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Melia in 7% pt Easter increase
Nassau-based resorts yesterday reported a “very good Easter”, with one property telling Tribune Business it had seen a 7 percentage point increase in occupancies compared to last year’s holiday weekend.
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‘Jazz’ gets a warm welcome home
JASRADO “Jazz” Chisholm Jr made his return to home soil this past weekend at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
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‘Buddy Buckets’ season high
In just his second game back on the court after missing time with an ankle injury, Buddy Hield posted his best numbers of the year so far and a season high in scoring.
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No. 16 Oklahoma loses to Kansas State despite Buddy Hield’s 31
CONFERENCE play continued to heat up in men’s NCAA division basketball and two Bahamian players were able to post career numbers, despite coming in a losing effort for their teams.
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Pinks Gilbert
Final Rites and Burial for the late The Matriarch Mrs. Pinks Gilbert, Age 71yrs, a resident of Nicholl’s Town Andros, will be held at Mizpah Baptist Church, on Saturday, November 21st, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Pastor Vanda …
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Wildcats to face Tigers in Battle 4 Atlantis finale
The Villanova University Wildcats snuck past the North Carolina Tar Heels in an 83-81 overtime thriller to advance to their third Battle 4 Atlantis finals yesterday at the Imperial Arena, Paradise Island.
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NCAA: Davis and Solomon to transfer this offseason
BAHAMIAN players continue progress to NCAA men’s basketball programmes following productive seasons at the Junior College level.Radshad Davis and Kaleel Solomon were the latest additions to this expanding list and recently announced their intentions
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Jonquel shines in WNBA playoff debut, Sun go home
JONQUEL Jones made her WNBA postseason debut yesterday but a standout game from the league’s Most Improved Player was not enough for her team to advance to the semi-finals.
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FRANCO MILLER AND REBELS ON TOUR IN CANADA
FRANCO Miller had his first opportunity to suit up as an official member of Ole Miss Rebels Basketball as the team continues its preseason foreign tour through Canada.The Rebels played the first two games of the tour in Montreal with wins over the Mc
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UPDATED – Cases count: 16 positive, including exuma woman
THE Bahamas recorded 16 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, including ten on Grand Bahama and five on New Providence.
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Shaquille Cleare heads to Swiss league
By RENALDO DORSETTTribune Sports Reporterrdorsett@tribunemedia.netFormer Texas Longhorn Shaquille Cleare is prepared to elevate his basketball career to the professional level in Europe.Cleare signed with BBC Lausanne of Championnat LNB League, the s
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Donna Minnis McKenzie
Funeral service for Donna Minnis McKenzie, 52 a resident of St. Vincent Road, will be held at Central Church of the Nazarene #461 East Street South, on Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Dr. Alvin Hepburn …
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STATESIDE – Halfway through his first term: Biden and the immigration issue
US President Joe Biden is halfway through his first term in the nation’s top job. After an initial boost in favourable poll ratings and with TV and other media pundits, Biden began to slip, until earlier this year he achieved a dubious distinction when he sank “under water” with less than 50 percent approval ratings in the polls. Oddly, Donald Trump and “his” Supreme Court have rescued Biden twice.
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STATESIDE: When – if ever – is it going to stop?
IS horrific gun violence in the US even newsworthy anymore? One can reasonably wonder what will be required for American legislators to enact meaningful gun control laws.
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STATESIDE: Watching the election
FOR months, headlines have screamed out warnings that the future of American democracy was at stake in Tuesday’s elections.
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STATESIDE: Trump just won’t go away and it may be Liz Cheney is the one to stop him trying again for the White House
There are serious people in the United States this morning who will tell you the future of democracy in America rests with Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell and Liz Cheney.
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Bahamians win medals, qualify for the NCAA Nationals
NCAA Track and Field moved into its conference championships across several divisions and Bahamian student athletes produced medal winning performances en route to qualifying for the upcoming NCAA National Championships.
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STATESIDE: How long will it take for the US to recover the ground it’s lost in the eyes of the world?
“I feel sorry for Americans,” a lawmaker in Myanmar told The New York Times recently. From Berlin, another Times reporter wrote that events in the US were “shaking fundamental assumptions in Europe about American exceptionalism”.
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STATESIDE: America’s had enough
THE man with the political death wish may have finally been granted that wish.
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STATESIDE: Love him or loathe him, Trump’s far from beaten and could easily win a second term
What a mess. We’re just over four months away from a pivotal presidential election in the US - and what do we see?