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NACAC Open Championships: Three medals for Team Bahamas on day two
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama - There was a record setting gold medal performance to go along with a pair of bronze medals for Team Bahamas as the 2022 North American, Central American and Caribbean’s Anita Doherty Championships sizzled in the heat on day two at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Young kart racers hoping to be the next Lewis Hamilton
OUT on a lonely stretch of tarmac hidden from view by a long concrete barrier that runs for blocks with no real apparent purpose is a Bahamian boy or a girl with a dream – to become the next Lewis Hamilton.
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EDITORIAL: Be relentless not just in words, but in actions
THE murder of Omar Davis Jr has rightly appalled the nation.
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Second Chance Programme students to be rewarded for efforts
STUDENTS of the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s Second Chance Programme gathered at police headquarters where they were told they would each receive tablets and other gifts for their efforts in the initiative.
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Get ready to pay more at the store
SUPER Value owner Rupert Roberts says the prices of items such as rice, cooking oils, tomato products and evaporated milk will see an increase in the coming weeks.
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‘OMAR KNEW KILLER’: Commissioner says murder scene has been identified
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said yesterday that police have identified where 21-year-old Omar Davis, Jr, was murdered and that he knew his killer.
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Jonquel Jones scores 19 in opening win
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Jonquel Jones had 19 points and eight rebounds, Alyssa Thomas added 15 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and the Connecticut Sun beat the Dallas Wings 93-68 last night in Game 1 of their first-round series.
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FRONT PORCH: Suggestions to Prime Minister on crime prevention
A JULY 28 column entitled “Getting Away with Murder and Other Crimes?” noted that we have lost much of the plot in our criminal justice system, arguing that the inability of the criminal justice system to try and to punish an offender in a timely manner is one of the reasons for the high level of crime in the country.
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Freeport Container Port celebrates 25th anniversary
The Freeport Container Port reached a major milestone this summer, celebrating 25 years in operation on Grand Bahama.
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‘OH LORD, THEY KILLED MY BABY’: Family's grief for Omar Davis Jr
GIA Whymns is struggling to come to terms with the murder of her son Omar Davis Jr, revealing to The Tribune that the 21-year-old was badly beaten in the lead up to his shocking death.
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Jonquel Jones and Sun host Dallas to open WNBA playoffs
DALLAS Wings (18-18, 8-10 Western Conference) at Connecticut Sun (25-11, 11-7 Eastern Conference)
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JR Cadot’s Nexxt Basketball Club holding training and development programme
AS a spinoff from his Dream Again Basketball Camp in July at the Remnant Tabernacle of Praise Center on Carmichael Road, former collegiate and professional basketball player JR Cadot is at it again with his Nexxt Basketball Club.
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FNM wants action from govt on domestic violence
FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard said there must be strategic action to address the “blood” running “in our streets” and homes due to domestic violence.
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Woman held by police after stabbing
A WOMAN in her early 20s from central New Providence is in police custody after she allegedly stabbed a man.
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Grand Bahama gets ready for NACAC Championships
THE Grand Bahama Sports Complex in Freeport has undergone a facelift and significant improvement in preparation for the North American, Central American, and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) Championships set for August 19 to 21.
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Murder victim was star student
THE partially decomposed body of a man was found in a garbage bag inside the trunk of a vehicle near the Centreville Food Market.
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Young sailor Craig Ferguson declines invitation to ‘Regatta of Champions’
FOLLOWING his outstanding recent performance - placing first in the silver fleet at The Optimist World Championships in Turkey last month - 15-year-old sailor Craig Ferguson has recently been offered the prestigious invitation to participate in a brand-new international event, “The Regatta of Champions”, scheduled to take place in Cyprus in November.
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Blazer Elite Basketball Academy continues to help young athletes
DR Ray Evans and his Blazer Elite Basketball Academy continues to make provisions for young athletes to obtain scholarships to attend high school, prep school and colleges and universities in the United States.
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High dairy intake linked to increased prostate cancer risk
There is a saying that milk does the body good, and another that states moderation in all things is the best policy. Prostate cancer has the highest incidence of any cancer in the Bahamas.
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FACE TO FACE: The best decision of Paul Thompson’s life
IT was a spur of the moment decision that changed the trajectory of his entire life. He was 23 years old when he saw an ad in the Trinidad Guardian recruiting young men for the Police Force in The Bahamas. He read it and immediately knew it’s what he wanted to do. Now, at age 95, retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Rupert Thompson still says it was the best decision he made in his entire life.
