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UCF wins Bahamas Championship

THE Central Florida Knights began 10 days of NCAA Division I basketball at the Baha Mar Convention Centre by winning the “Bahamas Championship” tournament title. The Knights defeated the Santa Clara Broncos 57-50 last night in the finale.

Insurer: Hurricane season end ‘can’t be soon enough’

A TOP Bahamian insurance executive says the official end to the 2022 hurricane season “can’t come soon enough” given that Hurricane Ian will further “tie our hands” on premium prices for local consumers.

Long Island mixed on $250m cruise project

LONG Island businesses have given mixed reactions to the island’s proposed $250m cruise port, with some arguing it lacks the capacity to sustain the project and others asserting it is vital to prevent communities “dying out”.

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THE fact that gold prices have been subdued over the past year must be one of the most counterintuitive financial market dynamics of recent times. The precious metal is known as a safe haven, and a hedge against rising inflation. We certainly have had plenty of both recently, so why are gold prices down by more than 15 percent in relation to the yearly maximum reached in March? The answer is relatively straightforward: Blame the US dollar.

Pintard calls for Sears to resign

FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard on Friday called for Works and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears to resign, pointing to what he called a “failure of the government to act appropriately to reduce the cost of electricity”.

Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee has expunged 80 criminal records to date

THE Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee has to date expunged the criminal records of 80 people, some of whom were convicted for curfew violations during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

DIANE PHILLIPS: Open your eyes and see the beauty of foreign in all of us

ON a bright, sunny morning last week, the students, faculty and staff of LN Coakley Senior High in Exuma poured out of classrooms and gathered along the halls and in the courtyard, filling every available foot of open air.

Correctional officers to receive training on how to manage mentally ill inmates

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said yesterday that officers at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services who oversee mentally ill inmates will be receiving training on how to effectively manage them.

$250m cruise port: ‘We’ll help Long Island flourish’

The proposed $250m Long Island cruise port will handle up to 12,000 persons daily at full build-out, one of its principals revealed yesterday, adding: “Our goal is to help Long Island flourish.”

'Very encouraging’ first quarter fiscal performance

FINANCIAL Secretary Simon Wilson yesterday described the nation’s fiscal performance for the first quarter as “very encouraging”, saying while officials see no reason why this positive trajectory can’t continue, they must also remain cautious due to the possibility of a recession, among other factors.

Five charged in connection with firearm and ammunition seizure

FIVE men were charged in Magistrate’s Court in connection with a recent seizure of a firearm and ammunition.

Albury and Greene lead Chipola to no.6 ranking

DEYTON Albury and Paul Greene have led Chipola to a no.6 national ranking while the Bahamian contingent at Northeast Community College continues to put up major numbers in their sophomore campaign.

Coach Yo and Ole Miss in Baha Mar Hoops

THE Bahamas will be an active venue for NCAA basketball this month and that list of programmes will include Yolett McPhee-McCuin’s Ole Miss women’s programme. Ole Miss will participate in the eight-team field at Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship at the Baha Mar Convention Centre.

Robinson wins Bahamas Professional Golf Association’s Korn Ferry Qualifier

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DEVAUGHN Robinson booked another trip to the Great Exuma Classic by winning the Bahamas Professional Golf Association’s Korn Ferry Qualifier by five strokes on Monday at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island.

National baseball team in Grand Bahama training camp

IN preparation for the fourth Caribbean Baseball Cup, scheduled for December 4-11 at the newly constructed Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium, members of the Bahamas Baseball Federation’s national team are in Grand Bahama for a training camp.

Landing gear issues as plane arrives at LPIA

AN airplane with 20 people on board experienced landing gear issues at Lynden Pindling International Airport yesterday afternoon.

FRONT PORCH: Hubris and the march of folly

It is at once fascinating and disturbing to observe how the lust for power, greed and other blinding ambitions, so often lead to folly and failure. Politicians, businesspeople and others over millennia, though repeatedly warned of their delusions, have pursued courses of action leading to disaster and defeat.

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