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Exhibition goes 'Beneath The Hat' of Bahamian women

EXPLORING women’s love for hats and the place this particular fashion accessory has in Bahamian culture is the focus of the new ‘Beneath The Hat’ exhibition.

BSC basketball Classic continues Saturday

THE Baptist Sports Council continued its 2014 Basketball Classic at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday. The following results were posted:

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Mitchell blasts letter from Munroe as ‘deceitful’

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday branded as “misplaced, ill conceived and deceitful” a letter from Bahamas Faith Ministries President Dr Myles Munroe to Prime Minister Perry Christie.

PM leads CARICOM delegation

PRIME Minister Perry Christie is leading a ministerial delegation to the 25th Inter-Sessional meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) being held in Buccament, St Vincent and the Grenadines.

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Patterson: I would not support a gay candidate

RANFORD Patterson, Bahamas Christian Council President, says he would not support a gay political candidate amid a discussion as to the direction the country is to go with the rights of the LGBT community.

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Govt treats vote as 'worthless'

BAHAMAS Christian Council President Ranford Patterson says he was disappointed with the government’s decision to push forward with legalising and taxing the numbers industry. 

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Bahamian artist to showcase exhibit at Volta NY Fair

BAHAMIAN artist John Cox, who was recently named creative artistic director for Baha Mar, will be an exhibitor at one of New York’s most anticipated annual art fairs.

Eagles Nest avenge double whammy

IT was payback time for the Eagles Nest as they avenged a double whammy from Macedonia Baptist to start the Baptist Sports Council’s 2014 Basketball Classic at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.

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Regatta winners get prize money

After watching another competitive St Valentine’s Day Regatta in Montagu Bay, organisers took the opportunity to distribute the hardware and prize monies to the winners in the various categories on Wednesday.

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Pair guilty of shooting senior police officer

TWO men are now awaiting sentencing after a jury unanimously convicted them of the shooting and attempted armed robbery of a senior police officer.

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Pair guilty of attempted armed robbery and attempted murder of Supt Fernander

Excel Josey and Maurice Armbrister have been found guilty Wednesday of the attempted armed robbery and attempted murder of Supt Clayton Fernander.

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Bahamas 'to consider medicinal marijuana'

THE Bahamas government will consider the issue of medicinal marijuana as part of a regional body next month, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell confirmed yesterday.

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No Bull come up short

WHILE the elimination process is currently underway at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, teams are also jockeying to make a run for a shot at the final four in their bid to get into Monday night’s championship game of the 32nd edition of the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic.

Sports in brief

THE defending champions Vixens took game one of the New Providence Women’s Volleyball Association’s best-of-five championship seris in four sets over the Johnson’s Cherry Bombers at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Wednesday night.

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'We were threatened with death if we did not confess'

POLICE threatened two men with death if they did not “co-operate” and confess to the shooting of a senior police officer, a jury heard yesterday.

Sandals Foundation gives $200,000 to help children

THE Sandals Foundation has recommitted to its partnership with the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) by contributing CAD $200,000 to the SickKids-Caribbean Initiative (SCI).

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Video confession shown in cop shooting trial

A JURY was shown an alleged “videotaped confession” of a man owning up to his involvement in the shooting of a senior police officer.

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Students make the grade at Thanksgiving Awards

INDEFINITE suspensions will be eradicated in public schools, according to Director of Education Lionel Sands.

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Hugh Campbell time

THE Bahamas’ most prestigious basketball tournament for senior boys will feature 30 teams sandwiched in a 54-game package from Monday to Saturday, February 17-24, at the AF Adderley Gymnasium with the championship game being staged at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.