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Kai Jones’ preseason debut: 5 points, 5 rebounds and a block in 9 minutes

KAI Jones and the Charlotte Hornets officially began their 2022-23 campaign as the NBA preseason got underway yesterday.

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STATESIDE: Put the beer in the fridge, it’s almost election game time

American voters have about six weeks to wait before the next Congressional elections. Pundits, operatives and commentators from across the political spectrum are all weighing in on what they think is going to happen. It all makes for interesting speculation and if you basically see politics as theatre, it’s almost as much fun to read and listen to all this pontification as it is to follow your favourite NFL team. Politics also has winners and losers and endless speculation, just like football.

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Munroe warns those committing crimes 'police will get you'

National Security Minister Wayne Munroe on Friday expressed confidence in the government's crime plan despite the country's murder count surpassing 100 fatalities.

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Vaccines to be made available in schools

Parents to receive their vaccination consent letters in next two weeks

ACTING Chief Medical Officer Dr Phillip Swann said officials are making final arrangements to facilitate the administration of paediatric vaccines in schools to help increase vaccinations among children.

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STORM FALL-OUT TO HIT BUILDING MATERIALS: Warning that Florida’s post hurricane reconstruction will impact prices and availability in The Bahamas

Bahamian contractors yesterday warned it is “inevitable” that Florida’s post-Hurricane Ian reconstruction will hit building material prices and availability here as local inflation was revealed to have hit 7 percent.

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Gibson attorney’s recusal request refused

JUSTICE Cheryl Grant-Thompson has denied Adrian Gibson’s attorney’s recusal request, resulting in the MP’s trial moving forward in her court next May.

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Two men charged with shopbreaking, stealing

TWO men were granted bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with shopbreaking at Potter’s Cay that resulted in the theft of $448.64 worth of alcohol.

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Man pleads not guilty to firearm charges

AN Eleuthera man was sent to prison yesterday for the importation of firearms to the island earlier this month.

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‘Kino’ Burrows continues to assist the local players

THROUGH his Raw Talent Sports Company, professional basketball player Jaraun ‘Kino’ Burrows continues to open doors for more talented young Bahamians to follow in his footsteps in achieving their dreams of playing at the next level in the sport.

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IAN FERGUSON: The human touch in small business

More than 80 percent of Bahamian businesses do not have the benefit of on-staff human resources professionals. Literally thousands of Bahamians are operating without a buffer between them and management.

‘Free’ Sand Dollars to give currency lift

“Free” Sand Dollars will be issued to incentivise early adoption of a Central Bank-backed digital currency that remains “on the runway”, its governor said yesterday, despite a 305 percent circulation increase during 2021.

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Seven-fold jump in Benchmark’s debt to clients no alarm

A BISX-listed firm has reassured investors that the seven-fold increase in monies owed to clients at year-end 2021 is no cause for alarm since it stems from $150m in securities trading activity.

Bahamas ‘leads pack’ over digital adoption

A senior Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) executive yesterday hailed The Bahamas as “a bit of a bellwether” for the Caribbean on digital payments adoption with more than 50 percent of its local clients now using such channels.

‘Increased criminality’ drove 6% suspect reporting growth

THE FINANCIAL Intelligence Unit (FIU) says the 5.7 percent increase in suspicious transaction (STR) and other reports received in 2021 was driven by “increased criminality” experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Deandre Ayton: ‘What’s said is already said’

THE relationship between Phoenix Suns centre Deandre Ayton and head coach Monty Williams continues to be a point of contention for the franchise. Following a bitter end to the 2021-22 season and a lengthy contract negotiation in the offseason, Ayton addressed the relationship between the two on the first day of training camp.

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Stephen Sears Jr and X-Men remain undefeated in the AUS

STEPHEN Sears Jr got his first start of the season and his St Francis Xavier X-Men won an early matchup of undefeated teams in Atlantic University Sport Football.

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Nine Bahamian collegiate tennis players get prepared for fall season

BAHAMAS Lawn Tennis Association collegiate tennis athletes are getting prepared for the 2022-23 season and a number of the players have seen pre-season action with their respective colleges.

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ALICIA WALLACE: Trafficking is a problem to understand and tackle - together

ON Saturday, Equality Bahamas hosted its sixth event in its CEDAW (Convention) Speaker Series, designed to increase understanding of the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. On a monthly basis, an expert, usually from the CEDAW Committee, leads discussion on one of the Articles of the Convention. At the most recent event, Corinne Dettmeijer, a Committee member from the Netherlands, made a presentation on Article 6 which is focused on trafficking and exploitation of prostitution.

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Gas prices under $6, predicted to decrease

WITH gas prices under $6 for the first time since March, a well-known fuel retailer predicted that the prices will continue to decrease for the rest of the year.

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Downtown art district plan to put Miami, New York ‘second’

The Ministry of Tourism’s plans to transform downtown Nassau via creation of an “art district” will relegate similar spaces in New York and Miami to “second spot”, a senior official pledged yesterday.