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Abaco Schools Sports Association basketball results
Abaco Schools Sports Association Basketball Championships (Best of Three series)
Two champions take home the hardware
The CH Reeves Raptors and DW Davis Royals both repeated as champions for the junior girls and boys division in the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) basketball championships yesterday.
FACE TO FACE: Fighting for the rights of fathers
Children who have a close relationship with their father are twice more likely to find stable employment or enter college after high school. They are 75 percent less likely to have a teen birth; 80 percent less likely to spend time in jail; and half as likely to experience multiple depression symptoms.
EDITORIAL: ‘Are we about hiding the truth?’
“Are we about hiding the truth?” Not our words but those of Philip “Brave” Davis. Not today, but back in 2012, when he was in Opposition.
Mitchell says National Honours Committee could limit number of recipients in years to come
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said the number of people receiving national honours will likely be limited over time.
Two-thirds say Bahamas can end cheques by ‘26
Almost two-thirds of Bahamians believe this nation could be ready for the elimination of cheque payments within the two-year deadline set by the Central Bank to review its goal.
Veteran carpenter loses his $137,280 CGT claim
A carpenter has lost his $137,280 wrongful and unfair dismissal claim against a major Bahamian contractor for whom he worked at regular intervals over 32-and-a-half year period.
Police reveal link over murders of two women
BEFORE she was released from prison, the 39-year-old woman killed on Ragged Island Street on January 31 sent threatening messages to a woman who was killed on South Street and Hospital Lane on January 21, Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander said yesterday.
American man charged with importing guns and ammunition granted bail at $9,500
AN American man with dual citizenship was granted bail yesterday after he was accused of being involved in a firearm smuggling scheme in 2020.
Man accused of stealing $9,000 from woman granted $12,000 bail
A MAN was granted $12,000 bail yesterday after being accused of stealing $9,000 from a woman last week.
Contest for young poets
YOUNG writers can participate in the 2024 Caribbean World Poetry Day Competition for 2024.
Cruise port principal demands $2m back
A PRINCIPAL behind the Long Island cruise port project is demanding that a Bahamian law firm refund him $2m sent for a separate investment deal in the Exumas that “never took place”.
Waste, ‘political attitudes’, bar IMF’s hospital user fee plans
AN ex-health minister says “wastage”, combined with zero political appetite, means the IMF’s call for the imposition of hospital user fees on those “with greatest capacity to pay” is likely a non-starter.
‘Passing mark’ could spark Bahamas’ blacklist escape
A CABINET minister has signalled The Bahamas could escape the European Union’s (EU) tax blacklist within weeks after it received a “passing mark” over a key issue that prevented its removal in late 2023.
Personal income tax not on gov’t ‘agenda’
A CABINET minister has affirmed that the introduction of a personal income tax is “not on our agenda” - not even for the top 10 percent of earners as recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
‘Full cooperation’ expected in tourist rape investigation
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said he expects full cooperation and honesty from all parties as police and the Federal Bureau of Investigations investigate a claim that two American women were sexually assaulted in Grand Bahama earlier this month.
Devynne Charlton powers to world indoor record
Devynne Charlton got the start she expected and the finish anticipated in what she called the “perfect race” as she powered to a world indoor record in the women’s 60 metres hurdles yesterday at the Millrose Games.
Vanderpool breaks his indoor national record in pole vault
IT was another indoor national record-breaking performance for pole vaulter Brenden Vanderpool as he duplicated the same feat at the same venue he established the previous mark last month.
Roadrunners: More athletes qualify for the CARIFTA games
THE Roadrunners’ Diana Lynn Thompson Classic saw more athletes on the track and field attain the CARIFTA qualifying standards on Saturday at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium.
Softball legend Van ‘Lil Joe’ Johnson dies at age of 60
THE Eleuthera Softball Association’s Jets, the New Providence Softball Association’s perennial kingpins Budweiser Eagles and Truckers softball teams and the men’s national softball team, lost one of its most talented and versatile players in the death of Van “Lil Joe” Johnson.
