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JBLN marks 24 years

THE Junior Baseball League of Nassau opened its 2013 season on Saturday, January 12, as they began celebrations to mark their 24th year of youth baseball.

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Sandals Royal Bahamian hosts incentive planners

INCENTIVE planners responsible for bringing almost $1 billion in business to the Bahamas each year were hosted at Sandals Royal Bahamian last week as part of the Nassau/Paradise Island Promotion Board’s (NPIPB) most recent incentive planners FAM (familiarisation) trip.

Marathon generates almost $2m spend

MARATHON Bahamas organisers said yesterday that this year’s event generated around 2,000 room nights for the hotel industry, resulting in just under $2 million in overall tourist spend.

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Drug case delayed because of lack of a stenographer

A MAN accused of drug possession was granted a stay in his case pending the outcome of his constitutional motion to be heard in the Supreme Court because a magistrate could not comply with his request to have a stenographer present for his trial.

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junior Boy Comets cruise to 67-33 win over Kingsway

UNDEFEATED in the regular season, the Queen’s College Comets, a perennial powerhouse in recent years in the league’s Junior Boys basketball division, cemented their status as favourites to claim another title.

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COB students want extra security

COLLEGE of the Bahamas students are calling for greater investment to be made in campus security by hiring additional security officers and purchasing additional surveillance equipment.

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$20m in contracts granted during mini PLP convention

MORE than $20 million in contracts has been granted to local contractors to develop the Bahamas Agriculture Marine Resources Scientific Institue (BAMRSI), PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts said during his speech at a mini PLP convention in North Andros on Saturday.

Leaders can be worst offenders

With reference to the story “VAT Messenger is a Tax Dodger” which appeared in the Thursday, 20 February 2014 edition of the Nassau Guardian, I found former PLP Senator and Prime Minister Christie appointed VAT Consultant Ishmael Lightbourne’s self-admission of Real Property Tax evasion extraordinary to say the least.

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Lourawls Nairn heads to Michigan

LOURAWLS Nairn will be taking his talents to East Lansing, Michigan, in the fall of 2014 after he verbally committed to the Michigan State Spartans yesterday.

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Minister says Bahamas economic model 'unsustainable'

THE current economic model of The Bahamas has been described as “unsustainable” by Dr Daniel Johnson, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture.

Bahamas dance school gets a taste of Cuba

THE National Dance School of the Bahamas recently made a trip to Havana, Cuba to participate in a dance and drum workshop at the Cuban National School of Dance.

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Man shot 'multiple times' in Freeport killing

GRAND Bahama recorded its first murder for 2016 when a man was gunned down in the Freeport area on Monday evening.

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Season officially opens this Sunday in Winton

The Bahamas Flag Football League began its preseason play with two weeks of exciting games.

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Housebreaking ring shut down by police

POLICE have shut down a major housebreaking ring they believe to be responsible for a number of residential break-ins in the southwestern division of New Providence over the past three months.

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Woman found dead in her home after fire

THE BADLY burned body of a young woman was discovered in her fire-damaged Carmichael Road home early yesterday morning with a black cord tied around her neck.

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Defence Force officer one of two arrested in connection with firearm, drugs discovery

A Royal Bahamas Defence Force Officer and another man are in custody following the seizure of a firearm and a quantity of drugs on Friday.A Royal Bahamas Defence Force Officer and another man are in custody following the seizure of a firearm and a quantity of drugs on Friday.

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Freeport doctor charged with rape

THE trial of a Freeport doctor for rape and indecent assault opened yesterday in the Supreme Court in Grand Bahama with testimony from the virtual complainant and a medical doctor.

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On Da Hook

A PICTURE of Steve Johnson with an early September Wahoo is hopefully a sign of good things to come according to the Bahamas Sport Fishing Network (BSFN).

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Two men and one woman arrested after officers discover gun and drugs

OFFICERS from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) arrested two men and a woman following the seizure of several pounds of marijuana and a firearm in three separate incidents on Wednesday.

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Eight Cuban migrants detained by RBDF

EIGHT Cuban migrants have been turned over to Immigration officials after they were apprehended in Bahamian waters by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on Thursday night, taking the total captured to 34 during July.