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Jones: ‘It feels good to be’ in WNBA Finals

The Connecticut Sun will return to the WNBA Finals for the first time in 14 years as Jonquel Jones and the current core brought the front office’s plan to fruition.

The pride of Eight Mile Rock

THE Bahamas is a distinctly unique country and the settlements that make up the islands and cays are unique in themselves. This makes the Bahamas such an attractive country. The variety you experience from settlement to settlement makes it a never-ending, invigorating experience for all who dare to explore our diverse archipelago.

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Mackey: The Best of Sports World 10 years old, getting stronger

THE Best of Sports World, a television talk show that highlights the performances of local and international Bahamian athletes, is now a decade old and getting stronger, according to director Carlos Mackey. When Mackey started the show in December 2

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Coleby, St Fort, Higgs deliver season highs

AN active weekend for Bahamian pro basketball players in their respective leagues across the globe featured several season high performances. Headlining the list was veteran forward Kadeem Coleby in the Japanese B-League. Coleby finished with 30 points and 15 rebounds - both season highs - in an 89-86 loss for his Akita Northern Happinets to Hitachi SRT. He shot 11-14 from the field and also added two blocked shots. Akita dropped to 6-4 on the season, sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

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Jonquel Jones scores 30, grabs 17 rebounds in win

JONQUEL Jones delivered another dominant performance for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2023 Qualifiers.

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Leaks blamed as rationing continues

A YEAR and a half after agreeing to pay a foreign company more than $80 million to reduce water losses, the Water and Sewerage Corporation is now experiencing a “significant” increase in leakage, general manager Glen Laville admitted yesterday.

Easter rush brings a sharp rise in air fares

EXORBITANT plane ticket prices offered by American Airlines are the result of holiday travel traffic and not due to one of its subsidiary airline’s layoff exercises, American Airlines (AA) officials said yesterday.

Irma hits 80% of Bahamas’ marina market

Bahamian marinas are concerned that Hurricane Irma’s strike on Florida could impact 80 per cent of their market, although most reported no storm-related damage themselves.

Baha Mar admits to no redundancy cash

Baha Mar has admitted it “does not have sufficient cash” to pay its 2,400 employees due compensation should it have to make them redundant, as its $80 million financing facility has been blocked - at least for the moment - by Government and Chinese opposition.

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PM tours construction site

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar toured the Goldwynn boutique hotel construction site on West Bay Street yesterday. Construction on the $120 million project has resumed after a temporary stop due to COVID-19

Road tax breaks 'too little, too late'

Road tax breaks 'too little, too late' By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net Many businesses adversely impacted by the New Providence Infrastructure Improvement Project (NPIIP) yesterday said the Government's pledge to

Securities Commission 'shifting the narrative'

The Securities Commission has joined a small group of regulators approved to be signatories to the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO’s) new enforcement-related information-sharing agreement.The new Enhanced Multilateral Mem

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Gov't is urged: Move on roads compensation before Xmas

THE Government is being urged to follow through on its roadworks compensation proposal ahead of the Christmas holidays, one business owner telling Tribune Business: “A little something is better than nothing at all.”

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Future the Bahamas

FOR the first time one of Atlanta’s hottest rappers will make his way to the Bahamas to headline a major concert. Future is expected to present a highly fuelled show during the Redemption Part 1 event this weekend.
The concert will be held at Luna Nightclub on July 27. Local artists including, Melanique “pop princess” Sammi Star and others will open the set.

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INSIGHT: Ambassador gives the Haitian view on changes in immigration

The Bahamas recently changed its approach to immigration including introducing a belonger’s permit. Haitian Ambassador Jean Victor Geneus spoke to The Tribune’s Ava Turnquest about those changes and how they are failing to tackle the immigration problem . . .

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Sands: Poor sacrificed ‘on tax efficiency altar’

The FNM’s chairman yesterday accused the Government of driving more Bahamian families into poverty, and sacrificing them “on the altar of tax efficiency”, by refusing to eliminate VAT on medicines and breadbasket foods.

Djokovic wins six-hour final

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Novak Djokovic ripped off his shirt and let out a primal scream, flexing his torso the way a prize fighter would after a desperate, last-round knockout. This was the final act in Djokovic's 5-7, 6-

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Restaurant chain to double staff as revenues rise 15%

A BAHAMIAN restaurant chain is aiming to double its workforce by July through the creation of 48 new jobs with revenues for the year-to-date some 15 percent ahead of 2023.

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FRONT PORCH: Future uncertain on Downtown revitalisation - can the ‘soul’ of Nassau be preserved?

Two prominent figures sit in that most public of squares – Rawson, which in earlier times was simply known as “The Park” and was described by LD Powles in The Land of the Pink Pearl as “an acre in extent…on which were the broken remains of some benches and some dried-up-looking, coarse grass”.

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Thompsons liven up Jeff Rodgers camp

The Thompson family have been mainstays of the Jeff Rodgers Summer Basketball Camp and once again they made their usual appearance at the 31st edition of the event.