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JBLN team has sights set on qualification forspot in Little League Baseball World Series

THE Junior Baseball League of Nassau will field a team with their sights set on qualification for a coveted spot in the Little League Baseball World Series.The team of 11 to 12-year-olds will participate in the Little League Baseball Caribbean Region

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JBLN marks 24 years

THE Junior Baseball League of Nassau opened its 2013 season on Saturday, January 12, as they began celebrations to mark their 24th year of youth baseball.

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BTC hosts Christmas party for All Saints Camp kids

BTC held a Christmas party for the 25 under privileged children who live at the All Saints Camp.

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National Youth Awards

ADRIAN Wildgoose, a College of the Bahamas graduate in Mass Communications, who has been using his talents to promote social consciousness through film, took the top award in the country at this year’s National Youth Awards.

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New Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium set for 2015 completion

With the new Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium set to be completed in 2015, the infrastructure will create a myriad of opportunities for local players, baseball development and the country’s sports tourism product.

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Boxer advances to the medal round

With an impressive showing, Carl Hield moved into the medal round of boxing at the XXII Central American and Caribbean Games last night in Veracruz, Mexico.

Bathing beauties make a splash in swimsuit competition

IN ONE of the most highly anticipated preliminary events of the Miss Bahamas pageant, six lucky contestants celebrated that they placed in the Top 3 of the swimsuit category for the Miss World and Miss Universe Bahamas pageants respectively last Sunday.

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INSIGHT: How many firms does it take to spin a lie?

Stanley Cartwright says no amount of public relations trickery - all at taxpayers’ expense - can hide the government from serious questioning over the Baha Mar deal . . .

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Attorney must pay $165k over ‘forged’ bank drafts

A Bahamian attorney has been ordered to pay Scotiabank some $165,000 after his business account became overdrawn due to two bank drafts that were discovered to be “forgeries or counterfeit”.

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Minnis: DNA coalition failed over demand for 16 seats

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis last night revealed that negotiations for a coalition between the FNM and the Democratic National Alliance failed because DNA Leader Branville McCartney wanted 16 seats uncontested and an agreement for his party to have the final say on the makeup of the government, including who would be named prime minister.

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THE FINISH LINE: In baseball, ‘a tremendous run’ for Antoan Richardson

The Bahamas Basketball Federation and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology collaborated to pull off another success National High School Basketball Championships in Grand Bahama over the weekend.

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UN visitors see detention centre and shanty town

A UNITED Nations fact finding team has just completed a visit to The Bahamas which took in visits to the Carmichael Road detention centre and The Farm shanty town in Abaco.

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Bethel: No change in citizenship law

ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel stressed yesterday the law has not changed regarding citizenship despite the Court of Appeal affirming a landmark ruling.

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PMs’ tributes at passing of Sir Charles

TRIBUTES poured in over the weekend paying homage to the life of former PLP Cabinet minister and veteran broadcaster Sir Charles Carter, who died at the age of 78 on Saturday.

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KDK REPORT: A legacy of influence

I have flat feet. My mom has flat feet, my dad, my siblings, my cousins. We’re just a happy flat-footed Cartwright family.

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Conch crisis needs action

AGRICULTURE and Marine Resources Minister Michael Pintard has vowed to “aggressively engage” with stakeholders regarding conch conservation, including starting dialogue on a possible conch season, in the wake of recent reports that the country’s conch supply could be wiped out in ten to 15 years.

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Sports in brief

BRAJAXBA Tennis is slated to host its third Age Group Tournament for 2013 at the National Tennis Centre on Saturday and Sunday.

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PHOTO GALLERY: Athletes 'bounce' in new stadium

Haille Small, Catalyn Blayre, Doneisha Anderson, Jenae Ambrose, Keianna Albury, Juliana Duncanson, Otto Laing, Justin Brooks, Blaize Darling, Glen Knowles, Diargo Smith, Janeko Cartwright, Jamal Moss, Wesley Neymour and Lesley Dorceval were among the winners of the Odd Distance meet on Saturday.

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70-member team for Carifta named

ON the heels of the final trials over the weekend at the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations named a 70-member team that will carry the Bahamas’ flag at the BTC Carifta Games over the Easter holiday weekend.

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Abaconian Branden Sands victorious in Optimist Nationals

HAILING from the tiny settlement of Cherokee Sound, Abaco, Branden Sands and his younger sister Rachel showed their more experienced big city rivals from Nassau just how to do it.