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Christmas Jazz at Jacaranda

JAZZ AT Jacaranda closed out the year with a festive evening of swinging Jazz and popular holiday tunes, presented to a packed house this past Friday at the historic Jacaranda House.

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New members appointed to film board

LAST month, the government appointed new members for the Bahamas Films and Plays Control Board.

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Celebrity artist is an icon

THE Celebrity Artist, Jamaal Rolle, who is also the daily cartoonist for The Tribune, is to be named as a cultural icon in a ceremony tonight.

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Beyonce and Blue take a dip in the Bahamas

BLUE Ivy Carter took a dip in the cool blue waters of the Bahamas this week - with a little help from her mum Beyonce.

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CARIFTA SWIMMING: Bahamas finishes second

It was a valiant effort toward a third consecutive CARIFTA championship title in the pool for team Bahamas, but that effort fell just short of that historic goal .

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Benjamin Knowles leads the way into today’s final

Ministry of Education’s National High Schools Golf Championships

Benjamin Knowles, producing the most impressive score over the four days of the qualifying round, will lead the way into today’s final of the Ministry of Education’s 2021 National High Schools Golf Championships.

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New NPSA champions

The Johnson’s Lady Truckers celebrated another New Providence Softball Association ladies’ championship title, this time sweeping the Sunshine Auto Lady Wildcats in three straight games at the Banker’s Field over the weekend.

Whistleblower revelations drive broker's liquidation

A BAHAMIAN broker/dealer is facing liquidation after its $307,748 capital deficiency was “exacerbated” by whistleblower revelations of legal violations and corporate governance woes.The Securities Commission successfully petitioned the Supreme Court

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Wildcats blow out Brackettes 12-2 to take 2-0 lead in championship series

THE New Providence Softball Association’s ladies defending champions Sigma Brackettes avoided getting shutout again, but they couldn’t stop the pennant winning Sigma Wildcats’ onslaught as they pulled off another abbreviated victory.

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Essays on autism earn prizes for QC students

THREE Queen’s College students have taken the top prizes for a national essay writing contest aiming at raising awareness of autism. Under the theme “Autism in the Bahamas: inclusion, advocacy and dispelling myths” the competition was organised by FirstCare Medical Plan in partnership with REACH Bahamas and the Ministry of Education and offered prizes valued at more than $1,000.

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LN Coakley graduate Troyann Forbes awarded 1st ever Pompey Scholarship

IT was more than 185 years ago that Pompey, a slave living in Exuma, sparked a rebellion that stopped a transfer order that would have separated 77 men, women and children from their families.

Current residents in ‘dire straits’ over BPL outages

Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) yesterday blamed an underwater cable break for leaving residents of Current Island, off North Eleuthera, in “dire straits” due to prolonged power outages that have lasted more than a week.

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Tennis players get in swing at the Pan Am Games

THE 19th Pan American Games continued yesterday in Santiago, Chile, which saw more Bahamians begin competition in tennis and swimming.

FOUR CLUBS GO HEAD TO HEAD AT BARRACUDA INVITATIONAL SWIM MEET

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WITH the hosting of the 2012 Carifta Games on the horizon, the Bahamas Swimming Federation returned to the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Center over the weekend for the staging of the Barracud

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Man admits drug charge, women cleared

A MAN's admission to possessing 60 pounds of marijuana with intent to supply saved three young women from being remanded with him to Her Majesty's prison yesterday.

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Ken Mullings secures silver in the decathlon

After completing two intense days of competition in 10 events, Ken Mullings clinched a silver medal in the men’s decathlon last night at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador.

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Day one difficulties with virtual learning system

THE first day of virtual school was plagued with several challenges for some public school students and teachers who were unable to access the Ministry of Education’s virtual learning system yesterday, according to Bahamas Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson.

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Teachers at odds over numbers on 'sick out'

ABOUT 1,000 teachers across the country called in sick yesterday in protest over what they described as a lack of COVID-19 health and safety protocols at schools, according to Bahamas Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson.

Baptist Sports Council’s Annual Family Fun Run/Walk Race winners in spotlight

THE Baptist Sports Council recently held its annual Family Fun Run/Walk Race.

Taylor-Gabriel replaces Oria ‘Big O’ Knowles

ALEX Taylor-Gabriel, one of the top female players in the country, has been given an enormous task of reshaping the University of the Bahamas Mingoes women’s softball team as they prepare for competition in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).