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Women’s retreat to reveal God’s blueprint for success

Angel Livas, founder of the Woman Behind the Business Retreat, always ensured she had a spiritual undertone to her events, but struggled to weave God into her programmes in a meaningful way.

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65-member CARIFTA team named

FOLLOWING its final trials over the weekend, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations has released a list of 65 athletes named to the team that will represent the Bahamas at the 2017 Carifta Games in Curacao over the Easter holiday weekend.

OECD urged G-20 to press Bahamas over tax exchange

The world’s most powerful nations were earlier this year urged to pressure the Bahamas into agreeing to the multilateral approach for automatic tax information exchange, something it has so far resisted.

Gov't targeting 20% procurement savings

The Government is targeting savings of up to 20 per cent through planned public procurement reforms, while aiming to annually award the same percentage value to Bahamian small businesses.

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Moss, Armbrister turning heads on the hardwood

BAHAMIAN female basketball players at the collegiate level have had an immediate impact with their respective clubs, winning a series of early season accolades.

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UPDATE: Three men die in separate shooting and stabbing incidents

THE murder toll in the Bahamas in 2015, already at record annual levels, has risen further with three killings in three separate incidents in 20 hours between Friday night and Saturday afternoon.

ICTs cited as ‘enabler’ for sustainable cities

Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) can be used as ‘enablers’ to tackle environmental challenges and build sustainable cities, an adviser to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said yesterday.

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UPDATED: Man shot dead on Mount Royal Avenue

POLICE are investigating the murder of a young forklift operator at Mount Royal Avenue early on Friday morning.

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Cybots take 3-1 lead

THE Bamboo Shack Cybots moved one game closer to winning the Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association’s 2014 championship title.

20th anniverary of Festival Noel

FESTIVAL Noel celebrates its 20th anniversary tomorrow at the Rand Nature Centre, Grand Bahama, a highlight of the Bahamas National Trust’s annual calendar.

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Canon John Clarke remembered

THE funeral service was held yesterday for Canon John Colin Clarke, who died on Saturday, August 20, at Doctors Hospital.

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Jailed over gun he took from fighting neighbours

A 20-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for a year for possession of a gun he said he took from his fighting neighbours last week.

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Cornish pleads not guilty to charges of rape, assault and death threats

NORTH Abaco MP Kirk Cornish yesterday denied accusations that he raped, assaulted and threatened to kill a woman earlier this year.

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PM to meet with Pope Francis

Prime Minister Philip Davis departed the capital on Thursday for Rome, Italy, where he will meet with His Holiness, Pope Francis.

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Man in court on unlawful sex charge

A 20-year-old man was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services after being accused of having sex with a woman against her will when they were both teenagers.

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Bahamian on board as boat intercepted

ALMOST 100 people, mostly from Haiti but including one Bahamian, who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days, according to the US Coast Guard.

Parker on fire as Spurs take 2-0 lead

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- San Antonio is halfway to turning the Western Conference finals into a runaway. Tony Parker scored 34 points, Manu Ginobili added 20 and the Spurs stayed perfect in the playoffs with a 120-111 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game

Man on drug charges

A 20-year-old man was arraigned yesterday in connection with a drug seizure at the Lynden Pindling International Airport earlier this week.

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Red-Line team in action in Florida

THE Red-Line Athletics Track Club took a 32-member team, accompanied by 20 parents to the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Club Championships over the weekend in Satellite Beach, Florida where they turned in some credible performances.

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Pair charged with illegal firearm possession

TWO young men were charged with illegal firearm and ammunition possession in the Freeport Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Keiano Bethel, 20, of Independence Drive, Heritage Subdivision, and Geovano Oliver, 21, of Sandilands Circle, Yoeman’s Wood, appe