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STATESIDE: Trump and McConnell were both right

DONALD Trump was correct. Mitch McConnell was also correct.

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FRONT PORCH: Hubris and the march of folly

It is at once fascinating and disturbing to observe how the lust for power, greed and other blinding ambitions, so often lead to folly and failure. Politicians, businesspeople and others over millennia, though repeatedly warned of their delusions, have pursued courses of action leading to disaster and defeat.

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Pintard says minister ‘misled House’ on BPL fuel hedging

The Opposition’s leader yesterday accused a Cabinet minister of “misleading Parliament” after he admitted the Davis administration rejected proposals “that had the potential to save the Bahamian people $100m”.

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‘Not out of woods’ despite lowest deficit for 10 years

The Prime Minister yesterday warned Bahamians “we are not yet out of the woods” as he hailed the lowest first quarter fiscal deficit “in more than ten years”.

Optimist sailing: Tomlinson and Munro qualify for Gold Fleet

A PAIR of Bahamian sailors advanced to this weekend’s gold fleet for the final series of races at the Optimist North American Championships, hosted at the Nassau Yacht Club.

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Men’s national beach soccer team set for CAC Sea and Beach Games

WINNER of the Bahamas Football Association’s Beach Soccer Cup in October, the Bahamas men’s national beach soccer team is headed to Santa Marta, Colombia, to compete in the Juegos Centroamericanos y Del Caribe Mar Y Playa (Central American and Caribbean Sea and Beach Games) November 19-26.

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Pintard to take BPL woe to Public Accounts Committee

The Opposition’s leader says he will place Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) up to 163 percent fuel charge increase before Parliament’s spending watchdog in a bid to uncover how much government “errors” are costing Bahamians.

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Two year prison sentence for shop breaking

A MAN was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday after admitting to shop-breaking to fund his cocaine addiction.

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Mighty Warriors take home boys’ soccer title

Sybil Strachan pulled off an impressive 5-1 victory over Claridge Primary to win the Bahamas Football Association’s New Providence Public Primary Sports Association boys’ soccer title, while Eva Hilton added the girls’ crown to their triumph in the golf tournament held earlier this year.

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‘No one cares about the women’ on national basketball team

AFTER all of the sacrifices made and the hard work that they put in, head coach Donillo ‘Donnie’ Culmer said he’s disappointed that the Bahamas Basketball Federation pulled the plug on their trip to Mexico for the Centrobasket tournament.

Concerns that hotel tax breaks unduly exploited

A BAHAMIAN businessman has voiced concerns that foreign investors are unduly exploiting Hotels Encouragement Act incentives to obtain tax breaks on construction materials for large vacation rental properties.

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FACE TO FACE: Success and challenges for two pharmacy industry forerunners

TWO phenomenal women, both forerunners in the Pharmacy industry in the Bahamas, shared their stories with me this week. We spoke of their journey to success, and the challenges along the way, including the most recent hurdle, which led them to join with pharmacists throughout the country for a shocking one-day closure of pharmacies.

VAT’s ‘real’ 15% rise since January’s cut

The Davis administration last night said real VAT revenues increased by 15.1 percent year-over-year following the New Year’s Day rate cut with the deficit for the 2022-2023 fiscal year’s first quarter slashed by $116.4m.

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FTX implosion threatens perfect ‘40 of 40’ in financial crime fight

The Bahamas’ bid to achieve full compliance with all global anti-financial crime standards before year-end may have been endangered by the implosion of the FTX crypto currency exchange, it can be revealed.

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Pair admit shop breaking, stealing

TWO men admitted to breaking into a convenience store to steal cash and a cellphone.

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Shaunae doesn’t make Athlete of the Year list

With the voting procedure closed on October 31, Bahamian quarter-miler Shaunae Miller-Uibo fell short of making the list for the final five for the World Athletics’ Women’s Athlete of the Year.

Lightbourne and Dames lead KCKCC to upset over no.19 Pirates

THE Kansas Community College Blue Devils have opened the season with one of the most difficult schedules in all of junior college basketball and got their first upset win over a ranked team led by its talented Bahamian duo.

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Boxing team heading off

WITH the 27-member team already reduced because of the lack of funding, Bahamas Boxing Federation President Vincent Strachan said he’s confident the remaining 10 boxers will get the opportunity to travel this week to Kissimmee, Florida.

Pharmacies ‘doing good’ on price control changes

PRIVATE pharmacies have “been doing good” and “progressing” since reaching their price control deal with the Government, the Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association’s (BPA) president said yesterday.

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Business destroyed by Dorian is ruined again by Nicole

MEDIOUS Edgecombe, the owner of Coopers Town Marine, is in good spirits despite his business being destroyed by Hurricane Nicole after barely recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.