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You'll long for 'Yesterday' to be better

You'll long for 'Yesterday' to be better

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 09:22 AM

“Yesterday” (U.S. Rated – PG-13)

Cast: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon

Genre: Fantasy/Comedy

Dwight’s Rating:**

Over the past decade, it feels as though the vast majority of films have fit into not more than perhaps 10 categories.

Alert #12 on Hurricane Dorian

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 08:33 AM

National budget hike for sports essential
National budget hike for sports essential

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 08:25 AM

Alert #11 on Hurricane Dorian

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 08:24 AM

Sensational Shaunae does it again!

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 08:23 AM

 

 

Shaunae Miller-Uibo has entered a new stratosphere in world sprinting!

In what was her last 200 meters (m) race of the season, she went out in grand style, setting a new national record, new Diamond League record and new world leading time. The Bahamian track sensation ran 21.74 seconds to win her third straight Diamond League title in the women’s 200m, and fourth in total overall, at the first of two Diamond League Finals, the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich, in Zürich, Switzerland, yesterday. For her efforts, she will cart off another Diamond League Trophy and the US$50,000 top prize.

Dina Asher-Smith, of Great Britain, was a distant second in a season’s best time of 22.08 seconds, and double sprint Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson, of Jamaica, was even further back, in third, in a modest 22.44 seconds. Two-time World Champion Dafne Schippers, of the Netherlands, settled for fourth, in 22.46 seconds.

Bain laments the financial abuse of elderly in Bahamas

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 08:10 AM

 

Financial abuse of the elderly in The Bahamas could amount to almost $2 million, Forensic Accountant and Managing Partner of UHY Bain and Associates John Bain said yesterday, adding though that there is not much data on this kind of abuse available.

Bain, who was speaking to a group of elderly citizens at a workshop put on by the Department of Social Services at Grace Community Church, lamented that The Bahamas’ data pool on this kind of abuse is essentially non-existent, but he quantified the problem in The Bahamas based on the United States’ assumption that the financial abuse of its elderly could exact a financial toll of $143 million annually.

According to Bain, the elderly in The Bahamas are targeted because they are seen as easily manipulated to part with their money. He said the perpetrators are often the elderly person’s own family members.

Dean's Blue Hole, our Bahamian wonder
Dean's Blue Hole, our Bahamian wonder

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 08:05 AM

On alert

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 08:00 AM

Castrol Quote of the Day: August 30, 2019

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 08:00 AM

 

 

"Remember, morning traffic will increase in the weeks

ahead.Avoid unnecessary stops, like the gas station

first thing Monday morning, by filling up the evening before."

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Hurricane Dorian Graphics
Hurricane Dorian Graphics

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 07:51 AM

Hurricane Dorian Public Advisory Number 24A
Hurricane Dorian Public Advisory Number 24A

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 07:47 AM

Summary for Hurricane Dorian (AT5/AL052019)
Summary for Hurricane Dorian (AT5/AL052019)

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 07:47 AM

Hurricane Dorian Public Advisory Number 24A
Hurricane Dorian Public Advisory Number 24A

Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 07:46 AM