Junior Baseball League of Nassau: Playoffs shift into high gear
PLAYOFF action got underway this week in a series of 3 vs 2 Elimination Games, according to Jeff Albury, commissioner of the Junior Baseball League of Nassau.
33rd Annual Rotary East Nassau & Scout Association Golf Tournament swings into fund-raising success
GOLF aficionados ascended onto the grounds of the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island Monday afternoon for the 33rd annual Charity Golf Tournament organised by The Rotary Club of East Nassau & The Scout Association of The Bahamas, where an excess of $160,000 was raised for local charities.
Encountering Jesus
In the post-resurrection stories, people meet Jesus in different circumstances but the response is always the same. There is surprise and joy, mixed with a little fear at first. They experience living proof that He is alive.
The responsibility of parents towards their criminal children
Sacred Scripture tells us that those who live by the sword, will die by it.
What if?
Have you ever thought for just one moment about God’s mercies? What if God wasn’t a kind God? What if God wasn’t a good God? What if He was a maniacal despotic God? What if God relished mankind’s ineptitude in achieving success because of sin and unrighteousness? What if God wasn’t a God of love?
Trusting in God in difficult times
Life has its various challenges, and everyone has a battle to face at some point in their life. For some the tough moments are almost insurmountable, and unceasing, but few have experienced adversity like that of Job, yet he was able to overcome. Job lost everything he had and his wife wanted him to curse God and die but he held on to his faith in God. We should also do likewise when the cares of this world beat us down, even if we are tempted to ask the all familiar question of “why?”
The ‘Singing Bishop’ to host feeding initiative for mothers in need
Bishop Lawrence Rolle, widely known as the “Singing Bishop”, has been hard at work heading up a hands-on ministry which often brings him into close contact with those who are hurting the community.
Gospel reality TV show winner returns with new music
Tomorrow, gospel artist Shanique Thurston will release her first piece of new music in six years.
Airlift model ‘debunked’ by 35% expansion rate
The 35 percent expansion in Nassau/Paradise Island airlift over the past 18 months has “debunked” a business model that “cost The Bahamas a fortune”, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
‘We can’t blindly march into WTO’
A prominent businessman yesterday said the Oxford Economics study had reinforced his view “that the government must get its house in order before we blindly march into the WTO”.
Manufacturers not convinced of WTO merits
BAHAMIAN manufacturers yesterday said they are “not yet fully committed to the necessity of joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO)” based on the Oxford Economics study’s findings.
Productivity reforms gain strong backing
THE creation of a National Productivity Council and accompanying legislation is receiving strong backing from the private sector, the project’s primary consultant revealed yesterday.
Minister hails retail plaza’s expansion
A Cabinet minister yesterday hailed a Freeport retail plaza’s expansion as an example of Bahamians taking ownership of their own economy.
IAN FERGUSON: How companies can fight workplace discrimination
Discrimination has become a real issue in many corporate areas. We define business discrimination as prejudicial treatment in the workplace, which may affect hiring, firing, promotions, salary, job assignments, training, benefits and/or lay-offs based on a person’s age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, national origins or disabilities.
THE MARIJUANA QUESTION: Cooper sparks debate, but public divided over how law could change
EXUMA and Ragged Island MP Chester Cooper called last week for the legalisation of medical marijuana along with the decriminalisation of small amounts of its recreational use.
Teenager helping police over school bullying allegations
A TEENAGE boy from Grand Bahama is assisting police with an investigation into an incident of alleged school bullying that was captured on cell phone video.
STATESIDE: When our heroes speak out or are silent
The highest civilian award that an American president can bestow is the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Under its current format, the award was begun by President John F Kennedy.
Trio deny planning to sell marijuana worth over $1m
THREE Bahamian men between the ages of 35 and 50 yesterday denied being caught off South Andros last week with over $1m worth of marijuana they intended to supply to others.
Woman and teen charged with murdering father-of-five
A 32-year-old woman charged with murdering a 34-year-old father-of-five yesterday complained of inhumane and degrading treatment while in police custody awaiting her arraignment for the crime.
