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Top seeds in win column at Nationals
IT was a successful return to the National Tennis Centre for top seeds Kerrie Cartwright, Simone Pratt and Danielle Thompson as the 2017 Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals got underway on Monday.Rising junior stars Sydney Clarke and Afrika Smith also jo
Top seeds Cartwright, Newman in action today
Top seeds Kerrie Cartwright and Baker Newman will be in action in the first set of matches played today at the National Tennis Centre as the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s Annual Giorgio Baldacci Open gets started.Cartwright, one of 12 players ent
AG opinion sought on Schooner Bay's Crown Land licence
A FORMER investments minister says he sought a legal opinion from the Attorney General’s Office on the Schooner Bay developer’s obligations under its 100-acre Crown Land license.Khaalis Rolle, who held that post under the former Christie administrati
‘No cause for celebration’ over S&P breathing room
* Bahamas ‘still has to climb out of hole’ * But Chamber chief ‘fully expects’ 2018 upgrade * Many Bahamians don’t realise reform ‘gravity’
PRIVATE sector executives yesterday said the Bahamas has “no cause for celebration yet” after Standard & Poor’s (S&P) elected not to further downgrade its sovereign creditworthiness.
Newman brothers in Giorgio Baldacci Open
When the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s Annual Giorgio Baldacci Open is held next week, brothers Baker and Spencer Newman are looking to return and put on a show. The tournament is scheduled to begin on Monday and conclude on Saturday with the top men and women tennis players participating in singles and doubles. The BLTA intends to use the tournament as the trials for the men’s Davis Cup team and the ladies’ Fed Cup team.
'PLP started Dillet project - not us'
THE multi-million dollar project to renovate the Stephen Dillet Primary School this summer began without ministerial approval under the former Christie administration, Works Minister Desmond Bannister said yesterday.
'Blame staff for contract not going out to tender'
THE renovation project for the Stephen Dillet Primary School this summer was not subject to a proper public tendering process, Minister of Works Desmond Bannister said yesterday, adding the government has held public servants responsible for this error accountable. He did not identify those public servants or say what consequences they have faced.
Nassau/PI resorts in New Year sell-out
MAJOR Nassau/Paradise Island resorts are predicting traditionally strong occupancies over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday period.
Goodison and Kleen win the Star Sailors League Finals
WITH racing taking place in a balmy, near perfect 15 knots on Nassau’s Montagu Bay, the ‘take no prisoners’ shoot out on the last day of the Star Sailors League Final saw the fleet narrow to seven teams after the quarter-finals and to four after the semis.
Americans Mendelblatt, Fatih take overall lead
DESPITE a second light day that perhaps should have favoured the lighter crews, US heavyweights Mark Mendelblatt and Brian Fatih posted a solid 1-2 on day three of the Star Sailor’s League Final off Nassau to take the lead overall.
Kingpin's family lose 'Bahamian supremacy' claim in $50m battle
THE family trust of a once-jailed gaming kingpin, represented by the Opposition’s leader, have seen the US courts reject their claim of ‘Bahamian legal supremacy’ over a $50 million tax battle.Judge Jan Dubois, sitting in the eastern Pennsylvania fed
Mixed fortunes for Star Sailors crews on day 2
A lighter, longer, hotter second day of racing at the Star Sailors League Finals in Nassau was one of mixed fortunes for the 25 crews competing for the US$ 200,000 prize purse in this international ‘Champion of Champions’ contest.
'No celebration' as deficit shrinks 22%
The 22 per cent reduction in the Government’s first quarter deficit was “exactly what we want to see”, a governance reformer said yesterday, while warning celebrations are premature.Robert Myers, a principal with the Organisation for Responsible Gove
Schmidt, Boening surge to top of standings
HIGHLY decorated Olympian Robert Schmidt and his Brazilian teammate Henry Raul Boening came into the fifth Star Sailors League Final sitting in 22nd place in the standings, but after the first day of competition, they surged to the top of the list.
Star Sailors League Finals officially starts with courtesy call
THE 2017 Star Sailors League Finals officially started last night with the opening ceremony at Government House. A delegation of 20 SSL representatives met with Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling in a courtesy call at 5.30pm.They then joined the
Baha Mar sale meets December 1st deadline
BAHA Mar’s sale to Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE) was completed by the December 1 closing deadline, Tribune Business has been informed.The $4.2 billion project’s purchase from the China Export-Import Bank was confirmed by sources close to the situa
Bahamas ranked 54th of 159 countries for economic freedom
THE Bahamas ranks 54th out of 159 countries and territories included in the Economic Freedom of the World: 2017 Annual Report, released today by The Nassau Institute in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute.
MELTDOWN: Witness has ‘attack’ after questions on Smith loans
THE chief magistrate yesterday said she was “concerned” about the complainant in former PLP Senator Frank Smith’s bribery and extortion trial after she suffered an apparent meltdown and expressed frustration over her involvement in the matter.
Bahamas born - but held for 3 months
A 34-year-old man born in The Bahamas is petitioning the courts over the lawfulness of his detention of some three months at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre.