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UPDATED: Sol Kerzner dies age 84, PM pays tribute to ‘pioneer in the resort industry’
Hotel tycoon, business magnate and Atlantis developer Sol Kerzner has died age 84.
Sports in brief
THE Baptist Sports Council completed the first week of the 2013 Coca-Cola Softball Classic in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday with the Bahama Island Baptist Association (BIBA) making the most noise.
95 migrants repatriated
NEARLY 100 Haitian migrants were repatriated on Thursday.
Port Lucaya: '95% won't survive further 2 months'
Tenants in Freeport’s Port Lucaya Marketplace are planning a march to highlight their plight, one operator saying yesterday: “I can’t see 95 per cent of us surviving another two months.”Troy Cartwright, who is leading efforts to organise the march, t
Venture fund sees loan repayments drop 16%
The Government-sponsored venture capital fund has seen loan repayment sums fall by up to 16 percent due to the COVID-19 pandemic's devastating impact on clients who received debt financing.
Chisholm hits his first home run in the majors
Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm was searching for a breakthrough at the plate and it finally came in the first at bat of last night’s series finale against the Atlanta Braves.
Realtors turn out for $100m development
The Bahamian real estate industry turned out in force last week for Palm Cay’s reception for its $100m One Marina project, which features 84 luxury condos overlooking a marina.“Inventory is always a major concern for real estate agents and brokers, s
Richard Gibson leads Team Bahamas at CAGC
Team Bahamas teed off yesterday in the 2017 Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships hosted at The Links Casa de Campo Resort in the Dominican Republic.The CAGC is the region’s premier event, played both as an individual stroke play event and as a countr
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: A mad March day for records and retirements
FROM time to time I like to look back at great sports achievements, occurrences and events in sports history.
Navigators, Adventurers claim their gold medals
THE Exuma and Ragged Island Navigators along with the Eleuthera Adventurers brought gold to the Family Islands after winning the basketball segment of the Bahamas Games.
Ayton has 28 points, 12 rebounds in 129-124 loss to Pelicans in overtime
THE Phoenix Suns are mired in a losing streak, but Deandre Ayton continues to enjoy one of his best statistical stretches for the season.
Darville tables new NHI Bill in Parliament
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville yesterday tabled the new National Health Insurance Bill 2022, which once passed will repeal the NHI legislation of 2016.
Dorian 'totally destroys' 80% of fishing industry
Fishermen yesterday said Hurricane Dorian had “totally destroyed” 80 percent of the industry in Abaco and Grand Bahama amid uncertainty over how the government will aid recovery.“Eighty percent of the fisheries sector in Grand Bahama and Abaco is tot
TA Thompson teachers sit out over state of school
THE majority of teachers at T A Thompson Junior High School staged a sit out at the school yesterday over inadequate working conditions.
2017 Youth Games to be biggest held in its history
WITH more than 1,300 athletes from 70 countries expected in town July 18-23, the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) is shaping up to be the biggest held in its history.
SPORTS NOTES
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force, through its title sponsor Fidelity Bank, will hold its annual Fun Run/Walk Race on Saturday, starting at 6am from Goodman’s Bay.
New Fresh Market 'beats' predecessor's first day sales
AML Foods yesterday said its new Solomon’s Fresh Market store at Harbour Bay exceeded the first day sales achieved by its western New Providence counterpart, its chief executive anticipating that a further five-10 staff will need to be hired.
‘This year’s carnival will look less like Junkanoo’
COSTUMES for Bahamas Carnival 2024 will look less like the Junkanoo-themed costumes of years past, according to Bahamas Carnival Association (BCA) president Dario Tirelli.
123 Haitians found near Cay Sal repatriated
ONE hundred and twenty-three Haitians, including children, who were picked up at sea in Bahamian waters recently were flown out of Grand Bahama onboard a Bahamasair flight to Haiti yesterday.
FACE TO FACE: Straight outta Compton - and around the world
You could have been abandoned as a young child, left to fend for yourself in one of the toughest ghettos in America with crime statistics stacked against you, and you could still rise above them to become an international professional basketball player, making money playing a game you love. That’s the testimony of Mahershal Simonet, a passionate and driven man who is making a difference on and off the basketball court. He is a skilful point guard and shooting guard who has played in some 15 countries around the world; now he is in The Bahamas discovering his roots and sowing positive seeds into the lives of children here.
