Archives for: August 2008
25th August 2008
The new recruits of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force were charged with protecting the country; particularly at sea, from illicit activities that threaten national security.
Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of National Security the Hon. Brent… more »
24th August 2008
Silver winning men's 4x400-meter relay team members of Bahamas smile with their medals during an awarding ceremony during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.
The America… more »
22nd August 2008
Leevan Sands does it for the Bahamas. At last a medal is heading back from the Beijing Summer Olympics 2008. Sands managed to get a distance of 57ft 8 1/2in.
Leevan Sands has now set a Bahamas national record. Sands has become the country's first and… more »
20th August 2008
First semi-final of the women's 200m and the two Jamaican's who have run sub-21seconds Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart lead the way.
Defending champion Campbell-Brown wins in a time of 22.19. America's Muna Lee takes third in a personal be… more »
20th August 2008
The Gatorade Finals in Nassau Bahamas
Douglas Cowper emerged victorious with a 2-0 score over challenger Joe Euteneuer in the finals of the Gatorade Handicap Squash Tournament held last week at the Squash Club on Village Road. Close to twenty squash e… more »
15th August 2008
Word on the street has it that D'Aguilar is going to run for President.. Can this be true?
Remember you have to vote to get your vote counted.. more »
13th August 2008
Genymphas Higgs, 18, is the first Grand Bahamian to receive the All-Merit Scholarship.
Higgs, scoring an impressive 2210 on his SAT's and seven A's on the BDCSE's this year, has always been looked at by administrators as an intelligent young person.… more »
13th August 2008
Jeremy Knowles at the Beijing Olympics 2008
Jeremy Knowles finished 4th in the Men's 200m Medley Qualification - Heat 3, but it was not enough to take him to the next round.
Jeremy Knowles competed on the 10th for the Men's 200m Butterfly Quali… more »
11th August 2008
The Bahamas Bar Association yesterday released the disciplinary orders against suspended attorney Andrew Thompson, detailing the allegations made against him and the Disciplinary Tribunal's findings.
In total, the tribunal has ordered that Thompson p… more »
11th August 2008
The Bahamas contingent of swimmers at the 2008 Olympic Games being held August 9-24 in Beijing, China consists of four athletes: Elvis Vereance Burrows, Alana Dillette, Jeremy Knowles, and Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace. The group is under the coaching direc… more »
11th August 2008
In what could turn out to be her final Olympics, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie was honored with one final tribute by her teammates and officials of Team Bahamas last night.
For the second consecutive Olympiad, she was chosen as the flag bearer for The Bah… more »
11th August 2008
Defence force and police officers were called in to man posts at Morton Bahamas Limited yesterday after some 95 percent of its workers delivered on a promise to take industrial action at the Inagua Salt Plant.
President of the Bahamas Industrial Manuf… more »
09th August 2008
Bahamas Olympic Team 2008
Christine Amertil competing in Athletics
Derrick Atkins competing in Athletics
Andretti Bain competing in Athletics
Christopher Brown competing in Athletics
Elvis Vereance Burrows competing in Swimming
Tamica Clarke… more »
01st August 2008
What appears to have been a family outing in Turtle Cove, Long Island, ended yesterday in tragedy as three women drowned in waters fifteen to twenty feet offshore, two of them trying to rescue a relative in distress.
Acting Assistant Commissioner of P… more »
01st August 2008
Shane Pinder is a Bahamian who serves as the women’s head volleyball coach at Liberty University in Lynchburg Virginia and he has his sights set on one day winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) volleyball title with Bahamians a part… more »
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