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Mailboat Cybots one win away from championship title
THE Mail Boat Cybots are now just one game away from winning the New Providence Basketball Association’s championship title. But the defending champions Commonwealth Bank Giants are not yet prepared to push the panic button in the best-of-seven series.
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Bahamas’ FIBA 2022 AmeriCup qualification bid comes to an end
TEAM Bahamas experienced another fourth quarter collapse against Puerto Rico and saw their FIBA 2022 AmeriCup qualification bid come to an end.
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Teens 'selling sex'
A NEW non-governmental organisation has discovered that around 85 per cent of sexually active teens in the Bahamas are engaging in some kind of transactional sex.
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NPBA: the final four
IT’S now down to the final four in New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) semifinals, featuring three former champions.
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ITHIEL EZEKIEL TAYLOR
ITHIEL EZEKIEL TAYLOR affectionately called “ZEKE” age 85 years of Cat Island and formerly of Simms, Long Island passed at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday, January 27th, 2019. He is survived by his Wife: Dorothy Taylor; Sons: Michael, Ithiel, …
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Port: GB Power rates to lower cost for 85%
THE Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) says that the new rate structure being proposed by the Grand Bahama Power Company, if approved, would result in a reduction in the “all-in” price of electricity for 85 per cent for residential customers in Grand Bahama.
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Former Yellow Elder hornets leader says 85% of violent crime down to gangs
A FORMER local gang leader yesterday estimated that “roughly 85 per cent” of violent crime is connected to gang activity and retribution.
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Cybots draw first blood
EVEN though it wasn’t the type of performance they expected, the Mail Boat Cybots proved why they are the Vince Ferguson divisional pennant winners.
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GB ‘really getting back’ into tourism
The Bahamas’ top tourism official yesterday said Grand Bahama was “really getting back into business” with 84 percent of hotels, and 55 percent of the island’s attractions, now receiving visitors.
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Cornish posts career highs, one of Seawolves' leading scorers
JARON Cornish has excelled in recent weeks in an increased role with the Stony Brook Seawolves and after a series of career highs, has become one of the team’s leading scorers on the season.Cornish is second on the team on the team in scoring at 11.1
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BUDDY HIELD STRUGGLES FROM BEYOND THE ARCH IN NBA SUMMER LEAGUE
BUDDY Hield struggled from beyond the arch in the first two games of the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League but the sharpshooting guard improved in his latest outing.Hield scored 22 points, including 6-9 from three-point range in the Kings’ 95-92 loss to t
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Heat take 2-1 lead
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) -- Halfway to a title, LeBron James shows no sign of letting this one get away. James had 29 points and 14 rebounds, and the Miami Heat took a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals with a 91-85 victory over the Oklaho
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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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30% auto sales boost if taxes back to 2010
A return to pre-2010 import duty rates would likely boost new car sales by “about 30 per cent”, dealers said yesterday, while calling on the Government to give them up to six months’ warning of planned import tariff changes.
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Prince Albert Newton
Death Notice for Prince Albert Newton, also known as, Leonard “Noah” Newton, age 85 years, of Queen’s Highway, San Andros, formerly of Blanket Sound, Andros, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Wednesday December 27, 2017. He is survived by …
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Reginald L Sheppard
Death Notice for Reginald L. Sheppard, age 85 years, of Kiki Street off Farrington Road, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Monday September 19, 2016. He is survived by his wife: Carrie Sheppard; his children: Ingrid Ferguson, Debra Pinder, …
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John Arlington McPhee
Death Notices Comrade Elder John Arlington McPhee, 85 Mother Nellie H. McPhee’s beloved husband of 62 years, Comrade Elder John Arlington McPhee, of Williams Lane, off Kemp Road, and formerly of Rolleville, Exuma, returned to the Holy Father in the …
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CIBC’s New Year halt to in-branch payments
CIBC FirstCaribbean last night justified its decision to halt physical in-branch transactions from January 3 - a move that will impact thousands of Bahamians - by asserting that 85 percent of clients are already using digital banking channels.
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Jones, Thomas lead Sun to 94- 66 win over Mercury
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 17 points, 12 rebounds and five assists, Jonquel Jones added 20 points and eight rebounds and the Connecticut Sun beat the Phoenix Mercury 94-66 yesterday.
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85% sold concert boosts Atlantis by 'several thosand' extra room nights
ATLANTIS is set to enjoy a "several thousand room night" boost this Memorial Day weekend, Kerzner International's Bahamas head yesterday telling Tribune Business that with 85 per cent of tickets already sold, the concert was on track for a sell-out.
