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NPBA: Cybots holf off Caribs 84-81, Athletico tops the Legends 104-95

THE New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gym Wednesday night. The Mail Boat Cybots and Athletico Bahamas earned wins in the double header.

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Freda Baker, a familiar face at Baker & Sons

Freda Baker, co-owner with her sisters of A Baker and Sons, one of Nassau’s oldest businesses died on October 31. She was 94.

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TOUGH CALL: Why Trump won and what it could mean for The Bahamas

One thing is for certain - there has been no shortage of analysis from every quarter on why Donald Trump won the US presidential election.

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Mocs rout Giants 95-72 in Summer of Thunder

Coach Lamont Paris liked the physicality that the Commonwealth Bank Giants brought. He was even more impressed with how his University of Chattanooga Mocs responded to the pressure.

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Sky Bahamas enjoys summer with 85% load on relaunched route

SKY Bahamas said yesterday that it was seeing 80 to 85 per cent load factors on its recently re-launched Freeport-Fort Lauderdale route, highlighting what its chief executive described as a “very good summer” for the Bahamian-owned airline.

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BUDDY HIELD STRUGGLES FROM BEYOND THE ARCH IN NBA SUMMER LEAGUE

BUDDY Hield struggled from beyond the arch in the first two games of the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League but the sharpshooting guard improved in his latest outing.Hield scored 22 points, including 6-9 from three-point range in the Kings’ 95-92 loss to t

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What you should know about BI-RADS

By Dr Amaresh Hombal

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Peter Galanos dies, aged 80

FORMER parliamentarian and insurance businessman Peter Galanos died at his home early yesterday morning at the age of 80.

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Club Med: Over 75% of workforce returns

Club Med's general manager yesterday revealed that more than 75 percent of the resort's staff have returned to work at the property despite its near three-year shutdown due to COVID-19.

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Walter Elgin Wright

Mr. Walter Elgin Wright, ”Taxi 466” 82 years a resident of #98 Winton Meadows, and formerly of #18 Sea Breeze Estates died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Saturday, 27th July, 2019. Funeral services will be announced at a later …

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NPBA: Stingers close out year with two straight wins

THE PJ Stingers closed out the year by winning two consecutive games on the final weekend of regular season play for 2016 in the New Providence Basketball Association.

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WORLD VIEW: The fight for a big bite of Apple’s taxes

Over the last few weeks, a trans-Atlantic war of words has been going on between the US Treasury and the European Union Commission (EC) over what amounts to ‘harmful tax competition’.

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Jones and Sun fall short, Mystics take WNBA title

In a WNBA Finals series where no team won consecutive games, Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun came up just short in their bid to make franchise history. Jones finished with 25 points and nine rebounds, but the Sun fell to the Washington Mystics

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When will we get vaccine?

AS the United Kingdom became the world’s first country to authorise use of a COVID-19 vaccine, Minister of Health Renward Wells said the government is still determining which brand it will secure.

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Granger scores 25 as Pacers cool down the Heat 105-90

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Welcome to the spotlight, Indiana Pacers. While the Dwight Howard contract saga in Orlando, the emergence of Jeremy Lin in New York and team success in Chicago and Miami grabbed attention in the Eastern

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Tourist shoppers: VAT refund to fall to 85%

Visiting duty-free shoppers will be refunded 85 per cent of their Value-Added Tax (VAT) payments from July 1 this year, when the Government’s private sector contractor takes over management of the process.

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Cybots are number one

Once again, Brian “Tucker” Bain came through with the clutch pair of free throws down the stretch as the Mail Boat Cybots held off the Commonwealth Bank Giants 101-99 at the AF Adderley Gym Thursday night to secure their second New Providence Basketball Association championship title, adding to their first crown in 2009.

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Final stage of bidding for cellular licence begins

AFTER a five-month delay, the final phase of the selection process for the country’s second mobile services provider has begun, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority announced yesterday.

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Four killed in plane crash

THE tragic death of two American couples in a plane crash ripped through the small community of Treasure Cay yesterday.

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Are cruise ship sick heading here?

THE United States Coast Guard has told foreign-flagged cruise ships to be prepared to care for people with COVID-19 for an uncertain period of time at sea or seek help from countries in which they are registered.