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Body cams by August - Dames

THE long-awaited body cams for law enforcement officers are now in the country and are expected to be officially rolled out by August, National Security Minister Marvin Dames revealed in the House of Assembly yesterday. In the meantime, the minister

ART OF GRAPHIX: Get the message on who you are

So, you have a business and are ready to push your branding and marketing efforts out online, yet you hardly understand the difference between both. You are not alone, because there are many marketing employees who are still challenged with both platforms.

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We are the champions

Grand Bahama finally regained the women’s divisional title of the Bahamas Softball Federation as the Candies Wolverines completely dominated the 2014 National Round Robin Tournament over the weekend.

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Ras Jesse Delancy is Benedict College’s all-round volleyball player of the year

RAS Jesse Delancy, who helped to form a Bahamian connection to start a vibrant men’s volleyball programme at Benedict College Tigers, is having an exceptional season.

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Freedom Farm defeat Grand Bahama 7-5

Inter-island play between junior baseball leagues throughout the country continues to thrive with the recent hosting of the first Bahamas Baseball Federation Mini Island Tournament. Freedom Farm took the championship

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Hitmen beat Warriors 4-1

THEY didn’t get a hit, but the C&S Hitmen didn’t need one as they managed to outclass the BTC Elite Warriors in a exciting 4-1 victory in the men’s feature contest of the New Providence Softball Association’s double header on Saturday night.

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Manslaughter conviction quashed by appeal court

THE Court of Appeal has quashed the September 2016 manslaughter conviction of Durante Davis who was accused of providing the knife used in the killing of teenager Adonai Wilson.Appellate judges Hartman Longley, Justice Crane-Scott and Michael Barnett

Fears key City Markets pension asset 'vandalised'

Trustees for the City Markets’ employee pension fund were yesterday urged to properly secure the defunct supermarket chain’s former headquarters and warehouse, amid claims that the buildings were being “vandalised” and asset stripped.

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ArawakX ‘to be reported’ to police amid $4m insolvency

The Bahamas’ first-ever crowd funding platform is suffering from a near-$4m insolvency, its provisional liquidators have asserted, as they prepare to report “multiple criminal infractions” to the police.

Thunder clobber Lakers 119-90

By JEFF LATZKE AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Russell Westbrook had 27 points and nine assists, Kevin Durant added 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder blasted the weary Los Angeles Lakers 119-90 on Monday night in the opening game of the Weste

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Gov’t ‘betting on ability’ to prove the IMF wrong

The Government is “betting on our ability” to hit its fiscal targets, a Cabinet minister asserted yesterday, predicting that the Opposition and other critics will “be wrong again”.

Time to go?

The recently concluded general elections in the UK have resulted in a majority Conservative government and the return to 10 Downing Street of Prime Minister David Cameron. At one point the now vanquished leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband, was considered neck and neck with the Conservatives by most polls, if not a majority. The results, however, were decisive and spoke volumes about just how the average electorate sees political parties and judges their manifestoes or charters for governance.

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STATESIDE: Biden seeking to avoid gaffes

US President Joe Biden is known for avoiding live press conferences. In sharp contrast to his predecessor, Biden appears to believe that such largely unrehearsed sessions would expose him to more of the gaffes and errors that have occurred many times throughout his long public career – albeit without the crippling effect of some of his contemporaries’ mistakes and misstatements.

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FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Pre-Qualifiers: Team Bahamas finishes with undefeated record

THE Bahamas senior men’s national basketball team finished the FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Pre-Qualifiers for Group A with an undefeated record and will advance to the next round in November.

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McAlpine: 'Agenda' behind negative feedback on Dominica stance

PINERIDGE MP Rev Fredrick McAlpine yesterday suggested that negative feedback directed at him for his critical stance on the government's proposed aid for Dominica, was due to "another agenda at play".

EDITORIAL: A Prime Minister who waded beyond his depth

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, invited to address the third annual Press Club’s awards banquet Saturday night, seemed to know more about the workings of the foreign press than the achievements of the Bahamian journalists sitting in front of him.

CIBC suffers major loss amid $94m dividend wait

CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (Bahamas) plunged to a $63.543m net loss for the year to end-October 2020 as it awaits permission to pay almost $94m in total dividends to shareholders.

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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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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.