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‘Tum Tum’ and Spartans top the Eagles

NCAA Men’s Division I basketball moved into its second week and several Bahamian players were in action over the weekend.

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THE PRESS BOX: Some of the latest Draft rumblings from Cowboy ranch

AFTER a fast and furious and, more importantly, successful second week in NFL free agency, the Cowboys aren’t done yet. • Here’s some of the latest rumblings, Draft and free-agent wise, straight from the ranch. WAIT THERE’S MORE Dallas is still

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Patients are trapped by lack of funds

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday the government is still trying to decide what it can afford to do regarding the homeless patients who are lodged at the Princess Margaret Hospital.

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McCuin and Rebels win NCAA season opener

The 2019-20 NCAA Division I basketball season tipped off Tuesday night and Bahamians were figured prominently for their respective programmes both on the sidelines and on the floor in various conferences across the United States.

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Union seeking 'seat at table' on CIBC deal

Union leaders have written to the government seeking a “seat at the table” over the approval of CIBC FirstCaribbean’s majority sale to a Colombian-headquartered financial group.Teresa Mortimer, the Bahamas Financial Services Union’s (BFSU) president,

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Sick-outs still affecting healthcare services

AFTER more than a week of staff sick-outs, officials said on Friday that while normal operations resumed at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre and at institutions in Grand Bahama, services at Princess Margaret Hospital continued to be affected by delays.

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Crash drill at airport

THE need for better communication between agenices at the Lynden Pindling International Airport was revealed yesterday after officials staged a simulated plane crash.

Cellular monopoly retarding growth, telecoms investment

The Bahamas’ information and communications technology (ICT) sector generated revenues of almost $450 million or 5.7 per cent of the country’s total GDP in 2011, a Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) executive said yesterday.

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Burrows makes debut in Finnish league

SEVERAL basketball leagues have tipped off on the international circuit and one prominent Bahamian national team member was the latest to debut.

Bahamas takes opener of CBC Championships

The Bahamas men’s national basketball team’s opener against St Vincent & the Grenadines looked so easy with a 31-point massacre.

Turning up the Heat on the Raptors

MIAMI (AP) -- LeBron James wants some rest. He also wants to play. For now, the desire to play seems to be stronger. And his MVP candidacy may be a beneficiary of that decision. James scored 28 points before taking the fourth quarter off, Mike Miller added

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Locals take on "Nature Walk" for diabetes cause

SOME walked, while others chose to jog or cycle through acres of Bahamian Coppice during the ACE Diabetes Nature Walk, Saturday.
Participants followed Terry Miller, president of the Bahamas Association for Social Health (BASH), through the trails, while taking note of the natural vegetation and wildlife.

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Jones catches fire with monster 44-point game

Jonquel Jones had the most dominant performance of her professional basketball career to lead Bosnia and Herzegovina to an opening round win in the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2023 Qualifiers.

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Isaacs Jr returns to pro baseball

TODD Isaacs Jr will return to professional baseball this season with the New Jersey Jackals of the Canadian-American Division of the Frontier League.

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Cable Bahamas axes 87 staff on furlough

Cable Bahamas' top executive yesterday admitted that hopes the COVID-19 crisis would "be short term" have been dashed as it permanently terminated 87 staff.

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PM seeks to turn junkanoo into money earner for practitioners

JUNKANOO could bring a financial boost to Grand Bahama, said Prime Minister Perry Christie.

Class of 2014 inducted into National Sports Hall of Fame

THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Class of 2014 was inducted into the National Sports Hall of Fame at Government House on Friday night.

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Rollins ‘would run against Loretta’

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner could face an independent challenge by Fort Charlotte MP Andre Rollins if voters on the island urge him to do so, the controversial politician said yesterday.

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Lightbourn differences with Minnis ‘resolved’

ALTHOUGH he did not get a renomination for his seat, Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn - one of the “gang of six” - said his “differences” with Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis have been resolved, telling persons yesterday to “go elsewhere” if they did not support the party’s leadership.

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Outgoing High Commissioner looking forward to being involved in sports back home

By BRENT STUBBSSenior Sports Reporterbstubbs@tribunemedia.netLONDON: After spending the past four “wonderful” years of as the Bahamas High Commissioner to London, Ed Bethel said his only regret is that he will miss the 16th International Amateur Athl