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Percy and Andy Knowles bring home the hardware
AT the 2017 Auburn Masters Invitational swim meet earlier this month, the father and son team of Percy and Andy Knowles continued their representation for masters swimming in the country and for SWIFT Swimming as they won a total of nine races between them.
Women urged to be leaders
Bahamian women were encouraged to be leaders in every facet of their lives during a recent seminar hosted by University of the Bahamas.
Retailer’s 82% sales fall Bazaar ‘deja vu’
A veteran Freeport retailer says he is suffering International Bazaar “deja vu” with sales across his two Lucaya-area stores down 82 per cent since Hurricane Matthew.
GAIN AN EDGE – Affording BTVI: A world of options
During these economically challenging times, students pursuing technical education may have questions about affording tuition, fees, books and tools while at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI).
INSIGHT: China’s debt trap diplomacy
Accepting promises of benevolent investment and easy credit from China are coming back to haunt developing countries. Brahma Chellaney reports from India . . .
Island life inspires music icon Mike Oldfield
He has sold more than 20 million records worldwide and won numerous awards. His move to the Bahamas was supposed to signal his retirement, but the composer of the famous “Exorcist” theme tells Cara Hunt how the beautiful island surroundings have reignited his creative passion, how Rose Island almost cost him his Olympics call and about the mysteries of Nassau traffic.
Big Red Machine win 27th title in school history
THE streak begins once again for St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine as they regained Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ Track and Field Championship title.
Big Red Machine takes BAISS Track and Field title
The St. Augustine’s College Big Red Machine regained the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools‘ Track and Field Championships in come from behind fashion to claim the 27th meet title in the school’s history.
IDB joins with university to focus on early education
AS part of an ongoing collaboration, the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) and the University of The Bahamas (UB) hosted the launch of ‘Development in the Americas’ on Thursday at UB’s Harry C Moore Library Auditorium.
SAC surges into lead
It was a dominant performance from the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine on day two of the BAISS Track and Field Championships, and now sets the stage for a thrilling finish in today’s finale.
SPORTS NOTES
THE Elite Basketball Club and the Rockets won the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday.
Just 15% of insolvent broker’s assets located
An insolvent Bahamian broker/dealer’s liquidators have recovered just 15 per cent of its identified assets, while clawing back minimal sums from its former principal and overdrawn clients.
29% qualification rate over Mortgage Relief
A Cabinet Minister yesterday said 29 per cent of troubled borrowers contacted to-date had completed the requirements to enter the Government’s Mortgage Relief Plan, although he emphasised that this - and other legal changes - were “not a panacea” for the Bahamas’ housing crisis.
A gift for Kaylee to help treat diabetes at home
SIX-year-old diabetic Kaylee Hanchell will be able to have her blood sugar levels diagnosed at home after the donation of a life saving device by CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.
BA director Richard Peyton Woodson dies, aged 93
RICHARD Peyton Woodson III, a director of British American Insurance Company (BA) for three decades and its Chairman for 12 years until 1986, has died aged 93.
Comets strike on day 1
Eleven new meet records were set, and the two-team race for the 2017 Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools Track and Field title has already developed atop the standings following day one.
Fresh protest by residents over industrial plant pollution
THE Pinder’s Point/Lewis Yard Environmental Committee staged a protest on Tuesday in front of the Harold DeGregory Government Complex in Grand Bahama, where they continued calls for the relocation of residents from the five settlements near the industrial plants.
30th St Valentine’s Massacre in Montagu Bay this weekend
WITH the Valentine’s Day celebrations over and done with, Eleazor ‘the Sailing Barber’ Johnson now switches his attention to his 30th Annual St Valentine’s Massacre in Montagu Bay this weekend.
SPORTS NOTES
THE University of the Bahamas Mingos and the Commonwealth Bank Giants won the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header at AF Adderley Gym Monday night.
Put 20% water heat savings in the tank
ONE of my clients recently told me he takes cold showers most of the year. He is from the islands, and that makes him used to it, he said. But with winter here, he called me to his home to check out water heating options. The one thing foremost on his mind? Tankless water heating.
