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Ayton named NBA Rookie of the Year Award finalist

DEANDRE Ayton was named one of three finalists for the 2018-19 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Award.

Bahamas hosts international summit to empower all women

Africa’s second richest woman, the daughter of TD Jakes, and some of the Bahamas’ most successful businesswomen will be in attendance at the first International Women’s Empowerment Summit (IWES) to be held here in Nassau next month.

EDITORIAL: ‘Brave’ Davis predicts 2022 win for PLP

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis, now leader of a four-member Opposition in the new House of Assembly, is confident that given time his party will return to lead the country.

EDITORIAL: The Donald rules from his Lazy Boy

DONALD Trump made another magazine cover this week, but it is not flattering to him. Newsweek depicts the embattled US president slouched in a recliner with a bag of popcorn and cell phone in hand. The headline: Lazy Boy.

‘Iconic’ Exuma resort’s sale awaits Govt nod

The sale of Exuma’s “iconic” Club Peace & Plenty Resort is now awaiting government approval, a Cabinet Minister has confirmed, with the property’s overhaul a key component in Georgetown’s revival.

Butler-Turner says jobs being given for votes

LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday blasted the Christie administration over the reported launch of a jobs programme in her constituency, claiming 28 people were handpicked for new employment as an election approaches.

Bell: Give us a chance to finish the job on crime

MINISTER of State for National Security Keith Bell yesterday said more can be done in the fight against crime but defended the Christie administration’s initiatives this term, saying the government has made “significant investments” to counteract the problem.

Mitchell's bid for leadership

THE Progressive Liberal Party will be holding a convention this year in order to elect a substantive leader, deputy leader and chairman.

Bahamas taxes equal 34% of company profit

Bahamian companies face an effective corporate tax rate that is equivalent to almost 34 per cent of their profits, the World Bank’s ‘ease of doing business report’ has calculated.

'We will march without permission'

DESPITE being denied the use of Rawson and Parliament Squares for a protest on Majority Rule Day in January, We March Bahamas organiser John Bostwick II said yesterday the demonstration “will go on as planned, on the same route as planned” even without the government’s permission.

Prime Minister backs away from hurricane tax plan

DESPITE Prime Minister Perry Christie’s previous suggestion that the government may need to “tax some item” to accumulate funds for the country’s Hurricane Matthew recovery and repair, he yesterday back-pedalled from this position insisting that the current tax system is sufficient to raise the money needed for the efforts.

Bahamas Ferries hotel JV gets 'green light'

Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday confirmed the Government had given “the green light” to a joint venture involving Bahamas Ferries that would expand Eleuthera’s Coco Di Mama resort six-fold.

Mayaguanans 'treated like animals'

APPALLED witnesses of yesterday’s tragedy in Mayaguana say political leaders have never cared enough about remote Family Islanders like them.

Doctors to appear on TV documentary

A procedure that has seen 520 patients treated at Doctors Hospital over the past five years will be featured this summer on a documentary series hosted by talk show host, Larry King.

Buena Vista distillery opens with 4,000 sales

The John Watling’s Distillery yesterday confirmed it had opened its Buena Vista Estate to complimentary tours, having to-date sold more than 4,000 bottles of its rum.

An evening with Judson Picot Eneas

THE walls of the Judson Family home were scattered with over one hundred portraits. Art enthusiasts enjoyed each piece as they viewed the “Judson Picot Eneas Art Exhibit” last week.

Team Bahamas in the win column on day 2

Day two of the International Club Doubles Week saw the Bahamas, Austria, US and Belgium all emerge as winners on Tuesday.

Hotels eye highest occupancy since '07

The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) has elected its 2013-14 leadership team at the 60th Annual General Meeting (AGM), with its president and the minister of tourism before calling for improved industry service levels.

Giorgio Baldacci Elite Invitational Tennis Tournament starts today

WHILE the women will play directly out of the main draw starting on Wednesday, the men’s field will be made up of a qualifying round as the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association kicks off the Giorgio Baldacci Elite Invitational Tennis Tournament at the National Tennis Center today.

NPVA all set for Best of the Best Tournament

THE New Providence Volleyball Association (NPVA) is scheduled to hold the 2012 Best of the Best Tournament during the Christmas break.

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