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Environmentalists say no to Oban plan for oil refinery

A HOST of environmental groups have formed an alliance to appeal to the government to reject moves for offshore drilling and to abandon the planned Oban oil refinery in Grand Bahama.Non-profit organisation Save the Bays (STB), along with the newly f

54 deaths in car crashes in 2017

A TOTAL of 54 people died as a result of traffic accidents in 2017, according to Royal Bahamas Police Force crime statistics.

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Man charged with damaging windscreen with bottle

A 50-year-old man was charged on Friday with damaging the front windshield of a woman’s car with a bottle.

Coleby grabs season high 19 rebounds in win, Knowles cans 16 in loss

THE race for the final playoff spot in Turkey’s Turkish Basketball First League with both Dwight Coleby and Zane Knowles looking to secure spots for their respective clubs.

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MARATHON BAHAMAS: The thrill of victory (with photo gallery)

Despite the interruption of the rain, a pair of Americans - Jonathan Volpi and Amos Desjardins - emerged as the overall male champions of the 7th annual Sunshine Insurance Marathon Bahamas full marathon and half marathon at Arawak Cay yesterday. The women champions were Frenchwoman Marina Peron and Bahamian Vanessa Forbes.

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Marathon Bahamas winners in the spotlight

Despite the interruption of the rain, a pair of Americans - Jonathan Volpi and Amos Desjardins - emerged as the overall male champions of the 7th annual Sunshine Insurance Marathon Bahamas full marathon and half marathon at Arawak Cay yesterday. The women champions were Frenchwoman Marina Peron and Bahamian Vanessa Forbes.

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Smith finally gets to feel Vince Lombardi Trophy

His role as a player ended in 2015, but after playing on a number of different teams, he ended up back where he started in the National Football League as a professional scout with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Colts’ Mike Strachan looks ahead to second season

HEADED into his second season with the Indianapolis Colts, Mike Strachan said his mindset is to continue his progression up the organisation’s depth chart.

Training to help tackle drug use

THE US Embassy’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Section and Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre marked the end of a joint 15 month, $500,000 project to provide train-the-trainer training for substance use treatment professionals on January 29 at the Public Hospital Authority.

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Jones: ‘We’re still young, still hopeful for the season’

LIKE most highly touted rookies, Jonquel Jones is facing an adjustment period in her rookie season of WNBA basketball.

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Deadlock for Mingoes and Shockers – with decider to come

The University of the Bahamas Mingoes let the JD’s Seafood Shockers have the lead in their game only once—and that was in the opening two minutes at 2-1. The Mingoes knew they had to not only win this second game of the best-of-three series to stay alive but had to also send a statement.

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Call for Caribbean to adopt HIV self-testing

ON the occasion of World AIDS Day, Caribbean AIDS response stakeholders are calling for countries in the region to adopt HIV self-testing.

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Butters named Player of the Week

Grand Bahamian Shackeel Butters of Williams Baptist in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, has been named the American Midwest Conference (AMC) Men’s Basketball Player of the Week.

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Cybots face Giants tonight in NPBA championships opener

THE last time they met two years ago, the Commonwealth Bank Giants came from a 3-0 deficit to post a four-game back door sweep over the Mail Boat Cybots to win the New Providence Basketball Association men’s title.

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HMBS Rolly Gray commissioned in Exuma

THE fourth of nine patrol vessels acquired for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force has been named after legendary Bahamian sailor, Rolly Gray, and been commissioned during an official ceremony at the Marina at Emerald Bay, Exuma, on Thursday.

Sandyport Hotel enjoys record occupancy

SANDYPORT Beaches Resort and Hotel is enjoying a record-breaking year, with weekend occupancy levels often at 100 per cent for the seaside and Sandyport Marina Village hotel.

Giants a series win away from 3-peat

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net The Commonwealth Bank Giants are now just one series win away from three-peating as the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) champions. At DW Davis gym Monday night, the Giants retur

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Witness accused of wrong calculations in Gibson trial case

A SENIOR manager of the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) denied a defence attorney’s suggestion yesterday that she made the wrong calculations when estimating the cost of painting WSC tanks.

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PLP 'made provisions' for new morgue in Cat Island

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis made “provisions” for a morgue to be built on Cat Island during the last administration, PLP Chairman Fred Mitchell told The Tribune yesterday.However, these plans were stopped when the Minnis adm

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Major Pain: 'My last fight will be at my old school'

ONE of the most decorated fighters in recent Bahamian boxing history, Meacher “Major Pain” Major, looks to bring his career to a close with one final fight on the horizon.Via social media, Major announced his intentions to officially bring his career