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FIBA World Cup ‘23 Americas Qualifiers postponed
WITH the impending impact of Tropical Storm Nicole on The Bahamas, FIBA and the Bahamas Basketball Federation announced the postponement of the latest window of the World Cup 2023 Americas Qualifiers.
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NPBA: Resistance, Rockets and Stingers in the win column
THE New Providence Basketball Association hosted a triple header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.
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Francita Melita Carey
Francita Melita Carey age 97 years of Tuvalu Court, Elizabeth Estates and formerly of Hard Hill, Acklins died at his residence on Saturday, June 4th, 2016. She is survived by her daughters: Vivian and Jeffrey Henfield; sisters: Villamae Collie and …
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Britain's Prince Philip, Queen's husband, in car accident
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says the 97-year-old husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, has been in a car accident but wasn't injured.
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80 percent increase in cyber crime
CYBER crime in the Bahamas showed an 80 per cent increase, with 171 incidents reported in 2017 up from the 95 recorded in 2016.
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NPBA: Rockets, Rebels in win column
THE Discount Distributors Liquors Rockets and the Rebels emerged as winners of the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium held on Monday night.
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Coleby, St Fort, Higgs deliver season highs
AN active weekend for Bahamian pro basketball players in their respective leagues across the globe featured several season high performances. Headlining the list was veteran forward Kadeem Coleby in the Japanese B-League. Coleby finished with 30 points and 15 rebounds - both season highs - in an 89-86 loss for his Akita Northern Happinets to Hitachi SRT. He shot 11-14 from the field and also added two blocked shots. Akita dropped to 6-4 on the season, sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
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Nearly 100 evacuated from hurricane-hit islands this week
NEARLY 100 people have been evacuated - some for medical reasons - from islands severely impacted by Hurricane Joaquin by two private relief air operators this week.
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Tourism urged: Do more to counter COVID inaccuracy
A senior tourism official yesterday questioned what the industry is doing collectively “to counter” COVID-19 disinformation on social media as he revealed the “uneven” Family Islands recovery.
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Coach McPhee-McCuin makes her presence felt
SHE made history as the first Bahamian female to serve as a coach on the men’s national basketball team. But Grand Bahamian Yolett McPhee-McCuin has assured the females that she won’t abandon them as the team’s head coach.
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Hilton Vincent Taylor
Mr. Hilton “Ole Gillum Bo” Vincent Taylor age 97 yrs of Key West Street died Friday November 16th, 2018 at the Princess Margaret Hospital. “Ole Gillum Bo” is survived by his Sons: Trinton, Glenroy, Livingstone & Wilton; Daughters: Joycelyn Taylor, …
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Coleby leads Happinets into championship series in Japan
RANKED one of the top teams in the Japanese B2 League all season long, Kadeem Coleby leads his Akita Northern Happinets into the championship series.
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Mourners say farewell to Dorothea Dupuch
DOROTHEA Jeromita Dupuch, 97, was laid to rest next to her husband in St Anne’s Cemetery yesterday following a service at St Anselm’s Catholic Church, Fox Hill.
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BEC saddled by $86m fuel debt
THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) currently owes its major fuel supplier more than $86 million, its executive chairman revealed yesterday, adding that the monopoly energy supplier was paying Shell West excess of $18 million a month “just to keep going”.
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New champions: Regulators rout Cybots 100-81 for title
It was a dominant performance over the course of the last three games of the series as the Mr Ship It Regulators unseated the two-time defending champions to take the New Providence Basketball Association Division I title.
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THE Mail Boat Cybots were the first team to advance out of the New Providence Basketball Association’s first round playoffs.
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Hubert Hewell Scavella
Mr. Hubert Hewell Scavella, age 97 years a resident of #8 Hibiscus Lane, Malcolm Allotment and formerly of Cripple Hill, Crooked Island, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Monday, December 26th, 2016. He is survived by his daughter: Halcie; …
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NPBA: Pirates defeat Pros, Stampers stop Titans
THE Triple K Stampers and the Caro Contractors Pirates won the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday night.The Stampers won the opener 96-85 over the Caro Contractors Titans, while the Pirates
