Minnis right to avoid the media
Juan McCartney your March 6 National Review op-ed in The Nassau Guardian said that Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis “became hostile towards the media as he realised that he was subject to serious vetting”.
Comets are BAISS Track & Field champions
The quartet of Kendrick Major, Max Azor, Shaun Miller and Matthew Thompson put an explanation mark on Queen’s College Comets’ triumph over the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine with a record-breaking performance in the under-20 boys 4 x 400 metre relay.
NCAA Division I basketball players in the spotlight
ABOUT a week away from “Selection Sunday”, Bahamians in NCAA Division I basketball concluded their regular seasons and preparare for conference tournament play while others had early exits from their respective tournaments.
Temple Christian Suns win two titles
THE Temple Christian Suns shined once again as their mini-boys and primary girls emerged as champions in the Bahamas Scholastic Sports Association’s 2019 basketball season.
U Sports Basketball: Bahamian men reach Final Eight
THE U Sports Men’s Basketball Final Eight featured several Bahamian players, however, each fell short in their bid for a National Championship.
Cynthia Rahming on provisional qualification list for Olympics
National judo champion Cynthia Rahming, in the -57kg division, is on a provisional qualification list for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Bee’s Trucking Destroyers take 2-1 lead over the Foxxy Angels
COACH Donnie Culmer and his defending champions Bee’s Trucking Destroyers will take a 2-1 lead into game four of their New Providence Women’s Basketball Association’s best-of-five championship series against the Foxxy Angels.
Quartet breaks 4x4 meet record
THE newly formed RK Athletics quartet of Maverick Bowleg, Cliff Resais, Ashley Riley and Andre Colebrook returned to the McNeese State Cowboy Relays 2019/Bob Hayes LA Challenge as a professional team where they broke the meet 4 x 400m metre record they set as collegians for Southeastern Louisiana.
WTO tariff cut fears for ‘40,000 Bahamian jobs’
Local contractors have voiced mixed reactions to fears that a WTO-induced 50 percent tariff rate cut on pre-fabricated buildings “puts 40,000 Bahamian construction jobs at risk”.
Galleria’s copyright fight to Privy Council
Galleria Cinemas has won permission to appeal a judgment, which its attorney says threatens to “stagnate” the Bahamian creative economy, to the London-based Privy Council.
Taxi drivers meet on cruise port overhaul
Taxi drivers last week met with the preferred Nassau cruise port bidder and Downtown Nassau Partnership (DNP) to discuss Prince George Wharf’s impending redevelopment.
Bank conference focuses on technology disruption
A Bahamas-based financial services provider has hosted a conference analysing how technology advances have the potential to transform every economic sector.
Sterling names wealth management unit head
A Bahamas-based financial services provider with $9bn in assets under management has named Patrick Milot-Daignault as head of its wealth management unit.
Bahamian destination manager wins award
Cacique International, the Bahamian destination management company (DMC), has been named as a BI WORLDWIDE Inspirational Partner for 2018.
Cruise line: 2,000 jobs in Grand Lucayan offer
A top Royal Caribbean executive has confirmed it is working with Mexican port developer, ITM Group, on a proposal to redevelop the Grand Lucayan that could create 2,000 jobs.
Four injured in shooting at Cowpen Road home
Police are investigating after four people were shot in a house on Cowpen Road early on Sunday morning.
Four C’s Adventures owner and captain to stand trial next year
FOUR C’s Adventures owner and one of his captains will stand trial in 2020 over allegations of negligence in the fatal tour boat explosion last year.
Police confirm three boys were taken on Thursday – four in 24 hours
POLICE have confirmed that three boys were taken in Thursday’s abduction — not two as officers initially reported.
Miss University of the Bahamas welcomed back to Freeport
NEWLY crowned Miss University of the Bahamas Lydia Cooper, a student of the UB North in Grand Bahama, returned to Freeport on Friday afternoon to a warm reception at the Grand Bahama International Airport.
