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Junior college basketball prospects soak up early season success in US

BAHAMIAN basketball prospects have teamed up at the junior college level across the United States and have experienced early season success with their respective programmes.

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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Hurricane Nicole

Speaking this evening, Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper said in Eleuthera, Andros and New Providence “schools and universities will resume classes tomorrow (Thursday) and all government workers are asked to return to duty.

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No resolution over food price control ‘stalemate’

The Bahamian food distribution industry was last night said to have reached a “stalemate” over efforts to strike a price control deal with the Government via a 1,000-strong product list designed to “more than half-way” meet its demands.

36 people evacuated from Sweeting’s Cay

THIRTY-SIX residents from Sweeting’s Cay were evacuated yesterday afternoon from East Grand Bahama where coastal flooding is expected to occur with the passage of Tropical Storm Nicole.

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UB Mingoes cut down The Mambas 82-65

IF the University of The Bahamas Mingoes season opener is any indication of how strong the team is going to be this season, then the rest of the league should watch out.

Former pro boxers Bowe and Pratt celebrate birthdays

FORMER professional boxers David ‘Sugar’ Bowe and Quincy ‘Thrill- A-Minute’ Pratt shared their birthdays together on Thursday before Pratt spent some time in church with his former rival Ray Minus Jr on Sunday.

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UPDATED: Hurricane warning in effect for Grand Bahama, Abaco, Bimini, and Berry Islands

NICOLE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…

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WORLD VIEW: US Mid-term elections - a defining moment

DEMOCRACY is at stake in the country that proclaims itself as the world’s bastion of democracy.

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INSIGHT: Murder rate soaring - so what will we do?

I’LL be honest – I don’t really understand what the government’s strategy is when it comes to tackling crime.

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Serious crimes up on last year in Grand Bahama

SIX murders have been recorded on Grand Bahama so far this year and serious crimes are slightly up compared to last year, according to a senior police official.

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Astros win World Series

HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit a moon shot that sent Space City into a frenzy, and the Houston Astros to their second World Series title.

Knights, Lions win cross country titles

THE CR Walker Knights and the HO Nash Lions emerged as the overall high and junior school champions of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s Cross Country Championships over the weekend.

QC Comets are BAISS swimming champions

THE Queen’s College Comets celebrated as champions as the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ swim championships returned to the calendar after a two-year hiatus because of COVID-19.

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Bahamian players, coaches all set for NCAA Division I basketball tip-off tonight

THE NCAA Division I basketball season is set to tip off tonight with several Bahamian players on the court, and coaches on the sidelines representing their respective programmes.

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Taking a chance to grow ideas

“KEYRON, why would you leave your good position and secure job to go work for a non-profit on a family island? You realise they get their money from donations, right!?”

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11,000 received food assistance in October

MORE than 11,000 Bahamians received food assistance from the Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development last month, according to its minister yesterday.

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Shot German men were regular visitors

SOUTH Andros MP Leon Lundy revealed yesterday that the German men who were victims in a shooting that left one dead and the other injured were regular visitors to the island.

Beyonce’s blasphemy

BISHOP Patrick L Wooden of the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina has taken grave exception to Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s “Denial” poem. The poem was penned by a British poet of Somali extraction, Warsan Shire, and is featured in the Beyoncé 2016 “Lemonade” album as a prelude to the second tract “Hold Up.”

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‘A healthy Jazz is a really good year for the Marlins’

New Miami Marlins manager, Skip Schumaker, said he has already met with Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr and both are excited about the future plans for the All- Star second baseman.

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Mackey Jr and Levarity get double doubles in win

BOTH Bahamian players posted double doubles to bring an end to Lyon’s two game skid in France’s Nationale Masculine 1 League.