Menzies and Roach take home triathlon titles
MALCOLM Menzies and Kami Roach repeated as the men and women champions of the 2025 Powerade Potcakeman Triathlon yesterday at Jaws Beach.
Abaco hurricane shelter to be ready by end of May, says PM
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said on Friday that the long-delayed hurricane shelter in Central Pines, Abaco, will be completed by the end of May — just in time for the start of hurricane season.
US judge postpones cocaine trafficking pretrial involving three Bahamian men
A US judge has postponed the pretrial conference for three Bahamian men accused of playing key roles in a transnational cocaine trafficking scheme, granting prosecutors more time to disclose evidence and explore possible plea deals.
Two charged with murder including prisoner accused of stabbing inmate
AN inmate accused of fatally stabbing another prisoner at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDOCS) last month was charged with murder on Friday.
INSIGHT: Enormity of Haiti’s problems staggering
ONE of the great fears of the mission in Haiti was what would happen if officers sent there as part of the multinational mission started to be targeted and killed by gangs there.
‘No spike seen in Bahamians detained by US Immigration’
THERE has been no increase in the detention or deportation of Bahamians by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) despite intensified enforcement under the Trump administration, according to Jerusa Lea Ali, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
‘Ageless wonder’: Timothy Munnings sets another world record
Timothy Munnings can celebrate again with another world record - this time in the men’s 400 metres indoors at the World Masters Association’s Indoor Championships.
Revived Young Professionals Society gains ‘50 applications’
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation (BCCEC) says it has have received “50 initial applications” for the revived Young Professionals Society (OYP).
Olympian Lamar Taylor and relay team in the NCAA record books
BAHAMIAN Olympian Lamar Taylor closed out his collegiate swimming career at the University of Tennessee by inking his name on the Volunteers men’s 400m freestyle relay team at the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Swimming Championships over the weekend.
‘Coach Yo’ and her lady rebels are eliminated
COACH Yolett McPhee-McCuin and her Ole Miss Lady Rebels women’s basketball team’s run at the 2025 NCAA Division Women’s Basketball Tournament came to an end on Saturday.
UPDATED: Marines being deployed to help fight GB fire
A TEAM of 26 marines are being deployed on Saturday to Grand Bahama to help tackle the wild fires that have broken out there - with National Security Minister Wayne Munroe warning that climate change has resulted in an early start to the fire season.
Teenager shot dead in early morning shooting
A TEENAGER is dead after an early Saturday morning shooting and a second man is injured after a separate shooting incident on Friday night.
LETTER: Clock is running on promises
IN this space we call Earth, all of us are confined by time. Time governs life, decisions, progress—and, importantly, governance. Whether measured by clocks, calendars, or constitutions, time determines what leaders can and should do with the mandate they’ve been given.
LETTER: Hoping US Ambassador is declined
NOMINATION of ex-NFL player Herschel Walker as Ambassador to the Bahamas by The US.
EDITORIAL: Dangling promises and an election on the way?
It must be election season. The promises are beginning.
Clubs and Societies March 28
The Cancer Society of The Bahamas received a grant in the amount of $6,500 from the MDRT Foundation, the charitable arm of MDRT (Million Dollar Round Table), The Premier Association of Financial Professionals.
ERIC WIBERG: Come run see Jerusalem
Folklore and fact intersect with a song named Run Come See Jerusalem, first sung in Andros in 1929, with witnesses and crew writing and performing the music.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Whose ocean is it anyway?
The waters of The Bahamas belong to all of us, or in the vernacular, allawee. We take so much pride in our waters you’d think we had given birth to them. Like those who live near dense forests or grow up against the backdrop of snow-capped mountains, we develop a rapport with our surroundings. We feel grounded by their very presence. They become part of our psyche as much as the neighbourhood we live in, the space we worship in, place where we work or play.
Fined for bail violation while waiting trial for rape and armed robbery
A MAN awaiting trial for armed robbery was fined after admitting to breaching his bail conditions three times while in Harbour Island.
$500 fine imposed for pulling switchblade knife on man
A MAN was ordered yesterday to compensate someone he pulled a switchblade on in the area of Yamacraw Beach Drive last week.
