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Sanctions harm Bahamas

Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ pleas to Washington, DC, to lift sanctions on the Nicolás Maduro administration in Venezuela seems to have fallen on deaf ears, judging from a recent press release by the US State Department. Maduro has been president of that South American country since 2013. His government can now be classified as a dictatorship. Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world.

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Man accused of kidnapping victim

A MAN was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday by a Magistrate’s Court in relation to an allegation of kidnapping another man.

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Four remanded after firearm found

FOUR MEN were remanded to prison yesterday in relation to firearm and ammunition charges.

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Bahamas suffers loss to Dominican Republic

SENIOR MEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM IN FIBA WORLD CUP 2023 AMERICAS QUALIFIERS

Chavano “Buddy” Hield put on a show playing in front of the home crowd for the first time as a pro, but a fourth quarter rally from Team Bahamas fell just short as they lost the final game in the third window of FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Qualifying opening round play.

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Mackey named assistant men’s basketball coach

NASHAD Mackey continues to progress in the coaching ranks and was appointed to a new post at his alma mater. The former national team standout was named the assistant men’s basketball coach for the Daytona State Falcons. He joins head coach Joey Cantens’ staff that led the Falcons to a 13-19 record last season in NJCAA Division I - Region Eight play.

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Collateral Registry to ease 231% loan security burden

The Central Bank has unveiled plans for an Internet-based collateral registry that will ease Bahamian small business access to funding in a market where the security demanded is often more than three times’ the loan amount.

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US naval vessel hosts Independence Day event

THE US Embassy in Nassau on Friday celebrated the 246th Independence Day anniversary of the United States aboard the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, USS Lassen (DDG 82), while docked at Prince George Wharf.

Agriculture non-profit supports food efforts

AS Bahamian families continue to grapple with the increasing cost of living, a leading agriculture-focused non-profit has thrown its support behind recent calls for greater efforts to improve food security in The Bahamas.

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OTABOR WINS GOLD IN JAVELIN: Team Bahamas nets three silver medals

The Bahamas will return home from the inaugural Caribbean Games in Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, with a total of four medals, inclusive of a gold from strongwoman Rhema Otabor and three silver from quarter-miler Megan Moss, hurdler Oscar Smith and judoka Daniel Strachan.

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Bahamas senior men’s national basketball team sweeps USVI

THE Bahamas senior men’s national basketball team completed a sweep over the US Virgin Islands and advanced to the second round of FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Qualifiers.

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NPSA opens fastpitch season

AFTER a two-year hiatus as a result of COVID-19, the New Providence Softball Association opened its 2022 fastpitch season over the weekend with the new look Cybertech Blue Marlins and the veteran Sunshine Auto Wildcats getting off to an impressive start.

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Bahamas under-12 boys team tie for third with Bermuda

AT the U12 ITF/Cotecc tournament, the Bahamas boys and girls team did a remarkable job in representing the country last week in Santo Domingo.

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It’s official: Paris Johnson, 17, signs with LA Dodgers

PARIS Johnson became the latest Bahamian prospect to enter the minor league ranks when he officially signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers organisation.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Growing the economy doesn’t happen when you do what you’ve always done

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis set off a maelstrom of misdirected mischief when he announced elimination of duty on pleasure boats, a concept that goes back decades and was intended to come to fruition at least ten years ago.

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Lockdown meals cost police $750k

OUTGOING police commissioner Paul Rolle has recalled the push back he received from the Minnis administration over a $750,000 bill the Royal Bahamas Police Force racked up from around-the-clock policing during lockdowns at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Timely MLK quotes for Bahamian murderers

DR Martin Luther King, Jr, would’ve been 93 today, had he not been assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. With tensions running high at the height of the civil rights movement in the Deep South, King had less than 24 hours before his violent demise spoke cryptically of his impending premature end in his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech at the Bishop Charles Mason Temple Church of God.

Babe Ruth Region Caribbean Invitational July 7-11

THE country’s best youth baseball talent will take on regional and international competition next weekend at the Babe Ruth Region Caribbean Championships and Invitational.

National baseball stadium field ‘will be world class’

AS baseball at all levels continues to take centre stage in the country, the timeline for completion of the much maligned Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium faces another possible delay.

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Jay Fitness 5K was a success

MACKEY Williams and Lesli Hanna emerged as the overall male and female walk winners, while Dexter Adderley and Eve Dorsette won the run segment of the 5-kilometre race.

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Team Bahamas 4th at the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships

TEAM Bahamas fell short of their goal of getting into the top three with a fourth-place finish at the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships in Humacao, Puerto Rico.