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Tiger Woods headlines Hero World Challenge

TIGER Woods’ path on the comeback prowl was once again the main storyline to emerge out of the Bahamas this week at Hero World Challenge. Members of the field, including some the world’s top golfers competing at the Albany Golf Course, were not only

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Red Dress Soirée leading lady nominations now open

Nominations for the fourth bi-annual Red Dress Soirée are now open. The Red Dress Soirée honours women leading the way in national development and community building. Submissions are accepted exclusively at www.reddressbahamas.com. The entry deadline

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'Policeman aimed gun at my face' as I was sitting in my car in the driveway

A WOMAN wants an apology from the police after she says an officer approached her car, opened the door and aimed a gun at her face while she sat in the driveway of her son's home.

Baghdatis smashes 4 rackets in one-minute meltdown

By CAROLINE CHEESE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Serena Williams was impressed. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was surprised. Novak Djokovic just couldn't wait to join the hundreds of thousands of people to have viewed online footage of Marcos Baghdat

OFF THE SPECTRUM: Back to school

Can you believe it’s “back to school” already? This can be one of the most chaotic times in the lives of teachers and parents. It can be equally as overwhelming for students, too. After all, they are the ones faced with going into new schools, new gr

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Buddy Hield: 'I want to continue to wear No.24 as a tribute' to Kobe

SEVERAL players have opted to change their jersey number from No.8 or No.24 to honour Kobe Bryant, but Buddy Hield has chosen to continue to wear No.24 as a tribune to the late NBA icon. Hield said that continuing to wear the number and compete at t

Getting older younger

Dedicated to Rena Sands Roberts and Alvina Butler Taylor “A man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Dr Myles Munroe I was born and raised in the United States. I’m not officially a citizen of the Bahama

Officials visit Estonia for e-government training

Senior officials travelled to Estonia for a training exercise designed to further the introduction of e-government, and paperless, more efficient services, in Grand Bahama.Kwasi Thompson, minister of state for Grand Bahama, and Elise Delancy, permane

Insects, not ankle, bug Serena in Aussie comeback

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- If anything, it was the insects buzzing around Rod Laver Arena that bugged Serena Williams the most. The injured left ankle held up fine in her opening match Tuesday at the Australian Open, and eve

Chamber chief: ICT can be next economic pillar 'without fail'

A private sector executive yesterday said information and communications technologies (ICT) can become the next pillar of the Bahamian economy “without fail”.Edison Sumner, the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation’s (BCCEC) chief e

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The embarrassing curve ball in the bedroom

Q: Dear Dr Pinto, I am a 38-year-old married father with an embarrassing problem regarding a distressing curvature of my stiff penis that makes intimacy almost impossible. I am very depressed and my self-esteem is at a low point. Can you as a doctor

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As cases rise to 945, one resident urges young people to take it seriously

AS COVID-19 cases in the country yesterday climbed to 945, an Abaco resident who has the virus says he wants young people to take it more seriously, saying it is “nothing to play around with” even for those with strong immune systems. According to t

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Boxers Hield and Williams eliminated in Round of 32

GOLD COAST, Australia — Carl Hield’s bid for a second medal at the XXI Commonwealth Games was ruined when he faced hometown favourite Terry Nickolas in the Round of 32 in the men’s 69 kilo gram category yesterday at the Oxenford Studies.Hield, 31, lo

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'It's all about getting the job done'

AS THE sixth Bahamian to play in the Major League, Antoan Richardson has had an impact on the local sporting community. He joined the elite field that includes Ed Armbrister, Wilfred ‘Suggy’ Culmer, Tony Curry, Wenty Ford and Andre Rodgers.

Ex-finance minister: Make VAT 'no more' than 7.5%

The proposed Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate should be “no more” than 7.5 per cent, a former finance minister argued yesterday, telling Tribune Business it would be “impossible” to properly implement the new tax by the July 1 target date.

Booth, Rolle win Olympic Day Run

HE didn't get to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games, so Grand Bahamian Delroy Booth decided to come to town and prove that he's fit and ready to compete in

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'BB' Stuarts best leap not good enough for final

LONDON, England — This wasn’t the way national long jump record holder Bianca ‘BB’ Stuart wanted to make her Olympic Games debut.

Don't bucket consumers with marketing dollars

By Scott Farrington

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National Arts Festival visits Abaco

AS the E Clement Bethel National Arts Festival recently started its Abaco adjudications, residents were happy and excited that it is giving Abaconians a change to showcase their talents.

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'It's not the end of the world. When people hear cancer, they think it's a death sentence - it's not'

THE LAST thing 40-year-old Georgina Sturrup expected to hear during a doctor’s visit to regulate her heavy menstrual cycle was that she may have cervical cancer.However, despite the initial terrifying diagnosis and aggressiveness of her condition, Ge