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Ontario Open Judo Championships: Xavion Johnson grabs the gold

IN his second tournament in two weeks in Canada, Bahamian rising judoka Xavion Johnson had to settle for a gold and a fifth place respectively in the Cadet and Senior divisions of the Ontario Open Judo Championships at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Center in Ontario.

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Bahamas secure hard-fought win over Panama

THE Bahamas men’s national team played with a lot of heart and grit right to the end, securing a hard fought 83-79 victory over Panama in the first of two games at home this weekend as the FIBA Americas World Cup Qualifier continued Friday night at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

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Exuma residents alarmed after murder

THE sister of a 22-year-old man who was killed in Exuma on Thursday night said her brother, Malik Fernander, relocated to the island to work and provide a better life for his unborn child.

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$73m ‘zero carbon’ project targets 36k annual visitors

A $73m investment is aiming to attract 36,000 guests per year at full build-out of a “zero carbon” residential and yacht community on an Exuma cay located just three miles from Georgetown.

AML Foods targets e-commerce launch

BISX-listed AML Foods is planning to launch an e-commerce division during its current financial year that will enable the group to supply clients “throughout The Bahamas”.

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53-year-old man was victim of latest killing

THE man who was shot dead outside his Kool Acres home on Wednesday night has been identified by area residents as 53-year-old Nathan Stubbs. According to police, the incident occurred shortly before 10pm outside the victim’s residence.

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Pair guilty over marijuana find

A MAGISTRATE yesterday fined two men who were found with a quantity of marijuana outside a home two months ago.

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Optimist North American Sailing Championships in Nassau next week

THE Optimist North American Championship (OPTINAM) is a large, high profile junior sailing event hosted annually at different locations around the North Americas and Caribbean.

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Roadmasters’ Bahamas Half Series November 20

BAHAMAS Roadmasters Running Club (BRRC) is busily making final preparations to stage its 10th Annual Bahamas Half Race Series. Leading a list of notable sponsors is the renowned US-based health care provider, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA).

Grand Lucayan sale failure gives investors bad signal

GRAND Bahama’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday voiced fears that the repeated failures to sell the Grand Lucayan resort will discourage other investors from coming to the island.

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ISLANDS SPARED MAJOR DAMAGE: Grand Bahama and Abaco ‘fared well’ in Hurricane Nicole

GRAND Bahama and Abaco avoided significant damage during the passage of Hurricane Nicole - with Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper saying yesterday: “It looks like we have been spared the worst of it.”

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STATESIDE: Watching the election

FOR months, headlines have screamed out warnings that the future of American democracy was at stake in Tuesday’s elections.

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Nicole: Tourism suffers no ‘overwhelming shrinkage’

The Bahamian tourism industry has not suffered a “material” reduction in bookings and guests despite now-Hurricane Nicole striking Grand Bahama and Abaco, a senior hotelier said yesterday.

‘Hurricane will dent Abaco, but not stop recovery’

THE president of Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce said the damage from Nicole will put a dent but not be a setback to the island’s hurricane recovery.

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PM’s ‘heartbreak’ at seeing flooding

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said he was heartbroken to see flooding that was sparked by Hurricane Nicole. Mr Davis, who is in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt representing the country’s interests on climate change at COP27, told people in Grand Bahama and Abaco to “take heart” and remember “the Lord is not going to put on us more than we can bear”.

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Roads closed and rough seas - but New Providence spared

HEAVY flooding caused by Hurricane Nicole’s outer bands resulted in several roads in New Providence being closed yesterday.

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NICOLE MAKES LANDFALL: 800 seek shelter as hurricane hits Grand Bahama and Abaco

MORE than 800 people were forced to seek shelter yesterday as Hurricane Nicole barreled across Abaco and Grand Bahama, dumping heavy rain and gusty winds – stirring up painful memories for many still reeling from Dorian’s devastation.

FIBA World Cup ‘23 Americas Qualifiers postponed

WITH the impending impact of Tropical Storm Nicole on The Bahamas, FIBA and the Bahamas Basketball Federation announced the postponement of the latest window of the World Cup 2023 Americas Qualifiers.

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Junior college basketball prospects soak up early season success in US

BAHAMIAN basketball prospects have teamed up at the junior college level across the United States and have experienced early season success with their respective programmes.

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WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Hurricane Nicole

Speaking this evening, Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper said in Eleuthera, Andros and New Providence “schools and universities will resume classes tomorrow (Thursday) and all government workers are asked to return to duty.