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'Little chance' to lower high debt, bad loan levels
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has admitted the current economic climate provides "little opportunity" to reduce high consumer debt and loan delinquency levels, with only 'qualified borrowers' able to access credit.
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Bahamian baseball legend Ed Armbrister dies at 72
ED Armbrister, the only Bahamian to rise to the pinnacle of Major League Baseball and claim its ultimate prize, died Wednesday at age 72.
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Leno principal loses CFAL dismissal appeal
Leno Corporate Services’s principal yesterday lost the latest stage of his legal battle against former employer, Colina Financial Advisors (CFAL), after failing to show his termination was “anything other than redundancy”.
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Lyford Cay billionaire Sir Anthony O’Reilly declared bankrupt
A SUPREME Court judge declared Lyford Cay billionaire Sir Anthony O’Reilly bankrupt on Friday evening after more than five hours of legal arguments concerning the procedural validity of his applications.
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Crimestoppers and Cybots victorious
THE Police Crimestoppers and the Bamboo Shack Cybots both won at the DW Davis Gymnasium Monday night to secure their showdown in the Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association’s best-of-seven championship series set to start tonight.
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No new confirmed COVID-19 cases for sixth consecutive day
The Ministry of Health is reporting that there are no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 for the sixth consecutive day.
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NPBA: Rockets top High Flyers 93-87
THE Sun Oil Rockets scored an early-season win over the defending Division II champions in the New Providence Basketball Association.
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Top pro basketball players begin seasons on high note
SOME of the country’s top pro basketball players throughout the European, Asian and Middle Eastern circuit began their seasons on a high note.
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Elizabeth Colebrook
Mrs. Elizabeth Colebrook Age: 95 yrs of Jacaranda Street, Pinewood Gardens & formerly of Blanket Sound, Andros
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Jones and Sun lose Game 3
Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun are faced with must win situations to keep their season and 2021 title hopes alive.
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Restaurant owners eye social distance strategy
Restaurant and bar owners are already plotting how their establishments can re-open in compliance with COVID-19 health and safety protocols despite some suffering revenue declines of up to 95 percent. Peter Maury, owner of the Green Parrot and Marga
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A COMIC'S VIEW: Farewell to Big Ed, a baseball legend
I was deeply saddened on Wednesday evening to hear of the passing of Bahamian baseball legend Ed Armbrister, after a long battle with diabetes.
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Jones and Sun pull off 84-80 upset over defending champion Lynx
JONQUEL Jones and her Connecticut Sun returned from the league-wide Olympic break, continuing the momentum they gathered in late July.
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Two more GSSSA champions crowned
COACH Kevin ‘KJ’ Johnson and his CI Gibson Rattlers celebrated another Government Secondary Schools Sports Association championship feat, this time in the senior girls’ division.
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Battle for Bimini begins
AFTER a competitive regular season, the New Providence Basketball Association is gearing up for the post-season as the teams vie for a chance to compete in the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s national round robin in Bimini in April.
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Bowling added to GSSSA after-school curriculum
It was a red letter day yesterday for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology as bowling was added to the after-school curriculum for the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association.
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Walker, Clarke and Evans most outstanding athletes of the year
CADIN Walker, Serai Clarke and Khadin Evans shared the spotlight as the recipients of the most outstanding baseball and tennis Athletes of the Year at the Ed Armbrister Baseball and Southwest Tennis Clubs awards ceremony.
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Temple Fellowship takes 19-and-under title
WHILE Temple Fellowship turned the tables on Macedonia to win the 19-and-under title, Golden Gates pulled a double whammy on St Paul's for the co-ed and men's titles on championship day Saturday. The games brought the curtain down on their 2011 Bishop Nei
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'Web shops will have a Christmas party but hate to pay their staff a decent salary'
MORE than 1,000 trade disputes were filed with the Department of Labour in 2018, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes revealed yesterday during his budget contribution in the Senate. In total, 1,207 disputes were filed. Labour Director John Pinder later told
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Diana Roberts Hepburn
Diana Roberts Hepburn, 98 yrs., a resident of Burial Ground Corner & formerly of Bluff, Cat Island died at her residence on Tuesday, October 30, 2018. She is survived by her 3 sons: Charles & Bernard Hepburn & George Hepburn …
