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Dropping air routes 'not political move'

BAHAMASAIR General Manager Henry Woods yesterday dismissed claims that the decision to drop routes to Treasure Cay was a politically motivated punitive measure.

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Realtor: 30% inquiry boost from western NP 'game changer'

The volume of inquiries for western New Providence real estate has increased by 30 per cent in the last three months, a well-known realtor yesterday disclosing that gated community purchases were generating up to 9 per cent investment returns.

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Family Island resorts suffer mixed Xmas

OCCUPANCIES at Out Island resorts for the Christmas period and into the New Year appear to be mixed, with one major property forecasting strong performance, while another said its guest business was in the

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Rockets beat Caribs as Cybots take down Marines

THE New Providence Amateur Basketball Association resumed play Monday night at the DW Davis Gymnasium following the holiday season.

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Debt ratio back to pre-crisis 33% with high VAT

The Government’s initial 15 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT) proposal would have slashed the Bahamas’s debt-to-GDP ratio to a “pre-crisis” 33 per cent by 2024, a private sector-commissioned study revealed yesterday.

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$4.1bn pension liability a ‘Titanic-sinking iceberg’

The Government’s unfunded public sector pension liabilities will hit $4.1 billion by 2032 without proper reform, a leading accounting firm yesterday describing this as “unsustainable” and akin to “the iceberg that sank the Titanic”.

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Dundas Theatre thinks outside the box with 'for coloured girls'

PAIN is universal. It is a force that people try to escape or ignore at all costs.

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OPINION: Bank of Bahamas investors to enjoy bail-out boost

Let’s not mince words: Everyone in the commercial banking industry knew that Bank of the Bahamas has been in trouble for some time. The only questions were the size of the damage, and how the Government would fill the ‘hole’.

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Our junior female athletes of 2018

THE future of Bahamian sport is in good hands with the current generation of young women leading the charge

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Players to watch in the Bahamas Bowl

WE were a laughing stock last year. When the cameras panned to the empty seats at the first Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, our reputation as football fans was called into question by the international media. This year is our chance at redemption.

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Jonquel Jones leads New York to first WNBA Finals in 21 years with victory over her former team

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones have New York back in the WNBA Finals for the first time in more than two decades.

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Bahamas falls to the USVI 84-74

The Bahamas men’s national basketball team, even with the services of NBA guard Chavano ‘Buddy’ Hield and college graduate Lourawls ‘Tum Tum’ Nairn, couldn’t find a way to pull off a “must-win” game against the US Virgin Islands.Needing to win by eig

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HURRICANE ANALYSIS: Westward shift in Matthew’s forecast track brings threat to Florida

Very dangerous Hurricane Matthew is maintaining Category 4 strength as it heads northwards at 6mph, and is already dumping potentially catastrophic rains on Haiti and the Dominican Republic as it moves towards the Bahamas.

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Wake-up call that stirred team on their path to destiny

AFTER dropping a disappointing loss to Antigua, the Bahamas men’s national team got a wake up call and the reality set in as they starred their destiny against Cuba at the Caribbean Basketball Championships over the weekend in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

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Baha Mar Hoops: Hurricanes clinch men’s title

THE University of Miami Hurricanes made their short trip to the Bahamas a memorable one at the Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championships yesterday in the Baha Mar ballroom.

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NPBA FINALS: Series tied 1-1

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants’ bid at a perfect season was ruined on Friday night after their Your Essential Giants’ division II team also suffered a defeat in the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-seven championship series.

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Gymnast Kianna Dean honoured at the National Youth Awards

While she is travelling to represent the country in her sport at the elite level, one Bahamian gymnast was honoured locally for her contribution.

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Man accused of helping suspect evade arrest

A MAN was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of helping a “wanted” suspect evade arrest in the January 25 fatal shooting of Royal Bahamas Defence Force marine Angelo Dorsette.

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Confusion over name of accused in court papers

THERE was confusion in court yesterday over the name of a man charged with murder two months ago.

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jury absent as legal discussions held in murder trial

THE continuation of testimony into the armed robbery and murder of a Bertha’s Go-Go Ribs employee was short-lived yesterday when legal discussions were held in the absence of the jury.