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TOUGH CALL: What Bahamians are discussing on social media
SEVERAL recent posts on my Facebook page discussed topical issues and generated some interesting responses, which I share here.
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Florida State league finals cancelled due to Dorian
CHAVEZ Young and the Dunedin Blue Jays were one of the top contenders for a Class-A Advanced title. However, Hurricane Dorian preempted those plans. Florida State League President Ken Carson announced yesterday that the Florida State League final we
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Delroy making a name for himself with the Knights
SINCE joining the Niagara College Knights men’s basketball team, Delroy Grandison has been making a name for himself.
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Agriculture policy to emphasise buyer links
Small Bahamian producers and livestock developers must have secure access to regional and international markets, the Minister of Agriculture said yesterday, adding that “connecting buyers to sellers” was central to the the Bahamas’ Agriculture Policy Programme (APP).
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URCA demands Cable Bahamas pull political ad
THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority has ordered Cable Bahamas Limited to immediately cease and desist from broadcasting a political advertisement of Progressive Liberal Party Leader Philip “Brave” Davis that has been showing on its channels.
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Wells, Rose lead race for trophy
HEADED into the final day of competition at the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships, one pairing of Team Bahamas will attempt to cling to their position atop the leaderboard while others face an uphill climb toward contention.
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99 Haitian migrants apprehended
ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force officers apprehended 99 Haitian migrants in waters off Ragged Island Friday night.According to reports, HMBS Arthur D. Hanna spotted a Haitian sloop four miles southwest of the island. Officers searched the vessel and unco
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Electricity restored to 99% of customers
THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation said last night it completed the restoration of electricity supply to the more than 99 per cent of customers in New Providence following widespread flooding on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Cybots are number one
Once again, Brian “Tucker” Bain came through with the clutch pair of free throws down the stretch as the Mail Boat Cybots held off the Commonwealth Bank Giants 101-99 at the AF Adderley Gym Thursday night to secure their second New Providence Basketball Association championship title, adding to their first crown in 2009.
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Nesbitt and Sao Paolo take 2-1 series lead in NBB finals
NATIONAL team member David Nesbitt and his Paulistano Sao Paolo took a 2-1 series lead in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) finals and moved one game closer to the league title.
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Airport gateway is 99% complete
The Airport Gateway Project is 99 per cent complete, the Minister of Works said yesterday, with more than $69 million of its $71 million budget having been spent to date.
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Buddy scores 13 in Kings' 105-99 win over the Magic
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Garrett Temple took over in the fourth quarter and led the struggling Sacramento Kings to a big win.Temple scored 19 of his career-high 34 points in the final quarter to lift the Kings to a 105-99 win over the Orlando Magic la
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Bahamas 6th overall in Caribbean Golf Classic
THE Bahamas finished sixth in the race for the George Noon Cup in the 24th Caribbean Golf Classic, hosted at the Westin Puntacana Resort and Club in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic.
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Tributes paid to Doris Bullard at funeral
THE funeral of Doris Bullard, the oldest member of St Joseph’s Catholic Church on Boyd Road, took place yesterday, eight days after she died aged 99.
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Bidder: Mobile licence process is ‘world class’
A leading contender for the Bahamas’ second cellular licence has described the bidding process as “world class”, and among the best of 50 such exercises he has been involved in.
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Buddy exits game with apparent knee injury
ORLANDO, Florida - Buddy Hield reached double figures for the fourth time in the last five games and helped the Kings snap an eight-game losing streak.The Kings scored a 105-99 win over the Orlando Magic Tuesday at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florid
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IAN FERGUSON: Stepping up to tackle COVID education woe
The COVID-19 pandemic has created the greatest-ever disruption of education systems in world history. It has affected nearly 1.6bn learners in more than 190 countries. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have impacted 94 per cent of the world’s student population, a figure that rises to 99 per cent in developing countries.
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URCA: BTC cell monopoly 'rare'
URCA: BTC cell monopoly 'rare' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor While conceding that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) ongoing cellular monopoly was "increasingly rare", the industry regulator has rejected Cable Bahamas' urging that
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Could 2011 be breakout season for J R Cadot?
By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net Early into the 2011 season, it appears as if his senior season and second in NCAA Div I basketball will be a breakout year for J R Cadot. Cadot currently leads the TCU Horned Frogs with 11.6 po
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Could 2011 be breakout season for J R Cadot?
By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net Early into the 2011 season, it appears as if his senior season and second in NCAA Div I basketball will be a breakout year for J R Cadot. Cadot currently leads the TCU Horned Frogs with 11.6 po