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VIDEO: Officials prepare Long Island schools for 'speedy reopening'
TWO more schools on Long Island are set to re-open next week as officials prioritise the restoration of education services.
$500,000 SOS CALL IS ANSWERED
THE extraordinary public response to appeals for help for the Family Islands devastated by Hurricane Joaquin has resulted in the $500,000 target of donations of cash and emergency supplies set by the SOS - Save Our South initiative being exceeded and allowing HeadKnowles, the relief group, to plan for the next phase of the operation.
Sports Notes
THE Bahamas Amateur Cycling Federation is scheduled to hold its annual Bertram ‘Cowboy’ Musgrove Tour De New Providence Cycling Classic over the weekend of October 30 to November 1. The event is designed for competitors in the level 1 for male, level II, level III and level IV for men and women.
Grand Bahama Rotary Clubs join major international fundraising effort
GRAND Bahama Rotarian Mike Stafford said on Friday that the Rotary Clubs on the island have joined in a major international fundraising effort to help rebuild the devastated economies of the southern islands affected by Hurricane Joaquin.
Sports Notes
IT’S regatta time again and Valentine’s Residences Resort and Marina along with the North Eleuthera Regatta Association invites you to party in a pink sand paradise at the 26th annual North Eleuthera Regatta October 7-11.
YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: A lament for my Long Island
Hurricane Joaquin has exposed the inadequacies and failed planning of our government. The sheer devastation has the gross ineptitude, incompetent behaviour and ridiculous outlook on governance of our government.
Sports notes
THE top scorer in City Bowling League competition last night was Sonith Lockhart of Carib Construction who downed the pins for a huge 667 high three game set. Runner-up MVP was Lee Davis of Ten Back Strikers with another big set of 650. Yule Hoyte of Ten Back Strikers had an impressive 256 high game with Ritchie Pyfrom dropping the pins for a 245 second high game.
UPDATES - How to help: guide to the relief efforts following Joaquin
A NUMBER of relief efforts have been launched around The Bahamas to assist those who have been affected by Hurricane Joaquin. The Tribune here lists some of the efforts in the community, along with where you can drop off donations and how you can help through volunteering or financial donations.
Sports Notes
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association congratulates Jacobi Bain and Elana Mackey, who have been invited by the International Tennis Federation to participate in a Regional Under-13 Training Camp for the top players in the region. The training camp began yesterday and will end Sunday in La Libertad, El Salvador.
Sports notes
AFTER the first three weeks of competition in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ softball competition, there are still a few teams undefeated.
Appeal for emergency Long Island supplies for early Sunday morning
A GROUP of Bahamians led by Long Islander George Cartwright are appealing for urgent supplies to be donated so that they can be flown to the hurricane-ravaged island on Sunday morning.
Hurricane Joaquin updates: "there might be fatalities" on Long Island says Police Commissioner, PM pledges "no resources will be spared"
Here is a guide to how you can help some the community relief efforts launched around The Bahamas to assist those who have been affected by Hurricane Joaquin, along with where you can drop off donations and how you can help through volunteering or financial donations.
UPDATED: Storm compared to Hurricane Andrew
The effects of the Hurricane Joaquin are being compared to that of 1992's Hurricane Andrew.
Butler-Turner's hurricane relief flight hampered by lack of communications
THERE is still no clarification on how relief efforts for those southern islands ravaged by Hurricane Joaquin would be carried out as communications systems are still down. A team organised by Trans Island Airways executives and Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner were attempting on Saturday morning to mobilise supplies and support teams to as many of the affected islands as possible, but the uncertainty over the infrastructure has delayed those plans.
Sports notes
THE top scorer in Financial Bowling League competition last night was Dwayne Ingraham of Best Deal Kirki Bar with a 533 high three game set. Runner-up MVP was Kevin B Williams of Strike Force with a 201 high game and a 528 second high set.Rashad McCardy of Davis & Co Moonlight Strikers downed the pins for a respectable 198 second high game.
Valencia’s no-hitter: SAC senior girl just shy of a perfect game
Not too many pitchers get to do what Valencia Gibson did to the Charles W Saunders Cougars’ senior girls yesterday.
Sports Notes
THE top scorer in City Bowling League competition last night was Mario Brown of Telco Enterprises who crushed the pins for a 236 second high and a outstanding 672 high three game set.
Sports Notes
THE New Providence Oldtimers Softball Association continued its regular season action in the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreation Grounds over the weekend.
Spencer earns Sunfish title
SPENCER Cartwright, the current and four-time national champion in the Optimist Dinghy class, won the Bahamas Junior Sunfish National Championship for the first time as the Nassau Yacht Club hosted the annual event over the weekend.
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In conjunction with the Gym Tennis Club, Brajaxba Tennis Club held its 2015 Back-To-School Jamboree at the Gym Tennis Club on Saturday. The results posted are as follows: