All results / Stories

PLP chair branded ‘delusional’ as debt ratio soars to 78%

Bradley Roberts was yesterday branded “delusional” for asserting that the Christie administration had “rescued the Bahamas from the brink of the fiscal cliff”, after it emerged that this nation’s debt-to-GDP ratio ended 2016 at 78 per cent.

Tease photo

Oil opponents: BPC gives us ‘no choice’

OIL exploration opponents last night said they have “no choice” but to apply for an injunction halting Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) activities as its drilling ship began its voyage to this nation.

Tease photo

High Flyers win opener

The Breezes High Flyers soared on all cylinders last night as they flew past the Johnson’s Trucking 98-84 to snatch a 1-0 lead in the New Providence Basketball Association men’s division II best-of-five championship series.

Regulators, millionaires win double header

THE Leno Regulators and the Mekaddish Millionaires won the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header played on Wednesday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

Atlantis holds another blood drive

THE Water Features department at Atlantis held another life-saving blood drive in conjunction with Princess Margaret Hospital and Doctors Hospital blood banks. Some 85 pints of blood were donated over the course of three days.

Tease photo

30% auto sales boost if taxes back to 2010

A return to pre-2010 import duty rates would likely boost new car sales by “about 30 per cent”, dealers said yesterday, while calling on the Government to give them up to six months’ warning of planned import tariff changes.

Tease photo

JONQUEL JONES, SUN STAY ALIVE: Connecticut routs Las Vegas 105-76

On a night where Jonquel Jones was awarded her fourth All-WNBA selection, her Connecticut Sun staved off elimination in game three of the WNBA Finals.

Tease photo

Giants blow out Cybots, force game six

The Commonwealth Bank Giants, refusing to roll over and play dead for the second consecutive game, blew out the Mail Boat Cybots by 22 points to stay alive in the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-seven championship series at the AF Adderley Gymnasium last night.

Auto dealers: Numerous VAT questions unanswered

BAHAMIAN auto dealers are still pushing for 11th hour Value-Added Tax (VAT) concessions, with the sector still raising numerous unresolved issues just two weeks prior to implementation.

Tease photo

Ayton scores 14 in win: Suns 1st team to 20 victories

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Paul had 21 points and 10 assists, Jae Crowder added a season-high 19 points and the Phoenix Suns held off the San Antonio Spurs for a 108- 104 win last night.

Tease photo

8PM SKYGuard | Bahamas Dept of Meteorology projected track of Invest 98 (L)

8PM SKYGuard | Bahamas Dept of Meteorology Real-Time satellite long range projected track of future tropical cyclone Invest 98 (L)

Tease photo

Tributes paid to Freeport businessman Donald Roberts

GRAND Bahamians gathered on Friday to remember Freeport businessman Donald "Don" Roberts, the owner of Dolly Madison Home Centre.

Tease photo

Oil explorer in total certainty on $25m well

The Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) top executive has acknowledged it is now better placed than ever before to deliver a first exploratory well in this nation’s waters by mid-2020.Simon Potter told Tribune Business that shareholder approvals at BPC

Ocean Club at ‘full pace’ for its re-opening

The One & Only Ocean Club invested “almost $30 million” in today’s re-opening, with the high-end resort set to hit “full pace” immediately via 85-90 per cent occupancies.

Tease photo

Bahamian players hit court in NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I basketball tipped off Friday night and several Bahamian players were hit the floor for their respective programmes in divisions across the United States.Some of the top performers included Arizona’s Deandre Ayton, Lashann Higgs of th

Regulator: Why didn't broker take us to court?

The Securities Commission yesterday said its decision to share information on a Bahamian broker/dealer's clients with a Canadian regulator was fully "in compliance"

Tease photo

We can get jobless figures down to 6%, insists Minnis

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis insisted that six percent unemployment by next year is achievable, adding officials planned to do this by expanding the tourism sector alone. This expansion, however, will not feature building more hotels, Dr Minnis t

Tease photo

Gov't joins BPC in opposing oil Judicial Review

Environmental activists yesterday accused the Government of "jumping the gun" after it filed legal papers opposing their bid to halt oil exploration in Bahamian waters.

Tease photo

Bahamas ends up 5th overall at Caribbean Amateur Jr Golf Championships

SQUARED off against the best junior golfers in the region, the Bahamas fell one spot off their pace in recent years.

sports inbrief

NPSA ELECTIONS A NUMBER of sporting bodies will conduct their election of officers this year. The first one is the New Providence Softball Association, which is expected to go to the polls 7pm Thursday at Banker's Field, Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. Al