Career highs for D'Shawn Knowles and Tahnaj Thomas in minor league baseball
A CAREER-high hitting streak for D’Shawn Knowles and a career-high strikeout performance for Tahnaj Thomas highlighted Bahamian minor league baseball play over the weekend. Knowles carried an eight-game hit streak into last night’s series finale aga
Group fitness - A great place to start
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.
LIFE LINES: Women - afraid to be powerful
Power: an evocative word, and a provocative one, especially when used in the same sentence as the word woman or female. It often evokes an emotional but negative reaction in many, so much so that we as women have been told not be too assertive, lest,
How to perform better tonight
Getting a good quality erection and maintaining an erection can be an overwhelmingly stressful task for many men of various ages.Erectile dysfunction will affect every man to some degree at some point in their lives. But erection problems should neve
Royal College of Surgeons Fellow helps bring back house call doctors
Dr Susan Williams-Lockhart appointed head of Bahamas Wellness Health System's mobile division
Former flight service physician, acute care specialist and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Dr Susan Williams-Lockhart has been appointed clinical director of the Bahamas Wellness Clinic with responsibility for its mobile medicine division.The
The benefits of a medical pedicure
A pedicure is a usually fun activity to pamper yourself and to get those pretty feet you can show off in open shoes. However, for many people, pedicures are a vital part of their health regime.Traditional cosmetic pedicures focus on making your toena
Is the new Little Mermaid part of your world? Bahamians weigh in on Disney’s casting choice
Disney’s announcement that 19-year-old Halle Bailey as been cast as Ariel in their upcoming live action adaption of “The Little Mermaid” has created quite the social media stir.
Architect chief: Building permit 'red tape' rising
A senior Bahamian architect yesterday argued that building permit “red tape” is increasing, not decreasing, and added: “I don’t know anyone who gets an approval in less than six months.”Gustavus Ferguson, the Institute of Bahamian Architects (IBA) pr
$20m honey market creating major buzz
A $20m market for honey-related products presents a tremendous entrepreneurial opportunity for Bahamians, the head of a local beekeeping co-operative believes. Alex Holden, chairman of the newly-formed Bahamas National Beekeepers Co-Operative (BNBC)
Entrepreneurs needed to 'ace' tourism competition
The Bahamas must continue to “ace” its tourism competition through superior customer service and identifying new entrepreneurial activities that appeal to visitors, a Cabinet minister is urging. Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation,
Seminar to focus on harnessing Fintech
The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) has partnered with Aliv to host its annual Fintech (financial technology) seminar on July 26 at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel. Featuring both local and international speakers, the event will cover topi
VIDEO: Flooding on West Bay Street after heavy rain
The Bahamas has been drenched by heavy rain over the last few days.
UPDATED: BPL announces load shedding schedule for Monday
AS load shedding continues in New Providence, Bahamas Power & Light released a schedule of anticipated power cuts for Monday evening.
EDITORIAL: Will reparations talk ever be more than just talk?
Has the time now come for serious discussion about reparations?
Entrepreneurs hedging their bets with a $2m cannabis investment
Pioneer Bret “King of Kush” Bogue and former IT director Yorick Brown are hedging their bets on a Bahamian cannabis industry with a $2m investment in a local growing facility. Mr Brown, of Browns Point Ventures Ltd, said he and Mr Bogue - as partners
INSIGHT: Why vilify Symonette? The white oligarchs were replaced by black ones who have failed us
This past week potentially marked former Minister of Financial Services, Trade and Industry and Immigration Brent Symonette’s last time in the Cabinet - and if we are brave enough to look ourselves in the mirror, it may be an instructive moment in our history.
LGBTI group wants to stage pride parade in 2020
THE local lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community has set its sights on 2020 to host a pride parade.
'Deepen the spend' on 17.5% tourist rise
The Bahamas must “deepen the spend” if it is to maximise the “fabulous” 17.5 percent increase in stopover visitors for the year to end-May 2019, a Cabinet minister conceded yesterday. Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, told Tribun
New calls for Minnis to step down over links with Symonette
THE decision to lease the Town Centre Mall to house the General Post Office has come under renewed scrutiny after former Cabinet minister Brent Symonette revealed Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis called him personally to negotiate the deal last year.
