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Michelle Reckley arraigned on 21 charges

FORMER Urban Renewal Deputy Director Michelle Reckley was today arraigned on 21 charges relating to allegedly defrauding the Urban Renewal Small Homes Repairs programme in Grand Bahama of over $1.2m.

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UNDER ARREST: Reckley flown to Nassau by Anti Corruption Unit

THE expected arraignment of a former Urban Renewal official and three others did not go on as planned yesterday in Magistrate’s Court after the prosecution failed to present the court with a completed docket.

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Ayton joins BWB camp

Deandre Ayton just added another event to a busy All-Star schedule for the Bahamian rookie phenom.

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Undefeated Hurricanes power on with Whylly

The Holland College Hurricanes are No 1 ranked team in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association the poll powered by Roosevelt Whylly who continues to be one of the league’s most dominant players.

Campos becomes first Puerto Rican Web.com tour winner

GREAT ABACO, Bahamas (AP) — Rafael Campos won The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic in 25-mph wind yesterday to become the first Puerto Rican champion in Web.com Tour history.

Aspiring entrepreneurs rewarded for innovation

Aspiring Eleuthera entrepreneurs have been rewarded for their ideas after participating in the Centre for Training and Innovation’s “The Next Boss” competition.

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Tank: ‘I’m just going to impose my will on him’

Just hours away from fight night, Sherman “Tank” Williams is set to begin an active 2019 campaign on a winning note.

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‘We have lost a legend’

The local sailing community lost one of the most iconic names of the sport when Eleazor Johnson died Wednesday morning. He was 79 years old.

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Temple Christian Suns retain titles

THE Temple Christian Suns retained their mini boys and primary girls titles as the Freedom Baptist Academy’s sixth annual Majority Rule Basketball Tournament concluded over the weekend.

NCAA Division I: Basketball players shine

RADSHAD Davis’ late-game heroics and coach Yolette McPhee-McCuin leading her team to a major upset win highlighted a weekend of performances from Bahamians in NCAA Division I basketball.

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Giving up gas: China’s Shenzhen switches to electric taxis

One of China’s major cities has reached an environmental milestone: an almost entirely electric-powered taxi fleet.

Dynamic duo of politicians

Two of the most intriguing personalities to dominate the Bahamian political landscape during the 1950s and 1960s, in my opinion, were Sir Randol F Fawkes and Sir Stafford Sands. The latter was the most polarising politician in Bahamian history. When his image was placed on the $10 banknote by the Free National Movement (FNM) administration of former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham in March 2000, it stirred up a hornets' nest.

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‘The Tank’ ready for war

As he heads into the new year, Bahamian journeyman heavyweight boxer Sherman ‘The Tank’ Williams is hoping to continue where he left off last year on the winning track.

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CROWNING GLORY: Miller-Uibo our Female Athlete of the Year

Some things are just not meant to be debated. One of them is Shaunae Miller-Uibo’s crowning glory as the Tribune’s 2018 Female Athlete of the Year.

Port bidder pledges 1,050 full-time jobs

A Nassau cruise port bidder yesterday pledged it will create 1,050 full-time jobs through Bahamian business spin-offs and a proposal that is 60 percent local owned.

We're all getting in the Christmas spirit

IN a bid to improve their public image, a team of police prosecutors held a toy drive and luncheon last week for over 80 children at the Bahamas AIDS Foundation.

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Suspect shot dead by police

A MAN was shot dead after a fatal run in with police who were looking for an active shooter.

Bay St ‘survival’ fears over cruise industry port bid

A former downtown Nassau retailer yesterday expressed concern that many remaining businesses may not “survive” if the cruise line-backed bid to take over the port is successful.

Stop giving these murderers the kid glove treatment

In October 2013 I wrote that Bahamas Christian Network CEO Silbert Mills had posted on his Facebook page that there were 1,000 murders committed in The Bahamas up to that point since the state execution of David Mitchell on January 6, 2000.

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The ‘Balloon Princess’ rises to the occasion, donates to breast cancer support group

Karis Knowles, the 11-year-old “Balloon Princess”, has fulfilled yet another one of her promises by donating to the fight against breast cancer in the Bahamas.