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‘Jazz’ Chisholm Jr hits solo home run
But Alfaro mashes pinch-hit 3-run HR in 9th for 3-2 Padres win
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jorge Alfaro hit a pinch-hit three-run home run with two outs in the ninth to give the San Diego Padres a 3-2 win yesterday against his former team, the Miami Marlins.
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WNBA: Jones and Sun lose opener
GRAND Bahamian native Jonquel Jones and her Connecticut Sun suffered a heart-breaking loss to the New York Liberty as they opened their Women’s National Basketball Association 2022 season on Saturday.
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Thomas a top reliever, Murray and Saunders produce at plate
TAHNAJ Thomas has excelled in his role as a reliever in AA baseball, while Warren Saunders and BJ Murray overcame slow starts to the season to produce recent productive streaks at the plate for their respective clubs.
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Bahamian athletes take spotlight at Arkansas Twilight
PRO athlete LaQuan Nairn returned to his alma mater, while hurdler Indea Cartwright led a Bahamian connection at Oral Roberts as they both posted third-place finishes at the Arkansas Twilight in Fayetteville, Arkansas, over the weekend.
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EDITORIAL: Resisting temptation to break the law
THERE was quite a startling admission from Environment Minister Vaughn Miller yesterday.
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Bahamas urged: Target 80% in next aviation safety audit
The Bahamas must target a “high 70s-80 percent score” on its next aviation safety audit and match the world’s best, an attorney said yesterday, adding: “We’ve made great strides in a short span of time.”
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IAN FERGUSON: The advantages to buying Bahamian
The Bahamas presently imports more than $5.5bn in goods and services annually. Over 94 percent of our food is imported from the US and our other trading partners. For many years we have lamented these statistics, but have not made significant strides towards changing this reality.
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‘I feel like I can lead a team to World Series’
JAZZ Chisholm Jr has continued to be one of the breakout stars in Major League Baseball in the 2022 season and has garnered attention for both his production on the field and his style of play.
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$1BN BLACK HOLE OF UNPAID TAXES: Inland Revenue reveals scale of outstanding arrears by Bahamians
The Government’s top revenue agency yesterday revealed that “unacceptable non-compliance” by Bahamian taxpayers had resulted in the build-up of $1bn in outstanding tax arrears that it was now aggressively pursuing.
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Ayton and Suns take 2-0 lead
PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Paul scored 28 points, including 14 in another spectacular fourth quarter, to lead the Phoenix Suns over the Dallas Mavericks 129-109 last night for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.
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Tavario Miller and Zane Knowles in playoffs
Two Bahamian senior men’s national basketball team players got their postseasons off to successful starts.
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Anfernee Seymour early offensive leader for the Dirty Birds
ANFERNEE Seymour has emerged as leader for the Charleston Dirty Birds in his debut season with the club and is among the team leaders in several offensive categories.
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Celebrating nurses after battling the pandemic
GRAND Bahama nurses were praised for their resilience and contributions to global health in the last three years during the official opening of Nurses Month in Freeport on Monday.
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New NAD fees hailed as ‘lot less onerous’
The private aviation industry yesterday hailed the Nassau Development Company’s (NAD) alterations to the new fees imposed on it as “a lot less onerous” compared to what was originally proposed.
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‘Entrenched reduction?’: Bad loans down $22m
The Central Bank is “holding off” in determining whether COVID-related loan delinquencies have peaked despite a $22.4m reduction in non-performing credit during the 2022 first quarter, its governor revealed yesterday.
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Walker’s home run, 3 RBIs lead D-Backs past ‘Jazz’ and Marlins 5-4
MIAMI (AP) — Christian Walker had a home run, double and three RBIs, and Arizona Diamondbacks held on to beat the Miami Marlins 5-4 last night.
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Sands: Poor sacrificed ‘on tax efficiency altar’
The FNM’s chairman yesterday accused the Government of driving more Bahamian families into poverty, and sacrificing them “on the altar of tax efficiency”, by refusing to eliminate VAT on medicines and breadbasket foods.
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Ayton leads Suns past Mavericks
PHOENIX (AP) — Deandre Ayton scored 25 points, Devin Booker added 23 and the top-seeded Phoenix Suns rolled to a 121-114 win over the Dallas Mavericks last night in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.
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Fox has first hit, stolen base of career
LUCIUS Fox ended his drought at the plate and achieved a career milestone with the first hit and first stolen base of his Major League Baseball career.
