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Car seats for newborns

FREEPORT – Mothers with newborns have been presented with new infant car seats on their discharge from hospital as part of a ‘Safe Baby Car Seat Campaign’ that was recently launched at the Rand Memorial Hospital

Attorney urges Further reform of 'all or nothing' insolvency laws

The Government was yesterday urged to further reform the Bahamas’ “all or nothing” insolvency laws, a leading commercial attorney yesterday describing them as “archaic” and needing to become more “humane”.

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WNBA: Jones and Sun lose opener

GRAND Bahamian native Jonquel Jones and her Connecticut Sun suffered a heart-breaking loss to the New York Liberty as they opened their Women’s National Basketball Association 2022 season on Saturday.

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Giants a series win away from 3-peat

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net The Commonwealth Bank Giants are now just one series win away from three-peating as the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) champions. At DW Davis gym Monday night, the Giants retur

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New advances in prostate treatments

The good news: prostate cancer, if detected early, can be successfully treated, with a 98 percent prostate cancer specific survival ten years after treatment.

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BUSINESS ANALYSIS: Government, China get their desired Baha Mar end

Bank’s takeover raises fresh economic sovereignty questions, writes Neil Hartnell

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MARATHON BAHAMAS: The thrill of victory (with photo gallery)

Despite the interruption of the rain, a pair of Americans - Jonathan Volpi and Amos Desjardins - emerged as the overall male champions of the 7th annual Sunshine Insurance Marathon Bahamas full marathon and half marathon at Arawak Cay yesterday. The women champions were Frenchwoman Marina Peron and Bahamian Vanessa Forbes.

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Marathon Bahamas winners in the spotlight

Despite the interruption of the rain, a pair of Americans - Jonathan Volpi and Amos Desjardins - emerged as the overall male champions of the 7th annual Sunshine Insurance Marathon Bahamas full marathon and half marathon at Arawak Cay yesterday. The women champions were Frenchwoman Marina Peron and Bahamian Vanessa Forbes.

Clubs and Societies 10/17/2014

Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association. - The BPA continues to be the voice for the Pharmacy profession in the Bahamas, and is the leading provider of Continuing Pharmacy Education in the Bahamas. Its members comprise of pharmacists, technicians, educators, and supply management personnel. The BPA has three local chapters, one in the Northern Bahamas (encompassing Grand Bahama and Abaco) and the remaining two based in New Providence, but inclusive of members in Eleuthera, and Exuma. The current membership is approximately 150 members. The BPA is a member of the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (CPA) and the Caribbean Association of Pharmacists. Meetings are held monthly, and are available via video conference and webcast to members outside of New Providence.

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What happened in London won’t stay in London

IF readers permit, I would like to write a ‘part 2’ to my note on the coronation, offering reflections on the impact on the Coronation week, and its lasting impact for the UK and The Bahamas.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: When the public speaks up, bad ideas can be grounded

A UNIQUE thing happened this week. Amid the horror played out on TV screens of violence rocking the Middle East with innocent men, women and children being captured and slaughtered, entire cities and villages burned and destroyed, amidst the burial of a revered Bahamian Cabinet minister who suffered an untimely and shocking death and amidst the tearful memorial for the head boy at QC who died before he had a chance to live, there was a bright and shining light.

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Court: Race ‘sabotage’ worker’s firing justified

The Island School’s former chief administrator, who was fired for bad-mouthing her employer as “a racist and sexist organisation that was willfully breaking” Immigration laws, has had her termination upheld by the Supreme Court.

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Marathon Bahamas student relay winners receive awards

CONTINUING its effort to engage student athletes in the fight against cancer, Scotiabank awarded its student relay winners in the eighth annual Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend.

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Smith finally gets to feel Vince Lombardi Trophy

His role as a player ended in 2015, but after playing on a number of different teams, he ended up back where he started in the National Football League as a professional scout with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

In search of inspiration: Sir Sidney Poitier

What inspires you? We can receive inspiration from a whole lot of things; watching ordinary people accomplish great things, observing people overcome life’s adversities and listen to great motivational and inspirational speakers like Les Brown, Zig

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A new chapter for mother and daughter

When you write a book, it lives on forever in some form. That is the kind of legacy Tosheena Robinson-Blair wanted to create for her daughter, Sierra. But more importantly, she wanted to show her daughter what beautiful things they could create when

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Sound wave therapy for erectile dysfunction

Low intensity shockwave lithotripsy (Li-ESWT) has the great potential to offer a curative treatment for poor blood supply/vasculogenic erectile dysfunction, which is a common cause of poor erections for many men.

THE FINISH LINE: A strange World Championships

LONDON, England: Some strange things happen in sports and the 16th IAAF World Championships has had many moments of its own.

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Walcott ‘the crown jewel’ of Rangers’ signing class

JBLN standout considered to be ‘the next Jazz Chisholm’

From the time he started playing in the Junior Baseball League of Nassau, Sebastian Walcott had the notion that he would one day be a professional baseball player.

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New national record: Pedrya Seymour qualifies for Olympics

A national record and an Olympic Games qualifying performance from high hurdler Pedrya Seymour at the Big Ten Conference Championships highlighted a weekend that saw Shaunae Miller continue her dominance at the IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai, China.