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Bahamas' 'best team ever' in World Cup qualifier 3rd leg
With their biggest task ahead of them, the Bahamas Basketball Federation has fielded its best team ever to play the third leg of the FIBA Americas’ World Cup qualifier.The team is already in Puerto Rico for the first of two games on Thursday when the
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Landmark season for Bahamian collegiate basketball players in Canada
IT was a landmark season for Bahamian basketball players at the collegiate level in Canada, highlighted by an MVP performance and championship title by one local star with an inspiring story of perseverance.
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ROADRUNNERS Track & Field Club is scheduled to host its 7th Annual Diana Lynn Thompson Track & Field Classic on Saturday.
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Licences 'soon' for nation's second cellular provider, says PM
THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) will award licences to the country’s second cellular mobile services provider soon, Prime Minister Perry Christie said during his budget communication yesterday.
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Keeping Zumba fresh and fun
KIM Kikivarakis, a local dance studio owner, is hoping to introduce some of the latest and hottest Zumba moves to the Bahamian public after attending an international convention in Orlando, Florida last week.
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LJ Rose inks deal with new European club
NATIONAL team guard LJ Rose inked a deal with a new European club.
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Cruise port hits 97% end-May occupancy
Passenger occupancies on vessels calling at Nassau Cruise Port in the final week of May exceeded 97 percent, it was revealed yesterday, signalling the sector is closing on full recovery from COVID-19’s ravages.
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Henfield shocked to be on loan list
SENATOR Ranard Henfield has been included on a list of people with outstanding delinquent loans to the Education Loan Authority. His name was included alongside 98 others in a notice published in a local newspaper yesterday. “We have not been able
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Teams jostling for final playoff spots in NPBA
WITH the season starting to wind down over the next two weeks, teams are jostling for the final playoff spots in the New Providence Basketball Association men’s division.
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Bahamas near bottom at 40% 'tax capacity'
The Bahamas is currently operating at just 40 per cent of its tax capacity, the Government’s US consultants have warned, ranking this nation near-bottom of 98 countries.
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Dames sets target of fewer than 85 murder in 2019
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames has his sights set on a murder count that is below 85 by the end of this year. The minister’s goal, outlined yesterday outside of Cabinet, is more ambitious than the one in the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit r
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Plane used for mail flights to Bahamas has a grisly history
A TURBOPROP plane once used to deliver mail to The Bahamas from Florida has been revealed to have had a grisly history – with political detainees in Argentina having been thrown from the vehicle to their deaths during the country’s 1976-98 military dictatorship.
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Jury shown images of aftermath of murder
A SUPREME Court jury yesterday was shown nearly five 100 images illustrating the aftermath of the murder of a web shop employee in Deadman’s Cay, Long Island.
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Turning up the Heat on the Raptors
MIAMI (AP) -- LeBron James wants some rest. He also wants to play. For now, the desire to play seems to be stronger. And his MVP candidacy may be a beneficiary of that decision. James scored 28 points before taking the fourth quarter off, Mike Miller added
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NPBA triple header: Giants and UB Mingoes in win column
THE New Providence Basketball Association played a triple header at the CI Gibson Gymnasium on Saturday.
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U Sports Basketball: Bahamian players shine in Canada colleges
THE Dalhousie Tigers fell one spot in the U Sports Men’s Basketball ranking after their first loss of the season, but rebounded with a pair of wins to highlight weekend play from Bahamians in the top level of Canadian college basketball. Shemarr Bur
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Agusta Hepburn
Mrs. Agusta Hepburn age 96 years of #10 A Dunkirk Street and formerly of Long Bay Cays, South Andros died at her residence on Saturday, November 23rd, 2013. She is survived by her Daughter: Olga Greaves, One (1) Step-Son: Gilbert …