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The Majors: Jazz plays for Marlins
JAZZ Chisholm was the latest Bahamian to crack the Major League when he came out of the dugout to play for the Miami Marlins last night.
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Questions over BPL and URCA
There is a headline today: URCA to investigate BPL fires attributed to URCA’s CEO Bereaux. With respect to Mr Bereaux where is the investigation as to why BP&L who are totally governed through URCA did not apply under Articles…15…25-28 for permission to change the type of generation and fuel at Clifton?
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Antoan Richardson first base coach for upcoming season
ANTOAN Richardson achieved another career milestone for the San Francisco Giants and another landmark moment in Bahamian baseball history.
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Thoughts on Chinese proposal, The Pointe Garage and a lottery
WASN’T it James Catalyn who had the Show - Laughin at Wee self? Well certainly certain occurrences recently qualify under that title.
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PM disgrace
It is disgraceful for our Prime Minister to stand in Parliament on Wednesday the 31st October and talk about a Referendum on Numbers and not talk about all of the poor people who suffered so much damage during Sandy.
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‘Selfies’ with Rick Ross jewellery that could cost workers
TWO Atlantis Resort employees are under investigation after allegedly breaking into the hotel suite of hip-hop artist Rick Ross and taking “selfies” of themselves adorned in the rapper’s jewellery worth thousands of dollars.
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Magic rally in 2nd half to beat Heat 104-98 in overtime
By KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Dwight Howard had 24 points and 25 rebounds, Jameer Nelson scored 25 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter and overtime, and the Orlando Magic came back to beat the Miami Heat 104-98 last night
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Jones and Foxes win Russian Premier League title
JONQUEL Jones and her UMMC Ekaterinburg Foxes won their second title in as many weeks on the European basketball circuit.
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Agnes Mirabelle Lowe
A funeral service for the late Agnes Mirabelle Lowe, age 90 of Palm Breeze Drive, Nassau, The Bahamas, who died at her residence on Friday, 27th April, 2018, will be held at Chapel Of Love, Kemp's Funeral Home Limited, Palmdale …
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Emma Lucretia Cartwright
Mrs. Emma Lucretia Cartwright age 90 a resident Of Gray’s, Long Island died at the Princess Margaret Hospital Monday February 26th. 2018 Emma was Pre-deceased by her husband Delbert Cartwright Sr. and Daughter-in-law Debra, She is fondly remembered by her …
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Briland hotelier: ‘Will bubble pop?’
A prominent Briland hotelier yesterday said tourism operators “don’t know whether a bubble is going to pop” with resorts continuing to enjoy “unheard of” bookings for the summer months.
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Stingers tie series
The Mail Boat Cybots are back to defend their title in the New Providence Basketball Association.
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$13.4bn flowed through FTX Bahamas accounts
Some $13.4bn flowed through FTX's Bahamas accounts in the ten months immediately prior to the crypto exchange's collapse, its liquidators revealed yesterday, as they sought to dispel allegations it was "a nullity".
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Bacardi purchasers targeting $90m waste-to-energy plant
THE Bahamian investor group that acquired the former Bacardi factory has approached the Government about constructing a $90 million waste-to-energy plant at the southern New Providence site, its principal yesterday telling Tribune Business it aimed to slash electricity costs by "50 per cent or more".
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New fly fishing regime may hit 90% of market
The Bahamas’ new fly fishing regulations could drive away 90 per cent of visiting anglers, research has shown, with affecting a market of “major significance” that generates almost 10 per cent of this nation’s stopover visitors.
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Doctors in 40% public GB hospital ownership
Doctors Hospital is planning to offer at least a 40 percent collective ownership stake to Grand Bahamians in the $15m-$20m hospital it plans to open on that island by the 2022 second quarter.
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Enforce the death penalty
THE Bahamas now has a total of 87 murders for the first eight months of 2017. That is an average of a little over ten murders per month. At this rate, the country will once again reach the mark of 120 murders. The FNM government and National Security Minister Marvin Dames have stated that they will use everything on the law books, including capital punishment, to make The Bahamas safe for law-abiding citizens. Bahamians want a safe country. They are tired of the wanton bloodshed on the streets of New Providence and Grand Bahama.
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Don’t gamble away the legal profession
Do you consider yourself a gambler? Opening the Bahamian legal system to foreign law firms is just that: A gamble. There is only a small chance (20 per cent, give or take) that opening the legal system to foreign law firms will drastically increase offshore financial services bsiness for the Bahamas.
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Police Farce: Audit exposes RBPF
RESEARCHERS who conducted a manpower audit of the Royal Bahamas Police Force flayed last year’s promotional exercise in their report while revealing the top-heavy Force needs 791 more constables to be more effective.
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Rum facing devastating double whammy
EARNINGS and employment generated by the rum industry in 14 CARICOM countries and the Dominican Republic (collectively CARIFORUM) are under siege and the entire industry could be severely diminished in a few years unless the governments of these countries take swift action.
