The Benadryl Challenge isn’t going away – here’s how public health officials are trying to stop this deadly viral trend
Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Shawndra Henfield: the new Miss Universe Bahamas
Shawndra Henfield proved the old adages right last Sunday when she was crowned Miss Universe Bahamas - true beauty comes from inside, hard work is its own reward, practice makes perfect and always put God first.
BBA All-Star Weekend: Team Orange defeats Team Blue 4-3 in thrilling 8U championship
TEAM Orange completed an impressive run through the Bahamas Baseball Association’s second annual All-Star Weekend, defeating Team Blue 4-3 in a thrilling 8U championship game Sunday at the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium.
Three champions emerge in Beach Wrestling Bash
THREE champions emerged after more than 20 matches in the Bahamas Amateur Wrestling Federation’s Beach Wrestling Bash. The modified round robin event was held at Junkanoo Beach on July 25 with competitors possessing various levels of experience.
‘Jazz’ Chisholm Jr earns YES Network Player of the Week
FOR much of the 2026 season, Jasrado "Jazz" Chisholm Jr has been one of the New York Yankees’ most polarising players.
BAAA taking diverse 18-member team to the World Under-20 Championships
THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations will be taking a diverse 18-member team to compete at the World Under-20 Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
CAC Games: Xavion Johnson suffers loss in the quarterfinals
WITH the Central American and Caribbean Games underway in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, The Bahamas is being represented by a 40-member team in 10 different sporting disciplines.
Jonquel Jones wins WNBA All-Star MVP
JONQUEL Jones came off the bench and played with a heavy heart that led to her adding the most valuable player of the 2026 Women's National Basketball Association's All-Star game to her historic collection of awards from the league.
‘Don’t relent’ until Trump tariff lifted from Bahamas
The Opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday urged that “the Government must not relent” until Donald Trump’s 12.5 percent tariff on Bahamian exports to the US is eliminated and removed, adding that “we cannot just look at this as business as usual”.
Trump tariff timing ‘sucks’ as costs ‘go through roof’
Donald Trump’s imposition of 12.5 percent tariffs on all Bahamian exports to the US especially “sucks” because it coincides with multiple costs “going through the roof”, Bahamian fishermen are warning.
Cut-price Chinese gasoline car ‘flood’ disrupting electric vehicle momentum
A BAHAMIAN electric vehicle dealer says it expects to maintain annual sales growth of “at least 10 percent” even though the “flood” of low-priced gasoline-fuelled cars from China has “disrupted the market” and curbed industry “momentum”.
‘Business as usual’ for Applebees and Fusion
BOTH Applebees Bahamas and Fusion Superplex yesterday asserted it is "business as usual" following the restaurant’s temporary closure late last week that sparked much social media commentary.
Newly renovated PMH A&E floods after heavy rainstorm
THE newly renovated Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department at Princess Margaret Hospital experienced localized flooding on Sunday following severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall across New Providence, with water entering the facility through the ambulance bay doors.
Govt seeks US tariff exemption for seafood
THE Davis administration is seeking an exemption from a new 12.5 percent United States tariff for Bahamian crawfish and stone crab exports, warning the duty has struck the country’s fisheries industry days before the lucrative crawfish season opens.
Widespread BPL blackouts spark anger across islands
POWER outages stretching for hours disrupted homes and businesses across Abaco and New Providence over the weekend, forcing some companies to close, threatening refrigerated goods and prompting renewed complaints about the reliability of Bahamas Power and Light’s electricity supply.
Tearful funeral for Stania and Diamond
GRIEF swept across Cat Island at the weekend as hundreds of mourners gathered to bury Stania Webb and Diamond Stubbs, two promising young women killed in the deadliest traffic accident recorded in The Bahamas in at least 20 years.
A minimum wage for workers
AS a trained economist As a trained economist and unabashed capitalist, I have never supported the loose concept of a minimum wage, I have always advocated for an exclusively merit based pay scale.
Time to ally with friends
OREST Fires in Western Canada and in the US North West Trade “smoke out” episodes on both sides of the border.
BREEF campers get their feet wet
THIRTY young Bahamians spent the past week exploring coral reefs, mangroves and marine protected areas as part of the Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation's annual Nassau Sea Camp.
