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Freedom Farm back in Babe Ruth’s Cal Ripken Baseball Major/70 World Series

FREEDOM Farm Baseball League is set to make its return to the Babe Ruth’s Cal Ripken Baseball Major/70 World Series and Greg Burrows Sr has been appointed to an executive role in the tournament’s organising committee.

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Jeff Rodgers Summer Basketball Camp

The 26th annual Jeff Rodgers Summer Basketball Camp officially tipped off yesterday, highlighted by guest appearances from the Bahamas’ greatest basketball icon, and his son who is on the rise as one of the top players in the NBA.

Nesbitt and team claim title in Brazil's pro league

NATIONAL team member David Nesbitt claimed his second consecutive Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) championship in as many years.

S&P’s higher deficits on VAT ‘uncertainties’

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has agreed that there are “indeed uncertainties” surrounding Value-Added Tax (VAT) implementation, and is less optimistic than the Government in projecting a 3 per cent fiscal deficit for 2015-2016.

Fox and Chisholm named to Arizona Fall League rosters

LUCIUS Fox and Jazz Chisholm continue their progression through their respective Major League Baseball organisations and reached another pair of milestones this week.

Month’s end closing for John S George

One of the Bahamas’ best-known and historic retail names is ceasing business at month’s end with the loss of “under 15 jobs”, its owner yesterday telling Tribune Business he had been unable to “make inroads” into the annual $1 million losses it was suffering when he took over.

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Vaccination move is shot in the arm

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said he thinks allowing fully vaccinated travellers to The Bahamas without a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test will make the country a more attractive destination for visitors.

Banks approve fewer than 50% of mortgages

Less than 50 per cent of mortgage applications were approved during the 2017 first quarter, highlighting the Bahamas’ ongoing housing crisis and borrower difficulties in qualifying for credit.The Central Bank’s research department, in a presentation

The Bahamas’ top two life insurers downgraded

The Bahamas must “take concrete steps” to reverse the trend of sovereign credit rating downgrades after the country’s two largest life and health insurers saw their own financial strength assessments slashed as a result.

Genting assesses Nassau 'business opportunities'

The multi-billion dollar Genting Group is assessing various “potential business opportunities” in New Providence after being heavily courted by the Christie administration, Tribune Business has been told, with the Atlantis resort said to be among the options.

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'Gimmick fears' on roadworks compensation

BUSINESS owners impacted by the New Providence Road Improvement Project yesterday said they were still waiting to see what sort of compensation they would receive after completing the Ministry of Finance's survey, one telling Tribune Business he felt the move may have simply been a "gimmick".

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Player dies after collapsing on field

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Fans and members of the New Providence Old-Timers Softball Association (NPOSA) suffered a big shock when versatile player Kent Forbes collapsed during

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Power outage shuts private sector down

Businesses yesterday complained that the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) power outage forced them to close their doors for three-four hours, with some having to work late into the night on key documents.

GIANTS TOP THE CYBOTS 97-87

AFTER getting off to a great start in their season opener, the defending champions Mail Boat Cybots suffered a humbling defeat to their arch-rivals Commonwealth Bank Giants at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.

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80% tourist share a Quality 'bonus'

Super Value’s president yesterday said his first Quality Supermarket had received “a little bonus” through tourists generating 80 per cent of sales, telling Tribune Business he expected the Cable Beach site to be “profitable from day one”.

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Regulators stop Rebels 120-107, Aliv Buckets get 89-75 win over Stampers

THE Regulators dominated the overtime period and closed the game on a 10-1 run en route to the win. Alexander Rolle outscored the Rebels all by himself in overtime when he dropped 10 of his game high 31 points.

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WEDNESDAY UPDATE: One new case of COVID-19

The Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that there is one new confirmed case of COVID-19.

Chesapeake legal issue

I read with great interest the response of the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA), to my appearance on the Love 97 programme Issues of The Day, hosted by Mr Wendall K Jones, on the 29th AD 2016.

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Coach McPhee-McCuin makes her presence felt

SHE made history as the first Bahamian female to serve as a coach on the men’s national basketball team. But Grand Bahamian Yolett McPhee-McCuin has assured the females that she won’t abandon them as the team’s head coach.

Bowleg to coach Team Bahamas in AmeriCup Qualifier

MARIO Bowleg will return to the sidelines to coach the Bahamas Basketball Federation men’s national basketball team when they travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico, to take on the United States of America and Puerto Rico in the third and final leg of the FIBA 2020 AmeriCup Qualifier.