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The best gift of all: Repairing a broken heart

The best gift of all: Repairing a broken heart Under the theme, "Repairing a broken Heart...What a Gift", The Heart Ball Committee will host the 48th Annual Heart Ball on Saturday, February 18, at Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort. The event will be held under

The best gift of all: Repairing a broken heart

The best gift of all: Repairing a broken heart Under the theme, "Repairing a broken Heart...What a Gift", The Heart Ball Committee will host the 48th Annual Heart Ball on Saturday, February 18, at Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort. The event will be held under

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Hoopfest in Paradise turns out to be a real treat

EXCEPT for the constant interruption to wipe the moisture off the floor inside the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium, the second Hoopfest in Paradise turned out to be a real treat for both local and high school basketball players from the United States of America.

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Jones posts double double - 29 points, 13 rebounds - in WNBA All-Star game

JONQUEL Jones displayed why she is a star among WNBA stars and shined on the brightest stage among the league’s best players at its midseason classic.

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IDB: BAHAMAS' $1BN INFRASTRUCTURE GAP

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas has medium-term infrastructure needs of $1 billion, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report has revealed, blaming the Government for "under investment" in the sector that has failed to keep up

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Rockets v Shockers tonight

THE Pyramid Food Rockets and the Real Deal Shockers are scheduled to square off tonight to determine who will go on to play in the Vince Ferguson divisional final in the New Providence Basketball Association.

Golden Gates co-ed, Macedonia still undefeated

GOLDEN Gates co-ed and Macedonia men remain undefeated in the Coca-Cola Softball Classic as the Baptist Sports Council completed another week of its short regular season action at the Bankers Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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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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Stingers players in move to the next level

THE Sunland Stingers senior boys’ basketball programme had a season of milestones and has now produced a trio of players that will continue their careers at the next level.

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Neely helps High Flyers to set up division two decider

THE Division II series has followed the same pattern as Division I and the championship title will be decided in the fifth and final game.

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'Spoken from the heart' - Tribute to Edmund Moxey by Sir Arthur Foulkes

GOVERNOR General Sir Arthur Foulkes, in a tribute paid to Edmund Moxey, creator of the Jumbey Village dream, recalled their years in the political trenches together, nourishing a single ambition – the “salvation of a people.”

$80k a year to prevent Freeport drainage flooding

GRAND Bahama Port Authority is investing $80,000 annually to ensure Freeport’s drainage system is “storm ready” to prevent flooding.

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Water Corp needs 'topup' to $20m subsidies

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Water & Sewerage Corporation will "definitely need" an increase to the existing $20 million taxpayer subsidy allocated to it for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, its gene

The destruction of Jumbey village

"NO, I can't believe it - that can't be true!" This was Coconut Grove MP's Ed Moxey's shocked reply in May 1974 when a news reporter called to ask what he thought of a report that government had planned to build a replica of his Jumbey Village at Fort Charlotte.

Ocean Club at ‘full pace’ for its re-opening

The One & Only Ocean Club invested “almost $30 million” in today’s re-opening, with the high-end resort set to hit “full pace” immediately via 85-90 per cent occupancies.

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Water Corp's service losses 30x those of proper-run utility

NON-REVENUE water losses in New Providence account for 56 per cent of the Water and Sewerage Corporation’s supply, its general manager said yesterday, adding that system leaks were about three-four times’ the international average for a properly-run water utility.

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Cameron Riley qualifies for Great Abaco Classic

IN his second appearance on the Bahamas Professional Golf Association fresh from his initial season on the professional circuit, Grand Bahamian Cameron Riley emerged as the champion of the Korn Kerry qualifier for the Great Abaco Classic.

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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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More players register for Ed Armbrister Baseball League

WITH an increase in the registration of players, the Ed Armbrister Baseball Camp will revert back to a full-fledged league. According to Michael Butler, one of the organisers, they made the decision to host a league as opposed to a baseball camp bec

Djokovic wins six-hour final

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Novak Djokovic ripped off his shirt and let out a primal scream, flexing his torso the way a prize fighter would after a desperate, last-round knockout. This was the final act in Djokovic's 5-7, 6-