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Bahamas basketball Olympic qualifying: ‘Buddy’ has high hopes
AS Bahamian basketball increases in global notoriety, Chavano “Buddy” Hield said he has high hopes for the country’s senior men’s national team programme to reach the pinnacle of the sport and achieve Olympic qualification.
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McFall commits to Slippery Rock
FRESH off his Bahamas senior men’s national team debut, Jonathan McFall announced his transfer destination to continue his collegiate career.
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ART OF GRAPHIX: Video marketing makes for much better viewing
Some marketing executives are caught in the conundrum of trying to decide whether to embark on a video advertising campaign or wondering why they are not already doing it.
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Union chief: Workers not feeling tourism’s rebound
The hotel union’s president yesterday said industry workers were yet to feel the benefits from tourism’s post-COVID resurgence with “no higher than 40 percent” of his members recalled to work to-date.
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Carnival’s GB port to double arrivals to 1m
Carnival’s Grand Bahama port will double the passengers it brings to the island to one million within three years of completion, economic forecasters have predicted, while boosting annual visitor spend by $68m.
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Cruise port eyes 1m visitors by end-2021
Nassau Cruise Port’s top executive yesterday said it could welcome one million visitors over the five months to year-end 2021 even if vessels call with just 60 percent average occupancy.
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Baha Mar builder seeks Bahamian judicial assistance
Baha Mar’s main contractor has launched its own bid to secure Bahamian judicial assistance in a bid to unearth evidence that will support its counter-claims against former owner Sarkis Izmirlian.
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Crystal drops Cat Island on docking
Cat Island business owners said Crystal Cruises was unable to select the island as a port-of-call during its seven-night Bahamas voyages because the water near the public dock was too shallow.
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Project manager creates ‘professional community’
A project manager yesterday said she created a “community” dedicated to professionals in her sector in response to a “great need” for better networking among Bahamians.
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MLB Draft: Cubs select BJ Murray
Michelle and Bertie Murray Jr could not have enjoyed a better 30th wedding anniversary yesterday than to be at the side of their son, BJ Murray, when he was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 2021 Major League Draft.
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Tennis ace Justin Roberts gets set for Men’s 25K in Ecuador
HAVING gotten over the jitters of playing on his first Davis Cup team for the Bahamas, touting professional tennis player Justin Roberts is now eager to get back on the international circuit.
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National Hall of Fame icon Roscoe Davies dies at 81
NATIONAL Hall of Fame icon Roscoe Davies, considered a true “professional”, a “gentleman and a scholar” and one to “emulate” on and off the field in every sporting discipline community activity he was involved in, passed away on Tuesday.
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Realtor: ‘Best sales in 99-year history’
A prominent realtor has revealed his firm is enjoying “the best year in our 99-year history” with the high-end Bahamian property market “going gangbusters” following its post-COVID lockdown emergence.
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COVID claims life of five-month-old girl
COVID-19 related deaths have climbed by two to 254, with officials reporting that the country’s youngest victim is a five-month-old girl who died from the virus on June 26.
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Neutrality boost if ‘get ahead of G-20’
THE Bahamas can become a “neutral” venue for deal structuring and other major transactions “if we can get ahead of the curve” on the latest tax avoidance crackdown, a prominent banker argued yesterday.
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‘Vigilante’ attack
A MAGISTRATE is set to determine the fate of a 21-year-old man who claimed he assaulted another man because he believed his father was a sex offender.
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Ayton’s foul trouble limits the Suns in Game 3 loss
Deandre Ayton struggled in limited, foul plagued minutes of his Phoenix Suns’ game three loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2021 NBA Finals, but acknowledged the support from the Bahamian public as one of his many motivating factors in his team’s chase for the first Larry O’Brien trophy in franchise history.
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NACAC: Bahamas finishes third overall
ON the strength of a meet record-breaking performance from Nathaniel Zervos and double gold medal feats by Camille Rutherford, Tarajh Hudson and Wanya McCoy, the Bahamas finished third at the North American, Central American and Caribbean’s Under-18 to Under-23 Championships.
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Miller-Uibo wins 200m in Monaco
IN a big test as she prepares to get the medal that has eluded her so far at the Olympic Games, Shaunae Miller-Uibo had enough real estate to reel in two of her arch rivals to win the women’s 200 metres at the EBS Herculis meeting in Monaco.
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SUSPECT FACES FIVE MURDER CHARGES: Accused due in court for killings as police detain other gunmen
A MAN accused of five murders will face court today over a series of killings dating back to 2018.