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THE FINISH LINE: A remarkable turnaround for CR Walker Knights

So the CR Walker Knights are back on top of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association track and field chart. Under first year coach Ednal Rolle, they regained the championship title that they relinquished to the CV Bethel Stingrays two years ago.

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NASSAU LIFE: Time to face up to mortality

The aged and infirm are shockingly neglected in The Bahamas - and any NHI scheme must address the provision of hospice care, Richard Coulson says.

Hawksbill meddling

Hawksbill and Grand Bahama Port Authority - looks as if PM Christie wants to meddle here now.

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Delaying convention for gender referendum ‘sounds like an excuse’

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party stalwart and former Cabinet minister George Smith said Bahamians deserve a better explanation from PLP officials as to why it has postponed its convention until November of this year, a date that will be close to the 2017 general election.

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PM: Postpone convention until after referendum

PRIME Minister Perry Christie has recommended that the Progressive Liberal Party postpone its national convention until after the gender equality referendum, according to party Chairman Bradley Roberts.

Carifta team named

THE Bahamas Swimming Federation has selected a 36-member team, all of whom have made the qualifying standards, along with ten competitors for the Open Water swim team that will travel to Martinique next month to defend the title at the Carifta Swimming Championships that the Bahamas has won for the past two years.

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Roberts wins in four sets in first victory of season

JUSTIN Roberts, the Bahamian sophomore, claimed his first college singles win of the season on Friday and helped the University of South Florida’s men’s tennis team to victory.

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Ocean Club employees facing ‘unrelenting battles’

EMPLOYEES at the One&Only Ocean Club said they are fighting “unrelenting battles” on two fronts – the worst management team staff at the Paradise Island resort have ever seen and an unsupportive union that has done little to ensure the working rights of members are being respected.

Roberts responds to editorial

My attention is again drawn to the journalism terrorism of Eileen Dupuch Carron, the Publisher/Editor of The Tribune in her editorial of Tuesday, February 16, 2016 titled “Bradley Roberts questions editor’s opinion of FNM Leader”.

Keep Roberts quiet for all our sakes!

NORTH Korea Leader Kim Jung-Un is in a lot of hot water with the United States and global leaders for pursuing a nuclear programme. 

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RAPTORS ARE CHAMPIONS

NOW holding the longest winning streak in high school sports, the CH Reeves Raptors captured their eighth consecutive Government Secondary Schools Sports Assocaition (GSSSA) title and again established themselves as the dominant junior track and field programme in the country.

Bradley Roberts questions editor’s opinion of FNM leader

AS A general rule, we ignore Bradley Roberts as a remnant of the PLP’s dictatorial past and not worthy of our attention.

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Sharing their love stories

VERY couple has their own, unique story about how their relationship came to be.

BTC plan to ‘attack’ Cable’s home ground

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) plans to “attack” Cable Bahamas on its home turf in response to losing its mobile monopoly, with its ‘fibre-to-the-home’ infrastructure set to pass 20,000 New Providence homes by end-March.

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PLP chairman says ‘deep-seated division’ in FNM is clear

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts said it is evident there is “deep-seated division” within the Free National Movement after Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn revealed he had been called “racist” at a party meeting because of his criticism of proposed tax breaks for Over-the-Hill communities.

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VIDEO: Passengers tell of cruise ship terror

US Federal transportation officials might soon be investigating a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that ran into high winds and rough seas in the Atlantic Ocean over the weekend on its way to Florida and the Bahamas.

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VIDEO: Super Value robbed again by armed raiders

POLICE are aggressively pursuing two armed men who robbed Super Value's Portion Control on Robinson Road on Thursday evening.

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BIA ready to deal with govt on NHI - but no meeting since December

BAHAMAS Insurance Association Chairman Emmanuel Komolafe yesterday suggested that the group is willing to “compromise” on its stance regarding the administration of National Health Insurance, adding that the insurers are not an “enemy”.

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A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Signing away The Bahamas

WITH the government signing yet another Heads of Agreement (HOA) on Monday, it appears that Prime Minister Perry Christie has returned to his old ways.

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Brazilians and Haitians fail in bid to enter US from Bahamas

NEARLY a dozen Brazilian immigrants were discovered at a local resort in Freeport, and 27 illegal Haitians were brought back to Grand Bahama after a failed smuggling attempt into the United States early this week.