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Sand Dollar option for payroll at Kamalame Cay

PRIVATE island destination Kamalame Cay has turned to digital payments for part of its payroll.

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SAC celebrates with Devynne Charlton

IT was a momentous day double at St Augustine’s College yesterday as the Big Red Machine welcomed home alumni Devynne Charlton as the World Indoor Championships’ women’s 60m hurdles champion and world record holder.

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Champions are crowned at primary schools golf championships

CHAMPIONS of the 2024 Primary Schools Golf Championships powered by Capital Union Bank were crowned yesterday at the Bahamas Golf Federation’s (BGF) Nine-Hole Facility.

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Boxer Carl Hield improves to 6-0 in pro bouts

BAHAMIAN pro boxer Carl Hield has experienced great progress since transitioning from the amateur ranks to the pro level.

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Deyton Albury to enter the NCAA Men’s Division One Basketball Transfer Portal

AFTER producing an outstanding season for the Royals men’s basketball team at Queen’s University where he earned several individual awards, Bahamian guard Deyton Albury has decided to enter the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Division One Basketball Transfer Portal.

A solution for the Haiti dilemma

Little Inagua is a small remote island in the Bahamas and it is the largest uninhabited island in the Caribbean. It is 50 square miles (as big as New Providence) and only 100 miles from Haiti. 370 miles from Nassau, 553 miles from Miami and 16 miles from Greater Inagua.

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STATESIDE: Biden’s bid for second term hinges on perception of his mental acuity

US president Joe Biden’s momentous State of the Union address last Thursday is stale news now in this age of the 24-hour news cycle and little if any popular memory of what happened even a week ago. Correct?

EDITORIAL: Questions on Sears amd NIB confusion

NATIONAL Insurance Board Minister Alfred Sears stood up in Parliament and announced a plan to save NIB that within hours his own Prime Minister’s office had disowned.

Digital banking ‘easing pain’ in Family Islands

DIGITAL banking providers are easing the “pains and pressures” faced by unbanked and underbanked Family Islands, according to Jevon Butler, chief sales officer at Kanoo, said yesterday.

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AG: ‘Potential $900m per year in carbon credits’

THE potential revenue from carbon credits for The Bahamas could reach as much as $900m a year, according to Attorney General Ryan Pinder at yesterday’s RF Outlook 2024.

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TROOPS TO HAITI PLAN ON HOLD AMID CHAOS: Munroe says deployment uncertain with absence of leadership in nation

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said the future of the proposed multinational security mission to Haiti – which Royal Bahamas Defence Force officers have been preparing for months – is uncertain after Kenya halted its plans to lead the mission.

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BSAA Basketball Championship results

GENESIS Academy defeated Freedom Baptist Academy 2-0 in a best-of-three championship series to win the primary boys’ title.

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ALICIA WALLACE: True investment in women starts with the goverment

INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day has come and gone, but we will see photos, videos, articles, and other forms of media related to it for the rest of the week as we all go through our camera rolls, receive footage, and think about the messaging that has been sent over the past few days.

EDITORIAL: Time to revisit plans for Haiti help

IF there was a plan to restore order to Haiti, then it is time to go back to the drawing board.

Defence Force intercepts 140 migrants off Turks and Caicos

DAYS after Defence Force Commodore Raymond King highlighted a dramatic drop in illegal migration, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) intercepted 140 Haitian migrants in waters off Turks and Caicos Islands, hours before officers apprehended 107 Haitian migrants near Matthew Town, Inagua.

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Sold out - Jack’s Bay offering snapped up

A LUXURY development in Eleuthera has sold out its beachfront and ocean view properties.

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Family and friends searching for missing Philip “Big Mama” Stubbs

Concerned family and friends are desperately searching for Philip “Big Mama” Stubbs, 80, who went missing after leaving his residence early this week.

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FNM: SEARS ‘MUST RESIGN OR BE FIRED’ – Call for minister to step aside if he misled Parliament

FREE National Movement (FNM) leader Michael Pintard said National Insurance Board Minister Alfred Sears should resign or be fired if he misled Parliament about increases in NIB contribution rates.

Charlton looks ahead to outdoor season

World indoor record holder Devynne Charlton made a special appearance at the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) Track and Field Championships over the weekend to spend a few days at home after achieving a gold-medal finish and world record at the World Indoor Championships on March 3.

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‘Mighty Mouse’ wins three titles

ALTHOUGH he didn’t earn his professional card, Paul “Mighty Mouse” Wilson said he was glad to perform as well as he did as he made his return to the bodybuilding stage at the Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio.