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Rats shut down primary school VIDEO
Rats shut down primary school VIDEO
GRAND BAHAMA, APRIL 4, 2011 -- The Bartlett Hill Primary School in Grand Bahama was named the Best Kept School for 2010-2011 by the Ministry of Tourism. But an infestation of rats which forced the school's closure is threatening the school's good reputation.
The rats have been playing a game of cat and mouse' since the school shut down last Wednesday, hiding in the walls of the two-storey st...
Buddy's back
Buddy's back
Over 350 kids turned up at the Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium yesterday for the opening of the inaugural Buddy Buckets Basketball Skills Camp and Workshop.
On the first day of the two-day camp, the country's biggest basketball star, Chavano "Buddy" Hield, and several local and international coaches took the kids through a series of drills and skill position development. Of the 300-plus participa...
Christopher Columbus: Saint or sinner pt. 2
Christopher Columbus: Saint or sinner pt. 2
Dear Editor,
His primary, driving passion was something quite different. Listen to these startling words, written by Columbus himself to the then ling and queen of Spain concerning his lifelong passion to restore Jerusalem to its Christian origin:
"Most Christian and very high princes:
My argument for the restitution of the holy temple to the holy militant church is the following ... :
At this t...
Christopher Columbus: Saint or sinner pt. 1
Christopher Columbus: Saint or sinner pt. 1
Dear Editor,
Happy Discovery Day! As recent as 10 years ago we could express that greeting to any Bahamian without hesitation and be certain of a like greeting in return. Not so today, however.
You could start a civil war if you expressed such a wish to certain people today. It's simply amazing just how much this once little tranquil island paradise and its peaceful, gentle people have changed ov...
Buddy Buckets Basketball Camp begins today
Buddy Buckets Basketball Camp begins today
Chavano "Buddy" Hield, the country's biggest basketball star, is back in the capital once again for the return of his annual summer skills basketball camp.
The 2017 Buddy Buckets Basketball Camp begins today and ends on Saturday at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium.
Sessions begin at 9 a.m. on both days.
Some of the proceeds from the camp will be donated to Hands for Hunger.
Aliv will serv...
Kill the ants
Kill the ants
Well well -- it would appear that D. Paul is going to give us a lesson today on how to be an exterminator according to the title of this article, kill the ants you may state with a look of disbelief on your face.
Entrepreneur hails Island Luck scheme as a 'lifesaver'
ISLAND Luck's OWN Bahamas Programme has been described as a "lifesaver" for budding entrepreneurs like Youlette Etienne and others who have been recipients of grant money to launch their own businesses.
OWN Bahamas round two begins
OWN Bahamas round two begins
The Island Luck Cares Foundation has announced its second annual OWN Bahamas entrepreneurship program, focusing on offering entrepreneurial opportunities to Bahamians with new and exciting ideas within both new and existing industries.
OWN Bahamas reveals successful applicants
OWN Bahamas reveals successful applicants
Island Luck and OWN Bahamas announced the winners of the OWN program, who collectively received nearly $100,000 to start up or expand their Bahamian businesses.
More gumption needed in 2015
More gumption needed in 2015
Since I returned to Nassau in 1996, I have written several times about the serious increase of crime in The Bahamas. Each year the crime has gotten worse and worse. I am more convinced that the real problem is that we are too laid back as a people -- more so those parliamentarians who are in position to change laws but refuse to do so are also indolent.
In 2002, when the crime figures were not so ...