Lori Roach first female president of Bahamas Triathlon Association
FORMER national tennis player Lori Roach has moved up from being the secretary general to now sitting in the chair as the first female president of the Bahamas Triathlon Association.
‘CJ’ McKenzie elected president of Bahamas Baseball Association
CLARENCE ‘CJ’ McKenzie, with a wealth of experience in so many different areas of the sport, has been elected as the new president of the Bahamas Baseball Association.
Giorgio Baldacci Open starts today
MICHAEL Major and Simone Pratt are the top male and female seeds for the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s 2024 Giorgio Baldacci Open that starts today at the National Tennis Centre.
BAAA Odd Distance produces early CARIFTA qualifiers
THE 2024-25 track and field season officially got underway with the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) Odd Distance Track and Field Meet staged on Saturday at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium.
Kelly’s, Super Value and Santa Claus Committee lend a hand in Elizabeth Constituency
Toys and Christmas essentials being distributed at the weekend in the Elizabeth constituency.
Campbell hosts Christmas giveaway
Jomo Campbell MP and the Campbell Cares Team held a drivethrough ham and turkey giveaway, distributing hundreds of hams and turkeys to families across the Centreville community.
INSIGHT: Gifts The Bahamas needs to find under the Christmas tree
WE are well and truly into the festive season. Santa is checking his list, twice of course. Parliamentarians are out giving gifts and turkeys to constituents in the hope they will remember that come voting time. And every major store has the sound of bells outside from fundraisers.
THE KDK REPORT: ‘Tis the season
As a young child, every Christmas morning I walked as quickly as my little legs would allow, headed with all the speed I could muster toward our living room. I walked as if there were a treasure waiting just for me and I walked so quickly I might as well have been running. The last Christmas I ran, I tripped and scraped my knee on our tile floor. It was a lesson well-learned. In the front right corner of our living room stood a modest fir Christmas tree adorned with large red bows, hand-painted ornaments and a white-robed angel on top. The warm lights glistened and for a child, many times just sitting there in the dead of night, it felt like I was looking directly at the stars.
GAIN AN EDGE: Jeffrey Meris - a bright star for Bahamian arts
This year marks 20 years since Lyford Cay Foundations’ Harry C Moore Memorial Scholarship in the Arts has been shining a light for emerging Bahamian artists. Some of the country’s most renowned artists trace their formal training to their university experience made possible by the award.
Super Value ‘not getting hopes too high’ for Xmas
Super Value is “not getting our hopes too high” for Christmas sales that are typically up to 10 percent higher than “normal” shopping periods, its president has disclosed.
$8.2m GB Concrete ‘makes some moves’ through block launch
A fledging Grand Bahama concrete plant is aiming to “make some moves” following the December launch of its final phase following a total $8.2m capital investment.
Hotel workers bracing for ‘biggest ever gratuity rise’
Hotel workers are eagerly anticipating the “biggest ever increase in gratuity” payments taking full effect in the New Year, a union chief has revealed, as he urged members to “deliver value for money”.
BPL pledges ‘post mortem’ on 24-hour Eleuthera woe
Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) last night promised frustrated Eleuthera residents and businesses that it will conduct a “post mortem” after several communities on the island lost electricity supply for over 24 hours.
AML Foods paying $2.5m for Eleuthera acquisition
AML Foods is paying a total $2.5m to acquire a Governor’s Harbour food store in a move that will facilitate its expansion into Eleuthera, its latest financial statements have disclosed.
Newly-opened $12m PI eatery creates 200 jobs
The Deputy Prime Minister has hailed the “exponential impact” from a newly-opened $12m Paradise Island restaurant investment that is set to create around 200 full-time jobs for Bahamians.
Hodder eyes summer 2025 for UB to obtain international accreditation
JANYNE Hodder, president of the University of The Bahamas, said the institution could achieve National Accreditation and Equivalency Council of The Bahamas (NAECOB) accreditation by the summer of 2025, but obtaining international accreditation will take longer.
UB North holds soft opening in GB after ‘extraordinary’ donation from Bastian
THE University of The Bahamas had a soft opening of its new downtown Freeport campus in Grand Bahama on Friday, the first phase of a five-phase rebuilding project that was funded by a $4.5 million donation from Sebastian Bastian.
SIR RONALD SANDERS: Let the asylum seekers go
The government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela has steadfast support from many friends in the Caribbean and other parts of the world, despite numerous allegations of violations of international law, aggressive acts toward its neighbour Guyana, and intolerance of political dissent.
OP ED BY DR HUBERT MINNIS: Commission of Inquiry essential
The Bahamas is facing its worst drug-related scandal since the drug years of the 1970s and 1980s. Today, the international reputation of the country is being severely harmed by an indictment from the United States, alleging serious corruption in the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF), the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) and the wider government bureaucracy.
Exuma icon sign unveiled designed by Jamaal Rolle
EXUMA residents swelled with national pride on Friday when the island’s new icon sign was unveiled. Island MP Chester Cooper said it would boost Exuma’s tourism brand.
