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USA dominate as International Tennis Clubs Doubles Week gets underway

THE International Tennis Clubs Doubles Week, featuring veteran retired tennis players from around the world, got underway yesterday at the Nassau Lawn Tennis Club with the United States showing their dominance in the two matches they played.

Basketball results

BASKETBALL results for Monday, January 16. Games were played at The Hope Center on University Commons. Mini Division

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Janero Miller signs with Miami Marlins as pitcher/outfielder

ALTHOUGH he was considered a late bloomer at the age of nine, Janero Miller will achieve one of his goals of becoming a professional baseball player at the age of 17.

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‘Mentally ill’ prisoner dies after fight in cell

A “MENTALLY ill” prisoner died after complaining of chest pains following a fight at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services on Friday.

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Stop ‘abandoning’ Budget projections

The Government must “stick to” its fiscal forecasts and stop treating the Budget “as an annual exercise” if it is to build much-needed investor confidence, a Bahamian banker is warning.

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Murder victim ‘known to police’

A man who was known to police in connection with a previous murder was shot dead yesterday in the Flamingo Gardens area.

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CARIFTA standards attained at T-Bird meet

AT least four athletes attained the qualifying standards for the 50th CARIFTA Golden Jubilee here over the Easter holiday weekend, while there were several record-breaking performances as the T-Bird Flyers concluded its two-day meet at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium on Saturday.

NPBA: Tucker Boys beat Giants 57-56, Eagles top Rebels 76-60

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium over the weekend with a pair of games played on Friday and Saturday night.

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Businesses are warned: Stop ‘lying’ on turnover

The Government’s tax collection chief yesterday voiced scepticism that fewer than 20 percent of businesses meet the VAT registration threshold, and demanded the private sector “be truthful”.

Whose business is this?

Recently the print media has been reporting, albeit anonymously, divorce/family proceedings held in the Supreme Court. Such reporting appears to be novel as over the years one rarely expected to read about proceedings held in the family division of the Supreme Court.

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$3,500 fine for breaching curfew

A MAN was fined $3,500 by the court yesterday after admitting to breaching his curfew while on bail for the alleged shooting of an off-duty police officer in a botched mugging in 2016.

GHS Magic slow down RM Bailey Pacers 39-33

While the RM Bailey Pacers senior girls prevailed over the Government High Magic, the Magic senior boys avenged the defeat by knocking off the Pacers in their Government Secondary Schools Sports Association double header at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium yesterday.

Mt Carmel senior boys 3-1 after 37-32 loss to Genesis Academy

COACH Wilton Johnson and his Mt Carmel Preparatory Academy Cavaliers senior boys’ basketball team’s winning streak came to an abrupt halt yesterday at the Hope Centre.

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IAN FERGUSON: Creative ideas to bring new businesses online

As people survey the world’s current business and political landscape, many are leaning towards entrepreneurial pursuits. And it should not be surprising that most new small business ideas in 2023 will involve an online model.

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‘All back to normal’ assures airport authority

THE chairman of the Airport Authority yesterday allayed fears of further flight delays in New Providence following delays at the airport last week and international reports of grounded flights in the United States due to computer outages.

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Remediation ‘continuing’ on sunken ship

THE Transport and Housing Ministry said yesterday remediation efforts of the sunken Onego Traveller ship off Abaco are continuing, adding 3,119 tons of steel coils and 4,505 tons of Ferix in bulk remained submerged.

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‘Sooner the better’ over BPL base rate increase

Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) chief executive yesterday warned the utility’s base tariff rate must ultimately increase to offset “diminished returns”, adding: “The sooner, the better.”

Mystic Marlins bite up Cobras

Coach Kevon Spence said he felt his Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins were in a 10-round heavyweight main event fight against the CC Sweeting Cobras.

Sports notes

THE Bahamas Football Association will kick off its night league play this weekend at the Roscoe Davies Development Centre at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Roots wants Junkanoo judging change

MEMBERS of The Roots have called for the “abolition” of Junkanoo’s “flawed” judging system, adding it is overdue to be changed.