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Regulators level NPBA series with 96-74 rout of Cybots

THE back and forth battle between the Mail Boat Cybots and Mr Ship It Freight Regulators continued over the weekend and set the stage for game five in their best-of-seven series in the NPBA Division I.

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Slave ship artifacts uncovered

ON craggy rocks and in silent gullies at Lynyard Cay in the Abacos lay the fragments of an American-owned slave ship, the 129-ton, 88-foot schooner, the Peter Mowell.

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Conquerors, Crimestoppers pull off victories in NPBA

THE Police Crimestoppers and the Woodside Petroleum Conquerors both pulled off victories Tuesday night as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at CI Gibson Gym.

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FACE TO FACE: Leading light in American football for The Bahamas

AMERICAN football has yet to become as big as it could be in The Bahamas. Even though thousands of Bahamians energetically follow the NFL and anticipate the Superbowl, football is not a major sport in this country.

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Ayton scores 14 in win: Suns 1st team to 20 victories

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Paul had 21 points and 10 assists, Jae Crowder added a season-high 19 points and the Phoenix Suns held off the San Antonio Spurs for a 108- 104 win last night.

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McMinns helps Axemen to 38-24 victory over the X-Men

EUGENE McMinns continues to display his versatility for the Acadia Axemen on a weekly basis.

$35m GB Power buyout 'win-win for all'

A Canadian utility has branded its near-$35 million offer to buy-out all Bahamian shareholders and acquire 100 per cent of Grand Bahama Power Company as “a win-win for all”. Emera, responding to Tribune Business’s questions, said the proposal was ta

West champs Thunder head to finals

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Kevin Durant had 34 points and 14 rebounds while playing all of regulation for the first time all season, and the Oklahoma City Thunder claimed a spot in the NBA finals by beating the San Antonio Spurs 107-99 last night. Russell Westb

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IN THE STUDIO: SACRED SPACE TO UNWIND IN REEL TIME


BEFORE musical engineer Neil Symonette knew it, Reel Time Studios had turned to a flourishing business.

Sports Notes

SONITH Lockhart, of Carib Construction, was on fire in City Bowling League competition last night while mowing down the pins for a gigantic 734 three game set which is a record so far for the 2015 - 2016 season. 

FNM deputy: ‘Is Gov’t interfering with Baha Mar liquidators work?’

The Opposition’s deputy leader has questioned whether Prime Minister Perry Christie’s interventions with Baha Mar’s Chinese partners are “tantamount to interfering” with the responsibilities of the project’s joint provisional liquidators.

Izmirlian downbeat, but Gov’t is upbeat

Prime Minister Perry Christie’s meeting with Sarkis Izmirlian yesterday achieved “nothing substantial” in attempting to resolving the $3.5 billion Baha Mar dispute, with the latter again demanding that his Chinese partners negotiate in “good faith”.

Creditors seek $1.1m Dingman default verdict

Bahamian creditors abandoned by Jamie Dingman’s failed Nassau restaurant empire this week urged a New York federal court to grant a $1.113 million default judgment in their favour, after no defence was filed against their claim.

‘Double dipping’ Baha Mar staff being terminated

Baha Mar’s joint provisional liquidators are terminating employees who have been ‘double dipping’ by continuing to pocket a regular pay cheque despite finding another job.

Baha Mar contractors must be ‘made whole’

THE Attorney General yesterday said the Government was resolute that Bahamian contractors “are made whole” for work completed at Baha Mar, amid increasing anxiety over what the project’s newly-announced receivership will mean for local creditors.

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THE Bankers Athletic Association is all set to open its 2016 Bankers Slow Pitch season in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.

Overall champions emerge in All-For-One Regatta

THE New Courageous, the Barbarian and the Crazy Partner emerged as the overall class champions in the second annual King Eric All-For-One Regatta in Montagu Bay over the Majority Rule holiday weekend.

‘Golden Sisters’ to mark 15th anniversary of Bahamas’ first gold medal in athletics

COME September 30, ‘Golden Girls’ 4 x 100 metre relay team of Eldece Clarke, Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie and Pauline Davis-Thompson will celebrate their 15th anniversary of winning the Bahamas’ first gold medal in athletics at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

Hilton deal ‘conflicted’ Gov’t over Baha Mar

The Government’s “conflict of interest” over the $200 million British Colonial Hilton expansion meant it should never have attempted to act as an impartial mediator in the Baha Mar dispute.

The sky ain't falling

I write in response to The Tribune’s editorial dated December 9, 2014, under the heading, “A failed economy and no accurate information.”