Puerto Rico welcomes teams for Centro Basket
The road to qualification FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2019 begins in earnest tonight for team Bahamas.
Sun blazing hot as Jones heads for the playoffs
Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun will enter the WNBA Playoffs as one of the league’s hottest teams.
Stop punishing our children
Since May 2016, we have seen a consistency of destruction either by omission or commission. For purely petty political reasons, the economy has been slowed down until the “masters” regrouped to now suck the very lifeblood out of the country. We believe that what is not tied down would be blatantly taken into the coffers of the gluttonous elite class.
Shaunae surges to victory
SHAUNAE Miller-Uibo, running with a heavy heart, relied on some extra external help from her late spiritual leader to boost a fantastic comeback victory in the Muller Grand Prix women’s 200 metres as the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s Diamond League’s 12-race series came to a close on Saturday in Birmingham, England, and with the finals looming in two weeks.
INSIGHT – The future of healthcare is here now: be bold
Picture this: you have just been in a car accident. You’re lying on a gurney in the ambulance, sirens blaring as they rush you to the hospital. There’s a family member in the ambulance who’s grasping your hand, terrified. The paramedic asks: “Are you allergic to any medications? Has anyone in your family ever had a bad reaction to their medicine? Have you ever had trouble with anaesthesia?” He’s looking at you and glancing at the family member as he asks. What do you say? Can your family member answer his questions?
Colebrook back as president
ROY Colebrook, a vice president of the Bahamas Olympic Committee, was returned as president of the Bahamas Amateur Cycling Federation.
Man and child rescued after falling into sea from jet ski
A MAN and a young child are counting their blessings after they were rescued from waters near Potter’s Cay on Thursday afternoon by Royal Bahamas Defence Force military divers and marines attached to the RBDF’s Harbour Patrol Unit.Shortly after 4pm o
Police hunt for missing man in Acklins
POLICE are looking for Fletcher Moss of Acklins, who was reported missing.Mr Moss is 37 and his last known address was in Salina Point. He has a dark brown complexion, a slim build and is about 5’6” to 5’8”.Anyone with information on his whereabouts
Tributes paid to 'industrious, distinguished' Harry Sands
NOTED attorney Harry B Sands, 92, died peacefully at his home last Wednesday, his family announced.Mr Sands was one of the founding partners of the noted law firm Harry B Sands, Lobosky and Company.Called to the English Bar, Mr Sands was admitted to
Davis demands to know how much govt is paying foreign QCs
OPPOSITION Leader Philip “Brave” Davis is urging the government to say how much it is paying foreign Queen’s Counsel to help prosecute cases against Progressive Liberal Party members.He said from his experience as a lawyer, foreign QCs are paid betwe
INSIGHT: Lining up for another, unnecessary own goal
It is difficult to understand what the FNM is trying to achieve with its increasingly extreme and desperate stance on immigration. Not mentioned at all on the campaign trail, the issue has somehow ballooned into a top priority, an urgent challenge – a crisis in fact! But a crisis of their own making and the source of repeated blunders and embarrassments which must rattle so insecure and self-conscious a government to its very core.
New club, new country as Kentwan heads to Denmark
Bahamian pro basketball player Kentwan Smith is on the move again as he signed with a new club in a new country to continue his career.
Union asks for BPL to bring back redundant staff on contract
BAHAMAS Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) president Paul Maynard yesterday suggested that Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) bring former employees back on contracts until they can be adequately replaced, telling this newspaper: “I’m tired of my members bei
Tourism numbers enjoy double digit growth
INTERNATIONAL arrivals to The Bahamas grew 10.2 percent year-to-date, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (MOTA) yesterday.The ministry expects tourism growth to continue as bookings are up 6.7 percent over the Au
Architects call for govt to draw up plans for Family Islands
THE Institute of Bahamian Architects (IBA) is calling for a Family Island development plan to establish the parameters for development in the out islands, while backing calls for government to purchase Lighthouse Point in Eleuthera.The IBA in a state
Here's how to stop the ratings pendulum
CONCERNS over potential credit downgrades will become “a thing of the past” once this nation can realise real economic growth, a top private sector executive said yesterday, noting that commitments to improve the ease of business and transparency in
Wendy's time to move - but just down the road
WENDY’S Bahamas is set to relocate its Mackey Street restaurant next month, its franchise operator telling Tribune Business “upwards” of $1.7m had been invested in the new outlet. Terry Tsavoussis, who heads Aetos Holdings along with his brother Chri
08172018 EDITION
Friday, 17th August, 2018.
Judge recuses herself from murder trial
A SUPREME Court judge on Friday discharged a jury empaneled to hear the murder trial of Ashley Hield, taking the necessary steps to recuse herself of the case on the grounds of potential bias.
