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NPBA: Giants vs Rockets, Bucket vs High Flyers in Championships

BOTH championship matchups in the New Providence Basketball Association are all set and the quest for the 2018 title is down to its final series.The Commonwealth Bank Giants and Aliv Bucket Team advanced with wins on Wednesday night to conclude the s

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Mingoes hold off fightback

The University of the Bahamas Mingoes led the Leno Regulators by as much as 28 points, but in the fourth quarter of their New Providence Basketball Association’s division one match-up on Friday night, UB almost let the Regulators back in the game.

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Locals take on "Nature Walk" for diabetes cause

SOME walked, while others chose to jog or cycle through acres of Bahamian Coppice during the ACE Diabetes Nature Walk, Saturday.
Participants followed Terry Miller, president of the Bahamas Association for Social Health (BASH), through the trails, while taking note of the natural vegetation and wildlife.

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2018: A year of career-defining moments for our shining stars

It was a year that displayed the diversity of Bahamian sports across many disciplines and career-defining moments for many of the country’s superstars and stars on the rise.

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97 Haitians guilty of illegal landing

NEARLY 100 Haitian migrants appeared before Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux yesterday and were convicted of illegal landing. The 97 migrants were ordered early deportation. This group included 86 men and 11 women. They were turned over to immigrat

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Joanna Evans: The Tribune's Athlete of the Year

A DIVERSE group representing a wide cross section of sporting disciplines, the “committee” (of one) has narrowed the selection for the Tribune’s Junior Athlete of the Year to a star-studded list.

Sports Notes

THE top scorer and MVP in Financial Bowling League competition Wednesday night was Stan Bethell of the Strike Force with a 222 second high game and a huge 633 three game set.

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GAS DEALERS WANT 30 CENT INCREASE – Association: Govt discussed change to fuel margins

Petroleum retailers say they refuse to become "paupers" as they intensify demands for a 30 cent per gallon margin increase which they have been seeking to obtain from the Government since April 2022.

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Bahamian trio help Knights’ battle for OCAA playoff spot

WITH just the regular season finale left to play, the Bahamian trio for the Niagara College Knights will need to finish the year strongly and hope for a little help if they are to make a post-season run.

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World’s best lady golfers ‘Pure as Silk’ in Classic

A mainstay on the Bahamas’ sports tourism calendar for the immediate future, the Ladies Professional Golfers Association (LPGA) Pure Silk-Bahamas Classic is set to tee off in just over two weeks featuring the best 120 female golfers in the world.

COB Northern Campus set for new buildings thanks to $3m gift

A NEW dormitory and multi-purpose facility will be built at the College of the Bahamas northern campus thanks to a $3m gift from the Grand Bahama Port Authority.

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Deficit cut by ‘two-thirds’

PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday boasted of his administration’s fiscal achievements during the last financial year as he expressed optimism in the continued growth of the economy going into the 2015/2016 budget cycle.

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Official police statistics show 3% rise in murder

DESPITE a three per cent increase in murder last year, Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade said yesterday that serious crimes in the Bahamas decreased by 18 per cent in 2014 compared to 2013.

Over $5m stolen from businesses in police cases

More than $5 million worth of cash and goods were stolen from Bahamian businesses in the 379 cases reported to the police during 2014, it was revealed yesterday.

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Police ‘failed’, says Nottage

LAW enforcement has “failed” in attempts to lower the country’s murder count, National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage admitted yesterday.

Activist: Talk to the residents, don't lock down communities

MONTELL Heights Community Development Association President Clinton Minnis yesterday called on National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage to reconsider the government’s proposals to initiate lock downs of notorious criminal areas in the capital.

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Buddy Hield set for NBA Draft Combine

THIS week marks an important step on Buddy Hield’s path toward the National Basketball Association (NBA) as the top collegiate and international prospects look to increase their stock ahead of next month’s Draft.

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Bahamas to field its best team ever: FIBA Pre-Olympic qualifier August 14-20

With National Basketball Association’s DeAndre Ayton and Eric Gordon all committed to joining Chavano “Buddy” Hield and Kai Jones, the Bahamas is expected to field its best team for the Pre-Olympic Qualifier in Santiago de Estero, Argentina.

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No answers as brothers' case delayed again

THE end of a six-year dispute between the millionaire Weissfisch brothers may not be in immediate sight as the hearing was rescheduled again yesterday morning. The hearing before the Court of Appeal is now set

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APPEAL IN MILLIONAIRES' DISPUTE MUST WAIT UNTIL AFTER ELECTION

YESTERDAY'S Appeal Court hearing, expected to end the six-year dispute between the millionaire Weissfisch brothers, did not go ahead as scheduled. It is understood the hearing was rescheduled for May 9 -- two days after the general election. The dispute st