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Emails show Fyre Festival organisers knew of challenges

EMAILS leaked to US media purport to show that Fyre Festival organisers were aware of critical logistical challenges more than three weeks from the event’s chaotic cancellation. Meanwhile, Bahamian vendors and workers remain in the dark over what ac

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Renewable adoption hit by 'out of sync' approvals

A renewable energy provider yesterday said an eight month to four-year approvals process featuring “out of sync” government agencies is the greatest obstacle to the technology’s adoption. Philip Holdom, president of Alternative Power Supply (APS), s

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Giants blast Rockets as NPBA action resumes

AFTER taking a break for the Christmas holiday, the New Providence Basketball Association resumed its 2016/17 season over the weekend at AF Adderley Gymnasium.

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GSSSA champions crowned

It was a double dose of victory as all four pennant winners emerged as the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s softball and baseball champions with clean sweeps across the board on Thanksgiving Day.

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SPORTS NOTES

THE Elite Basketball Club and the Rockets won the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday.

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THE FINISH LINE: ‘Buddy Buckets’ ready to take Sacramento to higher heights

It was interesting to note that Chavanno ‘Buddy’ Hield said he was surprised that he was traded from the New Orleans Pelicans to the Sacramento Kings.

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Ansbacher: Our $10m is 'wrongfully withheld'

Ansbacher (Bahamas) is accusing a Puerto Rican bank of “wrongfully retaining” $10.087m of its funds that are “urgently needed to honour customers’ transactions”.The Bahamian institution, part of AF Holdings (the former Colina Financial Group), is dem

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NPBA action resumes tonight

WITH the New Year now in full swing, the New Providence Basketball Association is looking forward to returning to action tonight at the AF Adderley Gymnasium as they commence their second half of the 2017/18 season.

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Rattlers senior boys top Cobras, 79-73

CHAD Smith and Denrico Burrows converted a pair of free throws in the final 16 seconds to help lift the CI Gibson Rattlers to a 79-73 victory over the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s defending senior boys champions CC Sweeting Cobras.

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Junior golfers Anand, Azar in the lead

SOPHIE Anand continues to hold onto her lead in the girls’ 15-and-under division, while Diego Azar surged to the front in the boys’ 11-13 division as day two of the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships came to a close at the Albany Golf Club y

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CAJGC: Bahamas looks to improve on 6th place

THE Bahamas Golf Federation’s team at the 2017 Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships teed off competition yesterday at the St Andrews Golf Club in Maraval, Trinidad and Tobago and looks to improve on last year’s sixth-place finish.

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Students have the recipe for success

Students displayed their culinary skills during the Bahamas Young Chef Culinary Competition.

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Sports Notes

THE Bahamas Rugby Union is scheduled to put on an exhibition game between the Bahamas’ under-23 team and the visiting LSC Rattlesnakes at Winton rugby pitch 3pm Saturday.

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Annual Holiday Classic resumes today

ST George’s Jaguars may not be having the type of season that coach Darrel Sears anticipated in the Grand Bahama High School basketball league. But he’s hoping that they can turn things around by competing in the annual Providence Basketball Club’s Holiday Classic at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium this week.

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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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Cybots defeat Giants 97-86 in opener

THE Mail Boat Cybots were in this same situation last year when they took an early 2-0 lead, but only to watch as the Commonwealth Bank Giants rebounded to eventually win the New Providence Basketball Association men’s title.

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Volunteer Society Act passed into law

After successful readings in the House of Assembly and the Senate, Governor General CA Smith saw the Governor-General’s Volunteer Society Act 2023 codified into law on August 11.

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Sun’s Jones yet to appear in training camp

Jonquel Jones has yet to make an appearance in training camp or in any of the Connecticut Sun’s preseason games, but the front office is excited at the possibilities this WNBA season when the team is at full strength.

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Bahamas eliminated

The men’s national volleyball team gave it a gallant effort at the Juan “Pachín” Vicens Auditorium, but a third place finish over the weekend eliminated the Bahamas from the NORCECA Men’s World Championship Qualification Tournament.

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Club Med: Over 75% of workforce returns

Club Med's general manager yesterday revealed that more than 75 percent of the resort's staff have returned to work at the property despite its near three-year shutdown due to COVID-19.