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Healthy mouth – healthy body

World Oral Health Day (WOHD) is observed every year on March 20.

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PM tours site of care unit

PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham toured the site of the new Critical Care Unit that is currently under construction at the Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday.

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DPM: Just 50% of registry firms deemed 'active'

Just 50 percent of companies listed on the registry are thought to be “active”, the deputy prime minister said yesterday, as thousands of entities were informed of their removal.KP Turnquest told Tribune Business that the “gazzetting” of their remova

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junior Boy Comets cruise to 67-33 win over Kingsway

UNDEFEATED in the regular season, the Queen’s College Comets, a perennial powerhouse in recent years in the league’s Junior Boys basketball division, cemented their status as favourites to claim another title.

Shamarr Burrows and Abel Joseph making a name for themselves

FIRST year players in their respective conferences in Canadian college basketball made their debuts recently for their programmes.

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Digital banking can’t be ‘rammed down throats’

A senior banker yesterday said the industry must adopt the “Mary Poppins with medicine” approach in encouraging more Bahamians and businesses to switch to digital transactions.

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The undefeated

DICK Anderson remembered it as clear as day. When you go through a perfect season, how could one forget.

Bahamas to get $60m from IDB during 2016

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) plans to approve close to $60 million in loans to the Bahamas this year, its president said yesterday, adding that it currently has a portfolio worth $253 million in this nation.

Christmas and Junkanoo

Christmas is incredibly just 90+ days away. Boy between the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture or really the Ministry of Junkanoo the Bay Street Shop Retailers have been slammed dunked that I have to wonder will they survive through Christmas?

Bahamas well representedat key cruise industry show

The Bahamas was well represented at the Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) Cruise360 Conference and Trade Show, which recently took place at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Centre in Florida.The Bahamas used the show to forge link

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Mothers of the Year honoured at church

AS Mother’s Day approaches, three mums were honoured, awarded and showered with gifts yesterday by a 33-year-old organisation established by the mother of the Bahamas’ first Governor General.

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BPL Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 15th July: Nassau – extended

STARTS: 07/15/2022 8:20 AM EDT EXPIRES: 07/15/2022 5:30 PM EDT

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BPL Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 22nd June: Nassau

STARTS: 06/22/2020 10:20 AM EDT EXPIRES: 06/22/2020 11:15 AM EDT

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BPL Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 5th July: Freeport

STARTS: 07/05/2020 10:20 PM EDT EXPIRES: 07/05/2020 11:45 PM EDT

$20m BEC clean-up ‘not even band aid’

The Government’s promise to spend $20 million on cleaning-up the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) legacy pollution was yesterday branded as “not even a band aid” by environmental activists, who are forging ahead with the imminent launch of legal action.

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35-member team named for CAC Juniors

A 35-member team will represent the Bahamas at the 20th Central American and Caribbean Junior Track and Field Championships in Moreli, Mexico.

Bain, Cornish and Ayton shine in NCAA Division I

BAHAMIAN play in NCAA Division I basketball this week was highlighted by breakout games from players working themselves into the rotation with their new programmes.Charles Bain scored in double figures for the first time in his collegiate career for

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Farm eviction exposes Schooner Bay bust-up

An Abaco couple have slammed Schooner Bay’s “arrogance” in evicting them from their farm in a dispute stemming from the controversial licencing of 100 Crown Land acres to a foreign developer.Glen Kelly told Tribune Business that agents for the south

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‘Developing your talent for the future’

THE Diamond Basketball Development Camp is now in full swing and director and coach Terrance ‘Red Eye’ McSweeney is looking forward to “developing the hidden talent” in the young female participants over the rest of the week.

sports inbrief

TENNIS: FRENCH OPEN MATCH play was suspended due to rain on day four of the French Open at Roland Garros, with Bahamian tennis ace Mark Knowles on the brink of elimination in the men's doubles draw. Knowles and Xavier Malisse of Belgium dropped the first