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NCAA Division I Basketball: Bahamians take spotlight

SEVERAL 20-point performances highlighted the play from Bahamians over the weekend in NCAA Division I basketball.Charles Bain posted a career-high while Lashann Higgs and Travis Munnings exhibited the senior leadership their respective programmes exp

Bahamians in spotlight as the NCAA basketball season tips off

THE NCAA basketball season tipped off Tuesday night and several Bahamians figured prominently for their programmes on the court and from the coaching ranks on the sidelines.Yolett McPhee-McCuin began her era as the head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels’

Franklyn Sweeting Sr ‘was a tough opponent’ in baseball

FRANKLYN ‘Cinderella’ Sweeting Sr, better known for his pitching duties in baseball and coaching in softball, suddenly passed away around noon on Sunday.

Panthers stop Truckers for men's crown

THE Palmetto Point Panthers were not supposed to be here, but they will take the Bahamas Softball Federation’s 2018 Men’s National Softball Championship title back to Eleuthera.The Panthers, embroiled in a dispute over their representation of the Ele

MAKO Aquatic Club wins the Blue Waves Invitational

MAKO Aquatic Club continues its impressive showing so far this season, winning the Blue Waves Swim Club Invitational at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex on Saturday.Coming off two consecutive victories, including their own meet last weekend, Mako

Business easier in Gaza than Bahamas

The deputy prime minister yesterday pledged “drastic improvement” after the World Bank concluded it was easier to do business in the war-torn West Bank and Gaza Strip than The Bahamas.KP Turnquest, pictured, told Tribune Business that planned reforms

Attorney loses Colina battle

A Bahamian attorney has lost his battle with Colina Insurance Company after the appeals court rejected claims that his $150,000 life insurance policy had “unlawfully lapsed”.Dorsey McPhee, representing himself, had challenged Justice Indra Charles’s

NPWBA: All-Girls High School Tournament starts today

THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association will continue its recent tradition of hosting a preseason tournament for high school basketball players seeking for an opportunity to showcase their skills.The NPWBA is scheduled to host its annual Al

Amateur Boxing Federation gets ring thanks to Albany

WITH the new administration in the Bahamas Amateur Boxing Federation taking on a new initiative on Friday night in hosting an All-Bahamian elimination event at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium, the only thing missing was a proper boxing ring.

Doctors collaborate at 18th GBMDA

HEALTH professionals attended the 18th annual Grand Bahama Medical and Dental Association’s Scientific Educational Conference at Pelican Bay Resort on Thursday.Dr Vincent Burton, president of GBMDA, said the aim of the event was to bring doctors toge

Sammy Hunter commits to the Ole Miss Rebels

SAMMY Hunter became the latest Bahamian basketball product to join the Ole Miss Rebels programme for the Fall 2019 campaign.

Crime fears are attack on tourism

Crime, and the fear of crime, represent an attack on the tourism industry and wider Bahamian economy, a senior Ministry of Tourism official has argued.Joy Jibrilu, the ministry’s secretary-general, told a workshop on tourist safety and security that

Baptist group to visit Haiti and Florida after disasters

THE National Baptist Convention will be sending a delegation to Haiti on Monday to determine what aid the country needs, Christian Council President Delton Fernander said yesterday.The Christian Council will be partnering with the group and once the

Medics to hold meeting in GB

THE Grand Bahama Medical & Dental Association will holds its 18th annual Scientific Educational Conference in Freeport beginning today at Pelican Bay Resort.

DIANE PHILLIPS: Helping the helpless but a story which fills us with shame

If you live on the eastern side of the island you see them every day – men and women in light blue shirts and khaki pants holding tin cans in the shape of a church. They wait patiently for donations, a few hundred dollars a day coming from regulars who know the work these extraordinary men and women do. They are the members of Ambassador Chorale and the money they raise helps to house, feed, clothe and teach those who have fallen through the cracks or whose drug-sodden parents are incapable of caring for them.

‘Bahamas Showcase’ gets stamp of approval

MINISTERS of Sports and Tourism, Lanisha Rolle and D’ionisio D’Aguilar respectively, put their stamp of approval on the return of the ‘Islands of the Bahamas Showcase’ for the third time in November by participating in a press conference for the visiting teams in Baltimore, Maryland, last Thursday.

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