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'Only the strong survive' in basketball classic

BASKETBALL is a year round sport and one of the most iconic coaches in the Bahamas intends to ensure competition remains at a high level during the summer months.

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‘Happy 74th birthday Eddie’

STILL grieving the loss of his mother, vintage Eddie Ford was able to enjoy a light-hearted moment in his life as he celebrated his 74th birthday on Wednesday night.

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Long Island bananas: 80-90% destruction

While Long Island farmers likely lost 80-90 per cent of their banana crop due to Hurricane Sandy, Tribune Business was told yesterday, but many homes and businesses were likely to be “back to normal in a few days”.

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‘All for nought’ if COVID outbreak not contained

The recent easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions and other moves to revive the tourism economy will “all be for nought” unless the current case surge is contained, a top hotel executive is warning.

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650 extra jobs for Bahamians at Albany

THE newly-commenced development of marina residences at Albany, a luxury resort in south-west New Providence, is set to create an extra 650 jobs for Bahamians, bringing the total number of jobs available at the resort to more than 1,000.

Banks approve fewer than 50% of mortgages

Less than 50 per cent of mortgage applications were approved during the 2017 first quarter, highlighting the Bahamas’ ongoing housing crisis and borrower difficulties in qualifying for credit.The Central Bank’s research department, in a presentation

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WORLD VIEW: Debt strangling a Caribbean generation

There is a real prospect that, in dealing with unsustainable debt, 11 of 13 Caribbean small states will have lost the first three decades of the 21st century and foregone opportunities for poverty reduction, transformation and growth.

Christian Council calls for day of prayer to heal the nation

GRAND Bahama Christian Council executive Apostle Tony Grant said the nation needs healing and is calling all Christians and believers to attend the National Day of Prayer at the YMCA on November 6.

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Jets top the Pros 38-32, win Boil Fish Bowl

FOR the first time since the mid-1970s, the Fast Track Jets football club claimed the Commonwealth American Football League title after a thrilling finish to the 2015 Boil Fish Bowl.

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Amateur boxers in spotlight at Ray Minus Sr End of the Year tourney

CHAMPION Amateur Boxing Club held its 12th Annual Ray Minus Sr End of the Year Amateur Boxing Tournament at the Wulff Road Boxing Square on Saturday.

Tahnaj Thomas has eight strikeouts in victory

TAHNAJ Thomas had another dominant performance on the mound for Greensboro Grasshoppers in High-A baseball.

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UPDATED: Two men dead: one found shot, another burnt

POLICE in the capital are investigating the circumstances surrounding the country’s two latest homicides, which occurred early Monday morning in two separate incidents.

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roker and x-men upset tigers

AZARO Roker and StFX X-Men scored the biggest upset of the Men’s U SPORTS college basketball season with a thrilling win over Shemarr Burrows, Jordan Wilson and the No. 2 ranked Dalhousie Tigers.

Faith Alive weekend raises the spirit

By JEFFARAH GIBSON

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Grand Bahama lockdown extended

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced the extension of Grand Bahama’s lockdown for seven days.

National debt now over $6bn

The Bahamas’ national debt breached the $6 billion threshold during the 2014 fourth quarter, with more than $200 million added to it in the preceding three months.

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Cybots rout Cleaners 104-71, Wreckers clip Rockets 87-86

WHILE the Mail Boat Cybots pulled off a rout, the Y-Care Wreckers had to go right down to the wire before they prevailed in the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.

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Cash asks if the plan was always to wrestle control from Izmirlian

FORMER Free National Movement Chairman Darron Cash yesterday questioned if it was Prime Minister Perry Christie’s plan all along to “wrestle control” of Baha Mar away from its developer Sarkis Izmirlian.

Carnival bands estimate 1,000 reveller ‘no show’

Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival participants yesterday said there was “no denying” that the postponement debacle had impacted this year’s event, estimating that “no less than 1,000” revellers did not attend as a result.

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GDP boost fuelled by construction manufacturing, hotel, marine transport

THE Government has released preliminary estimates showing that the Bahamian economy’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 1.83 per cent based on constant prices, fuelled largely it said by increases in the construction, manufacturing, hotel and marine transport industries.