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Region sees rise in cases and deaths
A PAN American Health Organization official has revealed that over the past week, 1.5 million new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the region with some 40,000 related deaths.
SAHARA DUST BRINGS HAZY CONDITIONS
HAZY conditions will persist throughout the country for the next few days due to the yearly inflow of Sahara dust, the Department of Meteorology advised yesterday.

WORLD VIEW: Small countries need an IMF that is a lender of conscience
AS undesirable as it may be, governments of Caribbean countries that are not in International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes are being pushed in that direction.

ALICIA WALLACE: Our Caribbean cousins need help and we should not be slow to provide it
On Friday, April 9 there was an explosive eruption of St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ La Soufrière volcano for the first time since 1979. It sent plumes of ash 3.7 miles into the air. This came one day after the country’s Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves issued a Stage 3 disaster alert which was followed by an evacuation order to communities in the red zone. Early estimates indicated that 16,000 people—15 percent of the population—would be displaced as a direct result of this disaster.

‘Now it’s our turn to help’
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said Cabinet will discuss giving financial assistance to those affected by the volcano eruption in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Volcano’s ash cloud turns day into night (video)
ACCORDING to Lisa Benton, a Bahamian living in Barbados, “day turned into night” when ashes from La Soufrière volcano eruption on St Vincent descended on Barbados.
Baptist men celebrate “Seven Last Words of Jesus”.
In the tradition of celebrating the story of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, the Men’s Department of the Bahamas National Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention hosted its seventh annual “Seven Last Words of Jesus”.

15 months of helping after Hurricane Dorian
IT has been 18 months since the passage of Hurricane Dorian and 15 months since the Restoring Industries, Sustaining Employment (RISE) initiative journey began.

WORLD VIEW: No, the idea of CARICOM is not dead
A commentary, published on March 8 by Camillo Gonsalves, a Minister of the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, was headlined “Every Island for itself’. The first line was unequivocal in stating “The idea of CARICOM died on December 16, 2020”.
McCuin and Ole Miss rebels runners-up in the WNIT
A LATE rally fell short and the Ole Miss Rebels concluded the 2021 season as the runners-up in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament.
Christian Council
The Bahamas Christian Council’s (BCC) COVID Vaccine Investigative Committee’s pending report on the various COVID-19 vaccines should be thoroughly examined by the entire Christian community, as a way of separating fact from fiction and wheat from chaff.
Students advance to golf Nationals
Girls Lower Primary (8am)

Nesbitt and Rebels advance, Hunter faces early exit
WITHOUT head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin on the sidelines, Valerie Nesbitt and the Ole Miss Rebels Women’s Basketball programme advanced to the Final Four of the Women’s NIT, but Sammy Hunter and the Rebel men faced an early exit from the men’s version of the tournament.

Ex-Bahamas broker in new US accusations
A former Bahamian broker/dealer, which held the Securities Commission at bay for more than a year, has been charged with making “millions of dollars” through violations of US federal law.

Rebels head coach McPhee-McCuin tests positive for COVID-19
SHORTLY after the Ole Miss Rebels learned of their seeding in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament, the programme announced it would be without its leader after head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin tested positive for COVID-19.
Ole Miss Rebels in National Invitational Tourneys
BOTH Ole Miss Rebels basketball programmes feature Bahamians and both will be headed to National Invitational Tournaments in their respective divisions.

WORLD VIEW: Will regional unity be forever lost to the Caribbean?
SEVERAL editorials in respected newspapers as well as blogs by influential people in the region are, once again, expressing deep concern about CARICOM, particularly over its lack of unity in international affairs and the failure of its leaders to implement their own decisions regarding the single market.

FRONT PORCH: Time we threw off the last shackles of colonialism and unleash our real potential
ONE of the jarring realities the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed here at home is the degree to which the relationship of The Bahamas to the 21st century is tenuous.

‘Coach Yo’ agrees to new, 4-year contract extension
The Ole Miss Rebels displayed their long term commitment to head coach Yolett McPhee McCuin and her vision for the women’s basketball programme with her second contract extension since she was named head coach in 2018.

Basketball table official Marshall remembered
ON the day she would have celebrated her 54th birthday, the basketball community and the teaching profession came together with family and friends to pay their last respects to the late Katrinka Marshall.