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‘Phoenix from the ashes’: Grand Bahama's $250m resort spark

A $250m investment that will bring one of the world’s top luxury resort brands to Grand Bahama was yesterday hailed as “the catalyst” that will drive the island’s “phoenix from the ashes” rebirth.

Beyonce’s blasphemy

BISHOP Patrick L Wooden of the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina has taken grave exception to Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s “Denial” poem. The poem was penned by a British poet of Somali extraction, Warsan Shire, and is featured in the Beyoncé 2016 “Lemonade” album as a prelude to the second tract “Hold Up.”

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Mackey Jr and Levarity get double doubles in win

BOTH Bahamian players posted double doubles to bring an end to Lyon’s two game skid in France’s Nationale Masculine 1 League.

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Gov’t slashes Q1 deficit by $116m

The Government’s fiscal deficit for the 2022-2023 first quarter was slashed by $116m year-over-year, it was revealed yesterday, with its revenues running 4-5 percent ahead of projections.

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UPDATED: German man killed, another injured in South Andros shooting

A German man was killed and another was seriously injured in a double shooting in Kemp's Bay, Andros last night.

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Pro golfer Cameron Riley 6th overall

Cameron Riley had the top finish of his professional golf career thus far at his latest appearance on the Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour.

Deyton Albury cans 22 in season opener

DEYTON Albury was a role player for the Chipola College men’s basketball programme as a freshman, but began his sophomore campaign.

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AJ Storr suits up for Red Storm in Big East

FOUR star freshman guard AJ Storr leads a highly touted incoming class expected to propel the St John’s Red Storm back into contention of a competitive Big East Conference.

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Pharmacies reopen with PM meeting set for 4pm

Private pharmacies will reopen this morning after the Government relented and agreed to a meeting between the Prime Minister and industry representatives today to address the price control dispute.

Food stores: No sign of price control crackdown

Food stores yesterday told the Government "don't leave us hanging on" as its tough talk about enforcing the expanded price control regime failed to materialise into fines and inspections.

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Minister: ‘We won’t tolerate’ price control law breakers

A Cabinet minister yesterday warned "we will not tolerate people disregarding the law" as food stores openly defied the Government's November 1 deadline to implement expanded price controls while many pharmacies closed.

Old Fort Bay dispute heads for legal battle

Residents in an Old Fort Bay subdivision are hoping the Chief Justice will today sign an Order blocking further construction - at least temporarily - of a controversial "multi-use pathway" that has deepened the upscale community's divide.

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‘First-of-its-kind’ marina for southern New Providence

A "first-of-its-kind" resort and marina development is seeking government approvals to construct on New Providence's southern shore a 600-vessel boat storage facility that can withstand Hurricane Dorian-strength storms.

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FIRST BAHAMIAN IN SPACE: Aisha Bowe will be sixth Black woman to cross Earth’s boundary line

BAHAMIAN-American Aisha Bowe will make history when she boards an upcoming Blue Origin flight that will cross the Kármán line - the internationally recognised boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space. She will be the first Bahamian and sixth Black woman to do so.

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Don’t Blink Home Run Derby set

The Don’t Blink Home Run Derby In Paradise continues to introduce new initiatives and will return to a familiar venue in 2022.

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Banks ‘can take more’ as debt drops $29m

Bahamian commercial banks have “significant capacity” to take on more government debt, the Ministry of Finance’s top official has asserted, after the national debt for the three months to end-September fell by $29m.

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BPL meeting with hotels a ‘listening opportunity’

BAHAMAS Power and Light CEO Shevonn Cambridge said today’s meeting with hoteliers is more of a “listening opportunity”.

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McPhee-McCuin looks to build on last year’s success

WITH a new contract signed, Grand Bahamian Yolett McPhee-McCuin is looking forward to building on the success of last year by her University of Mississippi Lady Rebels.

Bahamians get early start in NCAA Division I

THE NCAA Division I basketball season is still days away from tip-off but several Bahamians got an early start to their 2022-23 campaigns with exhibition games.

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Destroying fortunes

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EVEN the most powerful online retailer in the world is having trouble with the gloomy consumer mood. After disappointing quarterly figures, Amazon’s share price collapsed dramatically. This also affected the fortune of its founder. And some of the world’s other richest men are still feeling the effects of this technology crash.