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Sick-outs still affecting healthcare services

AFTER more than a week of staff sick-outs, officials said on Friday that while normal operations resumed at the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre and at institutions in Grand Bahama, services at Princess Margaret Hospital continued to be affected by delays.

It’s time for all hands on deck

There are three fundamental principles that guide followership and leadership.

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Strachan continues bid to earn spot on opening day roster

MIKE Strachan made his second appearance in the NFL preseason and continues his bid to earn a spot on the opening day roster.

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Chavez Young has most productive hitting stretch of his career

CHAVEZ Young had the most productive hitting stretch of his career and has powered his New Hampshire Fisher Cats offence in AA Baseball.

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Keyshawn Strachan: ‘I tried my best’ at World Under-20s

IT wasn’t what he anticipated, but men’s national javelin record holder Keyshawn Strachan is hoping that his experience at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday will be the impetus to get him ready for his return to the global stage next year.

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14 more COVID-19 deaths confirmed

FOURTEEN additional people have been added to the nation’s COVID-19 death toll, according to data released by the Ministry of Health yesterday.

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Unions dangle national strike threat

THREATENING a national strike, union leaders came out in heavy support of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union yesterday as its members walked off the job for the second time in less than two months.

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Health worker sick-out goes into eighth day

WITH yesterday marking the eighth day of a staff sick out affecting public health services, Health Minister Renward Wells said officials are in discussions with unions.

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20-year sentence upheld for man who shot his victim in head in nightclub

THE COURT of Appeal has affirmed the 20-year prison sentence of a man convicted of fatally shooting another man nearly five years ago.

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Rhema Otabor breaks junior national record in the javelin

Although she produced a junior national record, Rhema Otabor said she was a little disappointed in falling short of getting on the medal podium in the women’s javelin at the World Athletics’ Under-20 Championships.

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‘Tappy’ Davis helps students get enrolled in boarding school

FOR the past five years, former volleyball/ basketball player Philip ‘Tappy’ Davis has served as a student consultant for boarding and day schools Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee and Tallulah Falls School in Georgia.

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STATESIDE: Biden’s blundered in the execution but the decision to leave was the right one

AT 12:30AM on Sunday morning, lightning struck the Washington Monument, perhaps the most distinctive memorial in America’s capital city that is full of them.

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PAHO does not recommend COVID third booster shot

THE Pan American Health Organization has “no concrete evidence” to recommend a third COVID-19 booster shot at this time for Caribbean countries.

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READY TO RUN, DOC? Parliament prorogued - reconvenes September 22, PLP attacks Minnis for ‘playing games’

THURSDAY MORNING UPDATE: Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle, in his capacity as Provost Marshall, read a proclamation from Governor General CA Smith this morning dissolving Parliament. The next session of Parliament will be on October 6

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Sands - we need tough action

FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands believes the country should return to harsher COVID-19 measures as both public and private healthcare systems continue to be gripped by crisis.

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Strachan advances to final

Day one of competition for Team Bahamas at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya featured Keyshawn Strachan in the men’s javelin and a quartet of sprinters in the 100 metres.

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Bahamas Bowl set to return in December

A LANDMARK event on The Bahamas’ sports tourism calendar, the Bahamas Bowl is set to return in 2021.

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Jones, Munnings shine bright in NBA Summer League

BOTH Bahamian participants concluded their respective runs in the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League and while Kai Jones prepares for the preseason, Travis Munnings hopes to have made an impact on an organisation for the next step in his pro career.

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Another career milestone for our WNBA star

JONQUEL Jones reached another career milestone this season and added another résumé builder to an MVP calibre 2021 season.

Lumber now in greater supply

A building materials supplier said lumber prices have “flattened out considerably” riding the wave of greater supply and availability.