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Lucayan chairman targets $6-7m Hutchison 'recovery'

The Grand Lucayan’s chairman yesterday revealed he plans to “go after” Hutchison Whampoa to recover the $6-$7m Memories lease guarantee payment, as he hit back at the PLP’s leader.Michael Scott, blasting Philip Davis’s criticisms over the upcoming $2

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Munnings: 'Being a senior comes with a lot of responsibility'

TRAVIS Munnings heads into his senior season with the University of Louisiana-Monroe men’s basketball programme as its leading returning scorer, an All-Conference player and the unquestioned of the Warhawks for the 2018-19 season.“Being a senior come

Don't follow Vatican on death penalty

The Nassau Guardian argued in its October 12 editorial that Catholic change on the death penalty should be followed in The Bahamas.

Students lose math fear via web-based learning

The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) has been using Internet-based learning systems to reduce the fear of mathematics among its students. The subject has always been daunting for Darian Smith. Since high school, he always struggled w

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Man accused of robbing at gunpoint to snatch $6,000

A 20-year-old man was charged yesterday with robbing four persons, including an officer, at gunpoint of more than $6,000 worth of cash and merchandise over a two-day period, then attempting to kill someone else just five days later.

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Lucayan's 150 staff exits to cost $2-$3m

The Grand Lucayan’s chairman yesterday estimated it will cost the Government between $2-$3m to finance the voluntary departures of 150 workers seeking to leave the resort.Michael Scott, pictured, in a statement issued yesterday, confirmed that the Go

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WORLD VIEW: We have to work together or be picked off, one by one

REPORTS are wrong in stating that eight Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are on a ‘blacklist’ recently released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) over Citizenship by Investment (CBI) and Resident by Investment (RBI) schemes that they operate.

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Higgs projected to be one of top players in the Big 12

SHE entered the Texas Longhorns programme as a heralded freshman and now Lashann Higgs is headed into her senior season projected to be one of the top players in the Big 12 conference.

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Ayton ‘learns a lot’ in loss to Jokic and the Nuggets

THE learning curve of Deandre Ayton was apparent in his second NBA appearance against the Denver Nuggets.

Striping group: Lease report a 'professional assassination'

A Bahamas Striping Group affiliate yesterday blasted its “professional assassination” over three apartment rental deals with the Ministry of Finance, insisting it did give “value for money”.Atillio Holdings, which chose not to comment when approached

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BAMSI students dive against debris

FOR many people marine debris is out of sight, out of mind.Thankfully however, divers have the unique ability to bring to the surface what is going on beneath the waves and this is exactly what the student dive team of the Bahamas Agriculture and Mar

'Substandard value' on govt lease deal

Lease payments between 57 percent to 200 percent above market rate have raised questions of “preferential treatment” and “substandard value for money” at the ministry of finance.A report commissioned by the Auditor General’s Office, and tabled in Par

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‘Bahamas Showcase’ gets stamp of approval

MINISTERS of Sports and Tourism, Lanisha Rolle and D’ionisio D’Aguilar respectively, put their stamp of approval on the return of the ‘Islands of the Bahamas Showcase’ for the third time in November by participating in a press conference for the visiting teams in Baltimore, Maryland, last Thursday.

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Kai Jones commits to the University of Texas Longhorns

THE much-anticipated recruiting process for Kai Jones has come to an end and the Bahamian prep superstar basketball player has committed to the University of Texas.

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Fyre Festival creator jailed for six years

NEW YORK (AP) — The creator of the Fyre Festival, a highly publicised and famously failed music bash in the Bahamas, was ordered Thursday to spend six years in prison by a judge who called him a "serial fraudster."

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'Residents back plan for Lighthouse Point'

DISNEY Cruise Lines has already “won out” in its bid to gain the support of residents in Eleuthera, according to representatives from the Community Support Group (CSG).The organisation, whose members include the wife of Central and South Eleuthera MP

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Arizona Fall League: Chisholm, Fox win on opening day

LUCIUS Fox and Jazz Chisholm continue their 2018 season in the Arizona Fall League and their respective clubs took wins on opening day yesterday.Fox hit leadoff for the Peoria Javelinas and finished 2-5, with two stolen bases and two runs scored in a

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Taranique - victim of outdated laws: US Congresswoman calls on Bahamas and Caricom to modernise

A US Congresswoman yesterday called on the Bahamas government to modernise “antiquated” immigration laws that she claims disenfranchises communities and disadvantages future generations.

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Insurers 'uncertain' over hospital debts

THE Bahamas Insurance Association says it is “uncertain at this time” if private insurers owe revenue to the Public Hospitals Authority due to the PHA’s inadequate billing system. Health Minister Dr Duane Sands has said the PHA delivers as much as $4

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Family and friends pay their respects to Earl Thompson

FAMILY, friends, and members of Parliament gathered at St Francis Xavier Cathedral last Friday to mourn the death of Earl Thompson Sr, former vice-chairman of the Free National Movement, and a founding member of the Knights of Columbus in The Bahamas