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Jones posts 6th double-double of season
(AP) – BAHAMIAN WNBA star Jonquel Jones scored 24 points with 11 rebounds and five steals but it wasn’t enough as the Chicago Sky beat the Connecticut Sun 91-83 yesterday.
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Man shot dead in Pinedale Road area
A MAN was shot dead in the Pinedale Road area Wednesday night leaving the local community reeling from the nation’s 70th murder this year.
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Expanding law firm: ‘We don’t want to be Starbucks’
A Bahamian law firm says that while its Amsterdam expansion has paved the way for partnership discussions with European and African counterparts, it has no plans to become a “Starbucks” equivalent.
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Court: Race ‘sabotage’ worker’s firing justified
The Island School’s former chief administrator, who was fired for bad-mouthing her employer as “a racist and sexist organisation that was willfully breaking” Immigration laws, has had her termination upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Fishermen ‘ride out the storm’ of high fuel costs
Bahamian fishermen yesterday said they have no choice but “to ride out the storm” of high fuel prices amid hopes that crawfish prices for the fast-approaching season can provide some offset.
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Counselling order over drug possession
A MAN was ordered to attend drug counselling classes after pleading guilty in the Magistrate’s court yesterday to possessing Indian Hemp.
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Three months in jail for assault
A magistrate’s court sentenced a man to three months in prison for assaulting a woman with a figurine.
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Bahamas girls lose by 100 points to Mexico
Despite losing their third straight game of the FIBA Under-15 Centrobasket Championships by 100 points, head coach Varel Davis said there is still hope of Team Bahamas turning things around for the playoffs.
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Hornets’ Kai Jones takes part in Elite Skills Camp
KAI Jones, the latest Bahamian to play in the National Basketball Association, took time out during a short break at home to participate in the 9th annual Denykco Bowles Elite Skills Basketball Camp.
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Junior golfers in the mix at Caribbean Amateur Championships
ALTHOUGH they got off to a slow start after the first day of competition at the 34th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships, manager Gina Gonzalez-Rolle is confident that Team Bahamas will get into the swing of things in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
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Three dead in bloody 24 hours
THREE men were killed in separate incidents less than 24 hours apart, pushing the country’s murder count to 69 for the year.
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PETER YOUNG: This is more than a friendly talking shop but somewhere real work is done
Determining different and interesting topics to write about in this column can be challenging. But today it was a simple task to decide to concentrate on the week-long Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, known as CHOGM, in the Rwandan capital Kigali which ended last Sunday.
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Cooking gas suppliers in 68% increase plea
Stressed dealers are pleading with the government for a 68 percent increase in the price of cooking gas to secure the industry’s survival in an “horrendous” climate where some are losing up to $500,000 per year.
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Man accused of rape
A MAN was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday after he faced a rape charge.
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Junior girls hope to ‘get back into medal round’
FIBA Centrobasket Under-15 Girls Championship
Head coach Varel Davis said the Bahamas junior girls national team is a very young team, but they are performing as best as they can at the FIBA Centrobasket Under-15 Girls Championship.
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Chavez Young named player of the week
CHAVEZ Young has excelled with the Buffalo Bison since his return to Triple-A baseball and was recognised as the club’s Player of the Week.
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Devynne Charlton breaks her national record in 100m hurdles
BAHAMAS ASSOCIATION OF ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS’ NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
NATIONAL record-breaking performances by hurdlers Devynne Charlton and Antoine Andrews overshadowed the superb efforts by Olympic champions Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner during the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National Championships this weekend.
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‘Buddy’ headlines training camp for Sr Men’s National Team
MIAMI, Florida — The Bahamas senior men’s national basketball team is back on the path toward FIBA World Cup 2023 qualification and that journey began in earnest this week with an offsite training camp.
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After Shock Amateur Boxing Show in honour of Ray Minus Jr
ROYCE Colebrooke, Devaughn Musgrove, Christian Thompson and John Saint Wrint were among some of the top performers on Saturday at the After Shock Amateur Boxing Show that was held in honour of Ray Minus Jr.
