Nassau Rowing Club prepares for 6th annual Learn to Row Summer Camp
BEGINNING the week of June 24, the Nassau Rowing Club is all set to hold its annual Learn to Row Summer Camp for the sixth year in a row.
Modified Pitch Softball League regular season kicks into gear
THE New Providence Modified Pitch Softball League continued its regular season over the weekend at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
A mother’s call – Part I
This call starts from when your child is in the womb. Once you know that you are pregnant, love needs to flow to the baby. When I speak to the teen mothers at Providing Access to Continuing Education (PACE), I encourage them to heal and forgive as best they can so as to filter out all negativity that is like an internal poison to them and their child.
Trusting God completely
There are many passages that invoke a feeling of safety and divine providence, but Psalm 46:1 (KJV) is a personal favourite of mine: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
Marjorie Davis follows in father’s footsteps to receive honour from Vatican
Seventy years ago, Sir Cyrus Ulysses Davis became the first Bahamian to be given an honour by the Vatican when he was appointed as a Knight of St Gregory the Great in 1949.
Back to Chippingham
Holy Spirit Anglican Church reaches out to the community
The historic Holy Spirit Anglican Church on Howard Street in Chippingham is going outside its four walls and venturing out into the community with its first ever “Back to Chippingham @ Holy Spirit” weekend.
Episcopal Bishop wins top broadcasting award for royal wedding sermon
An estimated 1.9 billion people watched Bishop Michael Curry, the first African American to head the US-based Episcopal Church, tell a congregation of royals and celebrities that “love is the way.”
A crisis of conscience
The Bahamas Christian Council recently came under criticism after questioning the conduct displayed during Carnival’s Road Fever.
A fresh wind for gospel music
A star-studded concert experience featuring both international and local talent will attempt to breathe new life into the Bahamian gospel music scene.
Tourism targets ‘new and refreshed face’
The Tourism Development Corporation(TDC) held a Community-Based Tourism workshop at the University of The Bahamas (UoB) in a bid to create more entrepreneurial opportunities.
Export revenues cut out from business licence
The government is moving to stimulate export activity by excluding all revenues generated from the calculation of business licence fees, the deputy prime minister said yesterday.
Top US govt financier set to visit Bahamas
The head of the US government’s development finance institution will visit The Bahamas next week to explore investment opportunities in energy and other sectors.
BTVI chief meets with US official
A US government official met with the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute’s (BTVI) president just a day before a scholarship programme was reinstated for Bahamians.
Insolvency Association to discuss legal reform
The Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA Bahamas) is to host a roundtable discussion on proposed changes to this nation’s insolvency legislation.
EDITORIAL: The truth about murder
THERE is a harsh reality behind the statistics of murder that is rarely seen in all its brutal truth.
STATESIDE: In the spotlight for all the wrong reasons
The Caribbean region doesn’t frequently figure in US national politics, but a hurricane, convulsive civil disturbances and a return of Cold War politics have thrust the region into American headlines more than usual already this year.
Lloyd calls for punitive sanctions over viral videos
EDUCATION Minister Jeffery Lloyd has decried a viral video depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, saying the government must pursue punitive sanctions against people who spread such videos.
Newlywed lost at sea declared dead by judge
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A judge has declared a missing Florida newlywed dead, almost two years to the day she disappeared while honeymooning in the Bahamas.
Wells insists no jet ski licences issued to Baha Mar
ONE day after clarifying his ministry’s involvement in an ongoing dispute between watercraft operators and Baha Mar, Transport Minister Renward Wells was again challenged on that position in the House of Assembly by members of the opposition yesterday.
