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The best gift of all: Repairing a broken heart
The best gift of all: Repairing a broken heart Under the theme, "Repairing a broken Heart...What a Gift", The Heart Ball Committee will host the 48th Annual Heart Ball on Saturday, February 18, at Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort. The event will be held under
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PM pays tribute to Edmund Moxey
THE late Edmund Moxey espoused ideas and introduced projects that historians will come to view as being way ahead of their time, Prime Minister Perry Christie said during the state funeral for one of the Bahamas cultural icons at the Parish Church of the Most Holy Trinity on Stapleton Gardens yesterday.
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Tax Coalition chief: ‘Fantastic’ if 85% VAT compliance
The Tax Coalition’s chairman yesterday said it would be “fantastic” if quarterly Value-Added Tax (VAT) filers achieved an 85 per cent compliance rate first-time, although he expected many to seek extensions to the April 28 deadline.
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Giants rout the Crimestoppers 113-94
THE Commonwealth Bank Giants proved why they are the defending New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) champions as they pulled off their biggest challenge so far this year by defeating the Royal Bahamas Police Force Crimestoppers 113-94 at CI Gibson Gym Monday night.
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Buddy Hield: ‘I’m just thankful that we got to an agreement’
AS a member of the Sacramento Kings for the foreseeable future, Buddy Hield said the focus now returns to the basketball court and getting his Kings to the playoffs.
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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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One dead, one hurt in drive-by shooting
POLICE are investigating a drive-by shooting that left one man dead and another one injured and in hospital.
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Team Bahamas has ground to cover for golf title
AFTER two rounds at the top amateur golfing event in the region, Team Bahamas finds itself with much ground to cover if they hope to contend for the overall title.
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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: Messi makes and impact on Miami sports with a look at Mas Canosa’s impact on Cuban-US relations
WE all know about the close ties The Bahamas maintains with South Florida. It’s hardly a secret that the legal as well as the illegal commerce between us has over many decades proven to be enduring, necessary, lucrative and quite creative. Miami-Dade County has 30 “sister city” agreements with foreign municipalities around the world, including one with The Bahamas. And one of Miami’s two “friendship city” relationships is with Barcelona which might prove to be prophetic, as we will see.
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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?
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STATESIDE: It’s not easy keeping pace with the polarization of American politics
GIVEN the choice, most of us would probably prefer a public figure or politician whose views are plain and consistent. That way, at least we know who and more importantly, what we are voting for. One of the most damaging criticisms of politicians in recent decades has been the charge of “flip-flopping,” especially in American elections.
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Star Trackers Track & Field Club results
THE Star Trackers Track & Field Club got away from the normal track and field meets by hosting their first Star Kids Track & Field Classic at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium Saturday.
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COVID death tally passes 600 milestone
THE Bahamas achieved another grim milestone over the weekend after the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths reached 605, with one senior physician warning the country could be grappling with another coronavirus surge.