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Plaudits just keep coming for Daunte Stuart

DAUNTE Stuart received conference wide recognition for his standout 2021 regular season.

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Riley rattles on to the regionals

CAMERON Riley and the Florida A and M Rattlers concluded their historic season with the programme’s first appearance at the NCAA Regionals.

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‘Up to 90%’ of BPL staff in Cat Island test positive

THE president of Bahamas Electrical Workers Union has confirmed that up to 90 percent of Bahamas Power and Light staff on Cat Island have tested positive for COVID-19.

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New homes handed over to Sweeting’s Cay residents

NINE newly-built homes were turned over to residents in Sweeting’s Cay during a key handover ceremony last week.

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VIRUS SPREADING IN YOUNG PEOPLE: Govt lockdowns begin in outbreak islands as change seen in spread

NINE confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a single day on Andros and a COVID-19 positivity rate of 58 percent in Cat Island helped push the government to implement a two-week lockdown of those islands which began at 8pm yesterday.

Pollution on our roads

A quick look at “About Nassau Container Port” lists all of the key dates and time frames of how shipping was relocated from the Downtown Waterfront to the Container Port. A key element of that move is identified following. 1990s-2011.

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Ayton dominates in playoff debut

DEANDRE Ayton and the Phoenix Suns made a dynamic return to the NBA playoffs and dominated en route to the franchise’s first postseason win since 2011.

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Four sprinters qualify for championships

IN what turned out to be the biggest match-up of the 18th Star Performers Track Classic 2021 meet resulted in four sprinters attaining the qualifying standards for the World Athletics Under-18 and Under-23 Championships boys 100 metres.

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Jones helps Sun stay undefeated

JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun are off to a historic start in the 2021 WNBA season and are currently the league’s lone undefeated team.

Break-outs for Bahamas baseball minor leaguers

SEVERAL Bahamian baseball players had breakout performances for their respective clubs throughout various levels of minor league baseball.

Why home ownership in New Providence is cost prohibitive

Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ plan to make land in Western New Providence “affordable” to young Bahamian professionals is commendable.

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Ayton will be back in lineup in Suns’ return to postseason

DESPITE missing the final three games of the regular season, Deandre Ayton will reportedly be back in the lineup when the Phoenix Suns make their return to the NBA postseason for the first time in over a decade.

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Major resorts ‘back to 60%’ by Christmas

A Cabinet minister yesterday voiced optimism that major resorts will “get back to 60 percent of where they were in 2019” by Christmas, with May’s visitor arrivals forecast to rise to the mid-70,000 range.

CARICOM, Latin American nations ‘front of mind’ with regards to US vaccines

A UNITED States official said the Biden administration has not made a final decision yet on which countries will benefit from America’s promised vaccine sharing but stressed the COVID-19 situation in CARICOM and Latin American nations has been “front of mind”.

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Software delay for MARCO Alert system

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said officials are waiting to receive “mass communication software” that will send out warnings about missing children to facilitate the roll-out of the Mandatory Action Rescuing Children Operation (MARCO) Alert system.

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COVID’s ‘timing concerns’ for $24.5m cruise port IPO

Nassau Cruise Port’s chief executive yesterday said COVID-19’s economic impact has caused “concerns with the timing” of its plans for Bahamian investors to gain ownership in the $250m project.

Privileges for the vaccinated are wrong

I write this letter to the Prime Minister as a rebuttal to the announcement of the newly identified “special privileges” being afforded to “fully vaccinated persons” in this country, released in the government’s most recent Emergency Orders issued May 14, 2021.

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Pro volleyball player Stuart: ‘It’s always good to be back home’

HE could have continued his pursuit of basketball, baseball or track and field. But Eugene Stuart said from the time he played for the Big Red Machine at St Augustine’s College, he knew he would be a professional volleyball player.

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Marlins to honour ‘Jazz’ with Bahamian Heritage Celebration

SATURDAY, June 12 will be another historic day for flamboyant Major League Baseball player Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm as the Miami Marlins honour him with the Bahamian Heritage Celebration.

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Berry Islands mother lost fight against COVID-19

WHILE families were celebrating on Mother’s Day, Marissa Roberts, a mother of an adopted child, lost her life.