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Jonquel puts up another double double

BAHAMIAN basketball star Jonquel Jones celebrated her 23rd birthday yesterday by continuing her domination in the Korean Basketball League, posting yet another double double.

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Junior men’s national basketball team ends up 5th overall at FIBA Centrobasket U-17 Championship

THE junior men’s national basketball team ended the tournament with a pair of wins in the reclassification round, finished fifth at the FIBA Centrobasket Under-17 Championship for Men and will not advance to the 2016 Tournament of the Americas.

IDB loans $200m to aid business climate

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) yesterday said it has approved a $200m loan to boost the business climate through increased productivity, innovation and greater diversification. The multilateral lender said the initiative would support the

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More playing time for Sun’s Jonquel Jones?

The Connecticut Sun made arguably the biggest transaction of the WNBA offseason and it could lead to an increased role for Jonquel Jones.

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Strikers pack a punch

COACH Ronn Rodgers was quite pleased with the performances of his Strikers Boxing Club as they won two of their three matches against the visiting team of boxers from New York at the Enoch Backford Auditorium on Saturday.

'Toxic' BOB borrower loses $2.1m appeal

A seafood supplier’s bid to obtain $2.1m in damages from Scotiabank (Bahamas) for lost profits was this week rejected as “unmeritorious” by the Court of Appeal.Jerome Forbes and North Andros Food Services, who were among the first 13 “toxic” borrower

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THE ALICIA WALLACE COLUMN: Poverty isn’t a choice, for many it’s their battle throughout life

Money is a complicated topic of discussion. It is, in many ways, taboo to talk about money in real terms. We can comfortably talk about high prices, sales and taxation, but it is more difficult to discuss, in concrete terms, salaries, expenses and what we can and cannot afford.

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Lathaniel Bastian posts his second double double in three games

LATHANIEL Bastian recorded his second double double in three games and his sixth of the season for the Angelo State Rams men’s basketball programme.

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‘Mind blowing’: Under 4,000 firms face paying VAT

Under 4,000 Bahamian companies would likely face having to pay a Value-Added Tax (VAT), a Cabinet Minister describing as “mind blowing” the fact over 85 per cent of businesses might be exempt.

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Joshua Murray wins 5K open water swim

JOSHUA Murray pulled away from Ricardo Jolly to win the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s Mako 5K Open Water Swim at Long Wharf on Saturday morning. Anya MacPhail tried to catch them both but fell short.

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BASKETBALL GENEVA RUTHERFORD TOURNEY AFTER winning their fifth straight Government Secondary Schools Sports Association senior girls title, the CR Walker Knights will be heading to Grand Bahama to try and win another crown at the Geneva Rutherford Girls

sports inbrief

BASKETBALL GENEVA RUTHERFORD TOURNEY AFTER winning their fifth straight Government Secondary Schools Sports Association senior girls title, the CR Walker Knights will be heading to Grand Bahama to try and win another crown at the Geneva Rutherford Girls

sports inbrief

BASKETBALL GENEVA RUTHERFORD TOURNEY AFTER winning their fifth straight Government Secondary Schools Sports Association senior girls title, the CR Walker Knights will be heading to Grand Bahama to try and win another crown at the Geneva Rutherford Girls

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NPBA: Giants beat Cleaners 104-94

WHILE the match-up between high scoring wing players Michael Bain and Lenny Oscar drew the focus, the Commonwealth Bank Giants’ supporting cast with five players in double figures led to the 6-0 start to the season.

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54-member Carifta team named

FOLLOWING the final trials held over the weekend at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, the Bahamas Associations of Athletic Association named a 54-member team to represent the Bahamas at the 2022 Carifta Games.

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Bahamas looks to avoid relegation in Davis Cup

After they fell short in 2014, the Bahamas will once again look to avoid relegation and advance to Zone II in Davis Cup play.

Bahamian tennis ace making his presence felt at the ITA Atlantic Region Championship

BAHAMIAN tennis ace Christian Cargill is making his presence felt as a freshman and is having an immediate impact on the William and Mary Tribe men’s tennis programme.

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Jones and Sun clinch playoff spot

JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun clinched a playoff spot in the 2021 WNBA playoffs and took sole possession of the league’s No.1 seed with their sixth consecutive win.

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Hoop moves: 'Kino' to new club, Smith signs in France, Coleby re-signs in Japan

SEVERAL Bahamian pro basketball players inked new deals with their respective clubs this offseason.Jaraun “Kino” Burrows will move to a new club in France, while Kentwan Smith signs in France for the first time and Kadeem Coleby re-signs for another

Ministry targets 20-100% food import reduction

A Ministry of Agriculture consultant yesterday said the Bahamas was targeting between 20-100 per cent reductions on certain agricultural commodities, in a bid to boost foreign exchange earnings.