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Harvey scores career high 10 points in win

AHMARD Harvey had the best game of his collegiate career while several Bahamian players made their NCAA Division I basketball debuts this week after their programmes got off to late starts due to schedule adjustments and COVID-19 protocols.

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Moultrie: Get illegal firearms off the streets

AFTER a recent spate of murders in the capital, Nassau Village MP Halson Moultrie is calling on the police force to conduct “a dragnet operation” to get illegal firearms off the streets.

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‘Why did they kill my brother?'

THE sister of a man who was shot dead in Nassau Village on Tuesday says the family is struggling to come to grips with his death, insisting he was not a “gang-banger”.

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Cabinet go-ahead for $1.5bn heritage plan

The Government has given the go-ahead to a Bahamian investor group aiming to generate $1.5bn in revenues by transforming Nassau's key heritage sites, a top official revealed yesterday.

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Nesbitt returns to help Rebels win

COACH Yolette McPhee-McCuin’s Ole Miss Rebels continue to post historic numbers early in the season and after missing the first game of the year, Valerie Nesbitt returned to provide even more depth to the roster.

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Man shot by police after high speed chase

A high-speed chase ended with one suspect in hospital last night after being shot by police.

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13 marines complete technical training course

THIRTEEN marines from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force were recognised after completing their technical training course last month.

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Jones perfect

Kai Jones had a perfect season debut while Franco Miller Jr and Radshad Davis shined in their new surroundings in wins for their respective programmes on the opening night of NCAA Division I basketball.

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Bahamians to compete in NCAA Division 1 openers

THE NCAA Division I basketball season tips off Wednesday, November 25 and several Bahamian players are scheduled to compete on the opening day of the COVID-19-shortened season.

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First cruise back hit by virus

One of the first cruise ships to ply through Caribbean waters since the pandemic began ended its trip early after at least five passengers tested positive for COVID-19, officials said yesterday.

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FACE TO FACE: Sandena’s devotion - to help our youngsters build a better future

Spend just a few moments around Sandena Neely and you will find an effervescent character with lots of energy to go around. She is positive, joyful and very involved in anything she sets her mind to do.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: From humble beginnings to representing The Bahamas

There is one memory that, no matter how many successes he racks up, Louby Georges can never forget.

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WORLD VIEW: OAS General Assembly failed the people of the Americas

ANYONE who followed the 50th regular session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), would be forgiven for believing it was held to discuss Venezuela and Nicaragua.

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Burglary suspect shot by police

A HOUSEBREAKING suspect was taken to hospital after he was shot by police on Thursday.

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Mike Sands: ‘We have to get the message out about who is NACAC’

THE North American, Central American and the Caribbean (NACAC), in its bid to bridge the gap in all aspects of the region, hosted a virtual meeting with the media to ascertain the way forward and, in particular, the highly acclaimed CARIFTA Games as it reaches close to its 50th anniversary. The meeting was hosted by NACAC’s newly elected president Mike Sands and facilitated by Trinidad & Tobago’s journalist Kwame Laurence and local photographer Kermit Taylor and events manager Dianne Woodside-Johnson.

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‘$20m on sidewalks to give jobs for Bahamians’

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister says sidewalks are needed around New Providence and that an ongoing project to construct them has provided jobs for Bahamians during the difficult COVID-19 crisis.

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INSIGHT: We’ll all be winners if we each do what we can in the fight against COVID

This weekend brought us a sight of what could have been us in the continuing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fine for man found with marijuana

A 23-year-old man who was found with over a pound of marijuana was fined $1,300 on Friday.

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Gov't to tap local investors for remaining $400m funds

The deputy prime minister yesterday said the Government will largely tap the domestic capital markets for the remaining $400m debt financing it requires for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.

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Tributes are paid to coach McPhee

GEORGE McPhee, a former veteran player, who went on to coach a number of the rising young players in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association, passed away at his home on Wednesday morning two days before his 69th birthday today.