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Nesbitt scores season high 10 points in 89-65 win

VALERIE Nesbitt scored in double figures for the first time this season and head coach Yolette McPhee-McCuin continues to lead her Ole Miss Rebels to an undefeated record in non-conference play.

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Sheila Hailey dies at her Lyford Cay home, aged 89

SHEILA Hailey, a long-time permanent resident of The Bahamas and wife of bestselling author, Arthur Hailey, died in her home in Lyford Cay yesterday. She was 89.

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Cable's $89m deals win US national security approval

The US government has taken its foot off Cable Bahamas’ $89 million worth of US transactions, its national security and law enforcement agencies saying they have “no objection” to the Summit Broadband and US Metropolitan Telecom deals.

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FIFA World Cup trophy coming to the Bahamas

An 89-country tour to celebrate the world’s most popular sport will make a stop in the Bahamas as the build-up for one of the most coveted prizes in sports continues.

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Cobras vs Stingers for Hugh Campbell title

THE much anticipated Grand Bahama versus New Providence matchup will continue with former champions CC Sweeting Cobras taking on Sunland Baptist Stingers for the 38th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic’s prestigious championship trophy 9pm tonight at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

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Giants take 2-0 lead, Regulators win opener

WHILE the Commonwealth Bank Giants continue their impressive winning streak by pushing the defending champions PJ Stingers on the brink of elimination, the Mr Ship It Freight Regulators are looking to make it to their first championship appearance in the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) postseason.

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Supermodels ordered to face Fyre grilling

SUPERMODELS and social media influencers will be forced to disclose information about the payments they received to promote the ill-fated Fyre Festival.

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Greene and J Addison win OSBA Challenge Series

PAUL Greene led his J Addison Prep basketball programme to another in-season tournament title in the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association.

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NPBA: Giants complete perfect regular season, Your Essential Store clinch pennant

WHILE the New Providence Basketball Association’s perennial men’s division one champions Commonwealth Bank Giants put the lid on a perfect regular season, their first year division II team Your Essential Store Giants clinched their pennant.

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Four more COVID deaths

FOUR more COVID-19 deaths have been added to the nation’s tally, bringing the figure to 467.

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POLITICOLE: How opinions can inspire real change

I am often asked, in real time: “Are you gonna write about this?” “Are you gonna write about me?”

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POLITICOLE: Minnis it is (and what's his name)

I paid a few trips to Parliament this past summer, to witness first-hand what Members of Parliament (MPs) get up to in the House of Assembly.

'No return' from Port's $250m property tax break

The Government was yesterday estimated to have “foregone” up to $250 million in real property tax revenues from Freeport over the past decade, a top accountant urging that there be “no blanket roll over” of the investment incentives expiring in 2015.

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STATESIDE: US politics - history shows it’s all about keeping it in the family

We all know that the head of government here in The Bahamas is the Prime Minister, chosen in general elections held every five years since independence. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. No election is needed to reaffirm that fact.

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Kilgore wins marathon

Under windy conditions, the ninth edition of Sunshine Insurance’s Marathon Bahamas Race Weekend produced several new champions and top finishes from local participants.

Lucayan chair: 'Do you want another Oasis?'

The new Grand Lucayan Board will meet this morning to determine if a hotel operator is needed, its chairman asking critics of the Government’s deal: “Do you want another Royal Oasis?” Michael Scott, also chairman of the Hotel Corporation, told Tribun

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‘Lately, I’ve been getting too many back and forth positive and negative tests’

HE would prefer to be on the field in Miami, Florida, preparing to crack the line-up for the Miami Marlins for the upcoming 2020 Major League Baseball season on July 23.

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PETER YOUNG: New security pact finds friends and foes - especially the French

SUCH is the continuous news cycle in today’s world of instantaneous communications that what is top of the agenda today can all too readily be ignored tomorrow when it is overtaken by fresh events.

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Cruise lines miss out on port project

The cruise lines were yesterday reassured they will not face excessive port fees after the government selected Global Ports Holding’s $250m bid to redevelop Prince George Wharf.

TOUGH CALL: Bermuda and the Bahamas

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Over a mug of Gosling’s rum in the Rosedon Hotel’s tea room here recently, the conversation turned to race relations.