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NPBA opening night: Rockets and Giants victorious
ON opening night when they didn’t receive their New Providence Basketball Association men’s championship rings, the Discount Distributors Rockets took their frustration out on the runners-up Commonwealth Bank Giants.
UCF wins Bahamas Championship
THE Central Florida Knights began 10 days of NCAA Division I basketball at the Baha Mar Convention Centre by winning the “Bahamas Championship” tournament title. The Knights defeated the Santa Clara Broncos 57-50 last night in the finale.
Insurer: Hurricane season end ‘can’t be soon enough’
A TOP Bahamian insurance executive says the official end to the 2022 hurricane season “can’t come soon enough” given that Hurricane Ian will further “tie our hands” on premium prices for local consumers.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee has expunged 80 criminal records to date
THE Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee has to date expunged the criminal records of 80 people, some of whom were convicted for curfew violations during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
DIANE PHILLIPS: Open your eyes and see the beauty of foreign in all of us
ON a bright, sunny morning last week, the students, faculty and staff of LN Coakley Senior High in Exuma poured out of classrooms and gathered along the halls and in the courtyard, filling every available foot of open air.
Correctional officers to receive training on how to manage mentally ill inmates
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said yesterday that officers at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services who oversee mentally ill inmates will be receiving training on how to effectively manage them.
Recovering addict disappointed with Mental Health Bill
A RECOVERING addict recalled her troubled past with drugs, while urging the government to do more than pass legislation to assist people suffering from mental illnesses.
$250m cruise port: ‘We’ll help Long Island flourish’
The proposed $250m Long Island cruise port will handle up to 12,000 persons daily at full build-out, one of its principals revealed yesterday, adding: “Our goal is to help Long Island flourish.”
Swim meet held in honour of the late coach Sue Coleby
MAKO Aquatics Club’s Harold Simmons broke the only record on Saturday as the Bahamas Aquatics hosted its eighth annual CG Atlantic Medical Invitational at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.
Albury and Greene lead Chipola to no.6 ranking
DEYTON Albury and Paul Greene have led Chipola to a no.6 national ranking while the Bahamian contingent at Northeast Community College continues to put up major numbers in their sophomore campaign.
Robinson wins Bahamas Professional Golf Association’s Korn Ferry Qualifier
BOOKS ANOTHER TRIP TO THE GREAT EXUMA CLASSIC
DEVAUGHN Robinson booked another trip to the Great Exuma Classic by winning the Bahamas Professional Golf Association’s Korn Ferry Qualifier by five strokes on Monday at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island.
Landing gear issues as plane arrives at LPIA
AN airplane with 20 people on board experienced landing gear issues at Lynden Pindling International Airport yesterday afternoon.
STATESIDE: Trump and McConnell were both right
DONALD Trump was correct. Mitch McConnell was also correct.
VIN numbers of stolen vehicles ‘being covered with false plates’
POLICE have noticed a trend regarding stolen vehicles where suspects are covering the original VIN number with a false plate, according to Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander.
Police to establish a domestic violence office before end of year
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said yesterday that a domestic violence office, housed separate and apart from the Royal Bahamas Police, should be established before the end of the year.
‘Not out of woods’ despite lowest deficit for 10 years
The Prime Minister yesterday warned Bahamians “we are not yet out of the woods” as he hailed the lowest first quarter fiscal deficit “in more than ten years”.
GB to host Labour on the Blocks 2.0 job fair
NEARLY 30 companies and over 200 jobs will be available at the Labour on the Blocks 2.0 job fair in Grand Bahama this weekend, said Labour Director Robert Farquharson yesterday.
PM defends Govt travel spending
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis yesterday defended his administration’s travel expenditure for the first quarter of the 2022-23 fiscal year, days after the Ministry of Finance reported a $2.3m increase in government’s travel spending when compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year.
Man charged with Exuma murder
A MAN was sent to prison yesterday after he was charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a man on bail for murder earlier this month.
Trial date set in unlawful sex case
A MAN accused of sexually assaulting a child had his trial date set in the Supreme Court yesterday.
