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Food plan earns student $60,000 scholarship
AQUINAS College student Yasmille Moss’ plan to lower the country’s food import bill and inspire Bahamians to pursue careers in agriculture has won her a $60,000 scholarship to attend Elmira College in New York.
Shining bright in women’s college basketball
ON the women’s side of NCAA Division I basketball, the Bahamas has had one coach continuing her team’s win streak and one player setting new career highs.
GIANTS TOP THE CYBOTS 97-87
AFTER getting off to a great start in their season opener, the defending champions Mail Boat Cybots suffered a humbling defeat to their arch-rivals Commonwealth Bank Giants at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.
Civic group wants action as authorities reject health report
A GRAND Bahama civic group is calling for “swift intervention in the relocation and settlement of affairs of residents” in the Pinder’s Point and Lewis Yard communities following the rejection of an Environmental Health Risk Assessment report by two leading international authorities which they deemed “suspicious”.
Cybots win NPBA opener
The Mail Boat Cybots, with an infusion of some fresh young talent, made it look so easy as they ran away from the much older and more experienced Legends to pull off a 112-74 rout to start the New Providence Basketball Association’s 2016/17 season on the right track at the AF Adderley Gymnasium last night.
Barracuda Swim Club comes out on top after 2-day meet
THE Barracuda Swim Club, preparing to compete this weekend in Plantation, Florida, used the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s season opening Family Guardian Invitational to get ready for the US meet.
Coach McPhee-McCuin and Dolphins to begin conference title chase
COACH Yolette McPhee-McCuin and her Jacksonville University Dolphins are set to begin their conference title chase and make an even deeper run in the NCAA tournament in the 2016-17 campaign.
Town and gown start university celebrations
THE College of the Bahamas will mark its transition to university this week with numerous activities leading up to its charter day on Thursday.
THE FINISH LINE: C&S Hitmen ‘were clearly the best team down the stretch’
Last week we celebrated the Johnson’s Lady Truckers, winners of the New Providence Softball Association’s 2016 ladies championship.
Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson elected President of the Caribbean Congress of Labour
VETERAN Bahamian trade union leader Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson has been elected as President of The Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL), the regional trade union of national workers organisations.
Man fined $5,000 for drug possession
A MAN was fined $5,000 yesterday after he pleaded guilty to possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply.
Call for juveniles on remand at Department of Correctional Services to be relocated
POINTING to the landmark Court of Appeal ruling on the treatment of children in the justice system, child rights advocate and lawyer Tavarrie Smith called on Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson to immediately relocate juveniles on remand at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.
New champions
Alcott Forbes and the pennant winning C&S Hitmen missed another shutout, but they pulled off the three-game sweep to derail the defending champions Commando Security Truckers to secure the New Providence Softball Association men’s championship crown.
Rising soccer star Ricardo McPhee reflects on ‘great season’
RICARDO McPhee, one of the Bahamas junior national soccer team players, concluded an outstanding two-year sting at Lyndon Institute.
NewCo backs Red Dress Soiree
THE Red Dress Soiree announced NewCo 2015 as the title and digital sponsor of the 2016 Red Dress Soiree at a press conference on Wednesday.
Privy Council quashes murder conviction
POLICE detectives’ failures to properly adhere to the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s own guidelines concerning the treatment and questioning of juveniles in custody was the reason the London-based Privy Council yesterday made the decision to quash the murder conviction of Shavargo McPhee.
Allen’s $100k demand rejected by LOI group
The group at the centre of the Renward Wells Letter of Intent (LOI) controversy rejected an ex-Cabinet Minister’s alleged $100,000 demand for sending a solitary letter to the Government over its waste-to-energy proposal.
GAIN AN EDGE: Opening the door to work
Dean of Academic Affairs at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI), Pleshette McPhee, often says “TVET is the new global currency”.
NIB’s unfunded pension liability near 50% GDP
The National Insurance Board’s (NIB) unfunded pension liabilities, equivalent to almost 50 per cent of Bahamian GDP, represent a “major fiscal risk” that demands at least a 5.4 per cent increase in contribution rates.
Local nurses start specialised paediatric training
NURSES from the Bahamas are part of a corps from the Caribbean who will soon be more skilled at providing care for children afflicted with blood disorders and cancers.