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Surpassing Expectations: Part II

In Part I, we considered what it meant to surpass expectations when it came to character as it relates to friendship, family and marriage. In this meditation, the challenge to our young people continues, even as we also promise them to lead by example.

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Bommer G Operators extend winning streak

THE Bommer G Operators and Truckers have one thing in common. They both acquired some top-notch pitching during the off-season and it is already paying off big dividends in the New Providence Softball Association (NPSA).

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Jasrado Chisholm and Young Marlins look to build on surprising 2020 playoff run

MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins were beginning to arrive at camp for the start of spring training when left-hander Daniel Castano ran into Don Mattingly, the 2020 National League manager of the year.

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Warriors get 4-3 win over Wildcats, stave off elimination

DESPITE losing their potent batter Latoya Brown, their manger Richard Bain and coach Kelly Smith to an illegal substitution, the Inventive Intellect Warriors managed to avoid elimination in their best-of-seven championship against the defending champ

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Say farewell to double wave backs and love handles

Exercises to tackle those stubborn fatty areas for women and men

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Economics and crime

Thanks again in advance for space to address two issues sure to intersect in ways some of us cannot imagine or desire if we can: Economics and crime!

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Bulldogs are No.1

Manager Hazel McDonald said his Creter’s Bulldogs’ triumph as the new men’s champions in the Bahamas Softball Federation was a result of a group of guys coming together from all across the island of Abaco, including its surrounding cays.

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GB ‘really getting back’ into tourism

The Bahamas’ top tourism official yesterday said Grand Bahama was “really getting back into business” with 84 percent of hotels, and 55 percent of the island’s attractions, now receiving visitors.

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CECILE SILVER

CECILE SILVER age 98 years of Wright’s Lane died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Wednesday, December 13th, 2017. She is survived by her: Daughter: Maude Silver; Grandchildren: Regina Daley, Nadege Donaldson, Matt Vincent Jr., Patrick and Frances Baptiste and …

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Grace Dorsette

Grace Dorsette, 98 a resident of Port Howe, Cat Island, Bahamas died at Cruckshank Ward, Sandilands on Monday, August 5, 2019. She is survived by 1 sister: Merletha Rolle of Orlando, Florida; numerous nieces & nephews, grand nieces & nephew …

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Furious flurry by James gives Heat victory over Nets

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- LeBron James scored Miami's final 17 points in a furious one-man rally, finishing with 37 as the Heat pulled out a 101-98 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Monday night. In a game the Heat never led until the final 51 seconds, James

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Venture fund chairman laments MP interference

The Bahamas Entrepreneurial Venture Fund’s chairman said yesterday that efforts to promote financing opportunities in the Family Islands had met with little success, as entrepreneurs appeared to lack confidence to apply for funding.

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Mildred Riley-Pinder

Matriarch Mildred Riley-Pinder age 96 years of Charles Vincent Street and formerly of Standard Creek, Andros died at Residence on Sunday August 17th, 2014. She is survived by her Daughters: Hester and Miriam Brennen a host of other relatives and …

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Frances Louise Hamilton

Frances Louise Hamilton, 96 a resident of Bozene Town, & formerly of Rum Cay, died at PMH on 24th November, 2013. She is survived by her 1 daughter: Jane Hamilton Rolle; 1 grandson; 2 nieces: Nell Gardiner Z& Janet Johnson …

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10-15% alternative energy penetration within next decade

RENEWABLE energies could penetrate between 10-15 per cent of Bahamian homes and businesses within the next decade, a local provider telling Tribune Business yesterday that consumers were receiving "payback" on his company's solar water heaters in "less than a year".

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GB Power solar rates '30% below Caribbean'

Grand Bahama Power Company says the solar power rate it has obtained from independent energy providers (IPPs) is "30 percent less than what you see elsewhere" in the Caribbean.

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Body found after blaze hits building

POLICE in Grand Bahama found human remains in a wooden structure that was destroyed by fire yesterday morning.Shortly after 1am, police from the Fire Department were called to a building fire in Pinedale, Eight Mile Rock on I-95 corner where they met

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JBLN stun Freedom Farm

In one of the most dramatic comebacks at this year’s Bahamas Baseball Association’s G-Ball National Baseball Championships, the Junior Baseball League of Nassau stunned Freedom Farm to clinch the 14-and-under divisional title.

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‘CRIME’S DOWN - NOT BY COVID’: Police chief insists lockdowns not key to reduced offences

POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle yesterday credited a 16 percent fall in overall crime to the efforts of his force and not a windfall from the months of lockdown enforced on the nation.