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‘This year’s carnival will look less like Junkanoo’
COSTUMES for Bahamas Carnival 2024 will look less like the Junkanoo-themed costumes of years past, according to Bahamas Carnival Association (BCA) president Dario Tirelli.
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Fined $200 for cocaine possession
A 26-year-old man who was caught with three grams of cocaine was fined $200 in Magistrates Court yesterday.
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Cardboard recycling a weekly waste saver
Bahamas Waste says it is saving 180 cubic yards of landfill space per week via the 20 tonnes of cardboard waste it is recycling.
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NPBA president: We are ready for 2nd half of season
THE second half of the 2023-24 New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) regular season is now in full swing as teams round into form to close out the season strong.
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WITH the shortened regular season completed, the Baptist Sports Council is slated to begin its postseason in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Tuesday night.
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‘Buddy’ scores 28 in loss to Ayton and Suns
DEANDRE Ayton and the Phoenix Suns got the edge in their first matchup of the season against Buddy Hield and the Sacramento Kings.
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Paula Mae Hudson Major
Funeral Service for Paula Mae Hudson Major age 61 of Tonique Williams Darling Highway who died at the Princess Margaret Hospital January 23, will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday February 3rd. 2018 at All Saint’s Anglican Church Joans Heights. Rev. …
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Tahnaj Thomas on Indians' Top 30 Prospects list
THE Cleveland Indians were busy at Major League Baseball’s trade deadline and the transactions within the farm system allowed Tahnaj Thomas to enter the organisation’s Top 30 Prospects list.Thomas was listed as the Indians’ 30th ranked prospect on th
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Puerto Rico leads Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships
WHILE Puerto Rico continues to lead both the Hoerman Cup and George Teale Memorial Trophy for the 2016 Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships, the Bahamas still has some work to do to at least finish in the middle of the pack when the four-day event comes to a close today.
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40% of Cable Bahamas customers have services back up and running
FORTY per cent of Cable Bahamas Ltd customers in New Providence have had their cable services restored in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, CBL Vice President of Marketing David Burrows said yesterday.
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$627m in FDI for 2014 year-to-date
THE Government has approved $627 million worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) so far this year, a Cabinet minister said yesterday, adding that this nation receives $3 in return for every dollar offered in investment incentives and subsidies.
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Ayton and Bagley III dominate exhibition games
WHEN Bahamian basketball prodigy DeAndre Ayton made the decision to transfer to Hillcrest Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, he was expected to help the budding programme become a powerhouse.
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Time to sign up for the Ride for Hope
RIDE For Hope, the largest charity cycle event in The Bahamas, will be staged in New Providence for the first time next month after eight years in Eleuthera, during which time the number of riders has grown to over 600.
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Bull Reg and Lady Sonia earn Cup race honours
The 63rd Annual National Family Island Regatta got off to a quick start yesterday with a competitive series of “Cup” races.
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Sir Durward Knowles oldest living Olympic gold medallist in world
OUR very own national hero and philanthropist Sir Durward Knowles, who won the first ever Olympic gold medal for the Bahamas in 1964, is now the oldest living Olympic gold medallist in the world.Sir Durward, who sailed to a first-place finish in the
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NPBA: Rockets top High Flyers 93-87
THE Sun Oil Rockets scored an early-season win over the defending Division II champions in the New Providence Basketball Association.
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Tributes paid for iconic journalist Ed Bethel
TRIBUTES continued to pour out for veteran journalist Eldred “Ed” Bethel yesterday, with the Free National Movement and Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas remembering the media legend.
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THE New Providence Basketball Association opened its postseason on Monday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium with the Caro Contractors Resistance and the Triple K Stampers taking the opener in the men’s division II encounters.
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Minister confirms schools TB cases
THERE are two separate confirmed cases of tuberculosis at Government High School and at AF Adderley, Education Minister Jeffrey Lloyd said yesterday.
