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Tynia Gaither denied spot in 200m final at Worlds

Despite running a personal best, Tynia Gaither was denied her third consecutive spot in the final of the women’s 200 metres at the World Championships.

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Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation selects 16-member team for CAC Championships

FOLLOWING the successful return of the National Bodybuilding Championships over the weekend at Atlantis, the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation has selected a 16-member team to represent the Bahamas at the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championships.

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Top swimmers hope to make a splash at the Commonwealth Games

WITH the Commonwealth Games on the horizon, coach Travano McPhee said the eight-member swim team is doing their fine tuning in preparation for the trip to Birmingham, England.

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PETER YOUNG: Feasting on the fall of Boris and who replaces him

Some people consider political science is almost a misnomer. Politics is about power and influence and concerns the interaction between human beings while science is based on observation, measurement and interpretation of data in support of a theory or hypothesis.

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Cruise ship occupancies to hit 110% by end-2022

Nassau Cruise Port’s chief executive yesterday disclosed that average passenger occupancies will hit pre-COVID levels of 110 percent by year-end 2022 and beat its own recovery forecast.

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Gaither advances to 200m semis, Strachan injured

One day after they both bowed out in the semi-finals of the women’s 100 metres on Sunday, Anthonique Strachan and Tynia Gaither returned yesterday to begin their campaign for a shot in the 200 in the World Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

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They served with distinction

The police force is an institution comprised of dedicated men and women of integrity, but like in most such institutions, there will be one or two who do not meet those criteria.

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Bahamas ‘will have to be much stronger’ against Mexico

IF the women’s national basketball team intends to have any success at the FIBA 2022 Women’s Centrobasket Championships in November in Mexico, interim head coach Donillo ‘Donnie’ Culmer said the Bahamas squad will have to be much stronger.

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Briland beach battle escalates over ‘stay’

A four-year battle involving a prominent developer and some of Harbour Island’s ultra wealthy landowners is escalating once again over disputed claims that a Supreme Court Order has been violated.

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CRUISE CONTROL: Shaunae Miller-Uibo wins 400m heat at Worlds

TWO-time Olympic champion Shaunae Miller- Uibo got out fast enough that she had more than enough real estate between the rest of the field for her to cruise home in the heats of the women’s 400 metres at the World Athletics’ 2022 World Championships.

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Chisholm Jr ruled out of All-Star game

DESPITE his best efforts to rehab a lower back strain, Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr was officially ruled out of the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

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FIBA Women’s basketball: Bahamas earns the bronze

AFTER falling short of getting into the gold medal round, head coach Donillo ‘Donnie’ Culmer said the women’s national basketball team wanted to make sure Team Bahamas returns home with the bronze medal from the FIBA Caribbean Women’s Basketball Championships.

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Jones and Hornets end Summer League with 2-3 win-loss record

KAI Jones and the Charlotte Hornets concluded the NBA2K23 Las Vegas Summer League with a 2-3 win-loss record.

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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Bahamian athletes in action on day one

THE Bahamas, with a mixed relay team and three individual athletes, didn’t have a successful negotiation through the qualifying rounds of their respective events to advance on Friday as the World Athletics’ 2022 World Championships got underway in Eugene, Oregon.

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Team Bahamas recovers to defeat Jamaica

AFTER losing their first two games in the FIBA Caribbean Women’s Basketball Championships, Team Bahamas rebounded with three players in double figures as they took their frustration out on Jamaica on Friday in Havana, Cuba.

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Nassau hotel demand jumps 27% in Florida

Connections to Nassau/Paradise Island hotels through their promotion board’s website have leapt 98 percent for 2022 to-date, the latter’s chairman revealed yesterday, predicting that business will further “ramp up” into early 2023.

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Give Bahamians ‘direct’ carbon manager equity

Opposition MPs yesterday urged that “ordinary Bahamians” be given an opportunity to directly own shares in the company being created to manage this nation’s multi-million dollar carbon credits and their trading.

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IAN FERGUSON: Employers must wake up to staff discontent

The past two-and-a-half years have possibly seen the most dramatic shift in the labour market, and work environment, in Bahamian history. Unemployment rates during the pandemic hit unprecedented levels and now, two years later, as companies recover in leaps and bounds, frictional joblessness and mass resignation has become our new reality.

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Two held after police officer stabbed at junkanoo parade

TWO people are in custody in connection with a stabbing incident, which resulted in a police officer being injured.

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Man in court on incest charge

A MAN was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly having sexual intercourse with his underaged sister.