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Alonzo Russell advances to 400m final

WHILE both the men’s basketball and softball teams continued to struggle to find a win in their games so far at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia yesterday as fencing’s debut is now over and done with, the track

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NCAA Div 1: Bahamians set new career highs

SEVERAL Bahamian players set new career high scoring marks in NCAA Division I basketball over the course of the holiday season.

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Sun Belt: Munnings’ double double helps Warhawks to win in opening round

TRAVIS Munnings is playing his best basketball when it matters most and continues to lead his ULM Warhawks through the postseason.

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Cable urges industry unity on URCA ‘budget travesty’

CABLE Bahamas is urging its rivals to join the battle against “this travesty in budget increases” for the sector’s regulator whose downtown Nassau headquarters it branded an “albatross”.

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Urban Renewal Band to join St Patrick’s Day parade

THE Urban Renewal Marching Band will be among the groups participating in the 45th annual St Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Washington, DC, on Sunday.

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Michael James Wilkinson

Funeral service for Michael James Wilkinson, age 80 years, of Yamacraw Hill Road, will be held on Friday July 13, 2018 at 2:00 p.m., at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, East Shirley Street. Officiating will be the Rev. Fr. Anselm …

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Ola Mae Lynes Sands

Funeral service for Ola Mae Lynes Sands, 80 a resident of Cable Beach & formerly of Long Bay Cays, Andros, will be held at Free Community Holiness Baptist Church, Malcolm Allotment, on Saturday 23rd July, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating …

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Althea Mable Davis

Funeral Service for Althea Mable Davis, 80 years of Gleniston Gardens and formerly of Harbour Island, Eleuthera, will be held on Saturday January 19th, 2013, 11:00 a.m. at Evangelistic Temple, Collins Avenue. Pastor Durrant Smith assisted by other Ministers will …

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Kenneth Andrews

Semi Military Funeral Service for Retired Superintendant Kenneth Andrews, 80, of Sea Breeze Estates, formerly of South Andros , will be held on Friday, July 13th , 2012 at 10:00a.m. at Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Robinson Road. Officiating will …

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Two killed in separate attacks

TWO people were killed in separate murders yesterday.

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Flawed survey

THE FNM - Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Poll taken between November 29th and December 5th.

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Govts Post Office rent 87% off peak

THE Government is paying up to $90 per square foot for rental space, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday, describing the 87 percent reduction offered to the Post Office as “unprecedented”.Brensil Rolle, minister of public service, seeking to justify th

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Concerns that hotel tax breaks unduly exploited

A BAHAMIAN businessman has voiced concerns that foreign investors are unduly exploiting Hotels Encouragement Act incentives to obtain tax breaks on construction materials for large vacation rental properties.

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Hotel union’s strike vote ‘green light’

Hotel union executives last night said a Supreme Court justice had effectively cleared the way for it to take a strike vote tomorrow over its gratuity dispute with the Melia Nassau Beach Resort.

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Jonquel Jones leads BIH to FIBA World Cup qualification

JONQUEL Jones was a one-woman wrecking crew en route to leading her Bosnia and Herzegovina programme to a FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 qualification.

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Sandyport targeting commercial expansion

Sandyport aims to “shortly” announce a further expansion of its commercial office and retail offering, as it mulls development options for the remaining 12 acres “at our very heart”.

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Should I get the PSA Test for prostate cancer?

Despite the protest and outrage from physician organisations including the prominent American Urological Association and several US-based prostate cancer advocacy, education, and support organisations, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its findings last month, advising that healthy men should no longer take the PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) blood test to detect prostate cancer as a routine or screening event.

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NPBA Opening night on Saturday

THE New Providence Basketball Association will be back in action this weekend to tip off its 2019-20 season.

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ONE ELEUTHERA: Meatless Mondays – reducing meat in your meal can impact climate change

I DON’T know about you, but it sure feels extra hot to me these days! As a farmer, I pay particular attention to the weather here in The Bahamas. While it does feel particularly hot here this summer, the statistics are now in and show that this is not just a local phenomenon.

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City Markets staff allege 'conspiracy'

TEN Grand Bahama-based City Markets employees are alleging that the company and its principals deliberately altered their employment terms to "coerce and compel" them to leave voluntarily, thereby relieving the supermarket chain of the need to pay them severance and pension benefits.