Dear Editor, A note to our government: Eight out of 10 women in the maternity ward of the Princess Margaret Hospital are Haitian; this from a nurse who works there. Sixty percent of the patients at the government clinic are Haitian; this from a nurse who
Jeffrey Lloyd, member of Parliament for South Beach and minister of education, threatened to garnish the salaries of public officers to repay defaulted education loans. Presumably he will pursue other delinquent borrowers through other legal means. He seeks to reduce the $83 million owed by
ArtSea Dance returns this year with a four-day residency program. Students will have the opportunity to engage in professional choreographic experience with three celebrated choreographers and directors in a curriculum that will model the real day-to-day experience of being in a professional company. In the program’s
Atlantis Kids Adventures (AKA) is billed as the coolest children’s club in the Caribbean, and while my childhood years are well behind me, in the right circumstance, the kid-at-heart in me can definitely rise to the surface, and did just that recently when I got
“The Secret Life of Pets 2” (Rated A) Cast: Kevin Hart, Patton Oswald, Tiffany Haddish, Harrison Ford Genre: Animated, Adventure/Comedy Dwight’s Rating: Good looks can only get you so far. That’s a debatable statement. But with the fleeting and highly subjective nature of beauty – and seeing the number of
The Olympic Movement in The Bahamas began back in 1952, with the noble intent of providing the accreditation forum for Bahamian sports personnel to represent the country at the highest levels of competition. For more than half a century, that was primarily the role played by
The Bahamas will play host to the 4th Annual Pan American United Karate Organization (PUKO) Championships at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, which is set to begin today and wraps up tomorrow, June 15. The announcement was made yesterday at a press conference by the
It was a clean sweep for James Price and his “Team Next Level” as they were elected to run the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) for the next four years at their annual general meeting. The elections took place at the Ministry of Youth on
After a spectacular winning performance on the CARIFTA 2019 regional stage, swimmers are diving headfirst into the Bahamas Aquatic Federation’s (BAF) 48th National Swimming Championships this June. Erald Thompson, assistant treasurer of BAF, said spectators can look forward to a wonderful and exciting time, with new
