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THE PRESS BOX: The Cowboys can beat the Saints again

LAST season the Dallas Cowboys beat the New Orleans Saints due to a very good defensive effort.

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NPBA: 'Biggest season to date' expected

THE New Providence Basketball Association is set to get its preseason underway next week and president Keith Smith said he expects it to be the “biggest season to date” for the country’s top basketball league.

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UB golfers turn in solid performance at first ever international competition

MIAMI SHORES, Florida – The University of the Bahamas’ golf team turned in respectable scores after the team’s first ever international competition against Johnson and Wales University and Keiser University at the Miami Shores Golf Course this weekend.

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First Baptist emerge as champions

FIRST Baptist emerged as the champions of the Baptist Sports Council’s 2015 Track and Field Classic at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium on Saturday.

‘Nation builder’ retires from tourism role

AFTER more than 30 years of service in the tourism sector, Jeritzen Edwards-Outten has retired from the Ministry of Tourism in Grand Bahama.

The vote facing The Bahamas

We already have a discrimination in our laws where residents may not gamble in the licensed casinos but that is covered and exempted by direct mention of the fact that it is discriminating.

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Residents angry over power cut

RESIDENTS suffered an island-wide blackout after a circuit linking the Clifton Pier Power station and Windsor Field substation failed early yesterday morning.

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Thomas traded to Pirates in the minor league

TAHNAJ Thomas will be on the move next season with a new organisation in the minor leagues.Thomas was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cleveland Indians alongside Erik Gonzalez and Dante Mendoza in exchange for Jordan Luplow and Max Moroff.L

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Parole recommendations not revealed to the public

CABINET has approved recommendations from the Parole and Re-entry Steering Committee concerning rehabilitation of prisoners, National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage said yesterday.

Enlightened comments

In your July 9th 2020 edition there appeared a most enlightening and important letter under the heading ‘How we could have prevented pandemic’. I hope as many Bahamians as possible have read this contribution as it is invaluable. I, for one, learned many things I didn’t know about vaccines.

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20 years to repay bailout

BAHAMAS Power and Light customers will pay for the company’s rate reduction bond for the next 20 years to bail-out the company – but the highest increase in electricity bills is only expected to last through 2020, according to Works Minister Desmond Bannister.

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Google hits renewable energy goal in quest to pare pollution

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is crossing a milestone in its quest to reduce pollution caused by its digital services that devour massive amounts of electricity.

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BIFF to roll out red carpet for opening night film ‘blind’

BLIND, a drama starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore, has been selected to open the 2016 Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) in Nassau in December with a red carpet screening in Rawson Square.

Oil price drop set to 'counter balance' VAT

The Central Bank of the Bahamas believes Value-Added Tax’s (VAT) inflationary impact will be partially “counterbalanced” by declining global oil prices.

URCA sides with Aliv on BTC billing dispute

Aliv has hailed industry regulators for taking its side in a billing dispute with the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) that could have threatened customer connectivity.Damian Blackburn, pictured, the mobile provider’s top executive, told Trib

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Bahamas Bowl players are selected in the NFL Draft

TWO student athletes who participated in last year’s Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl joined three other alumni from previous years as they were selected during the 2019 NFL Draft, held April 25-27 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Island Luck three-ball game is ‘not a lottery’ says Wilchcombe

THE Gaming Board has commenced a 90-day observation period to assess Island Luck’s new televised three-ball game - Quick Draw - amid concerns that it is in violation of the Bahamas’ gaming laws.

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Developer waits for return of'90% of market'

A New Providence developer yesterday said he was effectively “waiting for 90 per cent” of the real estate market to “come back”, and suggested it would have benefited more if the Government had imposed “time limits” on its recent tax cuts.

Parole committee to deliver recommendations

THE government’s commitment to effective rehabilitation and public safety will be put to the test when the Parole Re-entry Steering Committee delivers its recommendations for a parole system and the reintegration of past offenders into Bahamian society, according to committee Co-chair retired Anglican Archbishop Drexel Gomez.

Regional investment summit eyes Bahamas as location

THE CARIBBEAN Export Development Agency (CEDA) wants to bring the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) to The Bahamas following this year’s successful staging in Trinidad and Tobago this November.