Story
Shanty town report details terrible conditions faced by residents
MORE and more Bahamians are moving into shanty towns originally occupied by Haitian immigrants – prompting longtime dwellers to complain about deteriorating standards.
Story
The undefeated
DICK Anderson remembered it as clear as day. When you go through a perfect season, how could one forget.
Story
New book aims to equip young women for life
NOT EVERYONE is fortunate enough to have been nurtured in an environment rich with essential values – honesty, respect, responsibility, generosity, forgiveness.
Story
Downtown art district plan to put Miami, New York ‘second’
The Ministry of Tourism’s plans to transform downtown Nassau via creation of an “art district” will relegate similar spaces in New York and Miami to “second spot”, a senior official pledged yesterday.
Story
National Basketball Championships begin
The return of the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s National Basketball Championships saw the New Providence champions Giants produce mixed results as competition in the weekend tournament got underway at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
Story
Lashann scores career high 30
LASHANN Higgs continues to have a breakout season for the Texas Longhorns and reached another scoring milestone for the second consecutive game.Higgs finished with a career high 30 points as her No.8 Longhorns protected home court with an 84-79 win o
Story
Team Bahamas named for CAC Games
THE Bahamas Olympic Committee announced its largest team, comprising of 60 athletes - 21 coaches and three team officials in a contingent of 84 from nine disciplines - for the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.In joi
Story
Giants avoid being eliminated
JEREMY Hutchinson and Gamaliel Rose provided a 1-2 punch as the twin towers helped the Commonwealth Bank Giants stave off elimination against the defending champions Mail Boat Cybots on Saturday night.
Story
Giants take 2-0 lead, Regulators win opener
WHILE the Commonwealth Bank Giants continue their impressive winning streak by pushing the defending champions PJ Stingers on the brink of elimination, the Mr Ship It Freight Regulators are looking to make it to their first championship appearance in the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) postseason.
Story
NPBA: Divisional semi-finals set to jump off tonight
THE Patron Regulators and PJ Stingers survived their respective third and deciding games in the first round of the New Providence Basketball Association playoffs to advance to the divisional finals.
Story
BTC in $100m EBITDA earnings forecast
THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is forecast to generate $100 million in operating income this current financial year, a 9.9 per cent year-over-year increase, one London-based analyst yesterday saying its majority shareholder believed it had sufficient “legal protection” to guard against the Government’s attempts to claim a 51 per cent stake.
Obit
James Edward Pinder
Memorial Service for the Late James Edward Pinder, aged 91 years of #22 Maylasia Way, Elizabeth Estates and formerly of Sandy Point, Abaco, will be held on Thursday October 1st, 2015, 7:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s Native Baptist Church, Romer …
Story
Davis’ hands clean on water projects
CAT Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador MP Philip “Brave” Davis did not authorise controversial payments to Nassau Island Development (NID), the contractor for the multi-million dollar Gladstone Road Waste Water Treatment Plant (GRWWTP) that is unfinished despite a 91 percent cost overrun, Works Minister Desmond Bannister said in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Story
Board delayed water contract for 14 months
A master plan to solve New Providence’s wastewater woes was delayed for 14 months after the then-Water & Sewerage Corporation Board sought a “sole-source award” of the contract, Tribune Business can reveal.
Story
Jonquel Jones named honourable mention All-American for the second straight year
GEORGE Washington Colonials women’s basketball senior Jonquel Jones was named an honourable mention All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) for the second year in a row, the organisation announced during the 2016 NCAA Women’s Final Four Super Saturday festivities at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Story
Review payments to senior citizens
This matter mainly concerns (a) Pensions of Senior Citizens, (b) Food assistance and (c) Housing situations of seniors in this country – dealing with their pensions.
Story
NCAA: DeAndre Ayton tops ‘ESPN 60’ for class of 2017
THIS week represented the beginning of NCAA basketball recruitment as coaches were able to officially contact those respective recruits for the first time.
Story
FNM: It’s time for Nottage to be replaced
FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday called for Prime Minister Perry Christie to replace National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage over his uninspired and lethargic response to mounting crime.
Story
Postseason run for Tavario Miller and Aggies ends in the quarter-final
THE postseason run for Tavario Miller and the Texas A & M Aggies came to an end in the National Invitational Tournament quarter-final on Monday night.
Story
Two out of three in murder trial are acquitted
A JURY was directed yesterday to acquit two of three men standing trial in the armed robbery and murder of a Bertha’s Go-Go Ribs employee.