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STATESIDE: Is the day of reckoning finally approaching for The Donald?

It’s often said that you’re not paranoid if they’re really out to get you. And a lot of talented, determined people are really out to get Donald Trump.

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Ayton: We still have each other’s backs

DEANDRE Ayton continues to post historic shooting numbers in the NBA playoffs thus far, but his Phoenix Suns faltered down the stretch in game two as the defending champions evened their round one series.

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Season in the sun as Jones making early challenge for MVP

THE Connecticut Sun lost their first game of the 2021 WNBA season, but Jonquel Jones delivered another standout performance that has her mentioned by many pundits in their early projections for league MVP.

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Plaudits just keep coming for Daunte Stuart

DAUNTE Stuart received conference wide recognition for his standout 2021 regular season.

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Riley rattles on to the regionals

CAMERON Riley and the Florida A and M Rattlers concluded their historic season with the programme’s first appearance at the NCAA Regionals.

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‘Up to 90%’ of BPL staff in Cat Island test positive

THE president of Bahamas Electrical Workers Union has confirmed that up to 90 percent of Bahamas Power and Light staff on Cat Island have tested positive for COVID-19.

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PETER YOUNG: The way out of the pandemic is there for all to see - we just need to follow it

There is so much information in the media about coronavirus and vaccines that further comment in this column might seem superfluous. But this week I should like to draw attention to the continuing effective rollout of vaccinations here at home as well as to the latest developments in Britain in case experience there might provide some useful lessons.

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VIRUS SPREADING IN YOUNG PEOPLE: Govt lockdowns begin in outbreak islands as change seen in spread

NINE confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a single day on Andros and a COVID-19 positivity rate of 58 percent in Cat Island helped push the government to implement a two-week lockdown of those islands which began at 8pm yesterday.

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Ayton dominates in playoff debut

DEANDRE Ayton and the Phoenix Suns made a dynamic return to the NBA playoffs and dominated en route to the franchise’s first postseason win since 2011.

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Four sprinters qualify for championships

IN what turned out to be the biggest match-up of the 18th Star Performers Track Classic 2021 meet resulted in four sprinters attaining the qualifying standards for the World Athletics Under-18 and Under-23 Championships boys 100 metres.

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Jones helps Sun stay undefeated

JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun are off to a historic start in the 2021 WNBA season and are currently the league’s lone undefeated team.

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Break-outs for Bahamas baseball minor leaguers

SEVERAL Bahamian baseball players had breakout performances for their respective clubs throughout various levels of minor league baseball.

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We must get a grip on homicides and anger management

These are the days and nights of lamentations. Almost daily we read and hear of some unfortunate Bahamian – man, woman, boy and girl being killed in cross-fires or executed by rivals within the criminal communities. Several weeks ago an unprecedented horror unfolded on our streets.

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Ayton will be back in lineup in Suns’ return to postseason

DESPITE missing the final three games of the regular season, Deandre Ayton will reportedly be back in the lineup when the Phoenix Suns make their return to the NBA postseason for the first time in over a decade.

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‘Rapid improvement’ desired over Water Corp’s $22m debt

The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s main BISX-listed supplier says it expects to see “a rapid improvement” in the $21.7m debts owed to it by end-September 2021.

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'Buddy' Hield ends season just shy of franchise record

CHAVANO “Buddy” Hield and the Sacramento Kings’ disappointing end to the 2020-21 season included an extension of the NBA’s longest playoff drought and saw Hield finish just shy of a franchise record.

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Software delay for MARCO Alert system

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said officials are waiting to receive “mass communication software” that will send out warnings about missing children to facilitate the roll-out of the Mandatory Action Rescuing Children Operation (MARCO) Alert system.

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ATLANTIS AXE FALLS ON 700: Resort confirms ‘difficult but necessary’ decision to make staff redundant

SEVEN hundred employees at Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island were laid off yesterday, a decision resort officials say was made due to COVID-19’s impact on travel and other economic uncertainties.

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Marlins to honour ‘Jazz’ with Bahamian Heritage Celebration

SATURDAY, June 12 will be another historic day for flamboyant Major League Baseball player Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm as the Miami Marlins honour him with the Bahamian Heritage Celebration.

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‘Almost inhuman’ to extend furlough wait

A trade union leader yesterday argued it was “almost inhuman” to expect already-furloughed workers to hold on for another three months without severance pay due to the COVID emergency’s extension.