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The Final Four

The Final Four By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Elite Eight dwindled down to the Final Four last night as the 30th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic heads into its finale Monday night. CC Sweeting Cobras -56 Queens Colleg

The Final Four

The Final Four By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Elite Eight dwindled down to the Final Four last night as the 30th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic heads into its finale Monday night. CC Sweeting Cobras -56 Queens Colleg

The Final Four

The Final Four By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Elite Eight dwindled down to the Final Four last night as the 30th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic heads into its finale Monday night. CC Sweeting Cobras -56 Queens Colleg

‘Sacrifices’: Bahamians drag feet on retirement

Too many Bahamians face having “to make sacrifices” because they wait too long to build-up sufficient savings to finance their retirement, a local banker warned yesterday.

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Active surveillance for prostate cancer

Prostate cancer will affect one in six men in their lifetime. Early detected low-volume, low-grade, early-stage prostate cancer has an excellent cure rate of 97 to 98 percent.

BTC maintains revenues despite 30% price cuts

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has “critically” maintained top-line revenues despite slashing mobile and broadband Internet prices by 20-30 per cent post-privatisation, its majority shareholder said yesterday.

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Revenge is sweet - Undefeated Bahamas beats Antigua & Barbuda 69-61 to advance to semis

THE latest chapter in the rivalry with Antigua and Barbuda went to the Bahamas as they continued their undefeated streak at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships.

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McPhee-McCuin hosts her first official practice as head coach of the rebels

COACH Yolett McPhee-McCuin hosted her first official practice as head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels women’s basketball programme.Ole Miss opens the season with a home exhibition with LeMoyne-Owen on November 2, with the regular season slated to begin

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Six plead guilty in credit card fraud scheme

SIX people pled guilty to more than 20 fraud related offences in connection to a $13,000 credit card scheme in a Magistrate’s Court on Friday.

Union opposition to Cable’s mobile licence bolstered

The Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union (BCPOU) yesterday received backing from a second trade union over its opposition to Cable Bahamas receiving this nation’s second mobile licence.

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St John’s senior boys top Comets 44-43 to win title

The Giants overcame a 10-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat the Queen’s College Comets 44-43 and sweep the best-of-three series.

Competition seeks most original DJ

WHO is the most original DJ in the Bahamas? A new competition seeks to discover one talented individual who can keep a crowd throughly engaged and entertained while showcasing his or her original talent in the DJ booth.

At least that $20m stays in our economy

BAHAMAS Hot Mix has been awarded a $20 million contract by the Nassau Airport Development Company to upgrade two runways at the Lynden Pindling International Airport.

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Bahamas national cricket team set for T-20 Cayman matches

AS a spin-off for their trip to Antigua for the International Cricket Council’s World Cup Division Qualifier Tournament in November, the Bahamas Cricket Association will be sending another men’s team off to the Cayman Islands.

Bahamas ranked in bottom three of finance centres

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A former Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) chairman yesterday said a report that ranked the Bahamas a lowly 75th out of 77 global financial centres would "not impact" this jurisdiction's core private wealth

Illegality of abortion is dangerous

Some 85 years ago, a doctor in England examined a 14-year-old girl and determined that she was sufficiently developed physically to carry her pregnancy to term.

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Jones and Flame on brink of elimination

Jonquel Jones and her Shanxi Xing Rui Flame are on the brink of elimination and face an early deficit in the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association Finals.The Flame dropped the first two games of the series to the top seeded Beijing Great Wall as the

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‘We must watch out for double standards’

FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said politicians are damaging their credibility by campaigning and hosting political events with large gatherings while COVID-19 rules are still in place.

IDB: Tourism off up to 20% if major storm hits

Coastal erosion could be “catastrophic” for the Bahamas if left unchecked, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) executive yesterday saying innovative solutions were required.

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Shalonda Neely signs up with Flash Agency

Bahamian national team standout and former Jacksonville Dolphins women’s basketball player Shalonda Neely looks to make the transition to the pro ranks.