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Sports Notes
THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association kicked off its 2015 season at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday. In the opening game at 7pm, the Bommer G Operators face the Career Builders Lady Cheetahs. Following a “soft opening,” last year’s runners-up Super Value Cybots Queens take on defending champions Johnson’s Lady Truckers in the feature contest.
Activists say deportation of man will be illegal
HUMAN rights advocates are deploring the fact that a man, who recently had charges of illegal entry dismissed in Magistrate’s Court, is being held at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre awaiting deportation.
Coke bottler: No impact from 30% investor fight
The Bahamas’ Coca-Cola bottler says no operational changes will result from the takeover battle engulfing its 30 per cent Barbadian shareholder, as it “sits on the sidelines” awaiting the outcome.
Justice – the kind that brings freedom and peace: Part 1
EMANCIPATION – August, for just under 200 years now has been celebrated as the month of freedom. Throughout the next few weeks we will plunge into the depth of this term – freedom – in our quest to be both educational and challenging.
Accused ‘did not remember pending arson case’ until arrest at roadblock
A MAN did not remember he had a six-year-old pending arson case before the Supreme Court until his recent arrest during a roadblock, a judge heard yesterday.
Fitting honour for a Roadrunner
WHILE the spotlight was on the athletes for their achievement over the year, the Roadrunners Track Club shared the show with their assistant coach Mildred Adderley.
PM rejects claim of NHI ‘death panels’
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday said reports that his administration is seeking to implement a government-run “death panel” to decide who would be treated or not for catastrophic diseases under its proposed National Health Insurance scheme was “absolute nonsense.”
Bahamian women unite to ignite entrepreneurship
THIS Thursday is being celebrated worldwide as Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED) and global ambassadors are planning events that will be of unique benefit to the women in their respective countries.
HUGH CAMPBELL: The Final Four
The final matchups are all set headed into championship night in the 33rd Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic.
Tennis ace Iesha Shepherd to pursue pro career in US
AFTER an impressive junior career where she dominated on the local scene and held her own on the international circuit, Iesha Shepherd is now leaving the Bahamas and heading to the United States to pursue her professional tennis career.
Fitzgerald wrong on study findings
WHEN he defended the safety of school campuses on Monday, Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald mischaracterised research College of The Bahamas professors have done on the matter as he sought to bolster his argument that the presence of police in schools has made campuses safer.
Baker Newman emerges as champion
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association is hoping to benefit from having the presence of brothers Spencer and Baker Newman in its quest to regain its position as one of the top countries in the American Zone Davis Cup Tie.
UPDATED: Dispute goes on as families pick up pieces after demolition
A LOCAL attorney claims that his family’s rightful ownership of embattled land in the Prince Charles Drive area was justification for the property’s demolition, which left dozens of beneficiaries of a local outreach organisation displaced.
Farewell to a senator - and a dear friend
Dion Foulkes pays tribute to his late friend and former senator, Edwin ‘Wykee’ Brown, whose state recognised funeral takes place today at Bethel Baptist Church, Meeting Street, at 11am.
Sports notes
THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations has announced that the final registration for the Open National Championships is today.
Ex-president tells BREA: ‘Be more accommodating’
An ex-Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) president yesterday urged it to be “more accommodating and sensitive”, and focus on growing its membership rather than “pushing people away”.
Bahamas’ biggest names in track and field get set for Nationals
THE country’s biggest names in track and field are set for competition this weekend as they vie for spots on various national teams and embrace a rare opportunity to compete in front of the Bahamian crowd.
‘We want to keep these young men busy’ in the summer
The 10th annual edition of the Kevin Johnson Developmental Basketball Camp is currently underway at the CI Gibson Gymnasium.
THE FINISH LINE: ‘Independence holiday could have used some more sporting flavour’
The Bahamas’ 42nd Independence celebrations came and gone and there was very little going on.
Nassau Rowing Club celebrates 3rd anniversary
IT HAS been a landmark year thus far for the Nassau Rowing Club and the organisation recently celebrated its third anniversary as it continues its effort to increase the local profile of the sport.