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Buddy’ scores 26, Kings cool down Heat
CHAVANO “Buddy” Hield concluded 2021 in a bit of a shooting slump but had a resurgent performance to lead his Sacramento Kings to win in his first game of 2022.
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IDB’s 37% digital woe ‘totally different’ now
A digital payments provider yesterday said a survey that found 37 percent of Bahamian firms have challenges accessing electronic payments would have “a totally different result” if done today.
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Ole Miss ladies end 5-game losing streak, Bahamians struggle in NCAA Division I
OLE Miss Women’s Basketball finally ended a five-game losing streak. However, other Bahamian players and their programmes across NCAA Division I continued to struggle over the weekend.
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Welcome to 'Kingdom Come'
FOR THE sixth time around the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas (NAGB) has brought art enthusiasts a world class national exhibition.
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Tarpum Bay's celebration of history
FOR the township of Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera, the end of 2012 was a time to celebrate history.
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Sports in brief
AFTER exiting the gate a little bit slow last Monday night in City League Bowling competition, reigning national bowling champion Driskell Rolle of TK Falcons cranked it up a notch and went on to smash the ladies’ high game record of 288 held by the late Cheryl Thompson since 1993.
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Buddy sinks 16 in loss to Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook had 19 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists before being ejected, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from a 15-point first-half deficit to beat the Sacramento Kings 95-88 last night.
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Oil drilling shows green economy is 'lip service'
Activists yesterday argued The Bahamas is "paying lip service to the green and blue economy" in response to charges they have exposed their "true agenda" by seeking to block oil exploration.
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Fish total caught near Turks & Caicos 86 per cent higher than thought
THE amount of fish caught in Turks and Caicos waters from 1950 to 2012 is estimated to be 86 per cent higher than previously thought, according to a new scientific study.
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Stopover visitors off 100,000 for January
The Bahamas saw January visitor arrivals fall by more than 100,000 or 84 percent, a Cabinet minister disclosed yesterday, with COVID travel protocols set to remain until vaccination levels hit 80 percent.
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Robinson leads Team Bahamas golfers in Dominican Republic
The 2017 Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships continued at The Links Casa de Campo Resort in the Dominican Republic and several Bahamian golfers fell behind the pace they established on day one.
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Berthalee Mckenzie
Last rites for Berthalee Mckenzie aged 86 of Barraterre Exuma will be held on Saturday at 10:00 A.M. at Ebenezer Union Baptist Church, Down Town Barretarre. Officiating will be Rev. Hueton Lloyd assisted by Other Ministers of Religion. Interment in …
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Roxanna Sweeting
Mother Roxanna Sweeting age 86 of Miller’s Heights died at Doctor’s Hospital Monday December 28th, 2015. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to THE NEW COMMONWEALTH FUNERAL HOME INDEPENDENCE DRIVE and will be announced later.
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Nassau ‘leads Americas’ on cruise ship port visits
Nassau Cruise Port is handling “more cruise ships than any port in the Americas”, its chief executive said yesterday, adding that “we’re well on our way to climbing out” of COVID’s devastation.
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Kadeem: Everybody played their hearts out
IT was a bitter pill for centre Kadeem Coleby and his Wichita State Shockers to swallow after they had their winning streak snapped when they got eliminated in the second round of the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Tournament.
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junior golfers tee off in Jamaica
TEAM Bahamas opened play at the 2018 Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships yesterday as the event teed off at the at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club in Caymanas Estate, Jamaica.A roster of five boys and four girls will contest the tournament
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Bahamas sees $900m boost from marine areas expansion
The Bahamas has generated a $900m annual economic boost by expanding its Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to cover 20 percent of the country’s coastal environment, studies have estimated.
