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Bahamian NFL icon Ed Smith welcomes Mike Strachan into American football fraternity

IT was 48 years ago that Ed Smith broke the barrier to become the first Bahamian drafted into the National Football League.

Leading QC calls for 20% Gov't spend cut

The Government has been urged to cut spending by 20 per cent over the next five-10 years, with a top QC warning Bahamians they must abandon “cradle to grave entitlements”.

'Absolutely not a level playing field'

Bahamian investors and businesses are at a disadvantage when competing against foreign investors because of this nation’s high cost platform.

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Tyler scores 46 at the Stars and Stripes Showcase

BAHAMAS junior national basketball team standout Tyler Pinder is turning heads in the world of high school basketball recruitment.

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Competition fearson Super Value's City Markets 'deal'

RIVAL food retailers have voiced fears that allowing Super Value to acquire City Markets' remaining stores would create a "virtual monopoly" in the New Providence supermarket business, with an estimated 60-80 per cent market share.

Bobcats rout Lady Truckers 85-35

The Montana State University Bobcats made game two of their Bahamas Basketball Federation Summer of Thunder exhibition game look so easy against the Johnson’s Lady Truckers.

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Country to move to next phase of re-opening

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday that the country will move today to the next phase of re-opening from the COVID-19 lockdown. He also announced that Family Islands will be gradually reopened according to zones, starting today with

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Investigation into missing funds nears completion

DEPUTY Police Commissioner Leamond Deleveaux said police are 80 per cent complete with their investigation into funds allegedly misused during the small home repairs programme under the Minnis administration.

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Record-setting day in BLTA ‘Play Tennis Bahamas’ programme

THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s (BLTA) ‘Play Tennis Bahamas’ programme continues to bear fruit as the association welcomed approximately 80 kids on Saturday.

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BDOCS 2022 annual report tabled in House

THE Bahamas Department of Correctional Services’ Internal Affairs Unit investigated 56 reports of alleged misconduct involving prison officers in 2022, with disciplinary action happening in nearly 80 per cent of the matters reported.

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‘Do or die’: Jones has another double double

Grand Bahamian Jonquel Jones posted another double-double to help Bosnia and Herzegovina win their first playoff game to stay alive in the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket Championships.

Population density is the problem

Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ revelation to the country that one out of 100 Nassuvians has been infected with COVID-19 is evidence that the current restrictive measures have failed miserably to curb the spread of the deadly virus, which has claimed the lives of 96 Bahamians.

Labour leader Alexander Thompson dies

ALEXANDER Thompson, a prominent figure in the Bahamian labour movement, died yesterday morning. He was 80.

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Pinder hosts small business symposium

FOR four weeks, more than 80 Elizabeth constituents gathered at Vision of Hope Cathedral Church of God and Thelma Gibson Primary School for a small business symposium facilitated by their MP Ryan Pinder and small business consultant Mark Turnquest.

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$80M new BTC network to debut next year

NEWER and more robust internet and landline services are being promised to BTC customers when the corporation’s $80 million New Generation Network (NGN) system fully comes on stream by March of next year, senior officials at BTC revealed during a press tour yesterday.

Bahamas 'poised for growth' via private equity rise

A Bahamian accountant believes this nation’s financial services sector can benefit from forecast growth and capital raising in the global private equity industry, with the SMART fund product helping to “gain traction”.

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Praise for Cat Island students

THIRTY-FIVE Cat Islanders received certificates from the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute on Saturday and were urged by Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade to continue striving for excellence. Mr Greenslade,

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Bahamas dominates at CARIFTA Swim Championships.

THE 36-member Bahamas team will be bringing its fifth consecutive title back home from the CARIFTA Swim Championships.

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$1,000 FINE FOR SELLING MARIJUANA

A 24-year-old man who told police he was selling marijuana to make a “couple of dollars” was yesterday fined $1,000.

Finding a formula for success

Several years ago, there was an article in the Wall Street Journal which laid out an irrefutable formula for success in life, for everyone. That formula is as follows: