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FACE TO FACE: What is the measure of a man? Remembering Obie Wilchcombe
“THE ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy,” said Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr.
BOXING ‘MISSION ACCOMPLISHED’: Federation, All-Out Boxing Club conduct clinics for officials
AFTER all the uncertainties and challenges, the All-Out Boxing Club and the Bahamas Boxing Federation were able to declare: “Mission Accomplished.”
Dame Marguerite Pindling says ‘Wilchcombe was in a class all by himself’
FORMER Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling said she will forever be indebted to former Minister of Social Services, Information and Broadcasting Obediah Hercules Wilchcombe, who died on Monday.
FACE TO FACE – Hubert ‘Chippie’ Chipman: A life centred around family
“Family” is the key word that has shaped the life of Hubert Anthony Chipman. His nuclear family with his wife Roxanne; his wider Chipman family and the clans of his heritage; his high school family that he never let go of; his church family; his political ties; and his Junkanoo tribe are all testaments to his sacrifice and his commitment to giving his all to the people he loves.
BREAKING: Social Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe dies
SOCIAL Services, Information and Broadcasting Minister Obie Wilchcombe has died, according to the Office of the Prime Minister.
ERIC WIBERG: Splashdown in the moonlight
ON the night of Tuesday, October 5, 1943, a pilot from the RAF named Hastie calmly pointed the sizeable B-25 Mitchell bomber towards the dark outline of South Eleuthera, just above Lighthouse Point. Despite losing an engine then the second one overheating, Hastie managed to calmly land his nearly 70ft, 35,000lb airplane a mere 100 feet from the beach gleaming white in the moonlight, without any of his men being killed.
Honouring our senior citizens
A LUNCHEON honouring senior citizens was held on Friday by members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
WORLD VIEW: Small island states seek climate justice in case
ON September 11 in Hamburg, Germany, a significant legal proceeding began that could redefine the parameters of climate justice for small island states. This case, slated to run until September 25, will unfold at the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS).
BOC officers elected
WHILE president Romell Knowles, secretary general Derron Donaldson and newly elected treasurer Dorian Roach went in unopposed, the remaining cast for the Bahamas Olympic Committee’s executive board was completed during the election of officers on Saturday night.
Man, 21, denies ‘threatening PM outright’
THE trial of a 21-year-old man accused of threatening to kill Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis in response to Lincoln Bain’s arrest after a protest in February began yesterday.
BOC PRESIDENT KNOWLES TO RUN UNOPPOSED IN ELECTIONS: Set for second four-year term after this Saturday’s vote
ROMELL Knowles will return to office unopposed for his second four-year term as president of the Bahamas Olympic Committee.
Bahamas joins organisation of small island states who face an existential threat due to climate change
AFTER a call by small islands for climate justice, Sir Ronald Sanders, the ambassador for Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organization of American States, has warned that the islands face “a real and present threat” to their existence – and The Bahamas has joined a commission to tackle the issue.
Team Bahamas in ‘tip top shape’ for Nations League
AFTER months of preparation, assistant coach Kevin Davies said the Bahamas Football Association men’s national soccer team is ready to compete in the CONCACAF Nations League.
Nashad Mackey joins UT Martin Skyhawks coaching staff
Bahamian Nashad Mackey will now join the University of Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks men’s basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach. The former senior national team player will transition from his previous role as the assistant coach of the Daytona State Falcons.
Uriah McPhee primary school expected to open today with staggered learning
DOMINIQUE McCartney-Russell, acting director of Education, said the Uriah McPhee Primary School is expected to open today with staggered learning that will see some students return today and others next week.
Students turned away at Uriah McPhee Primary School due to teachers dispute with MOE official
URIAH McPhee Primary School did not return to classrooms yesterday because of a dispute between teachers and a senior education official.
Penalty for small amount of cannabis higher than other Caribbean countries
THE penalty for having a small amount of cannabis in The Bahamas would be higher than most countries in the Caribbean that have decriminalised the drug if the Davis administration’s proposed legislation becomes law.
Basden-Williams adds IBA Star 1 Coach to her résumé
SHE’S broken grounds as a referee and judge, now Grand Bahamian Geddet Basden-Williams has added her certification as an International Boxing Association’s Star 1 Coach to her résumé.
Former amateur boxer Kieshno Major now IBA certified coach
KIESHNO Major is now the latest former amateur boxer to become an International Boxing Association Star 1 certified coach in the Bahamas.
PM: ABORTION IS PERSONAL CHOICE – In the case of rape it’s a ‘medical matter’ Davis ‘would have to consider’
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said he believes abortion is a personal choice.