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REGULATORS TAKE 3-2 LEAD IN THE NPBA

THE Mr Ship It Freight Regulators took control of the NPBA Division I series with a dominant performance on Monday night and are now a game away from the 2017 title.

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Jones and Sun lose WNBA Finals opener

JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun nearly overcame another fourth-quarter deficit but their late rally fell just short in game one of the WNBA Finals.

Massive drop in drug trade to US

By KHRISNA VIRGIL

Women in the Bible - Part two

NOW this should attract the attention of any truth seeker. The two most influential philosophers in the world of Christian theology in the Middle Ages were both of the Greco-Roman world into which Christianity was born – Plato (427-347 BC) and Aristotle (384 - 322 BC).

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BASKETBALL GENEVA RUTHERFORD TOURNEY AFTER winning their fifth straight Government Secondary Schools Sports Association senior girls title, the CR Walker Knights will be heading to Grand Bahama to try and win another crown at the Geneva Rutherford Girls

sports inbrief

BASKETBALL GENEVA RUTHERFORD TOURNEY AFTER winning their fifth straight Government Secondary Schools Sports Association senior girls title, the CR Walker Knights will be heading to Grand Bahama to try and win another crown at the Geneva Rutherford Girls

sports inbrief

BASKETBALL GENEVA RUTHERFORD TOURNEY AFTER winning their fifth straight Government Secondary Schools Sports Association senior girls title, the CR Walker Knights will be heading to Grand Bahama to try and win another crown at the Geneva Rutherford Girls

Minister: $200m spend rise not what it seems

A Cabinet Minister yesterday said the $200 million rise in the Government’s recurrent spending was not what it seemed, and largely represented the transfer of expenditure between accounts.

CIBC’s corporate unit in 40% bad loan shrink

CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Bahamian corporate and investment banking unit saw non-performing loans shrink by almost 40 per cent in its 2016 financial year, as the bank continued its “solid” recovery from past credit provisioning.

Policy reforms need for $200m IDB guarantee

The Bahamas must implement several policy reforms to develop its “blue economy” in return for obtaining a $200m guarantee that will underwrite the government’s planned $700m foreign currency bond.

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More than 1,600 evacuees in New Providence shelters

MORE than 1,600 people are in emergency shelters in New Providence, according to the National Emergency Management Agency, as Hurricane Dorian’s decimation forced 4,800 people to be evacuated to the capital.

EDITORIAL: Straight answers in fight against crime

THE spate of murders that took place at the weekend was horrifying in itself – five dead in three days with two more injured.

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New US Embassy ‘about 60 percent’ to completion

THE new United States Embassy compound on Shirley Street is about 60 percent complete, according to project director Stephen Ziegenfuss.

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Hobby Horse workers must wait on pay

THE roughly 200 former Baha Mar employees hired by or through The Hobby Horse Company will have to wait out the ongoing payout process to learn their fate, as Claims Committee personnel deliberate over how best to handle the “precarious” group.

New ministers briefed on impact of policies on health

THE country office of the Pan American Health Organisation and World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) for The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos along with the Ministry of Health co-hosted a briefing meeting for newly elected government ministers on the impa

GB Shipyard hires young professionals

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama – The Grand Bahama Shipyard has hired three young Bahamian professionals to permanent positions, employing Jeffery DeGregory, Natasha Bethel and Justan Campbell as a junior naval architect and junior planners respectively.

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Red Alert: SAC teams feature in all four division championships

The Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools completed their sudden death semi-finals yesterday at the Anatol Rodgers Gymnasium and the championship matchups are set for next week’s final. The best-of-three championship series in all div

Regulators exploring regime for blockchain

Bahamian financial regulators are exploring the creation of appropriate regulatory regimes for the emerging blockchain technology and cryptocurrency sectors.Their efforts come as The Bahamas hosts industry leaders, financiers, block signers and miner

Get ready for ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ at 58th annual Cat Island Regatta

GET ready for the “Greatest Show on Earth.” That’s the theme for the 58th annual Cat Island Regatta scheduled for August 1-4 in New Bight.

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Mouth Full - New Bahamian show goes on a taste adventure

TAKING the Bahamas on an adventure in taste, the new online entertainment show “A Mouth Full” is giving viewers an updated look into their favourite restaurants and kitchens across New Providence.