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Carlton Francis Rockets boys, girls win basketball championship titles

THE Carlton E Francis Rockets won both the New Providence Primary Schools boys and girls basketball championship titles at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Friday.

Top realtor: Luxury market eyes rebound

THE Bahamian luxury real estate market could be poised for a rebound this year following a disappointing 2012, a top realtor believes, adding that inventory shortages were always a possibility in such a small market.

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'Deal breaker' fear over COVID curbs

A prominent realtor yesterday voiced concern that new COVID-19 restrictions could interfere with the planned November 1 end to the 14-day mandatory quarantine that has become a "deal breaker".

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Insurers warned: Do not keep 'eggs in one basket'

A top insurer says Bahamian underwriters will find it increasingly difficult to survive “long-term” unless they diversify into other territories.Patrick Ward, Bahamas First’s president and chief executive, told Tribune Business in a recent interview

The sum of all fears

We all have phobias and are afraid of different things. Fear, in the Bible, is presented as a spirit. 2 Timothy 1:7 says: “For God had not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”What voice is whispering in your e

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CONCACAF: Bahamas suffers 4-1 loss to Cayman

IT was an unfavourable start to the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Girls’ Under-15 Championship.The Bahamas suffered a 4-1 loss to the Cayman Islands in their tournament debut yesterday at the IM

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St Thomas More Sparks blow out Rockets 29-0

AFTER losing their first game by one point to the Temple Christian Suns’ A team, the St Thomas More Sparks bounced back and took their frustration out on the Carlton E Francis Rockets’ B team.

GB Power upgrades boost web efficiency

Grand Bahama Power Company’s (GBPC) website revamp, pictured, aims to provide customers with greater efficiency and security, following its May 1 launch. Dominique Pinder, GBPC’s customer service manager, said: “As the island’s utility, GBPC is commi

Mourning for 'plait lady'

Mourning for 'plait lady' By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net ANDROSIANS mourned the loss of their beloved matriarch, Omelia Marshall, this weekend. The recipient of numerous tourism honours, including a Cacique award, f

Mourning for 'plait lady'

Mourning for 'plait lady' By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net ANDROSIANS mourned the loss of their beloved matriarch, Omelia Marshall, this weekend. The recipient of numerous tourism honours, including a Cacique award, f

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Sheldon captures sculling title

If you build it, you should know how to sail it. That’s how Sheldon Gibson summed up his triumph Sunday in the Bahamian Brewery’s Sands Beer ‘Man in the Boat’ Sculling championships in Montagu Bay to complete the 26th St Valentine’s Day Massacre.

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Gov't 'unfamiliar' with touted $36.75m project

The Government yesterday said it was “unfamiliar” with, and trying to find out more, about a $36.75 million ‘resort town project’ planned for the Bahamas, which was being promoted by the Orlando-based investment bank/private equity firm supposedly financing it.

Consul General shows support to athletes, coaches at track meet

BAHAMAS Consul General Randy E Rolle was at the University of Alabama on March 21 to show support to the Bahamians participating in a track meet as athletes and coaches.

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Blue flames win Phil Smith basketball challenge

OUR Lady’s Blue Flames, one of the two Catholic primary schools preparing for closure for good in June, added another Phil Smith Basketball Challenge title to their collection as they held off the surging Carlton E Francis 20-18 in the final of the fourth annual primary boys basketball tournament.

Is God a moral monster?

Did God send Hurricane Dorian which nearly wiped out Grand Bahama and Abaco? Was God responsible in any way for the casualties that are piling up, and is He guilty of the atrocities perpetrated in Abaco and Grand Bahama?I, too, am a survivor of Doria

New 'king' of the quarter-mile

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE BAAA purposely switched the men's 400 final to the last event on the Scotiabank National Open Track and Field Championships' calendar and Demetrius Pinder delivered a victory for the his

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From car crash to fleeing tornado

THIRTY days after a “tragic” car accident, dietitian Shanishka Cambridge found herself “running from a tornado” in her Marsh Harbour home. In a mad dash for safety, she and her son ran to a closet while her husband pushed against a door to stave off

VAT economists get early May target

The Tax Coalition’s newly-hired economists will start work this week, with one of its co-chairs yesterday suggesting it would be impossible for the Government to implement Value-Added Tax (VAT) in the face of widespread private sector opposition.

BEC's $187m receivables force customer 'squeeze'

The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) is having to put the “squeeze” on its customers by reinstating its Fridaydisconnection exercises, in an effort to slash its bloated $187 million accounts receivables and pay its fuel bill on a timely basis.

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Ministers to rescue on tourism's 'rocky start'

Ministerial intervention yesterday overcame “a rocky start” to the tourism industry’s re-opening after Bahamas Customs failed to appear at multiple marinas to clear incoming boats and yachts Peter Maury, the Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) pres