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Deyton Albury to enter the NCAA Men’s Division One Basketball Transfer Portal

AFTER producing an outstanding season for the Royals men’s basketball team at Queen’s University where he earned several individual awards, Bahamian guard Deyton Albury has decided to enter the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Division One Basketball Transfer Portal.

A solution for the Haiti dilemma

Little Inagua is a small remote island in the Bahamas and it is the largest uninhabited island in the Caribbean. It is 50 square miles (as big as New Providence) and only 100 miles from Haiti. 370 miles from Nassau, 553 miles from Miami and 16 miles from Greater Inagua.

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STATESIDE: Biden’s bid for second term hinges on perception of his mental acuity

US president Joe Biden’s momentous State of the Union address last Thursday is stale news now in this age of the 24-hour news cycle and little if any popular memory of what happened even a week ago. Correct?

EDITORIAL: Questions on Sears amd NIB confusion

NATIONAL Insurance Board Minister Alfred Sears stood up in Parliament and announced a plan to save NIB that within hours his own Prime Minister’s office had disowned.

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Bahamas fields 20-member team for World Cup qualifier

THE Bahamas Baseball Association (BBA) has fielded a 20-member 15-and-under (15U) team to represent the country at the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s (WBSC) 15U Pan American Championship in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic, March 16-21.

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Patrick Tomlinson earns six top 10 finishes

THREE Bahamian Optimist sailors competed at the 2024 Optimist Sunshine State Championship hosted by the United States Optimist Dinghy Association (USODA) in Jensen Beach, Florida, over the weekend.

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Man on second accusation of having ammo denied bail

A MAN was denied bail yesterday after he was accused of having ammunition on Windsor Lane last week.

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ALICIA WALLACE: True investment in women starts with the goverment

INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day has come and gone, but we will see photos, videos, articles, and other forms of media related to it for the rest of the week as we all go through our camera rolls, receive footage, and think about the messaging that has been sent over the past few days.

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Family and friends searching for missing Philip “Big Mama” Stubbs

Concerned family and friends are desperately searching for Philip “Big Mama” Stubbs, 80, who went missing after leaving his residence early this week.

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FNM: SEARS ‘MUST RESIGN OR BE FIRED’ – Call for minister to step aside if he misled Parliament

FREE National Movement (FNM) leader Michael Pintard said National Insurance Board Minister Alfred Sears should resign or be fired if he misled Parliament about increases in NIB contribution rates.

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Police allegedly find a gun and ammo in house of man waiting trial for murder of Corporal Fox

A MAN awaiting trial for allegedly trying to murder a police officer was denied bail yesterday after a gun and a large quantity of ammunition was allegedly found in his home.

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Lights, Camera, Sprint: Meet Lieke Klaver

LIEKE Klaver is one of the world’s most popular athletes on Instagram, and her account (@liekeklaver) has attracted over 750,000 followers.

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ArawakX full wind-up sealed without a fight

THE Bahamas’ first-ever crowd funding platform’s fate was yesterday sealed without a fight after its former principals effectively consented to its liquidation amid claims of a near-$4m insolvency.

Resort to Gov’t: ‘Pursue’ horse riding venture like shanty towns

A MAJOR Harbour Island resort yesterday urged the Government to “aggressively pursue” a local horse riding entrepreneur’s “unauthorised construction” with the same vigour as its shanty town crackdown.

NIB back-pedal ‘no way to run country’

THE Government’s back-pedalling over the phased strategy to increase the National Insurance Board’s (NIB) all-in contribution rate to 26.3 percent is “not a way to run a country”, it was asserted yesterday.

Harborside staff see 11% industrial deal pay boost

SOME 92 workers at the Harbourside Resort at Atlantis will enjoy an 11 percent pay rise spread over the five-year term of a newly-signed industrial agreement, it was revealed yesterday.

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Footcare provider targets new investor capital raise

A BAHAMIAN footcare provider plans to tap its investors for further equity this summer as it pushes forward with further expansion following an initial roll-out that “surpassed expectations”.

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Sumner: Fees and firings likely over NIB hike

FORMER director and CEO of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) Edison Sumner said when National Insurance Board contribution rates increase, businesses may offset costs by increasing prices, service fees and firing employees.

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Man remanded on charge of raping teen

A 28-YEAR-OLD man was sent to prison yesterday after he allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl last December.

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Dior-Rae climbing up the ladder

SHE’S only in the eleventh grade, but Dior-Rae Scott has been throwing the javelin to unprecedented distances for just an under-18 competitor.