Boxing: Silver Glove Saturday
CHAMPION Boxing Club, headed by Ray Minus Jr, is scheduled to hold its Sunny Boy Rahming Silver Glove Championship.
Pan-African award for Mother Pratt
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia “Mother” Pratt will receive an international humanitarian award from the New Pan-African Movement (NPAN) for her commitment to community building throughout the years.
EDITORIAL: Time to stop the rot at BAMSI
THE long wait for answers over what has been going on at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Sciences Institute (BAMSI) goes on.
Keep up the good work
I thought that your readers might be interested in this article by a young Turks Islander after a visit to The Bahamas.
Frank Rutherford finances GHS basketball team’s trip to Houston
FRANK Rutherford continues his commitment to the youth of the Bahamas through his Rutherford Foundation, and brand Megamalt.
Jr High School Soccer Nationals on May 7
THE Bahamas Football Association and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology have announced that the games are all set for Match Day 1 of the Samuel P Haven Jr High School Soccer Nationals.
Lyford Cay International School students inspiring excellence
LYFORD Cay International School’s (LCIS) mission is Inspiring Excellence and every day its students embody that.
Lucayan managers ‘unanimously’ agree $4.4m payout deal
Grand Lucayan managers were yesterday said to have “unanimously” accepted the government’s improved $4.4m payout deal, with a trade union leader expressing delight at the outcome.
Govt cut national debt by $26.4m during fiscal Q3
The government lowered its direct contribution to the national debt by $26.4m during the 2018-2019 fiscal year’s third quarter, its just-released “fiscal snapshot” reveals.
Bahamas Waste chief hails ‘best year in 30-year history’
Bahamas Waste’s chairman has hailed the company’s “best year in its 30-year history” after 2018 profits soared 18 percent year-over-year to $1.348m.
Water Corp chair denies minister’s consult reveal
The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s executive chairman yesterday denied a Cabinet minister’s suggestion he had been consulted on the strike certificates issued for both its trade unions.
DPM and Opposition renew fiscal quarrel
The deputy prime minister and his Opposition counterpart yesterday renewed their verbal battle over whether the Government will hit its 2018-2019 fiscal objectives.
FACE TO FACE: A sheltered island girl who sat at the head of the nation
From Rose’s to Mount Fitzwilliam is one of the best books I have ever read. After completing the nearly 400 pages of rich history and personal reflection, I closed it with the same feeling I had when I arrived at the end of Sir Clifford Darling’s A Bahamian Life Story… a greater sense of responsibility, love of country and impetus to do and be my best.
Foulkes says strike vote is legal
LABOUR Minister Dion Foulkes announced yesterday he has decided to certify the strike vote for the Bahamas Utilities Service and Allied Workers Union which represents line staff at the Water and Sewerage Corporation.
Gunned down when he opened the door
BEFORE he died of multiple gunshot wounds in his chest, Alain Perez, owner of Bimini Big John’s Bar and Grill, told his roommate that an unknown person wearing dark clothing was his assailant, according to police on the island.
‘We won’t use up $108m headroom’
The Ministry of Finance’s top official yesterday voiced optimism that the government will not squander the “$108m headroom” created by the fiscal third quarter’s $40m budget surplus.
Bethel’s warning after Government House murder: We can’t allow this ever again
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel yesterday said the circumstances surrounding the murder of Royal Bahamas Defence Force Petty Officer Philip Perpall at Government House are “disturbing”, adding people should pray that hateful anger and violence forever departs the country.
Cannabis products are ‘still illegal’
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands yesterday suggested there will be an official crackdown on the sale and use of CBD as he sent a strong warning to businesses and consumers that cannabis-derived products are still illegal.
‘We’ll fight Harbour Island plan’
ONE hundred home and business owners are lined up to fight a multi-million-dollar development on Harbour Island, a chief critic of the project claimed yesterday.
