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Two of our four surfers eliminated at ISA World Jr Surfing Championship

TWO 10-foot waves and a difficult eight-foot-plus lineup gave Team Bahamas another taste of what it takes to compete on the international stage yesterday, but the young surfers are leaving their mark as the country makes its historic debut at the ISA World Junior Surfing Championship in El Salvador.

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Wellington Miller appointed to serve on technical committee for Pan Am Games

AFTER serving another successful stint on the technical committee for the Central American and Caribbean Games, former Bahamas Olympic Committee president Wellington Miller has been appointed to serve on the same committee for the Pan American Games.

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Troy Kemp reflects on his illustrious career

AS he reflected on the life of his late coach/mentor Neville Wisdom, Troy Kemp reminisced about his career and how he is not surprised that his Bahamian men’s national high jump record is still standing.

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$10k ‘relocation letter’ causes more Cabbage Beach upheaval

FURTHER confusion and uncertainty arose yesterday over future public access to Paradise Island’s Cabbage Beach after some vendors received a letter allegedly offering them $10,000 to relocate.

‘Something’s not adding up’ over $1bn debt rise on Budget surplus

A BAHAMIAN economist yesterday asserted that “something’s not adding up” with the Government’s finances as she questioned how the national debt could increase by more than $1bn in a year when the Government is still forecasting a $32.7m Budget surplus.

Dealer: No sign of $7 gas prices easing up

A PETROLEUM retailer yesterday warned there is no clear sign gas prices will fall from their present $7 per gallon before year-end due to continued oil market volatility as the Middle East conflict rumbles on. volatile global oil markets could keep prices unpredictable through the final quarter of the year.

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AML Foods faces 10% reinvestment cost increase from VAT ‘exempt’ move

THE REVISED VAT treatment of uncooked groceries will hike the cost of reinvesting in its stores by 10 percent, AML Foods top executive is warning, forcing it to “pivot” while dampening the food distribution industry’s appetite for expansion.

Fund manager faces wind-up on ‘highly negligent’ claims

A BAHAMAS-BASED fifth-generation family office, whose roots trace back to Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) longest-serving president, is facing a winding-up petition over regulator concerns it has been “highly negligent” in managing investor assets.