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Willis Mackey Jr to make move from Spain

BAHAMIAN pro basketball player Willis Mackey Jr will make the move from Spain to France next season. Mackey is set to join JSA Bordeaux Métropole Basket of France’s Nationale Masculine 1 (NM1 League, the third-tier division of club basketball in the

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3,000 screened for TB in Eleuthera

HEALTH officials have concluded tuberculosis (TB) screenings of more than 3,000 residents in Eleuthera, diagnosing only four active cases, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands.

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Medicial marijuana event to be landmark for nation

THE Medical Association of The Bahamas is hosting the country’s first medical marijuana symposium on Wednesday.In July, MAB president Dr Marcus Cooper told The Tribune there had not been widespread consultation with its membership on the subject of m

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Legislation will help BPL secure funds

THE Electricity Amendment Bill 2018 was passed yesterday in the House of Assembly through which Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) will be better able to secure vital funding.In addressing the new bill Works Minister Desmond Bannister told MPs: “In order

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Battle 4 Atlantis 2021 field revealed

WHILE the COVID-19 pandemic continues to force the rescheduling of sporting events around the world, plans continue for The Bahamas to be a major sports tourism destination and home of Complete Sports Management’s Battle 4 Atlantis.

Shelters will remain open into new year

THE shelters accommodating displaced Hurricane Dorian evacuees will remain open until the new year, according to Social Services Minister Frankie Campbell.Speaking outside Cabinet, Mr Campbell said it is difficult to give a definitive timeline as to

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Eagles clinch senior boys’ title with 71-48 win over Knights

THE senior title stayed in Bimini while the junior boys’ crown came to New Providence as the 2019 Eagles Invitational Basketball Classic concluded at the Gateway Sporting Arena over the weekend.

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Commissioner: gangs not to blame for recent violence

THE recent spate of violence should be blamed on organised crime, drug trafficking and other profit seeking activities rather than gang warfare, according to the Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade.

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Teray runs for gold in 200m

In just over 20 seconds, Teray Smith turned from the object of misguided public ridicule to one of the heroes of the Carifta Games with his gold medal performance in the U20 B 200m.

Butler institute graduates 24 pupils

THE Bahamas’ first-ever butler training institute has seen 24 graduates obtain local and international certification, its facilitator said yesterday.

Baha Mar 'absolutely confident' on opening

WITH only several months to go before the targeted opening date, the $2.6 billion Baha Mar development is continuing to make “very good progress”, a senior executive telling Tribune Business he was “absolutely confident” the development would meet its December 2014 opening deadline.

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Dustin Tynes disappointed with senior international debut

Dustin Tynes would have preferred to have swum faster in his debut at his first senior international meet.

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STATESIDE: Biden facing increasingly challenging issues as elections near

US President Joe Biden’s life and job just got a whole lot more complicated and fraught this week, and on top of that, his stubbornly low popularity ratings in recent months have offered little consolation that he will be rewarded next year with another term in office.

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Cruise passengers won’t be downtown this year

Nassau Cruise Port's top executive yesterday warned that downtown Bay Street is "unlikely to see any cruise passengers" before year-end 2020 regardless of whenever the industry resumes sailing.

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STATESIDE: Hey Mr Trump, where's all this money going to end up?

It shouldn’t have really surprised anyone. But it did.

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INSIGHT: Marchar Jean was her school’s star pupil - today she’s trapped by a nonsensical system which is a stain on our nation

Sadly, unnecessarily and illegally, the life of an innocent young Bahamian in waiting is in limbo!

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Post Office exposure '$17m and something'

The government’s first Post Office partner yesterday warned that taxpayers may be exposed to a “$17m something claim” after a proposed settlement failed to proceed at the last minute. Scott Godet, who agreed a public-private partnership (PPP) with t

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Island Relays Bahamas Spring University Track & Field Invitational this weekend in Grand Bahama

ALL six of the universities from the United States of America are now in Freeport, Grand Bahama to participate in Island Relays Bahamas Spring University Track and Field Invitational this weekend at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex.

Delay in appeal

Delay in appeal THE appeal hearing of a convicted murderer hoping to have his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal has been adjourned. Shavargo McPhee, 21, of Marsh Harbour, came to the Claughton House courtroom with his attorney Murrio Ducille read