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Solar AC shines for savings light
Where did winter go? Just the other week we were wearing warm jackets, but now it feels like summer is already here. The forecast for this summer, like every year in the Bahamas, is sunny and hot.Normally, this means just one thing: Ya’ll ga sweat. Today, however, we will see how you can use the sizzling summer sun to remain cool.
NPBA Championships: Rockets sweep Giants
WHILE the Discount Distributors Rockets celebrated with a three-game sweep of the New Providence Basketball Association men’s division one championship series, dethroning the Commonwealth Bank Giants, the division II series between the Sun Oil Rockets and the Your Essential Store (YES) Giants will go right down to the wire in the fifth and deciding game.
BVI court criticises Bahamas liquidators
The Bahamian liquidators for an alleged multi-million dollar international fraud have been blasted by a British Virgin Islands (BVI) judge over a “remarkable” and “gratuitous” agreement with a BISX-listed broker/dealer.
Liquidator readies control plan for Alliance accounts
Liquidators for an alleged $340 million Ponzi scheme are planning to apply to the Supreme Court for permission to gain control over six accounts they have been denied access to by a BISX-listed firm’s broker/dealer affiliate.
Tobacco start-up targets up to $10m first year sales
A Bahamian-owned tobacco manufacturing start-up yesterday said it was targeting $5-$10 million in first year gross sales, but warned this and employee hires could be “significantly impacted” if no Excise Tax exemption was forthcoming.
Broker ‘acted in good faith’ on $400m fraud
A BISX-listed company’s principal, and its main broker/dealer subsidiary, are demanding that a US federal lawsuit against them be dismissed because they “acted in good faith and did not receive ill-gotten profits” from an alleged $400 million financial fraud.
BISX-listed firm’s $5m ‘recapitalise’ after SEC settles
A BISX-listed company will have to undergo a $5 million ‘recapitalisation’ as a result of the deal struck by its principal and main subsidiary to settle a lawsuit against them by US federal regulators.
BAISS softball up first on athletic calendar
Several weeks into the academic year, the athletic calendar gets underway for the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools with the 2018 softball season.A total of 38 teams will compete in four divisions this season, with opening pitches
Lightbourne and Dames lead Blue Devils to win over ranked team
BRADLEY Lightbourne, Joshua Dames and their Kansas City Kansas Community College Blue Devils continue to play one of the most difficult schedules in JuCo basketball and defeated their second ranked team of the young season.
Over-65s invited to take COVID vaccine
VACCINATION sites across New Providence will have the capacity to vaccinate over 2,000 people daily once the country has enough supplies, according to the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee Deputy Chair Ed Fields.
PETER YOUNG: Small island developing states should speak with one voice
HAVING written only last week about COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference which opens in Scotland in less than one week, I hesitate to return to the subject today for fear of repetition. But there has been a significant new development and it may also be worth reiterating the importance of the conference to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) which include, of course, The Bahamas.
Jonquel shines in WNBA playoff debut, Sun go home
JONQUEL Jones made her WNBA postseason debut yesterday but a standout game from the league’s Most Improved Player was not enough for her team to advance to the semi-finals.
sports inbrief
TENNIS 2012 BRAJAXBA WINTER CLASSIC 11 Here's a look at the winners in the 2012 Brajaxba Winter Classic Tournament held at the National Tennis Centre over the weekend: MINI-TENNIS A GROUP CHAMPION - Dentry Mortimer RUNNER-UP - Nia Richardson MIN
Beach access may reopen 'within two weeks'
THE collapsed stairway which forced the “temporary closure” of a public access path to Cabbage Beach could reopen within the next two weeks, according to officials at Atlantis who yesterday said repairs are now 75 percent completed. In an update on
CARTOON THAT SENT A SIGNAL
THIS cartoon was taken from a pre-majority rule edition of The Herald, a newspaper that would become a mouthpiece for the governing PLP. This cartoon was part of the party’s strategy to encourage the black electorate to vote out the white oligarchs of the UBP.
$45,000 presented to Governor General’s Youth Awards
NINETY-two players took part in the 14th Annual Duke of Edinburgh Semi-Finals Charity Golf Tournament at Ocean Club Golf Course on Sunday morning in support of the Governor General’s Youth Awards programme.
Jonquel selected to team Stewart for WNBA All-Star game
CONNECTICUT Sun star Jonquel Jones will play her fourth WNBA All- Star game as a member of “Team Stewart.”
PMH halts surgeries after ACs break down
ELECTIVE surgeries at Princess Margaret Hospital have been postponed this week due to nonfunctioning air-conditioning units, the Public Hospitals Authority confirmed yesterday.
10,000 condoms donated to Bahamas AIDS Foundation
The Bahamas AIDS Foundation has received a donation of 10,000 condoms from Builders Mall; Tile King, FYP, The Paint Centre, AC Depot and Liquid Courage.
Men’s national basketball team splits wins with Jayhawks
TEAM Bahamas, with the newest addition of Phoenix Suns guard Eric Gordon, split games 1-1 against the University of Kansas (KU) Jayhawks this past weekend in Puerto Rico.
