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Sprint champ Bailey charged with drunken driving
TORONTO (AP) -- Former sprint champion Donovan Bailey has been charged with drunken driving. The 1996 Olympic champion from Canada has been charged with having a blood-alcohol level of more than 80 milligrams while driving in Toronto. The Toronto Star repo
Receivers set aside $3m for Baha Mar preferential claims
Baha Mar’s receivers have set aside $3 million to pay potential preferred creditors of 17 companies that formed the ownership structure created by original developer, Sarkis Izmirlian.
US seeks $95m over Freeport prescription drug 'scheme'
THE US government is seeking $95 million from a Canadian citizen charged with using a Freeport-based pharmacy, licensed by the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA), to export and sell illegal prescription drugs to US citizens.
Inner Wheel making masks to meet demand
WITH the government now ordering people to wear face masks when they leave their residence to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, members of the Inner Wheel Club of East Nassau has started to make them.
Making face masks to help workers
WITH the government now ordering people to wear face masks when they leave their residence to help stop the spread of COVID-19, members of the Inner Wheel Club of East Nassau have started to make them. “When it became clear that wearing a mask, even
In the NPBA, Stingers rout UB Mingoes, Stampers top Eagles Nest
THE PJ’s Stingers stung the University of the Bahamas Mingoes 87-69 and the Triple K Stampers stomped past the Leno Eagles Nest 97-94 as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
$2bn current deficit not so problematic
The Bahamas’ annual $2 billion current account deficit is “not as fickle” as many outsiders think, a former finance minister yesterday pointing out that this was traditionally balanced by foreign capital inflows.
Can Bay Street survive ‘til cruise ships return?
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar has questioned whether Bay Street can “hold on” for the return of the cruise ship market, which is the lifeline of businesses down town.
Man admits forging U.S. currency
A 25-year-old man was fined $6,000 for forging Bahamian and American dollar bills to purchase items from two businesses last week.
Jonquel Jones named WNBA Eastern Player of the Week
JONQUEL Jones of the Connecticut Sun and Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks were yesterday named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week respectively, for games played June 12-18.
Man accused of series of armed raids
A 20-year-old man was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with robbing nine people of more than $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise in the last six months.Edward Colebrooke, also known as “EJ”, stood before Chief Magistrate Joyann F
S&P’s higher deficits on VAT ‘uncertainties’
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has agreed that there are “indeed uncertainties” surrounding Value-Added Tax (VAT) implementation, and is less optimistic than the Government in projecting a 3 per cent fiscal deficit for 2015-2016.
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And now for the weather on Mars, courtesy of new NASA lander
And now for the weather on Mars: NASA’s newest lander is offering daily reports on the red planet’s frigid winter.
Oil opponents ‘won’t be priced out’ over $200k costs award
Oil exploration opponents yesterday pledged they will “not be priced out of justice” after the Supreme Court ordered them to find $200,000 to cover Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) “security for costs”.
Bahamas’ ‘first class fills before economy’
The Bahamas’ tourism rebound is seeing “first class fill up before economy class”, a Cabinet minister said yesterday, estimating that as much as 80 percent of the industry’s economic impact has returned.
Atlantis targeting $130m investment by end-2018
Atlantis’s top executive yesterday revealed that the Paradise Island destination resort is likely to invest a further $130 million to upgrade its amenities by 2018 year-end.Howard Karawan, its president and managing director, said “north of $80 milli
151 new cases of COVID-19, death toll rises to 80
The Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that there were 151 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths. One death which was under investigation has now been confirmed as COVID-19 related.
Trevon Grant looks to emerge as a leader for Axemen
HEADED into his senior season, Trevon Grant looks to emerge as a leader for the Acadia Axemen basketball programme.Through six preseason contests thus far, Grant has averaged 12 points and 5.8 rebounds per game to lead the Axemen to a 4-2 record in e
Deyton Albury and Paul Greene help Chipola move up in NJCAA rankings
DEYTON Albury and Paul Greene continue to lead Chipola’s ascent up the national rankings while Emmanuel Alexandre and Colin Storr’s production continue to lead the group of Bahamians at Northeast Community College.