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Team Bahamas will have to wait on welcome reception it deserves

DUE to delays forcing late night schedule changes yesterday, Team Bahamas will have to wait on the welcome it deserves after their performance at the Summer Olympics in London.

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How to account for everything

FEW business owners look forward to the monthly accounting task, even if it is just a question of handing over a shoebox stuffed with receipts to the accountant. We begrudge the time required, and that's a pity. Because it is accounting that tells us where we are heading, and where the money has gone.

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'The Tank' to square off with 'Hillyard Hammer'

JUST 10 days away from the next step along his path toward a major title fight in the heavyweight division, Sherman "The Tank" Williams is prime

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Mark Knowles' 20-year career starts to wind down

As his illustrious 20-year career starts to wind down, Mark Knowles is starting to be more selective with how many meets he competes in on the international tennis tour.

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'We have identified a few players that we will definitely invite to Houston...'

THE wind and rain did little to hamper the drive of dozens of young players during the YESI pro trials at St Pa

Burnside elected as new president of fast-pitch softball league

Burnside elected as new president of fast-pitch softball league By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net HAVING spent more than 40 years in the sport as either a player, coach, manager and administrator, Godfrey 'Gully' Burnside s

Burnside elected as new president of fast-pitch softball league

Burnside elected as new president of fast-pitch softball league By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net HAVING spent more than 40 years in the sport as either a player, coach, manager and administrator, Godfrey 'Gully' Burnside s

Burnside elected as new president of fast-pitch softball league

Burnside elected as new president of fast-pitch softball league By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net HAVING spent more than 40 years in the sport as either a player, coach, manager and administrator, Godfrey 'Gully' Burnside s

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Jay Phillippe named scholar athlete

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net FOR the second consecutive year, Bahamian collegiate basketball player Jay Phillippe has been honoured for his work on the court and in the classroom. Phill

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Oneil Williams 'sets his legs' on half, full marathon

WHILE he has abandoned his plans to continue to run the distance races on the track because of a lack of support, Oneil Williams has now set his sights on competing in the half and full marathon.On his return from a three-month training session in Ke

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Minister suggests biometric solution to immigration issues

TRANSPORT Minister Frankie Campbell yesterday suggested recording biometric data at birth as a viable solution to current challenges affecting the naturalisation process moving forward.Mr Campbell pointed to the initiative when asked by The Tribune

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Death toll in Haiti earthquake rises to 15; 333 injured

PORT-DE-PAIX, Haiti (AP) — The death toll from a 5.9 earthquake that hit Haiti over the weekend rose to 15 people with 333 injured, authorities said Monday, as thousands of people slept outdoors fearing aftershocks would topple their cracked homes.

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Serena Brown shatters national record

A year ago as she prepared for her freshman year at Texas A&M, Serena Brown shattered Lavern Eve’s 26-year-old national discus record. This year as her collegiate career swings into high gear, Brown increased her new mark.

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Branville McCartney to step down as DNA leader

BRANVILLE McCartney will officially step down as leader of the Democratic National Alliance on October 24th. “I am not good for the party,” he told The Tribune on Friday.

Journey to 'Incredible' - In the fullness of time

I guess this is a re-introduction of sorts.You’ve gotten to know me as Ayanna with the voice note series, or Ayanna who sings. Let me introduce you to the hardest working Ayanna of them all – the recording artist. She has fought long and hard to add

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Nesbitt's season with Rebels comes to premature end

Valarie Nesbitt’s season came to a premature end following a surprising announcement by the Ole Miss Rebels’ media relations.The Rebels dismissed the junior point guard just 15 games into her tenure with the programme.“Right now, we’re trying to buil

New auto sales facing '50% hit' at a minimum

New car sales will take at least “a 50 percent hit” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a major dealer is forecasting, having already slashed his orders for the next three months by some 60 percent.Fred Albury, the Bahamas Motor Dealers Association’s (BMDA

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Business leader fears impact of closure

THE head of Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce is worried about the impact of the upcoming two week lockdown on non-essential businesses, saying the storm-battered island “really needs a break”. Gregory Laroda spoke with The Tribune just after Prime M

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Building Code reform must be 'grass roots'

The Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE) president has voiced concern that the drive to update the country’s building codes is not being led by a “grass roots effort” featuring all stakeholders. Quentin Knowles, arguing that The Bahamas was “way behin

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Break-in likely to cost Dundas Centre $7,000

A BREAK-IN at the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts has left the iconic non-profit with more than $7,000 worth of damage, according to manager Delores Adderley, who made appeals for donations to offset repair costs. Mrs Adderley, who has been th