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80 Haitian migrants intercepted near Exuma Chain
A VESSEL containing 80 Haitian migrants was intercepted near the Exuma Chain on Monday evening.The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) reported the sailing sloop was apprehended after acting on information they had received earlier that day.RBDF Patro
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Jones and sun open playoffs tonight
Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun will open the WNBA Playoffs and their prospective title run tonight.
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MLB teams add Bahamian rookie prospects
Major League Baseball Clubs added players to their 40-man rosters to protect them from next month’s Rule 5 Draft and with that came an updated list of rookie prospects in each team’s pipeline.
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Two men in rape case say woman gave consent
A POLICE investigator told the Supreme Court yesterday that two of the seven men accused of rape admitted to having consensual sex with a Bimini woman who had also given her permission for their friends to have sex with her after a night of drinking and partying at several night clubs.
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A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: Give us a sporting chance for more golden moments
The entire Bahamas paused on Monday night to cheer on our nation’s golden superwoman Shaunae Miller as she ran and captured the gold medal in the 400 metres final at the Games of the 31st Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Sports in brief
THE Baptist Sports Council completed the first week of the 2013 Coca-Cola Softball Classic in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday with the Bahama Island Baptist Association (BIBA) making the most noise.
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James, Heat win home finale over Houston
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) -- As LeBron James was walking to Miami's home bench for the final time this regular season, he raised his left arm to acknowledge the roars of another sold-out crowd. And when the obligatory "M-V-P" chants star
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FACE TO FACE: My father, the hero
WHEN I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to participate in the filming of a Hollywood movie right here in Nassau. Gerard Depardieu was the main actor – a French father who took his daughter, played by Katherine Heigl, on vacation to The Bahamas
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Wynn targets April 2022 opening on $80m sales
The Wynn Group yesterday said it is targeting an April 2022 “soft opening” for its Goodman’s Bay condo hotel after generating $80m in residential unit sales.
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Minister Albertha Burrows
Minister Albertha Burrows, age 80 of Mastic Point, North Andros died at her Residence on Wednesday, April 18th, 2018. She is survived by her 8 Children: Gretchen Canter, Emmanuel Burrows, Eley Burrows, Lisa Williams, Cooley Wilson, Nicole Jenkins, Manera Oilver …
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Ayton and Suns take 3-2 lead
PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 28 points, Deandre Ayton added 20 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks 110-80 last night to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.
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Blaze at city dump ‘80% extinguished’
THE fire that started two weeks ago at the New Providence landfill is “80 per cent” extinguished, a Renew Bahamas official said yesterday.
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Sky Bahamas enjoys summer with 85% load on relaunched route
SKY Bahamas said yesterday that it was seeing 80 to 85 per cent load factors on its recently re-launched Freeport-Fort Lauderdale route, highlighting what its chief executive described as a “very good summer” for the Bahamian-owned airline.
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‘We’ll help - but don’t try to land’: Govt signals it won’t allow cruise ships to send anyone here
THE Bahamas government signalled yesterday that it will not accept people infected with COVID-19 from ships stranded in Bahamian waters despite a US Coast Guard bulletin that foreign-flagged vessels should seek help from countries in which they are registered.
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NPBA: Regulators and Pros tied in first place
IT’S still early in the season, but Mr Ship It Freight Regulators and Island Game Pros both won on Monday night to stay tied in first place in the Vince Ferguson Division of the New Providence Basketball Association.
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Bahamas Showcase: Catamounts get 66-64 win over Norsemen
THE University of Vermont Catamounts made history, becoming the champions of the initial Bahamas Showcase with a 66-64 victory over the Northern Kentucky Norsemen.Most valuable player Trae Bell-Haynes, who finished with 19 points, canned the game-win
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80% of Dorian-hit assets uninsured
Up to 80 percent of private homes and businesses devastated by Hurricane Dorian were uninsured, the deputy prime minister revealed yesterday, creating an unsustainable burden for the state.K Peter Turnquest, opening the annual Accountants Week confer
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THE Bahamas Rugby Union is scheduled to kick off its 2015 Nassau Cup regular season with Buccaneers versus Baillou 4pm Saturday at the Winton Rugby Centre.
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New mobile player hits ‘record’ pace
The Bahamas’ second mobile operator yesterday boasted that it was moving at “record” pace to roll-out its network, having already built more than 90 per cent of its planned cellular towers in Grand Bahama.
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High Flyers and Giants in charge
THE two-time defending division II champions Breezes High Flyers and the Commonwealth Bank Giants, going for a repeat of the men’s title, are now in the driver’s seat of the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-seven championship series.