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BBF boss Bowleg praises FIBA U-17 coaching staff
MARIO Bowleg, president of the Bahamas Basketball Federation, feels that he selected the right coach to lead the boys’ national basketball team at the FIBA Centrobasket Under-17 Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
DNA: Govt has misled nation over Carnival
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney yesterday said the Christie administration owes the Bahamian people a huge apology in the wake of claims that Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival was never intended to yield a profit.
RICARDO'S NFL PICKS: All I want for Christmas is another good picking week
AFTER a sizzling 15-1 week 15, there is hope.
McMinns looks to make immediate impact with Axemen
EUGENE McMinns is back at the top level of collegiate football in Canada and looks to make an immediate impact in his second stint with the Acadia Axemen.McMinns was one of the bright spots for the Axemen in their 20-17 preseason loss to the Saint Ma
NAD suffers $13.94M bottom line reversal
Despite suffering a $13.941 million bottom line reversal that dropped it to a net $6.172 million loss for its 2012 financial year, the Nassau Airport Development Company’s (NAD) chief executive said it was still creating “an ideal gateway for the Bahamas”.
Sir Sidney challenges next generation
OSCAR-winner Sir Sidney Poitier called on young people to take The Bahamas to levels ‘unimagined’ by their ancestors as the western Paradise Island bridge was officially renamed in his honour and The Bahamas started its celebrations to mark 40 years of independence.
Building permit revenue off 44%
The Government’s building permit revenues under-shot projections for the 2012-2013 half-year by 43.7 per cent, the Deputy Prime Minister indicating that fees were set to increase to match service costs.
Boutique hotel eyed by February Point purchaser
A boutique hotel is among the build-out options under consideration by the likely purchaser of Exuma’s February Point development, with ultimate ownership likely to vest in a consortium of new and existing homeowners at the project.
Breast cancer genetic testing reaches Eleuthera
DURING the month of May, a team from the Bahamas Breast Cancer Initiative Foundation (BBCIF), led by its executive director, Melissa Major, and including genetic counsellor Magan Trottier and BBCIF volunteer Kitiboni Adderley, visited Eleuthera to conduct testing for the BRCA gene which pre-disposes carriers to breast cancer.
Gibson to employers: 'Justify every work permit'
COMPANIES who hire foreigners must send “justification” for every employee they have on work permit to the government, according to Minister of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson.
Pests beware: Merger combines 88 years of termination knowledge
TWO pest control companies with a combined 88 years’ experience will be able to take on more “large scale projects” following their merger under the Rentokil umbrella.
Basil Sands dies, aged 88
BASIL Sands Sr, the father of Health Minister Dr Duane Sands and Baha Mar Senior Vice President Robert “Sandy” Sands, died yesterday at the age of 88.The elder Sands, a celebrated accountant in his own right, was also the father of noted and respecte
Marlins trade Gallen to D-backs for Jazz Chisholm
After spending the past four years with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Jazz Chisholm is moving closer to home with the Miami Marlins in a deal before Wednesday’s trade deadline that will allow him to join fellow Bahamian right fielder Anfernee Seymour on the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Double-A team.
PM is well suited for finance role
IT WAS written by the revered Chinese sage and philosopher, Confucius in 500 BC that “the ruler of a country of a thousand chariots must give diligent attention to business; he must be sincere; he must be economical; he must love his people; and he must provide employment for his people at the proper seasons”.
Corporations replacing nation states?
The state has the right to exist when individuals are willing to sacrifice their own interests for the community it represents, according to Ernest Renan, a French philosopher.
COVID collapse sparked rare $1.7bn ‘dual deficit’
Tourism’s “collapse” at COVID-19’s peak “exposed the fragility” of The Bahamas’ current economic model by producing rare twin goods and services trade deficits worth a combined $1.7bn.
THE KDK REPORT: Dire health consequences of extreme heat on the body
EVERY year, Bahamians from one end of the archipelago to the other lament the relentless broil of the summer’s heat. And this summer’s simmer has been particularly ruthless. Some of the hottest days on record occurred during July of this year with a heat index (feels like temperature) that oscillated between 105 and 115 degrees Fahrenheit. But unlike other, less tropical, locales we are often shielded from the intense heat by the shade of palm and coconut trees and cooled by the balmy breeze of our turquoise ocean.
Puerto Rico routs Bahamas 88-71
After getting off to an impressive start in an historic win over Cuba in their opener on Monday, the men's national basketball team found the going rather to
McCartney and Stampeders win CFL's 102nd Grey Cup
KARL McCartney celebrated his 27th birthday this past Saturday and on Sunday he received the best birthday gift a pro football player can ask for, his Calgary Stampeders winning the 102nd Grey Cup.