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VIDEO: New RBDF ships to make maiden voyage next month

THE first of nine new Royal Bahamas Defence Force vessels will make its maiden voyage next month, National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage said yesterday.

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Failed broker: $9.7m hangs in the balance

A successful winding-up of Owen Bethel’s Montaque Capital Partners is dependent on recovering $5.35 million owed by the insolvent Bahamian broker/dealer’s clients and affiliates, plus the fate of $4.3 million being claimed by a Canadian provider.

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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.

Alex Cooper named to Cougar's All-Decade Offensive Team

ALEX Cooper was recognised as one of the top players in the Houston Cougars football programme over the past 10 years as it continued to rise to national prominence. Cooper was named to The Cougar’s All-Decade Offensive Team featuring the top perfor

Cybots stop Pros 88-77

By BRENT STUBBS

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Defence Force bolsters fleet with three new vessels, mobile base

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) held the largest commissioning ceremony in the service’s history on Friday at the John Alfred Wharf, bolstering its fleet with three new vessels and a 17-piece containerised mobile base as it upgrades its fleet to safeguard the Bahamas.

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Bucs take out Hitmen for 10-3 win

AVERY Rolle spun a four-hitter with six strike outs to help the AG Construction Buccaneers jump out to a quick start in the men’s division of the New Providence Softball Association 2013 season.

GSSSA: Cobras rout Mystic Marlins, 94-64

THE CC Sweeting Cobras made an early statement to the remainder of the Government Secondary School Sports Association senior boys’ basketball league as they dominated an eagerly anticipated early season matchup against the defending GSSSA and Hugh Campbell runners up.

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'Tum Tum' and Spartans win Big Ten championship

AFTER four years as the emotional leader of the Michigan State Spartans men’s basketball programme, Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr bid farewell to the MSU faithful at his final game of his collegiate career in the Breslin Center.

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BPL fraud accused faces 140 charges

FORMER bank employee Reno Bethel was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday over nearly 100 additional fraud related charges stemming from a multi-million dollar theft scheme at Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) uncovered earlier this year.

Ayton and Suns host Hield and Kings tonight

THE NBA officially tipped off last night, but the marquee game for the Bahamas takes place tonight as the country’s biggest names in the sport face off in their first regular season head-to-head matchup.

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Bahamas advances to the medal round

WITH their backs against the wall, the Bahamas responded with their most complete game of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships tournament and advanced to the medal round.

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World Relays to make a ‘Bahamazing’ return

With just 93 days left before the “Bahamazing” return of the IAAF World Relays, preparations have begun in earnest as the Bahamas Government and the local organising committee announced the official launch of the third edition of the event.

Foreign workers 'manipulating system'; cost Gov't thousands

The Government is losing thousands of dollars in fee income because foreign construction workers and their sponsors "have figured out how to manipulate the system", the Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) chief said yesterday.

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YESI partners with Gambier Primary to kick off soccer programme

Youth Empowerment through Sports International (YESI) has embarked on a new initiative with a local primary school, as it continues its mandate of using the game of soccer to impact the community at large.

All truss-ed out on Budget’s tax cuts

A Bahamian contractor yesterday warned that the Government’s decision to eliminate 20 percent duty on imported roof trusses will “put us out of business” in a segment that has kept his overall operation afloat.

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Deandre Ayton and 'buddy' Hield head-to-head

WHEN the NBA preseason tips off, a matchup of Bahamian players will highlight the schedule right away to announce the 2018-19 season.Deandre Ayton and Buddy Hield will have their first head-to-head game in the NBA when Ayton’s Phoenix Suns host Hield

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Tum Tum Nairn's run to Final Four ended by Duke

LOURAWLS 'Tum Tum' Nairn's bid to become the first Bahamian basketball player to play in the NCCA championship game ended in Indianapolis on Saturday night when his Michigan State Spartans were beaten comfortably by Duke.

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UPDATED: Arson suspected in government vehicles blaze

ARSON is suspected in the case of the four government vehicles that caught fire outside a Carmichael Road government building on Saturday night.

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David Nesbitt and his team in FIBA’s BCL Americas Final

DAVID Nesbitt and his Minas Belo Horizonte club completed their regular season in Brazil’s Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) and will head into FIBAs Basketball Champions League Americas Final this weekend.