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Athletes named on Academic All-Summit League teams

Bahamian quarter-miler Bradley Dormeus, high hurdler Sasha Wells and sprinter Kayvon Stubbs were among six Oral Roberts University athletes named on the 2020 Outdoor Track and Field Academic All-Summit League Teams.

Nortmann re-signs with new club in Iceland

MEN’S senior national basketball team member Robert Nortmann re-signed in Iceland for another year with a new club.

Police hunt man who escaped from custody

A manhunt is underway in Grand Bahama for a male suspect who escaped from police custody at the Eight Mile Rock Police Station over the weekend. Christopher Anthony Lee, aka Shaquille Aamal Lewis, 27, of Jamaica and Jones Town, EMR, was arrested for

Man arrested for breach of curfew in Bimini

BIMINI Police have arrested a man for breach of curfew and possession of dangerous drugs on that island, which is currently under a two-week mandated COVID-19 lockdown.

Two arrested on Abaco after firearm, ammunition found

TWO Abaco men were arrested for possession of illegal firearms and ammunition on Thursday, police reported.

Alexander Burrows Jr and POWER team aim for BPSU elections

GRAND Bahama resident Alexander Burrows Jr, and members of the People Organizing With Effective Results (POWER) Team, are seeking to be elected during the 2020 Bahamas Public Services Union Elections in September.

Families benefit from beds donated by charity

About 100 families in Grand Bahama were recipients of new beds provided by a local private charitable foundation that has been providing relief aid since Hurricane Dorian. The Grand Bahama Disaster Relief Foundation (GBDRF) - the charitable arm of t

Pair jailed for assault as victim criticised for not walking away

A GRAND Bahama magistrate sentenced two Eight Mile Rock men who assaulted an 18-year-old girl to five months in prison, but also strongly admonished the complainant and her female friend for not “walking away” from the altercation. During an arraign

STATESIDE: The great game’s new players - the US and China

Is China in the process of replacing Russia in the political and geo-strategic life of the United States? Are the Americans about to get enmeshed in another decades-long Cold War with a new opponent to joust with in the ring of world affairs?

80 SMES in Grand Bahama to benefit from grants programme

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock @ tribunemedia.net SOME 80 small businesses in Grand Bahama that were affected by Hurricane Dorian will benefit from a grants programme to assist with reopening their businesses. A Small Busine

Joint partnership provides aid relief across Grand Bahama

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock @ tribunemedia.net DURING these challenging and difficult times, 200 families on Grand Bahama received much needed relief aid last week through a joint partnership effort. The Grand Bahama Disa

'Govt should be sued if churches not opened'

GRAND Bahama civic leader Rev Glenroy Bethel says the 24-hour curfew and weekend lockdowns are “depriving” Bahamians of their constitutional rights to worship on Saturday and Sunday. He threatening to sue to the government if restrictions are not li

Bahamas urged: Break with fiscal 'false reality'

Bahamians were yesterday urged by a governance reformer to “take off the rose-coloured glasses and get real” over a post-COVID-19 predicament that has pushed the country “over the fiscal edge”.Robert Myers, the Organisation for Responsible Governance

Yes, we have been sold down the river

The late E. Dawson Roberts would frequently quote the unattributed maxim that “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Freedom”.

Man and teenager on murder charges

A MAN and a juvenile were arraigned in Freeport yesterday in connection with last week’s double murders in Grand Bahama.

Trio to join Pioneers basketball club this fall

A trio of Bahamian hoop prospects will make the transition as teammates from the prep to the collegiate level.

Atlantis chief sees 'light at tunnel end'

Atlantis’s top executive says there is “light at the end of the tunnel” as the Paradise Island mega resort targets the June 15 re-opening of its Royal Towers as the first stage in a phased return. Audrey Oswell, the property’s president and managing

Woman killed in traffic accident named

THE woman fatally injured in a traffic accident in Grand Bahama this week has been identified as 77-year-old Ednamae Emmanuel, of Barnette Avenue, Holmes Rock.

$30,000 to aid home

THE Grand Bahama Children’s Home received a $30,000 cheque donation this week to assist with hurricane renovation at the facility.The funds, which were donated by Family Guardian and Sargicor Financial Corporation, is earmarked for the refurbishment

Tropical weather conditions expected to hit Grand Bahama

WITH a tropical depression system approaching the northern Bahamas this weekend, East End residents are preparing for the severe tropical conditions that are expected to hit Grand Bahama tomorrow. The system will bring heavy rain and high winds in t

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