Bahamas News
Bahamas’ Biggest Team selected to get GOLD at 50th CARIFTA Games
By Rashaed Esson
Staff writer
#TheBahamas, March 31, 2023 – After a difficult and lengthy selection process which concluded at 3 o’clock Tuesday morning according to Drumeco Archer, President of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAAs), executives announced the largest team for The Bahamas, ever, to compete in this year’s CARIFTA Games; 80 strong will represent the host country when the region convenes for the athletics meet.
Officials have expressed great confidence in the team’s ability to bring home gold for The Bahamas at the 50th CARIFTA Games, which is only days away, lasting from April 7-10.
The members of the under-17 girls are Jamiah Nabbie, Darvinique Dean, Akaree Roberts, Bayli Major, Erin Barr, Madison Moss, Grace Komolafe, Tylah Pratt, Zoe Adderley, Terrell McCoy, Danielle Nixon, Kennise Scavella, Tamia Taylor, Kamera Strachan, Dior-Rae Scott, and Shayann Demeritte.
The under 17 boys are Andrew Brown, Ishmael Rolle, Eagan Neely, Zion Shepherd, Tyrone Conliffe, Ross Martin, Kenny Moxey Jr., Quinton Rolle, Zion Davis, Joshua Williams, Erris Pratt, Demian Brice II, Rubin Bain, Jalen Stuart, and Larouche Morley. The relay pool will include Javano Bridgewater, Trent Ford, Cayden Smith, Christopher Williams-Martin, and Zion Hendfield. 
Missing from the team is Keyezra Thomas of the Bishop Micheal Eldon School, who dominated in the under 14 girls 100m and 200m races. Being 13 years old, Thomas is too young to compete in the 2023 CARIFTA Games. But 2024 will see her on the track.
For the under 20 girls, the members are Amari Pratt, Shatalya Dorsett, Lacarthea Cooper, Treasure Burrows, Jasmine Mackey, Akaya Lightbourne, Apryl Adderley, Lanaisha Lubin, Annae Mackey, Koi Adderley, Calea Jackson, Cailyn Johnson, Javonya Valcourt, G’Shan Brown, Vanessa Sawyer, and Essence Sands.
The relay team includes Quincy Penn, Nya Wright, and Melvinique Gibson.
The under 20 boys is represented by Zachary Evans, Brenden Vanderpool, Carlos Brown, Adam Musgrove, Mateo Smith, Clinton Laguerre, Philip Gray, Raywind Winder, Robert Deal, Christopher Saintus, Otto Laing, Tayshaun Robinson, Shimar Bain, Johnathan Rodgers, Laquan Ellis, Nathaniel McCardy, Kaden Cartwright, Tyler Cash, Lavardo Deveaux, and Reanno Todd.
For the relay team, Tumani Skinner, Johnathan Fowler, Berkley Munnings, Jeremiah Adderley, and Zion Campbell will compete.
The team will be under the wing of eight coaches namely, John Ingraham, Head Coach, assisted by Noel Pratt, Earl Rahming, Rachante Colebrooke, Patricia Rolle, Keno Demeritte, Andrew Tynes, and Alexis Roberts.
There will also be three managers namely, Pharez Cooper, Mildred Adderley, and Sophia Higgs; and five chaperons, who were strategically chosen to manage a large team given their experience.
“We have coaches for jumps, sprints, hurdles [and] whatever discipline the athletes are part of,” highlighted Cooper.
On April 6th, the athletes will settle at the CARIFTA village at Superclub Breezes in Cable Beach, Nassau, along with athletes from the other competing countries: Anguilla, Haiti, Antigua & Barbuda, Jamaica, Aruba, Martinique, Bahamas, Montserrat, Barbados, Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, St. Kitts & Nevis, British Virgin Islands, St. Lucia, Cayman Islands, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Dominica, Suriname, French Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, Turks & Caicos Islands, Guadeloupe, US Virgin Islands and Guyana.
Rashaed Esson
Staff Writer
#TheBahamas, August 5, 2023 – An American woman has been arrested in The Bahamas, accused of conspiring with two men, one of them alleged to be her lover, to murder her estranged husband.
