Caribbean Kings High School Basketball heats up on day 2
THE Caribbean Kings High School Basketball Championships moved into day two as local teams continued to vie for a spot in this weekend’s final round against visitors throughout the Caribbean.
Bahamian broker’s chief has ‘total SEC defence’
The principal of a Bay Street-based broker/dealer says he and his 60 Bahamian staff have “a complete defence” to the allegations levied against them by US federal regulators.
EDITORIAL: A lie has speed, the truth has endurance
GOSSIP got out of hand, it seems, at SC McPherson last week.
$1,500 fines for overstaying
TWO Jamaican cousins were fined over $1,000 each for overstaying in The Bahamas by almost a month, after having secured fake immigration time extension stamps to remain in the country.
Chance to lead for young officers
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday touted his ministry’s multi-agency “succession planning model,” declaring the scheme will guarantee “young and ambitious and capable” officers a chance to lead.
Man accused of indecent assault on co-worker
A WOMAN who claimed her Haitian co-worker fondled only did so to avoid the “unnecessary drama” of her police boyfriend finding out she had caught a ride home with the accused and that they had stopped at her former lover’s house along the way, an attorney asserted yesterday.
Flamingo Gardens to be tenth Urban Renewal Centre
FLAMINGO Gardens is on schedule to become the tenth Urban Renewal location in New Providence.
In California, giant Stratolaunch jet flies for first time
A giant six-engine aircraft with the world’s longest wingspan completed what company officials called a superb initial flight over California’s Mojave Desert, bringing to life a dream held by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul G Allen.
New Samsung handset: Innovation hinges on folding screen
When Samsung said this year it would launch a smartphone with a folding screen, the big question was whether the innovation was something people actually wanted or needed.
Tech Talk
• An Israeli spacecraft crashed into the moon just moments before touchdown, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history last week as the first privately funded lunar landing.
‘Concern’ over locals being able to access golf courses
The lack of accessibility to facilities has displaced the local golf community in recent years and the issue took centre stage as the Bahamas Golf Federation hosted an executive from the sport’s governing body worldwide.
Meadows signs with Greyhounds in NCAA Division II
BRANDON Meadows will take the next step on his collegiate basketball journey at the NCAA Division II level.
Remarkable showing from Freeport Rugby and Football Club’s under 10s soccer team
THE Freeport Rugby and Football Club’s under 10s soccer team recently had a remarkable showing for their first international tournament in Florida at the 2019 Sharks Soccer Cup & Showcase.
THE PRESS BOX: My Cowboys’ potential picks and possible trade on day of the NFL Draft
LET me open by saying: No wide receiver in this year’s NFL Draft is even close to Cowboys’ WR Amari Cooper.
Baseball Leagues set for interleague play
THE Freedom Farm Baseball League and Junior Baseball League of Nassau will participate in a joint initiative aimed at creating more opportunities for their members to participate in interleague play.
Golf Academy set for Jr Tour
THE Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy is expected to field a 13-member team to participate in the next stop on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour.
‘Ball’s rolling’ on new multi-billion industry
The Bahamas could unlock a potential “multi-billion dollar industry” if it gets its planned aircraft registry right, an aviation legal specialist said yesterday, adding: “We have great momentum.”
Realtors: IMF’s price index will ‘require work’
Realtors yesterday backed the IMF’s call for the creation of a Bahamian real estate price index but warned it “will take a lot of work” to obtain the necessary information.
Bahamians ‘heed call’ as over 1,000 airbags replaced
Airbags were replaced on more than 1,000 vehicles during last week’s free Honda/Acura recall, a senior executive saying yesterday: “A lot of Bahamians heeded the call.”
First sponge export departs for Europe
The first shipment of Bahamas-harvested sponges produced under an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-financed project left Andros on Monday bound for Europe.
