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Denisha Cartwright is Athlete of the Year

For the fourth season in a row, Bahamian collegiate standout Denisha Cartwright has emerged as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year.

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Top KCs hired amid bid to avoid $200m GBPA battle

TWO top attorneys have been hired by the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) to defend an anticipated $200m demand from the Government amid last-ditch efforts to avoid a legal confrontation.

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Lindsay Shriver trial delayed until July

THE trial of an American woman accused of plotting to kill her husband was postponed yesterday to July.

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INSIGHT: The geographic and economic roots of our crime problem

ALL people are created equal in the sight of our maker; equal in dignity and value. This is an unquestioned value espoused by most of western society and often enshrined in the constitution.

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Glenn ‘Nassau’ Pratt to be inducted into Hall of Fame

GLENN “Nassau” Pratt, one of the youngest Bahamians to turn professional at the age of 20, will become the latest Bahamian to be inducted into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame.

Oil waste facility opens in GB

THE Clean Marine Group (CMG) has opened its MARPOL Port Reception Facility in Grand Bahama.

USCG searches for boat with couple missing on trip to the Bahamas

THE US Coast Guard is searching for a pair of boaters who left the Florida Keys for The Bahamas.

INSIGHT: The solutions to our crime issues begin with our children

THE home life of men in prison is dominated by numerous "stressors". In some places statistics show that as many as eight of ten men in prisons came from abusive or broken homes.

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GAIN AN EDGE: Triplets’ journey takes a LEAP

oday we welcome back the Gain An Edge column, a series of articles spotlighting education, the young people taking part in it and more. The column will run bi-weekly on Mondays.

Devynne Charlton leads the way

DEVYNNE Charlton came within a second of a margin in matching her co-women’s world indoor 60 metres hurdles record, while Grand Bahamian Terrence Jones inked his name on another Bahamian men’s national record.

Top attorneys battle on Sir Jack’s Butler’s $83k costs

Two leading attorneys are locked in a furious battle over $83,000 in taxed legal costs stemming from court cases involving Sir Jack Hayward’s late Bahamian butler.

INSIGHT: Causes of crime not new, but deepening – what now?

“Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

‘Absolutely untrue’ DARE influenced by FTX, Deltec

THE Securities Commission’s top executive yesterday slammed as “absolutely untrue” assertions that The Bahamas’ key digital assets law was influenced to benefit FTX and a local international bank.

Deltec’s ‘secret’ $2bn credit line for FTX ally

A BAHAMIAN bank has been accused of aiding FTX by allegedly “sidestepping” this country’s banking laws, helping to “siphon off” customer funds and providing an up to $2bn “secret” credit line.

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STATESIDE: Biden should be wary of underestimating Trump

“Wow. What a weekend. Too many more like this one and we’re finished.”

Abaco Schools Sports Association basketball results

Abaco Schools Sports Association Basketball Championships (Best of Three series)

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Vanderpool breaks his indoor national record in pole vault

IT was another indoor national record-breaking performance for pole vaulter Brenden Vanderpool as he duplicated the same feat at the same venue he established the previous mark last month.

Roadrunners: More athletes qualify for the CARIFTA games

THE Roadrunners’ Diana Lynn Thompson Classic saw more athletes on the track and field attain the CARIFTA qualifying standards on Saturday at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium.

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A birthday bash to remember

IT was a birthday celebration, highlighted by a pair of Masters Softball League games and entertainment that included rake-n-scrape, marching bands and a Junkanoo rush-out, that left the Rev. Dr. William Thompson flabbergasted.

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Tour providers suffer 50% crime alert drop

Bahamian tour and excursion providers yesterday revealed a 50 percent across-the-board business decline because tourists “don’t want to leave the hotel or ship” due to crime fears.