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Chisholm’s 3B, 2B lead Marlins over Phillies for series win
JASRADO “Jazz” Chisholm Jr continues to emerge as the face of the Miami Marlins franchise and his hot start to the season has him among the team leads early in the 2022 season.
NPBA Championships: Rockets sweep Giants
WHILE the Discount Distributors Rockets celebrated with a three-game sweep of the New Providence Basketball Association men’s division one championship series, dethroning the Commonwealth Bank Giants, the division II series between the Sun Oil Rockets and the Your Essential Store (YES) Giants will go right down to the wire in the fifth and deciding game.
Learning how to restore mangrove population
MANGROVE education and training is underway on Grand Bahama for some 30 participants at the Rand Nature Centre as part of a major Mangrove Restoration Project by Waterkeepers Bahamas and Earthcare Bahamas.
Fuel costs up - and so is price of fish and hot cross buns
THE rising cost of fuel coupled with inflationary pricing at grocery stores have sparked price increases among fishermen and bakeries that produce the Easter season favourite - hot cross buns.
STATESIDE: Putin and his ‘lost’ Ukraine
IRREDENTISM is a ten-dollar word most often employed to describe the origins of wars and other geopolitical disagreements. Irredentism means political or popular movements whose members claim and seek to occupy territory on behalf of their nation that they consider “lost” to their nation, based on history or legend.
Governor General is released from hospital
GOVERNOR General Sir Cornelius A Smith has been released from Doctors Hospital and is now “resting comfortably” at home, according to a statement from his office.
Trying to avoid an Easter shutdown
ECONOMIC Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis said the government is planning to meet with the Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association today to address their concerns about rising fuel prices, among other things.
Deterring gangs
As the debates are being discussed about the legal age of consensual sex at age 16 or 18 with a young teenager there are some things to examine and consider that are impacting the social issues with families in the Bahamas. For too long young teenage girls 14,15,16 and 17 were having babies as a single parent.
Da Boyz win the Old Timers Memorial Softball Tournament
WITH renovations at the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreational Grounds not completed yet, the New Providence Old Timers Softball Association staged their first Memorial Softball Tournament over the weekend at the Bankers Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
Gas station shut down to ‘bring country to halt’
A gas station shut down would “bring the country to a halt” and threaten the “nascent recovery” from COVID-19, a governance reformer warned yesterday, adding that such a move would be “ill-advised”.
Strachan and Colts get set for offseason training
In less than a week, Mike Strachan and the Indianapolis Colts will begin their offseason training regimen in preparation for the 2022 season.
Two game leads in NPBA best of five championship series
THE Giants basketball teams are at opposite ends of the spectrum against the Rockets as the New Providence Basketball Association began its best-of-five championship series over the weekend at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
Super Value chief: Food price peak ‘in 6 months’
Super Value’s principal is optimistic that soaring global food prices could peak “in six months’ time” as it relies on high warehouse inventories and “forward bookings” to mitigate the impact on Bahamian consumers.
Gas dealers: 50% margin rise to avoid Easter strike
Gas station operators are seeking a 50 percent margin increase and for its calculation to be based on a percentage, as opposed to a fixed amount, amid threats that up to 80 percent of them may strike this Easter weekend.
PETROL STRIKE FOR EASTER WEEKEND? Operators say they are struggling to survive as fuel costs increase
THE leadership of the Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association is trying to ward off a planned Easter weekend strike by around 80 percent of operators who say their businesses are struggling to survive the economy compounded by the rising cost of fuel.
Bahamians land minor league assignments
MORE Bahamian minor league prospects received their minor league assignments to begin the 2022 season this week.
GB ‘is famous for pipeline projects’
A Grand Bahama businessman yesterday said the island is “famous for having things in the pipeline” and he will believe the Grand Lucayan has been sold when he sees it.
Old timers softball returns this weekend
After missing two years of competition, the New Providence Old Timers Softball Association will return to action this weekend (April 9th and 10th, 2022) with a memorial tournament, but at a different venue under new leadership.
Ras Jesse Delancy is Benedict College’s all-round volleyball player of the year
RAS Jesse Delancy, who helped to form a Bahamian connection to start a vibrant men’s volleyball programme at Benedict College Tigers, is having an exceptional season.
BID to end ‘piecemeal’ Bay Street approach
The Downtown Nassau Partnership’s (DNP) co-chair yesterday renewed calls for Bay Street and surrounding areas to be designated as a Business Improvement District (BID) to escape the “piecemeal” approach to redevelopment.
