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FOUR QUARTER PRESS: Injuries taking toll on Warriors and the Clippers in playoffs
WHOEVER’S job it was to wish and pray for a good playoff tournament in the NBA this year ... that person clearly forgot to show up for work this post-season.
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Adell Leona Moss Butler
Adell Leona Moss Butler, 91 yrs., a resident of Union Village, died at PMH on 26th April, 2016. She is survived by 3 daughters: Dorothy Gaitor, Gertrude Butler & Monique Butler; numerous grand children & a host of other relatives …
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GB Power ‘clawing way back’ in 25% profit rise
Grand Bahama Power Company was yesterday said to be “clawing our way” back to targeted net income after producing a 25 percent profits increase to $10m for the 2022 full-year.
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Corese Lucille Ritchie
Funeral Service for Corese Lucille Ritchie, 91, of Rocky Pine Road, formerly of Deadman’s Cay Long Island, will be held on Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., at St. George’s Anglican Church, Montrose Avenue. Officiating will be Archdeacon G. …
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Historic ceremony for RBDF boats
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force held the largest commissioning ceremony in the service’s history on Friday at the John Alfred Wharf, bolstering its fleet with three new vessels and a 17-piece containerised mobile base as it upgrades its fleet to safeguard the Bahamas.
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Digital banking can’t be ‘rammed down throats’
A senior banker yesterday said the industry must adopt the “Mary Poppins with medicine” approach in encouraging more Bahamians and businesses to switch to digital transactions.
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Kendal Isaacs Gym ‘not available for us to use’
The Bahamas Basketball Federation was faced with the dilemma of securing the necessary funding to send its men’s national team off to the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 Qualifiers from November 27 to December 1.
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Two men in rape case say woman gave consent
A POLICE investigator told the Supreme Court yesterday that two of the seven men accused of rape admitted to having consensual sex with a Bimini woman who had also given her permission for their friends to have sex with her after a night of drinking and partying at several night clubs.
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Helen Elnora Thompson
Death Notice For Helen Elnora Thompson, 94 a resident of Exuma Street, died at Geriatrics Hospital on 12th October, 2017. She is survived by her 1 son: Larry Dames; 2 sisters: Hilda Wilson & Alma Cox & a host of …
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Idena Rolle
Idena Rolle, 91 yrs., a resident of Podoleo Street & formerly of Old Bight, Cat Island died at her residence on Oct. 13th Oct., 2012. She is survived by her 1 daughter: Firstina Rolle-Seymour; 1 sister: Joanna Armbrister & a …
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Making the CARIFTA mark
Versatile sprinter/ hurdler Antoine Andrews qualified in his second event for the 2022 CARIFTA Games, while Leonardo Taylor and Leon Williams joined a list of throwers reaching the qualifying mark for the trip to Kingston, Jamaica, over the Easter holiday weekend.
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FRONT PORCH: Antidote to ambivalence
A beloved departed friend, a priest of 50 years before he died, recounts this modern parable. He travelled to the Cistercian monastery Mount Saint Bernard in rural Leicestershire, England, to meet a 93-year-old, who was 73 years a monk. The two settled in to share a pot of tea.
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Nassau/PI resorts enjoy ‘best quarter’ for 7 years
The Nassau/Paradise Island hotel industry has enjoyed its “best quarter performance for seven years” during the first three months of 2015, with occupancies ahead of year-before comparisons through April.
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Rolle begins offseason play in the ZBL League
FOLLOWING her historic promotion to the Women’s National Basketball Association, Waltiea Rolle began offseason play, like many other WNBA players, on the European circuit.
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Gas station warning of New Year lay-offs
A gas station operator yesterday warned the 24 percent minimum wage increase will “almost certainly” force the sector to cut staffing levels unless the Government grants a long-awaited margin increase.
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Giants and High Flyers take 2-0 leads in NPBA Finals
A DEFENSIVE struggle and a lopsided win highlighted NPBA finals action Monday night as both top seeds took 2-0 leads in their respective series. Division ICommonwealth Bank Giants - 76Rockets - 68D’Shon Taylor powered the Giants game two win with 25
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Bahamians rise to the challenge as one people
IT IS said that in every cloud there is a silver lining. The only silver that we can find in the cloud that has hovered over these islands since Thursday is the spirit of the Bahamian people.
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The grass on the other side
THE great, French leader Charles de Gaulle said, “the cemeteries of the world are filled with indispensable men”.
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Now Wells hopes herd immunity by August
MINISTER of Health Renward Wells says the government hopes the country achieves herd immunity against COVID-19 by August.
