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McPhee-McCuin and the rebels lose

A SEASON of struggles came to an end for head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin and her Ole Miss Rebels Women’s Basketball programme in the opening round of the SEC Tournament. The Rebels suffered a 64-53 loss to the Missouri Tigers yesterday at the Bon Se

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Woman admits forging narcotics prescription

A WOMAN pleaded guilty to forging prescriptions to obtain narcotics from a local pharmacy after being arraigned in Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Tietchka Vanderpool-Wallace, 54, was arraigned alongside Livingstone Seymour, 54, before Senior Magistra

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Bahamians clinch titles in NCAA Division I Basketball

AS the NCAA Division I college basketball season winds down, several Bahamian student athletes clinched conference regular season titles ahead of the postseason.Nathan Bain and the Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks continue to be one of the most talked ab

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CH Reeves Raptors are GSSSA track and field champions

The CH Reeves Raptors, completing a dominant performance in winning three of the four 4 x 400 metre relays yesterday at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, collected their 25th Government Secondary Schools Sports Association track and field championship title.

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Teams eliminated on day 4 of Hugh Campbell Classic

IT was mass elimination day on day four of the 38th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic as the tournament field continues to dwindle ahead of this weekend’s pool championships.

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Hugh Campbell Day 3: Marlins, Eagles, Stingrays, T’Wolves win

Day three of the 38th Hugh Campbell Invitational featured the debut of defending champions, the first appearance for Family Island teams and also the first elimination of this year’s event.

'Healing Games' theme of Geneva Rutherford Basketball Classic

SEVERAL of the top junior and senior girls’ basketball programmes in the island nation will head to Grand Bahama this weekend for the division’s longest standing tournament. The Helping Our Youth Through Education and Sports (HOYTES) hosts the 21st

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ALICIA WALLACE: Whispered secrets which tell a much deeper story

Everyone is talking now, just as they were before, but with voices that are a little louder. It almost seems as though there is less fear. Memories are being jogged as stories are spilling and judgments are being made. People are finally saying, in spaces where more people can hear them, that they knew at least a part of what was allegedly happening behind the walls at Peter Nygard’s Lyford Cay home.

A love for light skin

Last week, during the PLP’s rally, Patricia Deveaux introduced Senator the Hon Dr Michael Darville with specific language.

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Hugh Campbell Classic tips off

Still celebrating their Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools Sports’ senior boys basketball championship victory, the Queen’s College Comets got off to a sluggish start, but poured it on down the stretch against Galilee College in one

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WORLD VIEW: Hypocrisy unmasked as OAS stands at crossroads

IF candidates were to get a prize for making the best case for why they are best suited to be Secretary-General of the OAS, María Fernanda Espinosa would have easily walked away with it when the three contenders for the post appeared before the Permanent Council of the Organization on February 12.

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British High Commissioner glad to be back in business

THE British High Commission was officially re-opened during a special ceremony in New Providence yesterday nearly 15 years after closing its operations in the country.Speaking at yesterday’s ceremony, British High Commissioner Sarah Dickson said the

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Temple Christian Suns bring championship title to Nassau

THE Temple Christian Suns advanced to both the boys and girls finals, but only managed to come back from Grand Bahama with one of the championship trophies in the HOYTES Gladstone ‘Moon’ McPhee/Cecil Thompson Primary School Basketball Tournament.

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Road to Olympics: Hield pulls off 2nd-round TKO

CARL Hield’s road to the 2020 Olympic Games qualifying tournament began with a victory in his first match for the year over the weekend in Pennsylvania. Hield, the top Bahamian amateur boxer now training in Tampa, Florida, pulled off a second-round

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Three in hospital after separate stabbing and shootings

THREE men are in hospital after separate shooting and stabbing incidents. Police said a man was shot after 9pm on Thursday. He was walking on Taylor Street, Nassau Village when a gunman approached and shot him. The injured man is in stable conditio

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Bahamas ranked 81st in world for corporate bribery

The Bahamas 81st ranking in a new global bribery index must serve as a wake-up call to “keep our foot on the gas pedal” in the fight against corruption, governance reformers urged yesterday.

Tourism honours its 'timeless treasures'

The Ministry of Tourism has honoured 17 of its “timeless treasures” with numerous accolades for longevity and serving the country’s major industry with distinction.“Over the years you’ve put your shoulder to the collective wheel and, with excellence,

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BPL electrical failure on Friday morning

MANY customers voiced frustration Friday on Facebook over an electricity failure by Bahamas Power and Light Company leaving them without service.

5-for-5 as Clarke sees Da Boyz to victory

The Masters Softball League continued its regular season action over the weekend at the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreation Grounds. Here’s a look at the summaries of the games played: Da Boyz 35, Corner Boys 8: Win

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Lies in OAS contest: sifting the wheat from the chaff

IF EVER there was a time in global politics when governments did not indulge in deliberately and maliciously running smear campaigns against candidates they oppose for international positions, it has now passed.