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Canada routs Bahamas 93-69 in WCup qualifier

Team Bahamas began the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers against one of the highest ranked team in the region and were overwhelmed by a stacked Canadian team on the road.

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Police signal crackdown planned on gun traffickers

ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander has warned police would be taking an aggressive approach to crack down on firearm traffickers.He stressed the Royal Bahamas Police Force would be working with US counterparts to disrupt the flow of g

Buddy equals season high in scoring but 1-9 Pelicans continue to struggle

BUDDY Hield equalled his season high in scoring, but his New Orleans Pelicans continue to struggle with just a single win on the season thus far.

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PLP loses bid for committee to investigate Oban deal

THE Progressive Liberal Party’s motion for a select committee to investigate matters relating to Oban Energies was defeated yesterday when Free National Movement (FNM) parliamentarians in the House of Assembly unanimously voted against it.Englerston

Public service

TEN, fifteen, twenty years. That’s the amount of time it takes for some hardworking, dedicated public servants to receive their first promotion.

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‘Show us the deal for Town Centre Mall’

WHILE doubting the government will meet its latest General Post Office relocation date, Opposition leader Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday urged the government to lay on the table of the House of Assembly the lease agreement for the Town Centre Mall.

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THE PRESS BOX – RATINGS WARS: AEW STILL BEATING UP THE WWE!

TNT’s All Elite Wrestling Dynamite” (AEW) slammed USA Network’s “NXT” (WWE) clean in the middle of the ring on Wednesday night past, winning its second Wednesday ratings war in a row.Wednesday night’s AEW show received 1.018 million total viewers, wh

Stay ‘neutral’ on Russia sanctions, says provider

A Bahamian financial services provider yesterday argued this nation should take a “neutral” position by not imposing sanctions levied against Russian oligarchs and business entities.

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DEREK SMITH: Ethics critical to good business governance

The global issues we face today are multi-faceted and interconnected, and they are becoming increasingly complex with each passing day.

TAKE THE LEAD: Perception and the courage to shift the paradigm

The way you see the world does not change the world; it only changes the way you experience the world.

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PM hails drugs finds as he meets US representatives

AROUND 700 pounds of cocaine, 4,000 pounds of marijuana and 26,000 marijuana plants were recovered by law enforcement officers since September 2011, Prime Minister Perry Christie announced yesterday.

THE ART OF GRAPHIX: A graphic analysis of the design mind

Do you agree that one of the most significant characteristics of a successful entrepreneur is one who understands himself, his mission, co-workers and clients?

Wage deduction ‘shock therpay’ poorly timed

The Government’s salary deduction cap “shock therapy” is long overdue but ill-timed, as it potentially threatens the still-fragile economic recovery.

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World Relays a ticket to paradise

WHEN Pauline Davis Thompson celebrated her relay team’s gold-winning performance at the 2000 Olympic Games, she didn’t believe her home country would host a major athletic event in her lifetime.

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Ayton and Hield take NBA spotlight

CHAVANO “Buddy” Hield enjoyed his best shooting stretch of the season the last three games in the state of Florida while Deandre Ayton restarted his streak of double doubles over the weekend.

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WNBA Finals: ‘I think it’s just a level of pride we have to have on defence’

FOR the Sun to even the WNBA Finals and earn a split on the road with a game two win tonight, Jonquel Jones said the team’s focus has to be on the defensive end of the floor.

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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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Cybots v Shockers all set

THE pennant winning Real Deal Shockers and the defending champions Mail Boat Cybots will now clash in a rematch of the Vince Ferguson divisional final in the New Providence Basketball Association’s postseason.

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Giants win four straight for NPBA title

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants are the New Providence Basketball Association men’s 2014 champions. How they did it was a different story. Who would have thought that after watching the Mail Boat Cybots take an insurmountable 3-0 lead that they let their championship title slip away from them.

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Jones named in tournament team

In his final season of prep basketball before his progression to the collegiate ranks, Kai Jones continues to build on his skillset and earn accolades.