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Bahamas vs USA in FIBA AmeriCup 2020 Qualifiers

THE Bahamas recently released its pool of players for the third and final leg of the FIBA AmeriCup 2020 Qualifiers and we are now starting to learn about the team they will be facing in game one as the United States begins to put its roster together.

ALICIA WALLACE: World Health Day '24

“MY Health, My Right” was the theme for World Health Day this year, observed on Sunday, April 6. In its statement on World Health Day, the World Health Organization said the theme was chosen to “champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to quality health services, education, and information, as well as safe drinking water, clean air, good nutrition, quality housing, decent working and environmental conditions, and freedom from discrimination.”

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Man steals ambulance and crashes it into house

POLICE are on the hunt for a man who stole a Public Hospitals Authority ambulance and crashed it into two vehicles before slamming into a home Saturday night.

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Large quantity of marijuana seized in waters near Exuma

A JOINT operation between police and US Customs and Border Protection led to the seizure of a large quantity of marijuana in waters near Exuma on Friday.

Lathaniel and Cardinals get at-large bid to NJCAA Division I Nationals

LATHANIEL Bastian and his Trinity Valley Community College Cardinals had their nearly season long win streak come to an end, but still received an at-large bid to the NJCAA Division I National Championship Tournament.

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D’Aguilar: The rebound continues

FOUR hundred and forty thousand stopover visitors have spent an estimated $875m in The Bahamas during the first six months of 2021, Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday.

The learning crisis

In recent days the effects of the failure of many students to successfully learn Maths and English skills have been highlighted by an RBC Royal Bank executive.

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Bahamian Garvin Clarke named league co-Player of the Year

GARVIN Clarke’s offseason began with several regional awards as the senior point guard was recognised for a standout year in Cleveland, Ohio.

Tributes paid to former Guardian Publisher

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham offered his condolences to the family of the late Kenneth Francis, calling the former newspaper publisher one of the country’s “notable sons”.

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Recurrent imbalance rose 1.7% pts in slump

The Government’s recurrent account “imbalance” grew by a sum equivalent to 1.7 per cent of GDP during the former Ingraham administration’s term in office, the minister of state for finance said yesterday.

McPhee-McCuin 'humbled' as Ole Miss Head coach

YOLETT McPhee-McCuin continues to achieve new milestones and make history for Bahamian basketball.Ross Bjork, Ole Miss Rebels vice chancellor for intercollegiate athletics, officially announced McPhee-McCuin’s addition as the head coach of the women’

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Hundreds of Bahamians pay last respects to Franklyn Sweeting

HUNDREDS of Bahamians from all walks of life packed St Agnes Anglican Church on Saturday to pay their last respects to the late Franklyn ‘Cinderella’ Sweeting, one of the country’s premier baseball pitchers turned manager and softball coach.

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Boom now or be labelled forever an NFL bust

MOST professional athletes, especially those in the NFL, want a bust, as in enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Each inductee gets a sculpture (bust) in his likeness, the ultimate accomplishment for a player individually in the game.

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Isaacs Jr joins Rockies in season debut tonight

TODD Isaacs Jr will begin the next phase of his career in Grand Junction, his first assignment with the Colorado Rockies organisation.

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Buddy Western Conference Rookie of the Month

BUDDY Hield’s productive month of December was recognised by the NBA and his New Orleans Pelicans teammates and coaching staff have taken notice of the changes in his game.

Doctors fear ‘minimum’ 25% cost rise with NHI

Doctors fear the Bahamas will be left with “a dysfunctional health system” if the Government forges ahead with National Health Insurance (NHI), as the current model is plagued by funding shortfalls and threatens to increase their costs by “a minimum” 25 per cent.

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Sweeting signs with Padres

Evan Sweeting’s baseball journey will continue at the professional ranks with the San Diego Padres organisation.

Red Stripe, Eudeva dominate regatta results

LUNDY Robinson, skipper of both the A Class Red Stripe and B Class Eudeva, dominated the 2013 National Family Island Regatta that was held last month in picturesque Elizabeth Harbour, George Town, Exuma.

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Rose to return for 2nd stint in NBA’s G-League

BAHAMIAN national team guard LJ Rose will return for a second stint in the National Basketball Association’s G-League.

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Bahamas' 'best team ever' in World Cup qualifier 3rd leg

With their biggest task ahead of them, the Bahamas Basketball Federation has fielded its best team ever to play the third leg of the FIBA Americas’ World Cup qualifier.The team is already in Puerto Rico for the first of two games on Thursday when the