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Skills Training Programme registration exercise

THE National Training Agency will be conducting the second Skills Training Programme registration exercise from Monday, November 18 until Friday, November 29.

Keeping in touch with the Lord, our God

By Minister Monique Theresita Rahming-Burrows

Sports Notes

THE 11th Annual Grand Bahama Road Cycling Championships is slated to be held on Saturday with competition in categories 1, 2 and 3 to see who will take home the crown of Grand Bahama Road Cycling champions.

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Man shot dead, two injured in latest shootings

ONE MAN is dead and two other men are fighting for their lives in hospital after they were shot in two separate incidents early Saturday morning.

My Winn Dixie nostalgia

A prominent Grand Bahamian fisherman informed me today that he saw a 10 pound bag of chicken wings going for $35 minus VAT in a major grocery store.

Financial crimes rise 54% to five-year-high

Financial crimes reported to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) surged by 54 percent to 830 incidents in 2023 and representing a five-year high.

Financial crimes rise 54% to five-year-high

Financial crimes reported to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) surged by 54 percent to 830 incidents in 2023 and representing a five-year high.

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Ayton posts 5th double, season high 18 rebounds

Deandre Ayton had a weekend where he recorded his fifth double double of the season and the Phoenix Suns followed with their first win since opening night.

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Charles Bain and Colonials advance to 2nd round

CHARLES Bain and the Robert Morris Colonials are moving on to the second round of the 2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.

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Defence Force bolsters fleet with three new vessels, mobile base

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) held the largest commissioning ceremony in the service’s history on Friday at the John Alfred Wharf, bolstering its fleet with three new vessels and a 17-piece containerised mobile base as it upgrades its fleet to safeguard the Bahamas.

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12 days to break deadlock

MAJOR stakeholders in the multi-billion dollar Baha Mar resort development have been granted 12 days by a judge to negotiate a solution in getting the stalled project over the finish line.

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Rio+20: No closer to a safer global environment

THE Rio+20 Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has brought the world no closer to a safer global environment. Indeed, if the measure of its success is that the large and influential countries stood still while the dreadful effects of Climate Change sped along, the Conference was a disappointment.

Big Red Machine earn trip to Penn Relays

IN addition to repeating as the overall champions of the National High School Track and Field Championships, the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine booked three of the four spots for the relay teams that were awarded full rides to the prestigious Penn Relays.

‘Huge confidence boost’ if all GBPA licensees get 20-year tax break

Freeport will enjoy “a huge boost to business confidence” if the Government delivers a 20-year ‘tax break’ renewal for all, the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president said yesterday.

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Court upholds 20-year sentence for sex attack on eight-year-old

THE Court of Appeal has affirmed the conviction and 20-year sentence of a man who sexually assaulted an eight-year-old boy.

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BPL_SKYGuard Tropical Cyclone Severe Weather Bulletin #4

Thursday, 20th August, 2020.

NPBA: Caribs top Elite 70-55, Rockets stun Giants 89-83

THE New Providence Basketball Association resumed its 2015/16 season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium over the weekend.

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McCoy advances, McFall and Bastian eliminated

NCAA Division II basketball tournaments are underway across respective conferences across.

PLP using Trump’s playbook

It is quite depressing to reflect on the journey that the Republican Party has taken since the days of the American Civil War. It was once the party of Abraham Lincoln that ended slavery in the United States. Today it is the party of Donald Trump and uses anger, fear, conspiracy theories and fake news to whip up the emotions of a section of society that is shrinking and getting more desperate by the day.

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Radio stations fear closures under URCA changes

THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has come under fire for its plans to “standardise” FM radio broadcasting, with industry insiders accusing the regulator of making the sector “pay” for the organisation’s “mismanagement”.