The woman, 36 year old Lindsay Shiver and the two men, 28-year-old Terrance Bethel, the alleged lover and 29 year old Faron Newbold, were taken into custody last week following police investigation of a reported burglary at
Grabbers Bar and Grill restaurant on Great Guana Cay.
The police looked into their cell phones and found WhatsApp messages detailing the assassination plot to kill her husband.
The couple, who built a life in South Georgia have three children and are home owners on the island in the Abacos.
News outlets throughout the US have reported on the scandalous story, including that a nasty court battle over the couple’s reported, $5 Million dollar fortune and three children was underway. Shiver, an entrepreneur is a former beauty Alabama queen, her husband a former football player was an insurance executive.
According to US media, the husband, Robert, recently filed for divorce from Shivers after a decade of marriage upon discovering she had an alleged extra-martial affair with Bethel whom she met in The Bahamas.
While the husband claims infidelity on the part of his wife, the wife claims he was abusive.
The suspects Shiver, Bethel and Newbold appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley on Friday July 28th. Their next court date is set for October 5th.
Rashaed Esson
Staff Writer
#TheBahamas, August 5, 2023 – The Bahamas is now facing an unfortunate reality as sexual assault has become and is a growing issue since 2023. Women and girls are said to be living in fear for their safety from these perpetrators.
The Royal Bahamas Police force has reported on instances of assault in press releases found on their Facebook page.
One report spoke of a 50 year old they were searching for after he burglarized a home and sexually assaulted an elderly woman, 82 years old. She was reported to be asleep when he woke and assaulted her.
This took place on Tuesday July 11th, 2023 at the home in the Centreville area of Nassau.
There is another incident that took place on July 17th, 2023 which the police are seeking in catching the suspect as they investigate. It involves a man believed to the perpetrator in for an armed robbery and sexual assault.
According to preliminary data, he approached the victim, a female, with a firearm, robbed her and sexually assaulted
her. He proceeded to enter the house and robbed a male and escaped. This happened in the Cowpen Road area; also in Nassau.
The assaults continue to grow in number as the police reported that they were investigating two other incidents that took place on July 24th.
The first had to do with a female, 30 years old who reported she was driving on West on Marshall Road when two men approached her after she slowed down near Faith Avenue. One of the males with a firearm, forced her from her vehicle and took her to nearby bushes where they sexually assaulted her after which they escaped.
The second incident involved à 32 year old woman who was sexually assaulted by a male known to her. It is reported that she was walking in the Fleming Street area when she accepted transportation from the suspect, who drove her to a dirt road off Gladstone Road where he presented a firearm and proceeded to rape her.
Furthermore, another assault, this time involving a 9 year old girl, was reported. As revealed by preliminary information, the victim was playing with friends outside where she lives on Saturday July 29th, 2023 when the suspect, a 42 year old male of Summerset Estate, driving a white Nissan Skyline, arrived and gestured to her to enter the car.
She entered the car after which he took her to an unknown location, threatened her and sexually assaulted her. She was later found somewhere in Spikenard Road; this also happened in Nassau.
Fortunately, he was caught and arrested for abduction and sexual assault on Sunday July 30th by officers affiliated with the Drug Enforcement Unit.
There are other reports of sexual assault throughout The Bahamas as well as rape and attempted rape during the earlier parts of the year, dating back to as early as February.
CAPTION: Women Leaders, including Ann Marie Davis, wife of the Prime Minister filled the gallery of The Bahamas Senate this week as members of the upper chamber debated the Protection Against Violence Bill 2023. The debate came just as the country experiences a spike in sexual assaults against women and girls. Photo by Patrick Hanna, BIS.
#TurksandCaicos, August 5, 2023 – On August 3rd, 2023, Premier Misick met with the Leader of the
Opposition of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the Honorable Michael Pintard. The discussion was highly productive, and they delved into matters of mutual concern between their neighboring nations. Hon. Pintard was accompanied by other opposition members, including Senator the Honorable Darren Handfield and Mr. Joshua Sears.
Group photo caption:
From Left to Right: Mr. Joshua Sears, Senator Hon. Darren Hendfield, Premier Hon. Charles Washington Misick, Bahamas Leader of the Bahamas Hon. Michael Pintard and Deputy Premier Hon. Erwin J. Saunders.
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