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Giants take both BBF national titles
Giants take both BBF national titles
Just like they did in the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) two weeks ago, the Commonwealth Bank Giants and the Your Essential Store (YES) Giants emerged as champions, this time on the national stage in the Bahamas Basketball Federation's National Championships.
First Class brings boxing back
First Class brings boxing back
Professional boxing is back in The Bahamas for the first time since 2019. First Class Promotions staged a strong card that saw American Jaimie 'The Miracle' Mitchell lifting the World Boxing Association (WBA) International bantam world title at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium on Friday night. Mitchell won on a split decision over Canadian ...
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Women's History Month Ends with a Boxing First for Bahamas and Caribbean
Women’s History Month will end in grand style as First Class Promotions hosts the region’s first World Boxing Association (WBA) all-female world title fight this Friday night, March 31st.
Giants put Rockets on the ropes
Giants put Rockets on the ropes
The Commonwealth Bank Giants took over in the second half on Wednesday night and won convincingly, 101-83, over the defending New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) Division I defending champions Discount Distributors Liquors Rockets. With the victory they take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-five championship series. Leading the way for them at the A.F. Adderley ...
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High Flyers force decisive game; three teams advance
High Flyers force decisive game; three teams advance
The Sand Dollar Import High Flyers forced a decisive game three against the Leno Regulators, winning 86-63, in New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) Division I playoff at the A.F. Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night. Earlier that night, the Caro Contractors Shockers took down the University of The Bahamas (UB) Mingoes 74-69, winning that series two ...
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LANISHA ROLLE CHARGED IN $750K FRAUD: Former minister faces bribery and conspiracy to commit fraud charges
LANISHA ROLLE CHARGED IN $750K FRAUD: Former minister faces bribery and conspiracy to commit fraud charges
FORMER Cabinet minister Lanisha Rolle was granted bail yesterday after being taken to court to face allegations that she fraudulently awarded contracts in excess of $750,000 while in office.
Former minister, her husband and others charged with fraud
Former Free National Movement Cabinet Minister Lanisha Rolle, her husband, Vontenken Rolle, and three others faced corruption charges over contracts awarded by the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture and the National Sports Authority.
Former Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Lanisha Rolle charged with bribery, conspiracy to commit fraud
Former Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Lanisha Rolle charged with bribery, conspiracy to commit fraud
Rolle granted $150k bail NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Former Youth, Sports, and Culture Minister Lanisha Rolle was charged with one count of bribery and 14 counts of conspiracy to commit fraud by false pretenses related to contracts awarded by that ministry and the National Sports Authority. Rolle, her husband Vontenken Rolle, and three others, Alfred Milton [...]
Bahamian five a part of history at Howard
Bahamian five a part of history at Howard
The Howard University Bison swimming program boasts the only all-black swimming team in college swimming in the United States of America (USA). On that swimming roster are five Bahamians who are happy to be a part of something big at the school.
Mingoes fall to Regulators, both teams advance to playoffs
The University of The Bahamas (UB) Mingoes men's basketball team suffered a loss to the Leno Regulators, 76-63, in an inconsequential New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) game Saturday night at the A.F. Adderley Gymnasium.