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‘Jazz’ hits two-run homer in 6-5 loss to Blue Jays

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr keyed a career-best four-hit outing with his major league-leading 17th home run and the Toronto Blue Jays celebrated the return to their temporary Buffalo home with a 5-1 win over the Miami Marlins last night.

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Ayton and Suns grab Game 1

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Paul delivered an NBA Finals debut that was well worth his lengthy wait.

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Glenys to defy Speaker's ban

ENGLERSTON MP Glenys Hanna Martin will attend the next sitting of the House of Assembly despite being named and suspended indefinitely by House Speaker Halson Moultrie, Official Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis announced yesterday.

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Historic honour for Mychal ‘Sweet Bells’ Thompson

MYCHAL ‘Sweet Bells’ Thompson said he’s delighted to have his two sons join him for an historic honour by the Bahamas Government in the same year that they made their own history by being the first duo to win the National Basketball Association and D-League titles.

Cuba looks to youth to recover faded boxing glory

By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA Associated Press HAVANA (AP) -- Lazaro Perez jabs rhythmically at his rival in a steamy Havana gym, dancing, feinting and punctuating each blow with a grunt. After the final bell, he thrusts a weary arm skyward in triumph, and a proud

Cuba looks to youth to recover faded boxing glory

By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA Associated Press HAVANA (AP) -- Lazaro Perez jabs rhythmically at his rival in a steamy Havana gym, dancing, feinting and punctuating each blow with a grunt. After the final bell, he thrusts a weary arm skyward in triumph, and a proud

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'We lost so we have to continue to grow as a team'

BUDDY Hield picked back up where he left off last season and continued to be the leading scorer for the Sacramento Kings in their 2019-20 preseason opening series.The Kings and Indiana Pacers played the NBA’s first ever games in India at the NCSI, SV

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Tennis players get in swing at the Pan Am Games

THE 19th Pan American Games continued yesterday in Santiago, Chile, which saw more Bahamians begin competition in tennis and swimming.

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Overall crime shows 7% decline

CRIME declined by seven percent in 2019 despite a four percent uptick in murders and a 12 percent increase in armed robberies, according to police statistics. Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson, as he released the statistics, cited Hurricane Dorian for the murder increase from 91 in 2018 to 95 in 2019, saying law enforcement will learn from having its resources stretched to respond to a natural disaster.

$10m Port IPO hits the road

The roadshow for Arawak Cay Port Development's (APD) $10 million initial public offering (IPO), which kicked off last week, has received significant public interest, the company says. APD began the meetings at the Harry C Moore Library in Nassau, and the

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Building a better mousetrap

DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis opened the 17th annual Southeastern Consortium of Minorities Engineers Mousetrap Car and Bottle Rocket Competition, which was held at the Jack Hayward High School grounds in Grand Bahama last weekend.

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Two more GSSSA champions crowned

COACH Kevin ‘KJ’ Johnson and his CI Gibson Rattlers celebrated another Government Secondary Schools Sports Association championship feat, this time in the senior girls’ division.

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Bahamasair targets four aircraft addition

Bahamasair plans to expand its fleet by four aircraft come summer 2023, it was revealed yesterday, as a senior executive voiced concern about “inconsistent” runway approach lighting at Abaco’s main airport.

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Headaches

A significant health problem in today’s society is headaches. Not only are they painful and debilitation to the people who have them, they cause lost productivity, which can cost in the millions of dollars.Headaches are one of the most common reasons

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Relief for headaches

A significant health problem in today’s society is headaches. Not only are they painful and debilitating to the people who have them, they cause lost productivity, which can cost in the millions of dollars.

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SUDDEN DEATH PLAYOFFS

Crusaders, Comets and Big Red Machine advance to best-of-3 championship series

The Nassau Christian Academy Crusaders, St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine and the Queen’s College Comets took the spotlight on day one of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) sudden death softball playoffs.

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Bahamas looks to avoid relegation in Davis Cup

After they fell short in 2014, the Bahamas will once again look to avoid relegation and advance to Zone II in Davis Cup play.

SAC Big Red Machine in the lead after day 1

The race between the perennial track and field powerhouses took centre stage early on day one of Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ Track and Field Championships.The meet opened yesterday in the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium a

Public finance reform can be Minnis Govt's 'crowning achievement'

A top accountant yesterday said it will be one of the Minnis administration’s “crowning achievements” if it can introduce accrual-based accounting to the Government’s finances before the next election.Gowon Bowe, the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Ac

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New national champions

The Katty Boutique Katz clearly didn’t want to relive the memory of losing another Bahamas Softball Federation women’s national championship title to another New Providence team.