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Burrows, Wilson and Tigers pull off biggest upset of the season
THE Atlantic University Sport men’s basketball championship featured several Bahamian players in the conference tournament finale.
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‘Buddy Buckets’ gets first preseason start
The learning curve for Buddy Hield continues as the New Orleans Pelicans prepare to conclude their preseason schedule this week.
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INSIGHT: Numbers don’t lie - we need more than smart technology to turn back crime
AFTER the shared relief at the end of 2018 as the murder count was held to 91 - the lowest in nine years - the Bahamian people had high hopes the tide was turning.
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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Naughty’s Top 5 great sports moments on Christmas Day
AS we get even closer to Christmas, and the veritable ‘sports feast’ that awaits us over the next few days on television, I decided to go with a Top 5 list of great sports moments that occurred on Christmas Day.
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FRONT PORCH: The empathy and duty of care of Dr Perry Gomez
THIS past Tuesday the country said farewell to Dr Michael Perry Gomez, who demonstrated extraordinary compassion and service as a medical doctor and public servant throughout his professional life.
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ERIC WIBERG: Splashdown in the moonlight
ON the night of Tuesday, October 5, 1943, a pilot from the RAF named Hastie calmly pointed the sizeable B-25 Mitchell bomber towards the dark outline of South Eleuthera, just above Lighthouse Point. Despite losing an engine then the second one overheating, Hastie managed to calmly land his nearly 70ft, 35,000lb airplane a mere 100 feet from the beach gleaming white in the moonlight, without any of his men being killed.
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The Big 'O' - where do I find it?
“Orgasms. Where do I find them?”
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Buddy scores 24, helps Kings beat slumping 76ers 101-95
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Zach Randolph and Vince Carter have been playing for so long that some of their teammates were toddlers when they broke into the NBA.
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COVID - crime and choice
There were 73 people murdered in 2020, down from 95 person in 2019. This gives a homicide rate for 2020 of 18. 6 per 100 000. This is still considered an epidemic. According to United Nation, Homicide rate of 10 per 100 0000 or above is considered an epidemic.
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Mobile data usage up 30% pts in 2017
Mobile broadband penetration jumped by 30 percentage points inside one year, it was revealed yesterday, with four out of every five Bahamians using the product by year-end 2017.The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA), unveiling its
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US to let safety kit through
SENIOR US government officials have assured that shipments of medical supplies to The Bahamas will no longer be blocked or frozen during the COVID-19 crisis, according to Bahamas Ambassador to the United States Sidney Collie.
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BPL’s new $95m power plant needs to be built by experts
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister said yesterday construction of Bahamas Power and Light’s new $95m power plant at Clifton Pier must utilise the professionals who know how to do it.
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Missing property taxes over $1/2bn
Almost $95 million in real property taxes went uncollected during the 2010-2011 fiscal year, taking the total sum outstanding to what the Auditor-General described as an “exorbitant” $541.886 million.
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Training to help tackle drug use
THE US Embassy’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Section and Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre marked the end of a joint 15 month, $500,000 project to provide train-the-trainer training for substance use treatment professionals on January 29 at the Public Hospital Authority.
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Man shot dead as he checked on break-in
NEW Providence police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead early yesterday.
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Family mourn war veteran
Family members of the late Chester Thompson remember him as a “loving” father who was always the “centre of activity” and enjoyed spending time with family in his native Hope Town, Abaco.
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WILLIAM TYPHUS COLLIE SR
Funeral Service for the late WILLIAM TYPHUS COLLIE SR. age 91 years of Strachan’s Alley will be held on Saturday, January 9th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at St. James Native Baptist Church, St. James Road. Officiating will be Reverend Daniel …
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Mary Clarke
Funeral service for Mary Clarke, 91 yrs., a resident of Sea Breeze Lane &B formerly of Forrest, Exuma, will be held at St. Anne's Anglican Church, Fox Hill, on Saturday 23rd January, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Fr. …
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Rev. Stephen William Armbrister
Funeral Service for the late Rev. Stephen William Armbrister age 91 years of Duncan Town, Ragged Island will be held on Saturday, September 26th, 2015 at 12:00 pm at New Covenant Baptist Church, East Wes Highway. Officiating will be Pastor …
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Marissa Cooper
Funeral Service for the late Marissa Cooper age 40 years of Dunmore Ave will be held on Saturday November 23 2013 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, at 10:00.m. Officiating will be Father Msgr. Alfred Culmer, assited by other ministers of …