Top players clash in semifinals today
Athletes turned in top performances to make a smooth transition into today’s semifinals at the Giorgio Baldacci Open Tennis National Championships. In yesterday’s quarterfinals round, the top seeds validated their rank by dropping their opponents.
Focus on cost of living issues
LET me state from the outset that I am a dyed-in-the-wool capitalist. I do not subscribe to the malevolent Marxist school of thought which is diametrically opposed to the Judeo-Christian worldview.
Christmas tree still half-done
Only our national Christmas tree doesn’t! Each morning this past week on my drive through town, I convince myself that what should be our beacon of beauty will have been sorted out, but, lo and behold, it still stands half decorated. Are the authorities seriously going to leave our national Christmas tree looking like this?
Man charged with stealing scooter and cash granted bail
A MAN was granted bail yesterday after being accused of stealing a man’s scooter and extorting $200 cash from him last week.
Teen charged with stabbing another teen outside mall
A 17-year-old youth was accused of stabbing a 16-year-old boy multiple times outside the Mall at Marathon earlier this month.
Man breaches bail while out on armed robbery charges
A MAN was fined $2,000 after admitting that he failed to charge his monitoring device while on bail for armed robbery.
BAAA Odd Distance Meet all set for Friday
THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) will get an early start to the track and field season beginning with the Odd Distance Meet scheduled for Friday at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium.
NPVA Recap: Panthers on a roll to close out the year
THE Caribbean Gas Panthers closed out the year with an unblemished record in the New Providence Volleyball Association (NPVA) standings after defeating the Set-sy Poppers at the DW Davis Gymnasium last week Friday.
Renewable investors tour Eleuthera plants
A group of potential investors yesterday toured Eleuthera power plants as the Government’s Family Island renewable energy sought to build momentum.
Gov’t procurement portal taking ‘positive’ direction
The Government’s online procurement portal is heading in a “positive” direction by providing timely updates on contract awards, a governance reformer said yesterday.
CBS: Online platform in 20% of Xmas sales
A Bahamian retailer yesterday said its e-commerce platform is generating 20 percent of total revenue this Christmas season.
PETER YOUNG: New initiative by Bahamas to combat climate change
TWO years ago at the UN’s Conference of the Parties on climate change, COP26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister Philip Davis delivered a memorably impressive speech. He spoke eloquently and in dramatic language about the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change and global warming on low-lying Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like his own, in particular as a result of rising ocean levels.
FACE TO FACE – A long journey upwards: Janet McKenzie earns ACP after 30 years of service
FOR the first time in the history of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, two women were promoted to the lofty position of Assistant Commissioner of Police at the same time.
Empowerment club holds annual Christmas Party
THE Boys and Girls empowerment club at LW Young held its annual Christmas party at the Fox Hill Community Centre, with Archdeacon Keith Cartwright discussing the purpose of Christmas with the students.
Cooper ‘disappointed’ that Ragged Island school not complete
EXUMA and Ragged Island MP Chester Cooper said he is disappointed that a public school in Ragged Island is incomplete, but expects its completion by Easter.
Embassy celebrates our shared story
THE US Embassy held an art competition for local students and twelve lucky winners won a $200 gift card and had their drawings featured in the embassy’s 2024 calendars.
EDITORIAL: Munroe at odds with PM on UN report
WHEN the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention reported on issues affecting the criminal justice system in this country, and with the facilities where people are locked up, we wrote that it was reiterating problems we already knew about.
Some retailers reporting a Christmas ‘boom’ with sales better than last year
SOME retailers report a boom in sales as people continue their last-minute shopping before Christmas.
Straw Business Persons Society president says ‘too costly to only sell authentic Bahamian products’
STRAW Business Persons Society president Rebecca Small defended the work of straw vendors, insisting it is too costly to only sell authentic Bahamian products.
