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A scholarship to soar
STUDENTS HAVE received scholarships to become jet pilots through partnership with Qatar Aeronautical Academy and The Bahamas Aeronautical Academy.
SPORTS NOTES
THE Breezes High Flyers and the Rockets took the initial lead in their respective New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-five semifinal playoff series on Wednesday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
Pennant winners secure early leads
IN game one of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association basketball championship series, each of the pennant winners took early series leads, with blowouts in girls’ play and a pair of close finishes in the boys’ divisions.
Jaraun ‘Keino’ Burrows: ‘I had a good season in Sweden’
HE would have loved to have stayed around and played a little longer in the playoffs, but Jaraun ‘Keino’ Burrows was satisfied with the season that he experienced this year in the Swedish Professional Basketball League.
Port bidder: ‘Majority’ of $250m for Bay St
A Nassau cruise port bidder yesterday pledged that the “majority” of its $250m investment will be spent outside Prince George Wharf to help bring Bay Street “back to life”.
Bahamas All-Stars fall to the North Florida Ospreys, 102-84
The University of North Florida Ospreys got their trip to the Bahamas off on a positive note with a 102-84 win over
Bad loans and credit decline threaten growth
Difficulties in one bank’s commercial loan portfolio seemingly sparked a $38.7 million deterioration in the sector’s ‘bad credit’ position during April, another month in which the Bahamian economy was “relatively subdued”.
Teenager accused of Grand Bahama murder
AN 18-year-old man was charged with murder in the Freeport Magistrates Court yesterday.
Centenarian enjoys Bahamas vacation
After having reached the grand old age of 100 years, American visitor Gussie Taylor-Dennis would not be deterred from enjoying a fun-packed vacation in the Bahamas. She was in Nassau last week as a guest of former Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia “Mothe
'Buddy' Hield: 'I know what I'm worth'
NEGOTIATIONS continue between Buddy Hield and the Sacramento Kings with just days remaining for the parties to reach an agreement on a contract extension. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, the two sides remain $20 million apart after the Ki
95% of teachers called in sick at primary school – BUT chief
BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson said yesterday that 95 percent of teachers at CW Sawyer Primary School called in sick yesterday, noting they are still awaiting a full report submitted by engineers to the Ministry of Education on the safety of the school.
NPBA: Giants, buckets and stingers in win column
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action with a triple header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night as the Commonwealth Bank Giants, Aliv Buckets and PJ Stingers all emerged victorious.The Giants held off
Charlton wins 60m final, UB athletes in Fred Wilt Open
THE Purdue Boilermakers, led by Devynne Charlton, had a rare treat on Saturday as they welcomed the University of the Bahamas to West Lafayette, In- diana, for their first indoor track and field meet at Lambert Field- house.
Atlantis: 30% spend, rate jumps ‘as good as it gets’
Atlantis yesterday said its year-to-date performance is “as good as you can get” with rates and visitor spending per occupied room both exceeding pre-COVID levels by up to 30 percent.
Taking a chance to grow ideas
“KEYRON, why would you leave your good position and secure job to go work for a non-profit on a family island? You realise they get their money from donations, right!?”
Christie government was slow to act
Christie government was slow to act SPEAKING at the opening of Golden Gates constituency office, Prime Minister Ingraham said that the New Providence Road Improvement Project could have been completed "six or seven years ago" if it weren't for the incomp
Inflation to stay ‘high’ as food costs up 11%
The Central Bank yesterday warned Bahamian consumers that inflation will remain “high” in the near-term, and decline more slowly than in other countries, with food and drink prices rising 11 percent over the year to end-June 2023.
Govt breaching global standard on union vote
The Government was warned three years ago that its supervision of trade union ballots breached international labour standards - an error it is now threatening to exacerbate with further legal changes.
Gov’t wage bill’s $68m jump ‘not annual norm’
The Ministry of Finance's top official last night said the $68m year-over-year increase in compensation for government employees during the 2022-2023 fiscal year is "not an annual norm".
NPBA: Rockets top High Flyers 93-87
THE Sun Oil Rockets scored an early-season win over the defending Division II champions in the New Providence Basketball Association.
