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Godfrey Rolle helps the Bearcats win home opener
GODFREY Rolle got the first start of his senior season with the Southwest Baptist University Bearcats and helped the team to win its home opener. Rolle finished with 15 points, shot 6-9 from the field, including 3-4 from three-point range of a 95-70
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Bahamian players shine in NCAA D1 Basketball
STEPHEN F Austin’s Nathan Bain was featured ESPN Sportscenter’s Top 10 while Sammy Hunter and Valerie Nesbitt had their best games thus far with their respective Ole Miss programmes to highlight the weekend of play for Bahamians at the NCAA Division
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Lowering the prostate cancer risk
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has registered that 200 Bahamian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, and that number is likely underestimated, as several Bahamian men seek prostate cancer screening and treatment abroad and they are often not captured in local statistics. WHO data showed that 249 men died of cancer in the Bahamas in 2018 and 80 of those men died of prostate cancer.
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INSIGHT: Rubbing salt in the wounds - BPL is playing a risky game
There has to be somebody else in the country pinching themselves to see if they’re living in the real world after BPL announced its plans to introduce a rate reduction bond and deemed the Bahamian people as its financiers.
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Dorian damages bill soars to $3.4 billion
THE cost of Hurricane Dorian’s impact on the Bahamas is $3.4bn, more than a quarter of the country’s GDP, according to the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Fishermen ‘hijacked helping Haitians’
AN Inagua-based fisherman yesterday described the “traumatising” moment that a group of stranded Haitian that he and his two friends were helping allegedly hijacked their boat at knifepoint and forced them to jump overboard to avoid being killed.
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Watchdog 'concerned' by repatriation policy
AN international watchdog has expressed concern with the government’s repatriation of Haitian migrants to their home country, as the political situation in Haiti remains “fragile”.
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Strachan and Eagles earn 34-26 victory over West Liberty
MIKE Strachan continues his streak of standout performances for the Charleston Golden Eagles and capped off an historic regular season in the finale.
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Bahamas: 90% of diving sector withstood Dorian
The Bahamas delivered the message that 90 percent of its dive industry remains operational post-Dorian when the Ministry of Tourism and private firms attended the sector’s largest trade show.
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‘Shock’ over Freeport retailer closure claims
Executives at a major Freeport hardware store have revealed they were “just as shocked as anyone else” to hear “rumours” of its demise following the hit from Hurricane Dorian.
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Another 113 Haitians flown back home
MORE than 100 convicted Haitian migrants were repatriated to Port-au-Prince yesterday under a deportation order, according to immigration officials.
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UPDATED: Absent Nygard sentenced to 90 days, fined $150,000
Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced to 90 days in prison and fined in the Supreme Court on Friday after being found in contempt of court.
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Bahamas is 'so far behind curve' on renewable goal
The Bahamas faces a “tall order” to meet the National Energy Policy’s 30 percent renewable energy penetration by 2030 goal because it is “so far behind the curve”, a local provider warned yesterday.Guilden Gilbert, vice-president of Alternative Power
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Union seeking 'seat at table' on CIBC deal
Union leaders have written to the government seeking a “seat at the table” over the approval of CIBC FirstCaribbean’s majority sale to a Colombian-headquartered financial group.Teresa Mortimer, the Bahamas Financial Services Union’s (BFSU) president,
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Long Island eyed by cruise ships
Long Island is being eyed as “a preferred cruise ship destination” by two operators, its MP revealed yesterday, with vessels set to make four calls in 2020. Adrian Gibson, also executive chairman of the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC), told the
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Jones posts double double - 29 points and 16 rebounds
JONQUEL Jones starred for Bosnia and Herzegovina women’s national team and several other Bahamian players posted double doubles to lead their team in their respective leagues across Europe this week.
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Milestone Night: Davis records his first double double as a Maverick
IT was a milestone night for Radshad Davis in his career with the University of Texas-Arlington Mavericks.
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Deyton Albury making a name for himself in Kansas
ALTHOUGH he already made a name for himself here with the Temple Christian Suns, Deyton Albury’s father Michael Albury felt his son could achieve a lot more so he sent him off to Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel-Aire, Kansas to complete his senior year of high school.
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Ministry of Tourism officials attend service to give thanks to God
In a recent church service held at St Agnes, staff of the Ministry of Tourism assembled to give thanks as an organisation, just two months into the recovery and rebuilding efforts for Abaco and Grand Bahama post Hurricane Dorian.
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Hazel Winifred Fisher
Funeral Service for Hazel Winifred Fisher age 93 years will be held on Saturday November 16, 2019 at 10:00a.m. at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Boyd Road, Nassau, The Bahamas. Officiating will be Rev’d Fr. Jay Cartwright assisted by Deacon …