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Port chief eyeing Abaco power cable connection
The Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) president yesterday suggested running an electricity cable between his island and Abaco as a way to “stabilise” electricity costs and bring rates down.
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Some MPs have not yet disclosed
TWO weeks after the March 1 deadline, Public Disclosure Commission chairman Bishop Victor Cooper said officials are still waiting for some parliamentarians to complete their filings.
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Gun was taken from fighting neighbours
A 20-YEAR-OLD man was sent to the department of correctional services yesterday to await sentencing after admitting to having a gun that he says he took from his fighting neighbours earlier this week.
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Shockers top Mingoes 72-68 in OT
NEW PROVIDENCE BASKETBALL ASSOC. PLAYOFFS
THE University of the Bahamas Mingoes men’s basketball team came back from down 10 points to force overtime against the Caro Construction Shockers but could not pull off the NPBA playoff win.
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Under-14 division created for High School Track & Field Nationals/CARIFTA Trials
With the CARIFTA Trials & High School National Track and Field Championships set to take place in a combined event on March 25-27, some parents criticised the organisers’ decision to remove the under-15 division.
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Island Relays Bahamas Spring University Track & Field Invitational this weekend in Grand Bahama
ALL six of the universities from the United States of America are now in Freeport, Grand Bahama to participate in Island Relays Bahamas Spring University Track and Field Invitational this weekend at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex.
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Bahamas Kidney Association to host fun run/walk this Saturday
THE Bahamas Kidney Association (BKA) will host a fun run/walk tomorrow (March 18) at 6:30am on Goodman’s Bay.
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STATESIDE: Are recent provocative events a justification for escalation?
YESTERDAY’S headlines reported that Russian military jets damaged an American spy drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday. Two words immediately came to mind: casus belli. That’s Latin for “cause or justification for war”.
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FRONT PORCH: What’s going on at BTC?
IT IS telling and disturbing the number and drumbeat of Bahamians dissatisfied and frustrated with the often poor and inconsistent quality of service by the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC). The number of upset customers seems as voluminous as the white pages of a printed directory.
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‘Good morning, I’m Ed Bethel’
“Silence! Silence? In this house”,
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Three young men granted bail on firearm, stealing and causing harm charges
THREE Freeport men were arraigned on firearm and ammunition possession charges, stealing and causing harm yesterday.
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Jack Hayward and Tabernacle Baptist emerge as junior, senior GBSSA track and field champions
THE Jack Hayward Wildcats and the Tabernacle Baptist Falcons emerged as the junior and senior high winners of the Grand Bahama Secondary Schools Athletic Association’s 2023 Fidelity Bank Track and Field Championships.
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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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Gas station operator’s relief faith ‘now 120%’
A gas station operator yesterday said his faith was now “120 percent” restored over the Government’s intention to provide relief for the sector’s plight following Monday’s meeting with the Prime Minister.
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PETER YOUNG: Sunak’s EU handling has granted him some authority as ‘a problem-solver’
AS THE international news cycle moves on relentlessly, its spotlight is also always changing. In Britain during the last two weeks, the UK government’s new proposals agreed with the European Union for settling Northern Ireland’s post- Brexit trading arrangements dominated the front pages.
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DRA internal investigations to be handed over to police
DISASTER Reconstruction Authority executive chairman Alex Storr said a number of internal investigations at the agency will soon be turned over to police for further action.
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BISX-listed fund targets storage drive to $100m
A BISX-listed fund is entering New Providence’s warehouse and storage space market to help drive ambitions of more than doubling in scale to some $100m in assets.
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Journalism giant Ed Bethel dies aged 82
VETERAN journalist Eldred “Ed” Bethel died yesterday at the age of 82.