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Caribs stop Rebels, Cleaners top Pros 74-72, in the NPBA
THE New Providence Basketball Association, preparing for its crossover interaction with the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association on Saturday night since their separation in 2003, continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.
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Summer of Thunder tourney gets off to exciting start
THE Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder got off to an exciting start last weekend with a thrilling finish in the series opener and the first win by a local team in the series. The series began as the Temple Owls escaped with a 98-96 wi
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Pro basketball player Dwight Coleby off to impressive start
DWIGHT Coleby is off to an impressive start with his new club - Heroes de Falcon - in the Venezuelan SuperLiga. The veteran frontcourt player is averaging 9.4 points and a team high 7.8 rebounds per game. He also leads the team in blocks at 1.6 per game, while shooting 53 percent from the field in 25 minutes per game.
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Nesbitt and Sao Paolo take 2-1 series lead in NBB finals
NATIONAL team member David Nesbitt and his Paulistano Sao Paolo took a 2-1 series lead in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) finals and moved one game closer to the league title.
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Temporary closure of cabbage beach access for stairway repairs
OFFICIALS at Atlantis yesterday confirmed the “temporary closure” of the main public access path to Cabbage Beach, as the resort looks to repair a collapsed stairway.Senior vice president of public affairs Ed Fields said the resort thought it best to
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Prime Minister guests as Ed Fields returns to radio
VETERAN broadcaster Ed Fields returns to the Radio House airwaves today with a new talk show on KissFM, with his first guest Prime Minister Perry Christie.
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Commonwealth Bank Giants stay alive
THE Commonwealth Bank Giants, the best team in the regular season, refused to exit the New Providence Basketball Association men’s best-of-seven championship series without putting up a fight.
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$110m collected in VAT in first three months
THE government has collected $110m in value added tax payments during the first three months of the year, Prime Minister Perry Christie told the House of Assembly yesterday.
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Matthew gives Bahamas $300m reinsurance boost
The Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chairman has estimated that this nation will benefit from a $300 million foreign currency inflow from reinsurers as a result of Hurricane Matthew.
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‘Buddy’ and Bahamas ready to face Venezuela
Although they have yet to “finalise” the team, head coach Chris DeMarco said the Bahamas coaching staff will select a “solid” 12-man roster coming out of this week’s training camp to play against Venezuela at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Thursday night.
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‘Caribbean’s lowest’ from BPL Shell deal
A Cabinet Minister yesterday pledged the Bahamas will have “the most competitive energy prices in the region” through selecting Shell as Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) generation partner.
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NPBA: Giants complete perfect regular season, Your Essential Store clinch pennant
WHILE the New Providence Basketball Association’s perennial men’s division one champions Commonwealth Bank Giants put the lid on a perfect regular season, their first year division II team Your Essential Store Giants clinched their pennant.
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Leonard Tilme Joseph (Livila Tilme Joseph)
Funeral Service for the late Mr. Leonard Tilme Joseph (Livila Tilme Joseph) age 96 yrs of Graham Avenue, Blair Estates formerly of Haiti will be held on Sunday September 9th, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. Calvary Haitian Baptist Church, West End …
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Stopover tourism ‘85% recovered’ this winter
The Bahamas’ stopover tourism business will be “close to 85 percent” of pre-COVID levels by the 2021-2022 winter season, a top hotelier is predicting, with a return to full business levels “very achievable” next year.
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High Flyers, Mingoes in tonight’s double header
IN the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) tonight, the Breezes High Flyers are scheduled to play Elite Basketball Club in the men’s division II opener at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
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80% conch drop threatens lives of 9,000 fishermen
THE livelihoods of more than 9,000 Bahamian fishermen and their families are under threat from the 80 per cent conch population decline since the 1980s, it has been revealed.An Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report, accompanying a $500,000 pro
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COVID-19 DEATH TOLL RISES BY ONE TO 183
THE country’s COVID- 19 death toll rose by one to 183 on Sunday after the death of an 80- year-old man was reclassified.
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88 UPS units donated to Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training
PRECISION Power Solutions Limited yesterday donated 88 UPS units to the Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training.
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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
