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Florida State league finals cancelled due to Dorian

CHAVEZ Young and the Dunedin Blue Jays were one of the top contenders for a Class-A Advanced title. However, Hurricane Dorian preempted those plans. Florida State League President Ken Carson announced yesterday that the Florida State League final we

'Greater risk' for insurers if 90-day cover eliminated

Eliminating 90-day “cover notes” will fail to curb uninsured drivers while increasing the risk faced by insurance companies, the Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chair warned yesterday.Emmanuel Komolafe told Tribune Business there was a mistaken

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NPBA: Giants, Stingers in win column

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants were on the right end of a blowout and the PJ Stingers withstood a late charge to score wins in the New Providence Basketball Association on Saturday night.

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Super Value chief urges 'drastic action' over copper thieves

Super Value president Rupert Roberts has urged the Government to take “drastic action” against copper thieves, warning that they were delaying employment for 75 Bahamians after hitting the former City Markets South Beach store three times.

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'Buddy Buckets' season high 23 in win over the Grizzlies

Buddy Hield followed up Tuesday’s disappointing game with a season high in scoring and minutes played as a part of a new-look, fast-paced Sacramento Kings offence.Hield finished with 23 points on 10-20 shooting from the field, including 3-6 from thre

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Psychiatric tests for flasher

A PSYCHIATRIC evaluation has been ordered for a man who appeared in Magistrate’s Court accused of exposing his genitalia in a public space.

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Cybots celebrate

Practice makes perfect. Just ask the Mail Boat Cybots. Whenever they were not playing, win or lose, coach Wayde Watson had his Cybots in the gym preparing for their next game in the New Providence Basketball Association men’s best-of-seven championship series. Now they can look back and celebrate as the new champions.

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Commonwealth Bank Giants stay alive

Jeffery Henfield said the Commonwealth Bank Giants were not yet ready to end their postseason in the New Providence Basketball Association.

Hotels looking to extend lay-offs

The Bahamian resort industry is awaiting the government’s formal response to concerns that hotels will be forced to pay full termination pay to staff when the mandatory 90-day period expires. Michael Reckley, executive vice president of the Bahamas

Swift swimmers compete at Auburn

SIX Swift swimmers represented the Bahamas at the Auburn Masters Swimming Invitational. They won 13 races and had six second place finishes. The meet took place at the Auburn University swim complex that is to host the women's NCAA Championships next mont

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Jonquel Jones is the MVP frontrunner in EuroLeague

Jonquel Jones’ double double streak recently came to an end but she remains the frontrunner to claim another MVP award this season.

Bank chief slams ‘selfish’ education loan deadbeats

The Clearing Banks Association’s (CBA) president yesterday slammed the “selfish mentality” of delinquent student borrowers who have exposed Bahamian taxpayers to a $100m liability.

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CARIFTA: Triathletes in tie for 5th

The Bahamas’ 20-member team to this year’s CARIFTA Triathlon and Aquathlon returned home from Kingston, Jamaica, with four medals and a tied fifth-place finish with Aruba.The team, coached by brothers Dorian and Cameron Roach, got a silver medal from

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Troubled Arizona loses 98-93 to Oregon

AMID controversy, Bahamian collegiate basketball star DeAndre Ayton produced one of his best games of the season, but his Arizona Wildcats fell short in their bid to claim a share of the PAC-12 regular season title.

‘No big improvement’ to $1.3bn bad loans in 2015

The $100 million Bank of the Bahamas ‘bail out’ helped to staunch the industry’s 2014 bad loan bleeding, but “no significant improvement” to this problem is expected in 2015.

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Munnings makes his debut in Portugal, Fritz signs on with new club in Spain

TRAVIS Munnings made his debut with a new club in Portugal while Shaquillo Fritz signed on with a new club for the upcoming 2021 season in Spain.

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STATESIDE: Watching the election

FOR months, headlines have screamed out warnings that the future of American democracy was at stake in Tuesday’s elections.

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UPDATED: Teenager is first murder of year

Police are investigating after a man died following a shooting on Market Street on New Year’s Day.

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Atlantis ‘close to 90%’ occupancy in coming weeks

Atlantis will operate at “close to 90 percent occupancy” over the next few weeks, its top executive revealed yesterday, with all properties apart from the Beach Towers having re-opened post-COVID.

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Atlantis to add 192 jobs 'within a week'

Atlantis is adding 192 new jobs “within a week” through the opening of Olives Restaurant and expanded high-end casino lounge, its top executive yesterday disclosing the resort was eyeing July-August occupancies in the mid-high 80 per cent range.