CONCACAF Nations League: Bahamas vs Puerto Rico
THE Bahamas senior men’s national soccer team is slated to take on Puerto Rico at 7pm today at the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium.
REBELS RUN AWAY WITH BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS TITLE: Coach Yo - first Bahamian coach to win the crown - and Ole Miss make history
The University of Mississippi Ole Miss Rebels pulled off a decisive 60-49 win over the University of Michigan Wolverines in the championship round of the third Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis women’s tournament yesterday at the Imperial Arena, Paradise Island.
Thanksgiving Basketball Tourney in its 23rd year
WHILE the ladies and men’s collegiate teams are in New Providence for the various basketball tournaments, Grand Bahama will showcase a number of visiting high school senior boys’ teams over the Thanksgiving weekend.
Suspect accused of gunning man down on his porch
A MAN is behind bars after he allegedly gunned down a 21-year-old man on his porch in Kennedy Subdivision this spring.
Cruise passenger beat cousin’s head into bathroom basin
AN American cruise passenger admitted to beating her cousin in the bathroom of their room while their cruise was near Abaco last week.
Downtown Nassau ‘very dirty’
My daily commute takes me along the city centre and on to my final destination, but on yesterday, I took a detour ending at Starbucks, John Bull, Bay Street and as I await my coffee, I just couldn’t help myself from overhearing a part of a conversation that a guest to our country was having on his telephone:
$5 fee for a cent debt
Kindly allow me a little space in your valuable newspaper to inquire if the one cent $0.01 drop or added to your bill has been changed or dropped. I paid a BTC Bill during the month of October 2023 with a balance of $00.56 cent and a payment of $00.55 cents was made and change was given back.
Witness accused of wrong calculations in Gibson trial case
A SENIOR manager of the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) denied a defence attorney’s suggestion yesterday that she made the wrong calculations when estimating the cost of painting WSC tanks.
‘Suspect’s DNA found under victim’s nails’
A DNA analyst testified that Rodrigo Rolle’s DNA was found under Janice Kissinger’s fingernails after the elderly American woman was killed in Cat Island in 2017.
Careers fair opens up options for future
ST George’s High School hosted a local college-career fair recently to expose students to post-secondary opportunities available in the Bahamas.
Restaurant entrepreneur targeting six franchisees
A Bahamian entrepreneur yesterday said he is seeking up to six franchisees at $150,000 apiece to expand his restaurant brand throughout this nation.
Potter’s Cay vendors: How was blaze allowed to occur?
All Potter’s Cay Dock vendors were yesterday said to be back in operation apart from the five stalls that were either destroyed or severely damaged by the weekend’s fire.
THE KDK REPORT: A different path
ON an island where time already crawls, during rainstorms it can sometimes feel as though the world has just stopped spinning. Within this vortex, where the sun is blanketed by thick dark clouds and all forms of life have retreated to shelter, time feels suspended, like dust particles in the air without a breath of wind. For those who live alone, the quiet can be deafening leaving an eerie, palpable, feeling that you’re the only person on the planet.
WORLD VIEW – Guatemala: Lessons in the fight for democratic integrity
IT was a prophesy foretold – the eruption of violence in the face of attempts to disqualify from office a President and his party who were elected by the overwhelming majority of the electorate in Guatemala.
EDITORIAL: Minnis missing on by-election trail
ON Wednesday, voters go to the polls in West Grand Bahama and Bimini – and each of the major parties has been throwing its political heavyweights at the campaign.
INSIGHT: He was a predator in our midst - so why does no one want justice?
SERIAL predator Peter Nygard cornered women in his private suite and sexually assaulted them, time and time again – but judging by the response of officials here in The Bahamas, it’s no big thing.
$2m roadworks contract signed ahead of by-election
DAYS before a by-election in Bimini, the Davis administration signed a $2m road works contract on Friday to pave, reconstruct and repair roads and drains on that island.
‘Non-controllable’ cost surge blocks bank matching 2022
Commonwealth Bank believes it would have come close to matching 2022’s “extraordinary” nine-month profitability had it not been for $3m in new Business Licence fees and utility costs “more than doubling”.
Chamber chief: Cost of living ‘is out of control’
Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce president says the cost of living is “getting out of control” as she warned the island can absorb no further hikes following the summer’s “exorbitant” light bills.
