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Bahamas aiming to double Texas visitor share to 10%

The Bahamas is seeking to double Texas’ share of its tourism customer base to 10 percent, the deputy prime minister has revealed, while revealing that the Houston Rockets basketball team will likely hold their training camp in Nassau.

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Man found with gun fined $7,000 and given monitoring device

A MAN was granted $7,000 bail in court yesterday after he was accused of having a loaded gun in the capital last week.

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Man on bail for murder gets six months jail for damaging monitoring device

A MAN was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday after admitting damaging his electronic monitoring device (EMD) while on release for charges of murder and attempted murder.

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NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: Windsor Academy wins three titles

Jaden Ward led a clean sweep of the top five positions in the senior boys’ division as Windsor Academy put a cap on another successful showing in the Bahamas Golf Federation’s National High School Golf Championships yesterday in the Driving Range at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Pharma battle

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PHARMACEUTICAL companies typically compete with each other in various areas such as research and development, marketing and sales. Some of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world include Pfizer, Novartis, Roche, Merck & Co and Sanofi, and all of them are being traded on the various stock exchanges.

Resorts enjoy record winter tourism period

HOTELS throughout The Bahamas yesterday said they are enjoying a record-breaking 2023 to-date with high occupancy levels recorded over the Easter period.

Farmer fees abandoned after 'extensive damages' from Equinor Oil Spill

LOCAL farmer Harold Adderley says he was forced to abandon his farm of ten years after the 2019 oil spill at the Equinor South Riding Point plant in East Grand Bahama.

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Bad loans ‘too high’ - yet at 14-year low

The Central Bank’s governor says loan delinquencies are still “too elevated” compared to global standards even though - at 7 percent of total outstanding credit - they have fallen below pre-COVID levels and are at their lowest in 14 years.

Jones leads the way

It was back on August 26, 2007 at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan, that Derrick Atkins established the Bahamas men’s 100 metres national record of 9.91 seconds to win the silver medal. No other Bahamian came close until Saturday when Grand Bahamian Terrence Jones equalised the time.

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Grand Bahama to host New Life May 13

THE nation’s second city will host the second edition of the New Life Invitational on May 13 4pm to 8pm at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex.

Decathlete Kendrick Thompson has record-breaking performance

EVER since they’ve been competing in the event, Ken Mullings and Kendrick Thompson have been trading their names on the Bahamas men’s national decathlon record.

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Giants crowned champions again

THE Commonwealth Bank and Your Essential Store Giants were crowned champions once again this year.

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Two charged with Eleuthera murder

TWO MEN were remanded to prison on Friday after being accused in a fatal shooting and armed mugging in Eleuthera earlier this month.

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Clubs and Societies April 14th, 2023.

For 12 years, the Kiwanis Club of Cable Beach has committed to supporting the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute’s (BTVI) Auto Mechanics students.

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‘At least 90 percent reduction in conflicts’ since psychologist arrived at BDCS

CONFLICTS among mentally ill inmates at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services have declined by 90 per cent since a psychologist arrived three weeks ago, Acting Corrections Commissioner Doan Cleare said yesterday.

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Ban ‘breeding and ownership of pitbulls’

ST ANNE’S MP Adrian White wants legislators to consider banning the breeding and ownership of pit bulls in The Bahamas.

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No bail for last weekend’s Dunmore St murder accused

A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday accused of killing his neighbour after a dispute on Easter Sunday.

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National Basketball Championships begin

The return of the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s National Basketball Championships saw the New Providence champions Giants produce mixed results as competition in the weekend tournament got underway at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

Brenden Vanderpool making an impact in the pole vault

BRENT Vanderpool knew sooner or later his son Brenden would surpass his accomplishments in the men’s pole vault.

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Royal Caribbean: 60% of guests won't visit PI

Top Royal Caribbean executives yesterday pledged that "more than 60 percent of our guests" will never visit its Paradise Island project, as they urged: "We can win together or we can lose together."