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Kai Jones, Ayton and Hield in action tonight

The 2022-23 NBA season officially tipped off last night. However, Bahamian players are scheduled to get their respective campaigns underway tonight.

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Professional basketball player Tavario Miller stars in Japan

TAVARIO Miller began a new chapter in his pro basketball career in Japan and has emerged as a leader for his title contending club.

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Next set of basketball games at Loyola Hall on October 20

THE 2022 Bahamas Catholic Board of Education (CBE) Primary Schools Basketball Season kicked off on Friday, October 14 at Loyola Hall, Gladstone Road.

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Trade deficit leaps 15.6% to $715.1m

THE Bahamas’ trade deficit increased by 15.6 percent to $715.097m during the 2022 first quarter as cross-border flows continued to rebound from the COVID-19 related restrictions of the year before.

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Water Corp’s $66m subsidies from taxpayer ‘unsustainable’

THE WATER and Sewerage Corporation’s (WSC) fuel costs now account for 41 percent of its operating expenses, a Cabinet minister said yesterday, branding the $66m in taxpayer subsidies for the utility’s capital projects as unsustainable.

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UPDATED: Press secretary Clint Watson apologises for 'inaccurate comments'

TUESDAY NIGHT UPDATE: Press secretary Clint Watson has apologised for his comments about women's groups being "quiet" on the issue of marital rape. He said he made "inaccurate comments" on the issue.

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PETER YOUNG: Fast-moving crisis in UK

MINDFUL of the guidance to columnists to avoid repetition at all costs, I hesitate, after covering the subject for two weeks running, to write again about the astonishing political turbulence and economic turmoil in Britain.

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FACE TO FACE: Blindness is no barrier to Ervens when it comes to helping family

HE became the head of his household at an early age. The death of his parents not only placed some big responsibility in his hands, it left a void in his heart and the hearts of his siblings.

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Abaco shelter work ‘imminent’

MAJOR construction is set to begin “imminently” on the Abaco Hurricane Shelter and Community Centre, according to Disaster Reconstruction Authority chairman Alex Storr.

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Moxey ‘not happy’ at Grand Bahama Power fuel hike

GRAND Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey said she does not support the fuel cost hike to Grand Bahama Power Company’s customers, effective November 1.

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Bahamian on board as boat intercepted

ALMOST 100 people, mostly from Haiti but including one Bahamian, who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days, according to the US Coast Guard.

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Concern over offences while on ankle monitors

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said officials are concerned about the high number of persons committing offences, while they are being electronically monitored.

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Man shot during alleged robbery was ‘decent person’

THE 38-year-old man who was fatally shot by an off duty police officer after allegedly trying to rob a woman of her car was yesterday described as an “awesome father” of eight and a “decent person”.

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Grand Bahama Power ‘very advanced’ on 20MW solar installation

Grand Bahama Power Company is “at a very advanced stage” in formalising four separate projects that will collectively provide 20 Mega Watts (MW) of solar generation capacity for the island’s grid.

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Small business: ‘We’ve come too far to close’

Bahamian small businesses have “come too far” to close down, a sector consultant asserted yesterday, even though many will likely restructure in early 2023 due to escalating cost pressures.

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Bahamas ‘off track’ over foods quality

A senior agriculture official says Bahamians have “really gone off track” on food quality to such an extent that they are effectively “poisoning themselves” by eating inferior products.

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Card spending rose 57% during COVID

Credit card spending in The Bahamas increased by 57 percent year-over-year during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers transitioned to digital and online payments, a survey has disclosed.

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Plane goes off runway

THE Air Accident Investigation Authority yesterday reported an incident involving a Flamingo Air Beech 99 aircraft, registration C6-OFM.

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Accreditation bid for corrections

THE government is seeking accreditation by the American Correctional Association in partnership with Global Corrections Services for the Remand Centre Facility at the Bahamas Department of Corrections.

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Bahamas 15th in region for COVID-19 deaths

THE Pan American Health Organisation’s Health in the Americas country profile has revealed The Bahamas ranked 15th in the region for the number of COVID-19 released deaths from 2020 and 2021.