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Liberty battling injuries, COVID-19, look to get on roll
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty are a work in progress. When coach Sandy Brondello took over the team this year she knew it would take time for the players to gel on the court.
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Andros Chickcharnies win the gold medal in tennis
GB Lucayans win silver, Eleuthera Adventurers take home bronze
WITH an ace down the sideline, Jacobi Bain, teaming up with fellow collegian Sydney Clarke, pulled off an 11-9 victory yesterday in the mixed doubles to seal a 4-3 win for the Andros Chickcharnies over the Grand Bahama Lucayans.
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Spartans win Baha Mar Hoops crown
University of North Carolina at Greensboro Spartans’ forward Mikeal Brown-Jones called the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championships one of the greatest tournaments he’s ever played in.
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PM: ‘No concerns’ that businesses won’t cope
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis said yesterday he had no concerns about small business longevity in the face of an impending light bill increase and now a newly announced higher minimum wage of $260 a week. Mr Davis said it was a step in the right direction.
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Team Bahamas: ‘We are all safe’
By now the Bahamas’ nine-member team should have returned home from the World Athletics’ Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, but they had to take a slight detour in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Great success for Bahamians in college tennis
JOSHUA Turnquest, a graduate student at Indiana Wesleyan University, stepped on court with his doubles partner Jeremias Rocco at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Doubles Championship.
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‘Shaq’ posts career high 23 in Longhorns’ victory
BAHAMIAN Shaquille ‘Shaq’ Cleare had his best game so far for the University of Texas Longhorns, scoring a career-high 23 points in their close 84-83 triumph over the Oklahoma Sooners at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, on Monday.
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Bad Santa
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THE mother of all consumer battles is over, and Apple is one of the winners. Americans shopped online for a record $11bn on Cyber Monday, and AirPods and MacBooks were very popular.
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Buddy scores 16 in 114-112 loss to Magic
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — The Orlando Magic made a pair of costly defensive mistakes in the final 80 seconds. Evan Fournier’s quick change of mind and a big shot by Aaron Gordon more than made up for it.
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CATHERINE MCDONALD
A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF CATHERINE MCDONALD AGE: 88 A resident of Bennett’s Harbour Cat Island will be held on Saturday, June 15th, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Zion Baptist Church, East & Shirley Streets. Officiating will …
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Contaminated oil a new blow to Andros power
A CONTAMINATED supply of fuel led to a new shutdown of a power unit in Andros as restoration efforts continued following the fire that severely damaged BPL’s North Andros Power Station last week.
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Students are warned about dangers of joining gangs
ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Solomon Cash recently visited Jack Hayward High School where he spoke to 80 to 90 senior students about the dangers of gangs.
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PwC wins battle over liquidation of alleged fraud
A huge battle over who should wind-up an alleged multi-million dollar fraud, a case that has embroiled a BISX-listed company, has ended with the Supreme Court appointing a combination of PricewaterhouseCoopers (Bahamas) and the US receiver as liquidators.
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THE Mail Boat Cybots were the first team to advance out of the New Providence Basketball Association’s first round playoffs.
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100 farmers hit through tobacco grow 'scrapping'
Up to 100 farmers could be impacted by a Bahamian cigarette manufacturer’s decision to “scrap” its Andros tobacco growing plan, its chairman telling Tribune Business that conventional agriculture will also take a hit.
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NHI’s $130m price tag ‘just govt's exposure’
The Minister of Health has confirmed that the much-touted $100m-$130m price tag for National Health Insurance (NHI) only covers “the government’s exposure” to the scheme.
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James leads Heat to 95-89 victory over the Raptors
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) -- LeBron James took a hard foul and clearly was not happy. So the next time he saw the ball, he made sure no Toronto player could reach him. James' steal and dunk with just more than two minutes left gave Miami
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Junior golfers in the mix at Caribbean Amateur Championships
ALTHOUGH they got off to a slow start after the first day of competition at the 34th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships, manager Gina Gonzalez-Rolle is confident that Team Bahamas will get into the swing of things in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
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Joining forces for Freedom of Information
DECLARING the public’s right to know the public’s business, two organisations representing powerful interests and ethics convictions officially joined hands last week to urge passage of the much-touted and long-awaited Freedom of Information Act.
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Concern over mould in court
WHILE remediation work to cure mould is underway in the Supreme Court in Freeport, judiciary staff are concerned about the spread of the infestation through the air-conditioning system.
