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Sherman Ferguson claims men’s title

SHERMAN Ferguson, the quiet slugger for the BTC Elite Warriors, has been named the New Providence Softball Association men’s batting champion.

Flags return to full mast tomorrow

THE country’s flags, which were flown at half-mast at home and at embassies around the world after the death of Sir Sidney Poitier, will return to full-mast on Saturday.

Missing property taxes over $1/2bn

Almost $95 million in real property taxes went uncollected during the 2010-2011 fiscal year, taking the total sum outstanding to what the Auditor-General described as an “exorbitant” $541.886 million.

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

Sandals aiming to hold 'mid-90' occupancies until August

SANDALS Royal Bahamian saw a "fairly healthy May and June", its general manager, Patrick Drake, telling Tribune Business that the all-inclusive resort was running at 90 per cent occupancy - a level it expects to hold until about mid-August.

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UPDATED: Absent Nygard sentenced to 90 days, fined $150,000

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced to 90 days in prison and fined in the Supreme Court on Friday after being found in contempt of court.

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Teachers left in limbo with no schools

DESPITE the fact that a significant number of new teachers are still awaiting confirmation, three days into the new school year the ongoing teacher shortage continues to be an issue affecting classrooms nationwide, Bahamas Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson said yesterday. 

Coleby: ‘I will always be a Rebel deep down inside’

TWO years ago, he announced his decision to attend the University of Mississippi via Twitter. Now one Bahamian collegiate basketball standout took to the social media platform to announce he would be on the move again.

Swim Nationals: Swift dominates to take title for 5th straight year

SWIFT Swimming dominated the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s 2015 Royal Bank of Canada National Swimming Championships by winning the title for the fifth consecutive year at the Betty Kelly Kenning National Swim Complex over the weekend.

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'Bahamas not ready for a white PM'

FORMER Cabinet minister Brent Symonette yesterday suggested the country was not ready for a white prime minister as he reiterated his call for a national discussion on race and wealth in politics.

Freeport store releases 22 due to 90% fall-off

A major Freeport hardware and supply store has been forced to let more than one-third of its employees go after Hurricane Dorian wiped out 90 percent of its revenue and inventory.

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Hilton bids put Bahamas 'back in play' on FDI

THE MINISTER of State for Investments has confirmed “multiple offers” have been made to acquire downtown Nassau’s British Colonial Hilton hotel, proving that the Bahamas was “back in play” in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).

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Higgs, Grant playing pivotal role in Big 12

A pair of Bahamian women basketball players have made an immediate impact on their programmes in an elite Division I power conference.

Bobcats rout Lady Truckers 85-35

The Montana State University Bobcats made game two of their Bahamas Basketball Federation Summer of Thunder exhibition game look so easy against the Johnson’s Lady Truckers.

'Time to come home to Acklins,' administrator tells island evacuees

JEFFREY Forbes, one of his island’s oldest living residents, has a message for Hurricane Irma’s Acklins evacuees: Come home and clean up your yard.In the wake of Hurricane Irma, the island’s largest problem is neither flooding nor destroyed homes as

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AID: 'Still best time' for $8.2m projects

A major Bahamian retailer yesterday said it believes this is “still the best time to go ahead” with its $8.2m investment in new stores despite the latest national COVID-19 lockdown. Jason Watson, Automotive Industrial Distributors (AID) president, t

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Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy hosts first event of 2024

While many were enjoying the festivities on Majority Rule Day, juniors along with adults participated at the third Front 9 Golf Tournament Series drive, chip and putt event at the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Practice Facility.

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USC holds off Xavier to cap Bahamas tourney

Southern California coach Andy Enfield wanted a time-out. No one noticed. And that was a most fortunate break for the Trojans.

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Milo Butler aims to ‘reignite’ Freeport

The Milo Butler Group is aiming to “reignite” downtown Freeport via a potential $10m investment, with renovations to the former City Markets building set to finish within the next 90-120 days.

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Amateur golfers Gibson, Johnson miss the cut

It wasn’t the type of performance that Richard Gibson Jr anticipated in his return to the Latin America Amateur Championships.