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Government urged to speed up Downtown demolitions

THE Downtown Nassau Partnership has called on the government to get serious with owners of abandoned and dilapidated buildings on Bay Street.

The Majors: Jazz plays for Marlins

JAZZ Chisholm was the latest Bahamian to crack the Major League when he came out of the dugout to play for the Miami Marlins last night.

Antoan Richardson first base coach for upcoming season

ANTOAN Richardson achieved another career milestone for the San Francisco Giants and another landmark moment in Bahamian baseball history.

Thoughts on Chinese proposal, The Pointe Garage and a lottery

WASN’T it James Catalyn who had the Show - Laughin at Wee self? Well certainly certain occurrences recently qualify under that title.

Chelsea gets 6-1 Premier League win over Queens Park Rangers

LONDON (AP) -- Fernando Torres got his first hat trick in more than two years on Sunday to lead Chelsea to a 6-1 English Premier League win over Queens Park Rangers. Tottenham returned to fourth place with a 2-0 win over Blackburn, moving ahead of Newcastl

Sanctioned broker eyeing Canada exit

A BAHAMIAN broker/dealer yesterday said it was assessing whether to re-domicile millions of dollars in assets, belonging to both itself and its clients, away from Canada due to concerns over a regulatory "domino effect" resulting from a recent ruling against it.

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A COMIC'S VIEW: The good, the bad and the ugly of the new Cabinet

THIS week, we welcomed the first whole week of Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) governance, once again.

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Ministry's 'strong support' for $100k VAT threshold

Increasing the compulsory Value-Added Tax (VAT) registration threshold to a $100,000 annual turnover has “strong support” within the Ministry of Finance, as it would still capture almost 98 per cent of economic activity.

‘No disruptions’ for face-to-face instruction in Grand Bahama

THE resumption of face-to-face instruction on Grand Bahama continues to progress very well, according to District Superintendent of Schools Ivan Butler, who reported a high turn-out of teachers and students during the first two days.

‘Why was our mother’s body mistakenly cremated?’

THE bereaved family of the late Lillian Theresa Gilbert, whose body was mistakenly released from the Rand Memorial Hospital to the wrong funeral home and cremated, said their mother would not have wanted to be cremated because of her religious beliefs.

‘Hammer will have little to no opportunities to get his punches off’

GRAND Bahamian Sherman “Tank” Williams is fit, ready and excited to fight 32-year-old Christian “Hammer” Ciocan in his hometown in Galati, Romania, on Friday, August 28.

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Police may assist in beach patrols

TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said officials are discussing using police and Royal Bahamas Defence Force officers to assist her ministry in patrolling beaches and enforcing the rules of the water sports industry.

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WORLD VIEW: No busting of sanctions against Russia

THE Caribbean cannot escape the economic and financial consequences of the Russian Federation’s invasion of the sovereign, independent nation of Ukraine.

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Cox, Charlton off to good start with Boilermakers

THEY left for Purdue University last year as close friends and rivals off and on the track. Now as room-mates and team-mates, hurdler Devynne Charlton and sprinter Carmiesha Cox are hoping to strike terror in their opponents as they compete for the Boilermakers women’s athletic team.

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Kai Jones wants more playing time with Texas Longhorns

AFTER playing sparingly through the first few games of his freshman season with the Texas Longhorns, Kai Jones inquired about the best way forward for him to receive more playing time from head coach Shaka Smart.

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Boothe makes history with Marathon Bahamas victory

A testament to his consistency and longevity in the sport, Delroy Boothe returned as the overall winner of Marathon Bahamas in 2020, a decade after his first win at the event.

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Insurers: Dorian losses increase to $1.5bn-$2bn

Estimates for Hurricane Dorian’s total insured losses were yesterday said to have increased to between $1.5bn to $2bn as the entire Bahamian industry was removed from international “review”. Anton Saunders, RoyalStar Assurance’s managing director, t

Sports in brief

THE lanes at Mario’s Bowling & Entertainment Palace were on fire Monday night as the City Bowling League continued its regular season action.

SuperGreen Solutions: Seeing the light with solar AC

Think about your home. What is the single biggest consumer of power? What is the biggest part of your electricity bill? Since you read the title of this article, I am going to go out on a limb and guessed you said “my air conditioning”.

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YESI partners with Gambier Primary to kick off soccer programme

Youth Empowerment through Sports International (YESI) has embarked on a new initiative with a local primary school, as it continues its mandate of using the game of soccer to impact the community at large.