Centre of the Bahamas is currently hosting a series of special clinics which will allow Bahamians access to medical specialists and information on state-of-the-art treatments which they would normally have to travel aboard for.
NPWBA jumps into full gear
THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association is now in full gear at the DW Davis Gymnasium and president Devon ‘Dee’ Johnson is anticipating a great season.With a total of five teams competing this year, Johnson said since they began a week ago,
NCAA Swim: Multiple wins for Higgs and Bastian
ALBURY Higgs and Izaak Bastian had multiple wins in their latest NCAA Division I meets as programmes prepare for their respective conference championships next month. Higgs helped her South Carolina Gamecocks to a 197-103 win over the Georgia Tech Y
Team Bahamas in the spotlight at World Juniors
TEAM Bahamas stood at 1-1 at the World Junior competition in Santo Domingo after the first two days of competition over the weekend. The team, coached by Marion Bain, comprised of Sierra Rodgers, BreAnn Ferguson and Sapphire Ferguson. The Bahamas o
Coleby signs deal to join the top league in Italy
DWIGHT Coleby is on the move again after he signed a deal to join the top league in Italy for the remainder of the season. Coleby joined Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari of Italy’s Lega Basket Serie A. The club is currently the European Cup Champion
Tanesha finds a new purpose
“Though she be but little she is fierce.” This quote by Shakespeare fits Tanesha Jemison perfectly. At age 35, this petite mom-of-three has had her fair share of challenges – being abandoned by her mother at age five, a brush with assault, living in an environment which instilled fear in her, and an injury which changed the course of her career. But today, she believes her life is finally on the right track.
