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Kai Jones' 5 blocks in 16 minutes helps Longhorns to 76-64 win over Cowboys

KAI Jones set another career high in limited minutes in his freshman season for the Texas Longhorns. Jones had a team leading five blocked shots in just 16 minutes of the Longhorns’ 76-64 win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys Wednesday night at Gallag

EDITORIAL: Children face Christmas without their mother

Every murder is a tragedy – but some make the heart ache that little bit more. The murder of a mother of six just two weeks before Christmas is one that hurts.

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New head coaches for ‘Buddy’ and Ayton heading into next season

BOTH Bahamian players in the NBA will undergo head coaching changes headed into the 2019-20.

ART OF GRAPHIX: Practice for difference rather than perfection

Someone once said: “Practice makes perfect”. But is this really true? Does it make us experts or picture perfect? Perhaps the jury is still out on this but, for argument’s sake, let us all agree that this is based on a flawed premise because perfection does not exist.

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Ayton posts double-double in 111-109 loss to Raptors

TORONTO (AP) — Deandre Ayton had 15 points and 17 rebounds, Devin Booker scored 30 points and Kelly Oubre Jr scored 18 for the Phoenix Suns in a 111-109 loss to the Toronto Raptors last night.

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Govt has spent nearly $100m on Hurricane Joaquin repairs

THE GOVERNMENT has spent nearly $100m to repair government buildings and infrastructure damaged or destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Joaquin, Melanie Roach, Technical Director of the National Repair and Reconstruction Unit announced on Friday.

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Hotels eye 5-7% peak winter rate increases

A leading Bahamian hotelier yesterday said resorts were looking at a 5-7 per cent year-over-year room rate increase for the peak 2013 Winter season, adding that it was “premature to ring the Doomsday Bell” over the so-called US ‘fiscal cliff’.

Carnival ‘spruce up’ for 50% passenger growth

A senior Carnival executive yesterday said the cruise giant plans to “spruce up” Princess Cay, adding that the Eleuthera-based private island needs “quite a bit of love”.

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Housebreaking accused remanded

A 21-year-old man accused of breaking into a woman’s house earlier this month was remanded to prison yesterday.

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Epworth Hall renamed The Sir Duward Knowles Auditorium

THE Ebenezer Methodist Church family showed their appreciation to Sir Durward Knowles for his support, not only to their church, but to the community at large.

Upsetting the apple cart

EDITOR, The Tribune.

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Two face court over murder of PM's press secretary

TWO men were remanded to prison yesterday after being arraigned in connection with the murder of the Prime Minister’s press secretary Latore Mackey, who was shot dead last Monday.

Bay St: 'Get on board or get out of the way'

An ex-Deputy Prime Minister yesterday said Perry Christie was effectively telling Bay Street stakeholders “to get on board or get out of the way” over Chinese plans to redevelop downtown Nassau, questioning whether the Government was trying to “socially re-engineer” the city.

Yesterday’s referendum became a pawn to politics

NEW YORK Times’ op-ed columnist Frank Bruni, writing an appreciation of Cassandra Butts, President Barack Obama’s appointee as US Ambassador to the Bahamas, noted that she had been waiting for more than 820 days for confirmation in her post and was still waiting when she unexpectedly died on May 25.

Activist: Vote is not a waste of time

ACTIVIST Marion Bethel yesterday disagreed with statements made by former Court of Appeal President Dame Joan Sawyer as she called for heightened education and public awareness in the lead up to the gender equality referendum.

Bleachers mean Bay Street ‘looks like a prison’

The Downtown Nassau Partnership’s (DNP) managing director yesterday expressed “extreme disappointment” over the placing of Junkanoo bleachers on Bay Street so far ahead of the parade, arguing that it “looks like a prison rather than a city centre”.

‘Full steam ahead’ on $30m project relaunch

Construction on a ‘relaunched’ $30 million Cable Beach development is “moving full steam ahead”, its principal disclosing that 150 workers will be employed at the project’s peak.

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Pension providers enjoy ‘significant’ 100% inquiry rise

Pension plan administrators yesterday said they had seen a 100 per cent increase in employer inquiries over the past 12 months, describing the surge as “significant” given existing low participation levels.

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Sports in brief

THE Baptist Sports Council completed the first week of the 2013 Coca-Cola Softball Classic in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday with the Bahama Island Baptist Association (BIBA) making the most noise.

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Local experts take part alongside clinic director in webinar

LOCAL medical professionals will take part in a webinar this weekend alongside a senior official from Florida’s Cleveland Clinic.