Nassau, Bahamas - The 2011 CARIFTA Games were recently
held in Montego Bay, Jamaica. This was the 40th edition of the Games,
which is the Junior Championships of the Caribbean. Numerous World
championships have participated in these Games, including Usain Bolt.

Enclosed is a report on BTC CARIFTA Bahama Team track medalists from the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA)...

LONDON

Associated Press

PRINCE William and Kate Middleton got their first royal wedding present from the queen on Friday: the titles Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Buckingham Palace said William is now His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, and that Miss Catherine Middleton is now Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge.

There's more: The palace statement said William was also named the Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus. Middleton took those titles when she said "I will," becoming Countess of Strathearn and Baroness Carrickfergus.

Strathearn ties William and Middleton to Scotland, where the pair met and fell in love. Baron Carrickfergus is a little-used tit ...

ONE half of both the 19-and-under and men's championship have been set in the Baptist Sports Council's 2011 Rev. Dr. David S. Johnson Basketball Tournament.

On Thursday night at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex, Mt. Tabor pulled off a 32-29 win over Temple Fellowship to complete a two-game sweep of their best-of-three semifinal playoffs.

They will now await the winner between the Agape Full Gospel and Golden Gates. On Thursday, Agape stunned Golden Gates 60-51 to force a third and deciding game today at 11 a.m.

In the men's series, Hope Center nipped Evangelistic Center 31-29 to complete their two-game sweep of their semifinal series.

They will now await the winner between Templ ...

EDITOR, The Tribune.

In reading the letter dated March 22, 2011 by a Rev Esther Dawkins Thompson, one really wonders how this good lady can fix her mouth to question the actions of this government in its efforts to ensure that the new Straw Market will be operated to reflect the true culture of the Bahamas in its straw industry.

In the first place, this Rev Esther Thompson is self-contradictory when in one breath she claims that the government is keeping straw vendors in the dark with respect to decision-making for the operation of the new market while in another, admitting that the association had been invited to "about two meetings" by the government. Additionally, Rev Thompson shou ...