Fox and Chisholm named to Arizona Fall League rosters
LUCIUS Fox and Jazz Chisholm continue their progression through their respective Major League Baseball organisations and reached another pair of milestones this week.
NCAA: Sammy Hunter gets scholarship offers
FOR much of the summer, it was a relatively slow recruitment process for Sammy Hunter, but the Canadian-based prep basketball star has picked up five NCAA Division I offers in just under two weeks.
THE FINISH LINE: In the case of Steven Gardiner, ‘there’s more to life than money’
THE International Amateur Athletic Federation’s Diamond League Final will probably be one of those memorable meets for quarter-miler Steven Gardiner.
Rival landfill bids 'too ambitious' on waste-to-energy
Rival proposals were too ambitious over the “enormous amount” of waste-to-energy they believe the New Providence landfill can generate, the winning bidder argued yesterday.Kenwood Kerr, pictured, Providence Advisors’ chief executive, told Tribune Bus
Financial sector's 'two decades of punishing losses'
The Attorney General yesterday expressed confidence that The Bahamas can both meet EU demands and enable financial services to recover from “two decades of punishing losses”.Carl Bethel QC, speaking as the Government unveiled its legislative response
Transparency concerns from BPL Board battle
Anti-corruption campaigners yesterday said the corporate governance issues raised by the Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) Boardroom battle create major transparency concerns.Lemarque Campbell, of Citizens for a Better Bahamas, the local Transparency In
Landfill bidder targeting Monday award sign-off
The winning landfill bidder yesterday pledged to “sign-off” on the contract award by Monday and begin talks on commercial terms with the Government in the same week.Kenwood Kerr, Providence Advisors’ chief executive, told Tribune Business: “The Provi
Tourism aiming to reverse 'poor job' on cruise visitors
The Bahamas is doing “a poor job” of extracting more spending from cruise visitors, a cabinet minister said yesterday, ahead of a workshop aiming to spur tourism entrepreneurship.Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism, was speaking as officials at h
IAN FERGUSON: Give employees a voice in the job
Employees need to have a voice in every company. We hear from them at the beginning of their engagement via the employee interview, but this is often the first and last time time this happens. There are also a few companies who insist that employees,
Fish-farmed tilapias to hit market in 2019
SOME 3,000 Andros-grown, fish-farmed tilapia will hit the Bahamian retail market in early 2019 to help meet demand following the Nassau Grouper season’s closure.Alaasis Braynen, the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute’s (BAMSI) chief exe
Meditation - Who will be next?
We continue to hear the sad news of sudden deaths, or slower but still painful deaths. How can we help to prepare ourselves and others?When you have children you need to make plans for them in case you are the next traffic fatality, victim of crime o
Journey to 'Incredible' - In the fullness of time
I guess this is a re-introduction of sorts.You’ve gotten to know me as Ayanna with the voice note series, or Ayanna who sings. Let me introduce you to the hardest working Ayanna of them all – the recording artist. She has fought long and hard to add
A spiritual send-off for students - Christ The King hosts back-to-school prayer breakfast -
AS students and teachers all across the Bahamas return to school next week, Christ The King Church (CTK) is making sure it does its part to ensure the new term begins on the right foot.The Youth Ministry of CTK is hosting a Back to School Prayer Brea
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Forbes: Low housing take-up shows flaws in programme
SHADOW Housing Minister Picewell Forbes yesterday raked the government’s low-cost serviced lots scheme over the coals, stating the low rate of eligible applicants evidenced a flawed programme.“We can’t believe the minister and the prime minister put
Accused faces court for killing at web shop
A 26-year-old man was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday over allegations he murdered another man in an East Street web shop last Friday.William Etienne, of Balfour Avenue, stood before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain charged with one
Gardiner pulls up in Weltklasse Zurich 400 metres
ZURICH, Switzerland: Misfortune followed Bahamian double national record holder Steven Gardiner for the second year as he pulled up in the International Amateur Athletic Federation's 2018 Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League Final men's 400 metres on Thursday night.
Landmark day in dump’s future
PROVIDENCE Advisors/Waste Resources Development Group Consortium is the government’s selected bidder for the investment and management of the New Providence Sanitary Landfill and the group estimates the total project will cost around $130m to complete.
Super cinema sets opening target
FUSION Superplex, the $50m entertainment facility and movie theatre located at the junction of Gladstone Road and JFK Drive, is projected to have a November 2018 soft opening.
WHY SO LITTLE AID AND WHY SO LATE?: Year from Irma, islanders insist govt does more
RESIDENTS of Ragged Island are calling for more government assistance than the $4,000 per household issued by the National Emergency Management Agency on Friday.
