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Rattlers fire to huge win
COACH Kevin “KJ” Johnson and his CI Gibson Rattlers senior girls and boys’ basketball teams were simply too much for the Government High Magicmen to handle as the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s 2023/24 season swung into high gear following the Christmas break.
Coach Yo still happy team is on course
DESPITE losing a big game to Louisiana State University Lady Tigers, Bahamian head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin said she’s still pleased with the way her Ole Miss Lady Rebels basketball team are playing this year.
Concerned with Mount Tabor pulpit
As I approach my 70th birthday this week, a milestone I greet with both gratitude and reflection, I find myself compelled to write to your publication for only the fifth time in my life. My words today are born not out of joy, but out of a deep sense of disappointment and concern for a community that has been an integral part of my life for over two decades – the Mount Tabor Church.
Judge dismisses woman’s injury claim against Commonwealth Brewery Ltd
A SUPREME Court judge dismissed a lawsuit from a former Commonwealth Brewery Limited employee last week after the woman sued the company for injuries she allegedly received after falling over a box at work.
FTX US chief feared $9bn Bahamas ‘risk’
FTX’s US chief has admitted he feared a “risk” that the crypto exchange’s Bahamian liquidators “could be awarded material” sums on their $9bn-plus claim if he failed to settle their dispute.
FTX real estate sell-off can’t cover $256m debt
The sell-off of FTX’s high-end properties “will not be sufficient” to fully repay the $256.3m debt owed to the crypto exchange’s Bahamian subsidiary, it has been asserted.
Mullings soars to new record
AFTER spending the past year working on his technique in a new location, former national decathlon record holder Ken Mullings decided to go back to Urbana, Illinois, to continue his training in his attempt to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in July in Paris, France.
Buddy on the move?
Grand Bahama native Chavano “Buddy” Hield could find himself on a new team roster before the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) trade deadline in early February. The current Indiana Pacers shooting guard has bounced between the starting lineup and bench unit since the start of the 2023-24 NBA season and is now actively involved in trade rumors once again as the February 8 deadline looms.
T-Bird Flyers Classics sees more CARIFTA qualifiers
The 32nd T-Bird Flyers Track and Field Classic was a success not only for event organisers but also athletes vying to compete at the 2024 CARIFTA Games scheduled to take place in St George’s, Grenada.
DEREK SMITH: Companies must adapt to governance changes
This year, governance, risk and compliance (GRC) will continue to evolve rapidly, driven by technological advances, evolving regulatory environments and changing economic conditions. Gartner projects $205bn in end-user spending on risk management and cyber security in 2024, an increase of 14.3 percent from 2015. GRC programmes will become ever-more important as the regulatory landscape becomes more complex.
Graycliff workers enjoy 20% pay increase over five years
The hotel union’s president says the newly-signed industrial agreement with Graycliff will give 50 workers a 20 percent pay rise spread over five years and place them in a “more stable position”.
Hotel union signs industrial agreement with Graycliff
THE Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union signed a five-year industrial agreement with Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant on Friday.
Petroleum retailers fear ‘another nail in the coffin’
Bahamian petroleum retailers yesterday voiced fears that full Business Licence audits will be “just another nail in the coffin” as they push to meet with the Prime Minister over demands for a margin increase.
Boat registration hikes ‘life and death matter’
The Opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday blasted the “cruel” magnitude of the boat registration fee hikes which he branded “a matter of life and death” for his constituency’s subsistence fishermen.
BPSU vote results are not ratified
THE registrar of trade unions declined to certify the results of the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) election after investigating complaints about irregularities, according to Labour director Howard Thompson.
Family hires lawyer after man’s Grand Bahama Shipyard fall
A MAN who fell 60ft from a tanker at the Grand Bahama Shipyard on December 16 has had two surgeries and doctors expect to soon operate on his leg.
Cobras rout Pacers 80-39
The CC Sweeting Cobras senior boys’ basketball team, fresh off their semifinal appearance in the Providence Basketball Club’s Yuletide Classic, made mince meat of the well-rested RM Bailey Pacers.
Four men charged over $2.9m worth of marijuana
FOUR MEN were granted bail yesterday after they were allegedly found with $2.9m worth of marijuana off the coast of Ragged Island last week.
PM renews call on climate financing
The Prime Minister has renewed his charge that there is a “disparity” between the climate changes pledges made by developed countries and the financing required by small island states such as The Bahamas.
PM spokesman defends $2 tourism expansion
The Prime Minister’s spokesman last night said the $2 levy all Bahamian travellers must now pay will be used to finance further development of this nation’s tourism product for the benefit of all.
