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US couture designer takes Bahamian handbag course
US couture designer takes Bahamian handbag course By Teri M. Bethel Couture designer Dianne Edwards of Milwaukee, USA, has taken a texture painting and handbag course to add new skills to her creative arsenal. As a fashion designer from her youth, Mrs
'Don't kill me in front of my family': Singer Sammi Starr describes being robbed at gunpoint
SINGER Sammi Starr begged gunmen "Please don't kill me in front of my family" as he was robbed outside his home while his children called his name.
Record-breaker Shaunae wins 200m gold
GOLD Coast, Australia: On a night when three Bahamians mounted the podium to receive their medals at the XXI Commonwealth Games, Shaunae Miller-Uibo received the gold from Jamaica's retired icon Usain Bolt for her record breaking performance in the women's 200 metre final.
Sports in brief
A NUMBER of athletes have registered to participate in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ final Carifta trials - set to begin 5pm today and continue 6pm Saturday - at the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.
Record run for Shaunae
FRESHMAN Shaunae Miller, the moast decorated athlete expected home to represent the Bahamas at the Carifta Games next month, inked her name in the record books at the University of Georgia in just her first appearance in an indoor event in her specialty in the women’s 400 metres over the weekend for the Lady Bulldogs.
POLITICAL POLICE UNIT? BRING IT ON.
By PACO NUNEZ Tribune news editor IT is generally accepted that the use of law enforcement to intimidate or suppress political rivals is the sign of an authoritarian government. Talk of secret police units invokes sinister nightmares from the past - the
Bahamas 'must rid itself of the tax haven label'
THE Bahamas “must rid itself of the ‘tax haven’ label”, a senior financial executive said yesterday, after it escaped any further correspondent banking losses at the European Union’s (EU) hands. Tanya McCartney, the Bahamas Financial Services Board’s
NPSA ACTION
THE New Providence Softball Association has rescheduled the start of its 2019 postseason. Instead of starting the best-of-five playoffs on Thursday night in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex, they will now begin on Saturday nig
AOS gold partner for the 50th Golden Jubilee CARIFTA Games
LEADING by example as they put their “money where their mouth is,” Accounting Outsource Services Limited came on board as a Gold Partner for the 50th Golden Jubilee CARIFTA Games.
sports inbrief
VOLLEYBALL BVF GETS SUPPORT THE Bahamas Olympic Committee presented the Bahamas Volleyball Federation with $7,000 to replace uniforms stolen from the truck of first vice president Joseph 'Joe Moe' Smith during a practice session at the Kendal Isaacs Gymna
Sports in brief
Sports in brief SOFTBALL NPOTSA RESULTS THE New Providence Oldtimers Softball Association continued its regular season action in the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreation Grounds over the weekend. The following results wer
Let’s Swim Bahamas: Dignitaries get ‘first-hand experience’ at UB pool
FOR the past 15 years, the husband and wife team of Andy and Nancy Knowles have been stress-ing the importance of “learning to swim” through their Let’s Swim Bahamas programme.
How free was speech in the Seventies?
A READER of this column on The Tribune's website - Tribune242.com - commented that although he was "not a supporter of the PLP, at least their members are able to voice dissent. To not be able to do so," he wrote, "leads one down the slippery slope to a de facto dictatorship, which is where we unfortunately are as a country -- a dangerous cross roads indeed."
ACCORDING TO ME: The Cuban fiasco's biggest abuser
THE Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas spoke this week on the current Cuban detainees controversy, telling the country he leads that he is both “worried” and “concerned” about our nation’s reputation – a reputation that has once again become tarnished in large part by the actions of one of his Ministers – Ministers he ought to keep in check as head of the Cabinet.
DIANE PHILLIPS: We drive by them every day, stick thin faces hiding a story few of us care to listen to
The first time I met Jennie (not her real name), she was the picture of all-American wholesomeness, the kind of girl who looked like she was raised near the cornfields of Iowa or flew in fresh from the cheese belt of Wisconsin. Long, dark hair with sun streaks running through it, bright, light brown eyes, full of life and anticipation. I’d guess her age to be in her late 20s.
Buddy Hield leads Sooners to final four
For the second consecutive year, the NCAA Men's Division I Tournament will feature a Bahamian player amidst the Final Four of "March Madness".
3rd annual Top Elite Showcase ends today
SOME of the top high school basketball players have a chance to showcase their skills at the AF Adderley Gymnasium as the third annual Top Elite Showcase takes place.At least 12 coaches from high schools and colleges in the United States are in town
McAlpine: 'Agenda' behind negative feedback on Dominica stance
PINERIDGE MP Rev Fredrick McAlpine yesterday suggested that negative feedback directed at him for his critical stance on the government's proposed aid for Dominica, was due to "another agenda at play".
Baptist Sports Council's 2013 Basketball Classic heating up
THE action is starting to heat up in the Baptist Sports Council’s 2013 Basketball Classic with only two teams in each of the three divisions still undefeated.
Boxers ready for battle at the Independent Cup
KESHNO Major, Rashield Williams, Ronald Woodside and Godfrey Strachan will carry the Bahamian flag at the AIBA’s annual Independent Cup in the Dominican Republic next month as they begin the trek towards the 2016 Olympic Games.