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International star sailors to race sloops with local crews
The Star Sailors League (SSL) will hold its grand finals for the third consecutive year off the Nassau Yacht Club between Wednesday, December 2 and Saturday, December 5.
Mayaguana Tragedy Shows Need for Higher Standards
Mayaguana Tragedy Shows Need for Higher Standards
Days after an airport runway accident in Mayaguana took the lives of three innocent people, Llewellyn Boyer-Cartwright, the commercial pilot turned attorney and the voice calling for the establishment of a Bahamas International Aircraft Registry, urged government to move quickly to establish the registry that will not only bring welcomed business to The Bahamas but will cause the country to deal ...
The great Mayaguana land giveaway!
The great Mayaguana land giveaway!
This column was originally published on July 6, 2010. The contribution to the 2010/11 budget debate by the Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate was one of the more egregious examples of neo-colonial claptrap by a Bahamian political figure in the nearly four decades after independence.
'Truck Burned For More Than An Hour' With Three Inside
Having stood by helpless and in horror as the bodies of three of their neighbours burned for more than an hour, Mayaguanans are blaming yesterday's plane crash disaster on years of government neglect.
Olympic flame for Tokyo 2020 provides beacon of hope following lighting cermony in Ancient Olympia
Olympic flame for Tokyo 2020 provides beacon of hope following lighting cermony in Ancient Olympia
The Olympic flame for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 was lit today in Ancient Olympia, Greece. This marks the start of its journey to Japan where, in only 134 days, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad will begin. As a symbol of peace and hope, the Olympic Flame will now travel on towards Tokyo, conveying the Olympic Values...
Pinder runs world's third fastest time in winning men's 400m
It was considered the marquee event of this year's BTC/BAAA National Track and Field Championships, and it certainly lived up to its billing.
The fans had high expectations and so did the athletes, and the Open Men's 400 meters (m) final delivered in a big, big way.? The line-up included the best-of-the-best quarter-milers in the country including Demetrius Pinder, Chris Brown, Avard Moncur, LaTo...
Mercuryman half iron distance triathlon will put athletes to the test
Determined athletes at home and abroad are currently training hard for one of the most exciting tests of athletic endurance taking place in the Cayman Islands Sunday 18th January 2015...
Son tells of hardest week after death of Dr Myles Munroe
MYLES Chairo Munroe, the son of Dr Myles and Ruth Munroe, said the week following the death of his parents in a plane crash was the hardest for him and his sister Charisa as they grapple with life in the aftermath of the tragedy that killed seven other people...
More power cuts expected
More power cuts expected
There have been several power cuts in New Providence since Tuesday night and more are likely on the way, according to Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Executive Chairman Leslie Miller...
Sports program deserves top priority treatment
Sports program deserves top priority treatment
There was a time when sports organizations got by without government grants. Sports leaders of the day, 40 years ago and further back, got their programs going and motivated the respective athletes by organizing fund-raising events and soliciting from Corporate Bahamas...