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How to secure your home and light bill

Do your outdoor security lights make you feel safe? I hope so, because many Bahamians are spending $15-30 every month to run each light bulb. If you have three of them, that is about $1,000 on your electric bill per year.

Striving for the stars earns TripAdvisor award for Ardastra Gardens

ARDASTRA Gardens, Zoo and Conservation Centre has been recognised by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website, with a certificate of excellence for the fifth consecutive year.

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Judge approves request to tap into $80m to get resort back on track

A DELAWARE judge has approved Baha Mar’s request to begin tapping into $80m in financing to keep the resort on track for opening while it undergoes Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

Registration deadline today for Age Group Championships

WITH the Age Group Championships set for this weekend at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium, Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ president Mike Sands is expressing concern for the lack of athletes registered to compete in the two-day meet.

Wrecked vehicle ban has ‘domino effect’

Bahamian auto body repairers yesterday said the Government’s decision to ban wrecked vehicle imports was already having “a domino effect” across the industry, with hundreds of thousands of dollars being ‘held up’ as a result.

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Eight years in jail for shooting police officer

A MAN was sentenced to eight years imprisonment yesterday when he owned up to shooting at a police officer more than a decade after the incident occurred.

Venture Fund ‘18 months behind’ due to money wait

The Government-sponsored Entrepreneurial Venture Fund is “about 18 months behind” where it wants to be, its chairman revealed yesterday, because the Christie administration has not provided it with fresh funding for more than a year.

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Anfernee Seymour earns All-Star appearance in MiLB

A STELLAR season for Anfernee Seymour thus far has earned him an All-Star appearance in his second season of Minor League Baseball.

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Shockers recover to defeat Regulators

EXCEPT for their sluggish start, coach James Price said he was pleased with the way his Real Deal Shockers played.

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The Island House to bring millions to economy, says PM

THE opening of a new Bahamian-owned boutique hotel will likely inject several million dollars annually into the Bahamian economy, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.

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Bahamas Celebration cruise ship ‘won’t sail for first two weeks of November’

THE Bahamas Celebration cruise ship, in dock in Freeport after being holed shortly after it departed Grand Bahama for Florida on Friday, is vital to the local tourism industry as it brings nearly 30 per cent of the overnight visitors to the island.

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Mortimer says government turning Bahamas into a beggar nation

DNA Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer yesterday said the government’s plans to request funds from China to help restructure the country’s national debt has turned the Bahamas into a “beggar nation.”

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Roberts brands Mortimer a political novice

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts branded Democratic National Alliance Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer a “political novice” who is “in need of light and understanding”.

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‘Catch the firestorm’ at 2nd Chris Brown Invitational

With just two days to go, the National Sports Authority is firing on all cylinders to get the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium transformed in time for the hosting of the 2nd Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational on Saturday.

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PM: INDECENT NOT TO ACT OVER HAITI – Davis warns there may be no perfect solution for nation facing crisis

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said that doing nothing about the crisis in Haiti “violates every notion of decency”.

Record heat causing coral bleaching

THE record heat this summer is causing widespread coral bleaching, “killing off entire reef systems,” according to the Perry Institute for Marine Science (PIMS).

North Abaco targeted as manufacturing hub

The Government was yesterday said to have initiated “the North Abaco project” in an effort to first lure Caribbean manufacturers, then those outside the region, to set-up plants for US export.

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Jonquel Jones leads her team at FIBA World Cup

Just days after her WNBA season came to an end, Jonquel Jones returns to international play with Bosnia and Herzegovina at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.

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New asphalt plant commissioned

WORKS and Utilities Minister Alfred Sears commissioned a production facility, the Astec Double Barrel Six Pack Asphalt Plant, on Friday.

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Stephen Sears Jr and X-Men remain undefeated in the AUS

STEPHEN Sears Jr got his first start of the season and his St Francis Xavier X-Men won an early matchup of undefeated teams in Atlantic University Sport Football.