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Investigation demanded over China's alleged BTC 'spying'

A "serious investigation" was demanded yesterday into allegations that China has exploited the Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) mobile phone network to spy on US citizens.

Marinas: 'Comeback' swift despite 70% market loss

The Marina Association of The Bahamas (MAB) president yesterday voiced optimism the sector will see a swifter "comeback" than other tourism segments despite missing 70 percent of its market.

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Bank officer is accused of falsifying accounts in fraud

A ROYAL Bank of Canada financial services officer who was accused of falsifying several accounts and defrauding the bank of hundreds of thousands of dollars over a decade ago, was yesterday denied bail ahead of her trial.

Pinder erupts for 34 points in victory

TYLER Pinder continues to boost his profile on the prep basketball recruitment circuit at his new programme in Oklahoma.

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INSIGHT: Dr McCartney was a pioneer and inspiration

YOUNG and veteran figures in The Bahamas’ psychiatric community gathered for a Zoom session last week to pay tribute to Dr Timothy McCartney – the “father of Bahamian psychology” – who died last month from COVID-19 at 87.

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PM gives oil drill fight 'more points than a porcupine'

Environmental activists yesterday pledged to challenge whether Bahamas Petroleum Company's (BPC) agreements are legally watertight after remarks by the Prime Minister that were "music to our ears".

Harvey scores career high 10 points in win

AHMARD Harvey had the best game of his collegiate career while several Bahamian players made their NCAA Division I basketball debuts this week after their programmes got off to late starts due to schedule adjustments and COVID-19 protocols.

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Oil drilling shows green economy is 'lip service'

Activists yesterday argued The Bahamas is "paying lip service to the green and blue economy" in response to charges they have exposed their "true agenda" by seeking to block oil exploration.

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Kadeem Coleby posts triple double

Kadeem Coleby continues to post career numbers this season in the Japanese B-League and recorded another milestone in his fourth season with the Akita Northern Happinets.

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Baha Mar returnees increasing to 1,800

Baha Mar has increased the number of staff being brought back for the Grand Hyatt's December 17 re-opening to 1,800, or 40 percent of its total workforce, the resort's top executive said yesterday.

Bahamas 'DARES' to enter digital industry

The level of interest from digital asset entrepreneurs in using The Bahamas for token issues and other ventures "mandated" this nation move swiftly on a supervisory regime, a top regulator said yesterday.

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Nesbitt returns to help Rebels win

COACH Yolette McPhee-McCuin’s Ole Miss Rebels continue to post historic numbers early in the season and after missing the first game of the year, Valerie Nesbitt returned to provide even more depth to the roster.

EDITORIAL: Not the end of COVID-19 yet - but a landmark day

IT was a landmark day yesterday in the UK. The British government dubbed it ‘V-day’, or vaccination day, and the first person to receive the approved Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 was a 90-year-old Northern Irish woman.

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Oil explorer fearing up to $500m harm

The Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) fears it could suffer "up to $500m in economic harm" if environmental activists succeed with yesterday's legal bid to halt its oil drilling plans.

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Hundreds of plea deals since January 2016

THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has facilitated 274 guilty plea bargains since January 2016 as part of an unprecedented push to alleviate the burden on the judicial system through these arrangements.

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Wells: We’re in talks to buy vaccines

AS the United Kingdom became the first nation to start to vaccinate its citizens against COVID-19 yesterday, Health Minister Renward Wells said the government is currently engaged in its own talks with several vaccine producers.

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Activists 'misled' by minister on oil drill

Environmental activists yesterday alleged the delayed legal challenge to oil exploration in Bahamian waters resulted after they were lulled into a false sense of security by a Cabinet minister.

Death knell for tourism

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Roberts and Maginley suffer loss in doubles

BAHAMIAN Justin Roberts and his long-time close friend and partner Jody Maginley from Antigua suffered a loss yesterday in the men’s doubles at the M15 Santo Domingo Tournament.

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‘COVID-19 prompted register change’

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said yesterday that the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Minnis administration to move from a register every five years to a continuous register.