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BGDBA Playoffs: Crimestoppers tie series 1-1, Cybots win game one
THE Police Crimestoppers tied their series 1-1 with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture Panthers.
Softball Games prelude to Public Service Week
PUBLIC service workers enjoyed softball games at the Blue Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday morning in their leadup to full launch of their commemorative week.
Jonquel Jones named Eastern Conference Player of the Week
New York Liberty on four-game win streak
BAHAMIAN Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) player Jonquel Jones was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week while the New York Liberty enjoys a four-game win streak.
Country’s first dengue death confirmed to be nine-year-old boy
HEALTH officials confirmed the country’s first dengue fever death since the virus’ re-emergence this year - a nine-year-old boy who died after showing symptoms of the disease.
Flamingo Air says employee reprimanded after plane door opens mid-flight
FLAMINGO Air said an employee had been reprimanded after the passenger door of its plane flew open mid-air during a flight.
Jonquel Jones leads New York to first WNBA Finals in 21 years with victory over her former team
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones have New York back in the WNBA Finals for the first time in more than two decades.
Sports Notes
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action with a pair of games played at various gyms on Friday and Saturday night.
Lori Roach: CARIFTA Triathlon & Aquathlon went exceptionally well
AFTER The Bahamas placed third overall with six medals at the CARIFTA Triathlon and Aquathlon Championships, event organisers are impressed with the country’s first hosting of the event.
Walcott ‘the crown jewel’ of Rangers’ signing class
JBLN standout considered to be ‘the next Jazz Chisholm’
From the time he started playing in the Junior Baseball League of Nassau, Sebastian Walcott had the notion that he would one day be a professional baseball player.
Abaco Schools Sports Association basketball results
Abaco Schools Sports Association Basketball Championships (Best of Three series)
Bain and Grants Town Cybots win title
THE Bain and Grants Town Cybots followed up their undefeated regular season with a Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association (BGDBA) title win on Monday.
Amateur golfers Gibson, Johnson miss the cut
It wasn’t the type of performance that Richard Gibson Jr anticipated in his return to the Latin America Amateur Championships.
DARVILLE: WE MUST PREVENT DNA FRAUD – Genetic testing rules necessary to ensure lab sample integrity
OFFICIALS are grappling to prevent mischief related to how DNA samples to establish a person’s paternity are collected following a landmark citizenship ruling in May.
Officer faces tribunal over striking boy
ACTING Police Commissioner Leamond Deleveaux said the police officer who struck a boy in a viral video was removed from frontline policing and placed before the police tribunal yesterday.
Public school attendance is down four percentage points since last year
THE public school attendance rate is at 91 percent this year, according to Acting Education Director Dominique Russell.
Jonquel, Liberty advance to WNBA playoff semifinals
WOMEN’S National Basketball Association (WNBA) player Jonquel Jones posted her second straight double double to complete the 2-0 sweep against the Washington Mystics last night.
Police make 30 arrests in GB as a result of Operation Sling Shot
Grand Bahama Police made over 30 arrests during a police operation that was successfully executed on Tuesday.
CB Giants tie series, YES Giants go up 2-0 in NPBA Championship
THE New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) division one and two championships are in full swing and action is already starting to heat up.
Fredrick King and Bluejays sweep Summer of Thunder
Bahamian Fredrick King and his Creighton Bluejays men’s basketball team have completed their mission here with a three-game sweep of their matches played this week in the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder.
Where did govt shares in GBPA go?
The recent brouhaha between the government and the Grand Bahama Port Authority that has found its way onto the front pages of your newspaper reminded us of another controversial subject involving these two protagonists.