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BPL: Near 90 renewable applications approved

JUST under 90 small scale renewable generation (SSRG) applications have been approved to-date, Bahamas Power and Light’s (BPL) chief executive said yesterday.Whitney Heastie added that the utility’s options outside New Providence were “wide open”, wh

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New AC Systems being installed at PMH

THE installation of six 7.5 tons split HVAC units has begun at the Princess Margaret Hospital.

Bahamian basketball players take global spotlight

BAHAMIAN basketball players in various leagues across the globe continued their seasons following the winter break and head toward the postseason.The trio of Bahamians in French Basketball’s Pro B Division had varying results and places in the standi

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Jones and Sun beaten in Playoffs

The rematch produced the same result for the second consecutive year as the Connecticut Sun were eliminated at home by the Phoenix Mercury in the second round of the WNBA playoffs.

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60th CAGC off to a scorching start

AS host of the 60th Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships, the Bahamas was feeling the heat just as much as their opponents as the first day of competition got off to a scorching start at the Ocean Club Golf Club on Tuesday.

The day Ed Moxey’s ‘vexation was yucked up’

THERE was much discomfort in the official pews at the state funeral on Friday of Edmund Spencer Moxey when Anthony “Ace” Newbold recalled with sarcasm how “our leaders said Edmund was ambitious and had to be stopped and punished – and so they did… and our leaders were all honourable men.”

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From the tarmac to the runway

IN an effort to encourage young Bahamians to visit their 3D artist studio and support the team there, members of Mega Mergers recently hosted a fashion event like no other.

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Bahamas’ big night at Heat game

MIAMI, Florida - It was dubbed the ‘Bahamas Tourism and Baha Mar Theme Night’ and it was an opportunity to show off the Bahamas to the world.

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Are you a 'doer' or 'talker'?

HOW does that saying go again, ‘Talk is cheap but money buy land’?

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Bahamian players close in on major league baseball

SEVERAL Bahamian players have made strides this summer towards their ultimate goal of a Major League Baseball (MLB) call-up.

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Miss Universe Grand Bahama wins 'Top Model'

MISS UNIVERSE Grand Bahama Tomacina “Tomii” Culmer won the judges over with her poise and presence during last Friday’s Miss Bahamas Top Model competition held at the British Colonial Hilton.

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Gibson attorney’s recusal request refused

JUSTICE Cheryl Grant-Thompson has denied Adrian Gibson’s attorney’s recusal request, resulting in the MP’s trial moving forward in her court next May.

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US: Bahamas ‘losing competitive FDI edge’

The Bahamas is “losing its competitive edge” on foreign direct investment (FDI) to Caribbean rivals as a result of its ‘ease of doing business’ woes, the US government has concluded.

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Bahamas Bowl: Blue Raiders, Rockets accept invites

NASSAU, Bahamas – Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders will represent Conference USA and Toledo Rockets will represent the MidAmerican Conference as both institutions accepted bids today to the 2021 Bahamas Bowl, set for Friday, December 17 in Nassau’s Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

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Bannister: No cap on WSC contract approval

FORMER Works Minister Desmond Bannister testified that the Water and Sewerage Corporation’s (WSC) board was not legally required to refer contracts over $250,000 for ministerial approval during his last day of testimony in the bribery and fraud trial of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson and five others.

Dominating distractions

They are seldom ever discussed, written about or analyzed, but they are there, constantly getting in the way, interrupting and interfering.

Bain still setting the pace at Lumberjacks

Months after he garnered the attention of the college basketball world and brought awareness to The Bahamas’ post Dorian restoration efforts with his late game heroics, Nathan Bain continues to be a leading playmaker for the Stephen F Austin Lumberja

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'Tum Tum' and Spartans win Big Ten championship

AFTER four years as the emotional leader of the Michigan State Spartans men’s basketball programme, Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr bid farewell to the MSU faithful at his final game of his collegiate career in the Breslin Center.

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STATESIDE: Blurred lines of a conflict where there's no easy exit

WE’VE returned in this space several times over the past four months to the question of the inevitability of US and Western involvement in a shooting war with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Even as most major American media focus once again on ex-President Donald Trump, the January 6 committee hearings into his casual incitement of a shocking and fatal riot, and the chances of someone else taking control of the Republican Party before 2024, experts and scholars are quietly wondering aloud if America isn’t already at war with Russia and what it could mean for the short-term future of the world.

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Hornets’ Kai Jones takes part in Elite Skills Camp

KAI Jones, the latest Bahamian to play in the National Basketball Association, took time out during a short break at home to participate in the 9th annual Denykco Bowles Elite Skills Basketball Camp.