All results / Stories

Tease photo

WORLD VIEW: Outraged for black womanhood

After a lifetime in Caribbean and international politics, I thought the time had long since passed when I could be outraged by any event.

Tease photo

Father Marcian Peters champions crowned

AFTER scores of games played over the course of the week-long tournament, the 31st edition of the Father Marcian Peters basketball tournament closed out Saturday afternoon with a slate of new winners in each of the six divisions.

Tease photo

File mix-up forces new trial date in sex case

A NEW trial date will be fixed for a man who denied having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl seven years ago due to a mix-up in the prosecution’s file.

Tease photo

Aquinas student rises to top spot in art competition

AN Aquinas College student has won first place in the high school category of the 33rd Central Bank Art Competition and Exhibition.

Tease photo

Road Runners shine at awards banquet

Head coach Dexter Bodie was praised for opening the door and allowing so many young track and field athletes to pursue their dreams as members of the Road Runners Track and Field Club.

Tease photo

Jordan, Laquell qualify for CARIFTA Games

TWO athletes closed out the year on a high note as they attained the qualifying standards for the 2017 Carifta Games as they competed in the RC Athletics Throwers Meet at the University of the Bahamas field on Saturday.

Tease photo

SANCHESKA Vs RENALDO: NFL Picks Week 14

The “Punchline That Won’t Go Away” Award presented by Donald Trump – Detroit Lions. The idea of the Lions being good seemed like a farce in week 1. It’s week 14 and they’re leading the NFC North. Calvin Johnson is still retired.

Tease photo

Rio 2016, Election 2016, Pokemon Go are top global Twitter trends

The Rio Olympics, the American presidential election and Pokemon Go were the top global trends on Twitter in 2016.

Tease photo

Falcons fly high to get past the Blue Waves

Jordan Prince Williams Falcons showed St Anne’s Blue Waves why they are the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) senior boys defending basketball champions.

Tease photo

Curtain goes up on a new stage

Samita Ferguson turns her talents to plays

BAHAMIAN Samita Ferguson wears many hats and is known as a wife, mother, businesswoman and founder of C.H.A.M.P.S girls organisation.

We have no First Lady

“The Monkey Song” is a once popular calypso about a frustrated gentleman who couldn’t seem to shake a monkey off his back. He tries and tries but every sound he makes, every move he takes the monkey mimics him. (You can hear it by Googling Blind Blake and the Royal Victoria Calypsos).

EDITORIAL: Bahamas Police Force needs help with crime

IN 2010, the Cayman islands brought in British police to tackle a rise in gang-related crime that business leaders feared could hurt the territory’s image as a safe financial and tourist destination.

Tease photo

Jamaal one of the top offensive linesmen for Eagles

JAMAAL Symonette never played a football game before he left the Bahamas as a teenager. But for the past four years, except one year when he sat out with an injury, he has been one of the top offensive linesmen for the North Carolina Central University Eagles.

Stingers top Giants 98-88, Pirates knock off Rebels 76-71

THE PJ Stingers and the Pirates emerged victorious as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium Monday night.

Tease photo

Man awaits court date over sex attack on four-year-old

A MAN is scheduled return to the Supreme Court in two weeks to learn whether his trial will proceed concerning the alleged sexual assault of a four-year-old child.

Giants, Panchos get wins

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at AF Adderley Gymnasium Wednesday night when the Johnson Trucking Panchos and the Commonwealth Bank Giants won their respective games.

Lyford Cay school open house

LYFORD Cay International School (LCIS) has expanded its scholarship programme to include awards to Bahamian students who display outstanding ability in academics, arts, technology, community service, languages, Junkanoo, sports and other areas.

Bahamas Association of Certified Officials hosts IAAF Certification course

BAHAMAS Association of Certified Officials (BACO) recently hosted a IAAF Certification course for members at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

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.

Tease photo

THE FINISH LINE: Nationals show softball still alive and well in Bahamas

THE Bahamas Softball Federation’s 2016 BTC National Round Robin Championships in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex over the weekend turned out to be one of the most competitive in quite some time.