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Athletes get good send-off to Carifta Games

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WITH the 70-member team preparing to leave town on Thursday for Hamilton, Bermuda, the majority of the athletes got a good send-off to the Carifta Games on Saturday night. They attended a co

Response to Fred Mitchell

EDITOR, The Tribune.This letter is in response to Fred Mitchell, former Fox Hill MP.I really wouldn’t want to get myself into the back and forth, but what he’s saying is exactly what his party did while in office. They profligated the resources of t

'Allow pets to be taken to hurricane shelters in future'

BAHAMAS Humane Society's General Manager Percy Grant hopes Bahamians will one day be allowed to take their pets with them to hurricane shelters. As Hurricane Harvey headed toward Texas last month, images and stories emerged of people travelling to s

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Bahamasair to 'crank up' local services with quarantine end

Bahamasair's chairman yesterday voiced hope it will be able to "crank up" domestic services that are less than one-third of their pre-COVID schedule with the 14-day quarantine's immediate end.'

BTC expands GB franchise locations

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) yesterday said it has expanded Bahamian ownership via the continued outsourcing of its retail stores, adding three more in Grand Bahama.BTC’s latest franchise locations opened in Jones Town, Eight Mile Roc

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Supplementation

Health coach Ethan Quant, of Elite Wellness Solutions, has succeeded in his weight loss journey and now wants to share his methods with the Bahamas in an effort to foster a culture of wellness and conquer the obesity epidemic. I remember early in my

Kids Athletics Road Race another success story

THE sixth annual Kids Athletics Road Race turned out to be another success story on Saturday.

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Ministry to investigate abandoned Abaco buildings

HEALTH minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday his ministry will investigate the state of two abandoned buildings in Abaco to determine if they can be salvaged.His comments follow suggestions by residents that at least six abandoned buildings in the M

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Tributes paid to Prince 'Zorro' Stubbs

THEY came from every segment of the local golfing community to pay their tributes to the late Prince ‘Zorro’ Stubbs, who was remembered as a mentor, teacher, comedian, close friend and a golfing legend.The Bahamas Golf Federation, led by his close fr

Girls paying for school with sex

Girls paying for school with sex By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net YOUNG girls are turning to prostitution in an effort to make ends meet, according to a leading psychiatrist. Dr David Allen said that as difficult economic times persist, illicit rel

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Sands tumbles out of triple jump with knee injury

LONDON, England — Sitting in fourth place in the men’s triple jump final as he went through his fourth attempt, Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands’ knee gave up on him as he went through his skip, hop and jump phase.

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Munroe wants answers on payments made to Ash

A KEY witness in former Labour Minister Shane Gibson’s criminal case told investigators that Jonathan Ash “got all of his payments” from the government. This revelation follows Attorney General Carl Bethel’s confirmation on Tuesday that Mr Ash was st

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Chamber chief in jump start concern

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net WITH the recent launch of the Government's Jump-Start programme expected to foster entrepeunership, the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employer's Confederation's (BCCEC) chairman h

NEMA issues hurricane relief coupons

THE National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) issued coupons worth $1,000 to 25 Bahamians on Friday, the start of a programme to provide relief to the hundreds of people who suffered significant damage to their homes from Hurricane Matthew.

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Superwash eyes $1.7m expansion on Soldier Road

SUPERWASH'S president is eyeing a $1.5-$1.7 million investment to expand his existing laundromat chain through adding another outlet at the former Pricebusters warehouse property on Soldier Road, telling Tribune Business: "The time has come to start making a move."

Veteran artist learns texture painting secrets

Veteran artist learns texture painting secrets By Teri Monique Dornell's is a quaint island store located in Governor's Harbor, Eleuthera, a stone's throw away from Cupid's Cay, hailed as The Bahamas' first capital city. From the outside, Dornell's beck

Tourism chief: 'Many ways to skin a cat'

The Minister of Tourism yesterday defended the decision to amalgamate four US tourist offices into two, telling this newspaper: “There are many ways to skin a cat.”Dionisio D’Aguilar was responding after his predecessor, Obie Wilchcombe, told Tribune

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Klay: 'Deandre's got such a bright future'

Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Klay Thompson shares the lofty expectations most pundits have for Deandre Ayton. Prior to the Warriors’ 123-103 win over the Phoenix Suns Tuesday night at Oracle Arena, Thompson lauded Ayton’s future impact on Ba