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Boxers qualify for Pan Am Games, bring home bronze

BEFORE they left last week for Tijuana, Mexico, veteran team member Carl Hield had predicted that all three boxers representing the Amateur Boxing Federation of the Bahamas would win a medal and qualify for the Pan American Games. Mission accomplished.

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Two men charged with possession of an unlicenced firearm granted $7k bail each

TWO men were granted bail after they were accused of having a loaded gun in their jeep outside a lounge on West Bay Street last week.

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Man accused of chasing victim and stabbing him to death

A MAN was arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday in connection with a recent murder.

the 4 Pools

HERE'S a look at how the 26 participating teams are stacked up in the four pools for the prestigious 30th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic slated to begin at Kendal Isaacs gym Monday: Pool 1 CI Gibson, Agape (Abaco), Dame Doris Johnson, Jordan Prince Wil

Construction worker who was murdered is identified

POLICE yesterday identified the construction worker who was shot to death at a worksite on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway on Monday as 40-year-old Anthony Neely.

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BFA names Women's Under-17 National Soccer team

AFTER months of training, the women’s under-17 national soccer team has been named by the Bahamas Football Association’s Technical Department. The team is off to Willemstad, Curacao for a tournament which kicks off today and wraps up on Sunday. The

Financial Bowling league

WEDNESDAY night’s opening of the 2019-2020 Financial Bowling League season at Mario’s Bowling and Family Entertainment saw some impressive scores in the men’s category. The top scorer and most valuable player (MVP) was Kevin B Williams of the Strike

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Special Olympics Bahamas off to the World Summer Games

SPECIAL Olympics Bahamas was able to meet their financial requirements and its delegation of 40 persons left town yesterday for the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Abu Dhabi.

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BTC congratulates Miller-Uibo on her world record in the 200m straight race

OLYMPIC 400m gold medallist and BTC-endorsed athlete Shaunae Miller-Uibo created the pinnacle of the Adidas Boost Boston Games, clocking in at 21.76 (0.5m/s) on a 200m straight this past Sunday.Participating in her first ever street athletics meet, M

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Two charged over thefts

FREEPORT – Two men were arraigned before the Courts on Monday in relation to a string of thefts from cars in the Smith’s Point area.

Ministry to host VAT forum

THE Ministry of Finance has invited the public to attend its first public forum on Value Added Tax at the Workers House on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway tomorrow at 7.30pm.

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Accused of beating baby

A 22-year-old man was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of abusing a year-old boy.

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BREAKING NEWS: Body found

Reports reach Tribune

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Death penalty to be sought for killers of US sailor

THREE men could be sentenced to death if a Supreme Court judge grants a request for the imposition of that penalty for the May 2013 murder of Kyle Bruner, an American sailor who was shot just feet away from the Paradise Island Bridge in Nassau.

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Top seeds prevail on day 1 of High School Basketball Nationals

TOP seeds won out as expected on day one of the National High School Basketball Championships at the St George’s Gymnasium in Grand Bahama.

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Breanna slipped twice - then they attacked

A 14-year-old boy yesterday testified how a car full of girls nearly ran him over in their haste to ultimately stab and beat to death teenage mother Breanna Mackey over an $80 cell phone last year.

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STALEMATE: Nurses walk out and threaten more to come

NURSES yesterday upped the ante in their resistance to an impending “slavery” shift change by staging staggered lunch break walkouts, which slowed service at Princess Margaret Hospital and public health facilities throughout the country.

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Falcons fly high to get past the Blue Waves

Jordan Prince Williams Falcons showed St Anne’s Blue Waves why they are the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) senior boys defending basketball champions.

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Boxers ready for battle at the Independent Cup

KESHNO Major, Rashield Williams, Ronald Woodside and Godfrey Strachan will carry the Bahamian flag at the AIBA’s annual Independent Cup in the Dominican Republic next month as they begin the trek towards the 2016 Olympic Games.

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Cybots knock off Rebels 84-73, Rockets rout Stingers 87-74

THE Mail Boat Cybots and Pyramid Food Rockets pulled off victories in the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.