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Ayton and Suns top Pelicans 110-99 in Game 1 of series

DEANDRE Ayton and the Phoenix Suns dominated a physical game one in their series against the New Orleans Pelicans and the veteran centre said he likes the tone that has been set for the postseason.

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Roker posts double double, X-Men rout Axemen 99-76

IN his final season with the St Francis Xavier X-Men, Azaro Roker had a long-awaited opportunity to return to the court amid the COVID-19 pandemic and bid farewell to the programme’s legendary coach.

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Urban Renewal Band to join St Patrick’s Day parade

THE Urban Renewal Marching Band will be among the groups participating in the 45th annual St Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Washington, DC, on Sunday.

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Two killed in separate attacks

TWO people were killed in separate murders yesterday.

Flawed survey

THE FNM - Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Poll taken between November 29th and December 5th.

Baha Mar’s main contractor ‘thwarted us at every turn’

Baha Mar’s contractor allegedly “thwarted, stonewalled and misled at every turn” a US-based demolition company’s efforts to collect an outstanding $754,704 balance for work on the $3.5 billion project.

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Sports in brief

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its 2013/14 regular season with a double header at AF Adderley Gym on Monday night.

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Man shot dead while sitting in car

A 34-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed while sitting in his vehicle near Caves Village on Sunday night.

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BEC saddled by $86m fuel debt

THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) currently owes its major fuel supplier more than $86 million, its executive chairman revealed yesterday, adding that the monopoly energy supplier was paying Shell West excess of $18 million a month “just to keep going”.

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Long Island relief effort helps 95% of students get back to school

NINETY-five per cent of students of Long Island will be back in school by Wednesday largely due to an outpouring of support from its own communities and concerned individuals in Nassau, a senior education official told The Tribune yesterday.

Move! Get out of your own way!

THE first step of any effective life strategy must be to move. Moving, in my view, is the undercurrent of all of life itself. Nothing stays the same. Everything moves.

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Philanthropist who helped The Bahamas dies, aged 75

JOHN M Templeton Jr, one of the world’s leading philanthropists whose work benefitted The Bahamas, has died of cancer at his Pennsylvania home in the United States. The president and chairman of the John Templeton Foundation passed away on Saturday. He was 75.

Minister seeks engineer scholarships

DUE to the shortage of professional engineers in the country, Minister for Grand Bahama Dr Michael Darville has called for “engineering opportunities” to be made available through scholarship programmes to bright Bahamian students.

Hinduism encroaching Bahamian life

The Bahamas is considered a Caribbean country, although it is really located in the Atlantic Ocean. The Caribbean is a religious and cultural melting pot, according to sociologists from the United States.

Police call to resolve conflicts following latest murder

AFTER the country’s latest homicide on Thursday, press liaison officer Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings urged residents to seek help in resolving conflicts so that fewer lives are lost this Christmas.

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‘Seek help to resolve conflicts’

AFTER the country’s latest homicide on Thursday, press liaison officer Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings urged residents to seek help in resolving conflicts so that fewer lives are lost this Christmas.

Taxi union chief wants 'hustlers at dock' end

The taxi union's president says the industry is seeking to shed its "hustlers at the dock" image after several drivers protested over the Nassau Cruise Port's new call-up system and police efforts to enforce it.

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Three Bahamians get set for Major League Baseball action

Major League Baseball’s opening week of the 2022 season has arrived and three Bahamians are expected to be in action with their respective clubs.

36 people evacuated from Sweeting’s Cay

THIRTY-SIX residents from Sweeting’s Cay were evacuated yesterday afternoon from East Grand Bahama where coastal flooding is expected to occur with the passage of Tropical Storm Nicole.

Govt urged: ‘Put cash on ground’ in Grand Bahama

The Government was yesterday urged to immediately “put some cash on the ground” in Grand Bahama, an Opposition Senator describing the island’s economy as having “hit rock bottom”.