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LW Young and broke candidates

Leon Walter Young, better known to us as L W Young, was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1912, during the governorship of either Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter or Sir William Grey-Wilson. A carpenter and building contractor by profession, Young would serve in Parliament for the Eastern District of New Providence, from the aforementioned 1912 to 1942 – the year of the Burma Road Riots.

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Jonquel Jones scores 14 as Sun beat Sparks

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Brionna Jones had 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and the WNBA-leading Connecticut Sun won their eight straight game and 20th of the season, beating the Los Angeles Sparks 76-61 on Saturday night.

BIG3 championship set

THE BIG3 had a successful launch playing its playoff rounds internationally for the first time and next week’s championship matchup is all set as the league’s fourth season is gearing up for an exciting conclusion.

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Colts’ Strachan optimistic about his chances of making the regular season roster

MIKE Strachan concluded the NFL preseason with his best game as a member of the Indianapolis Colts and is optimistic about his chances to make the regular season roster.

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A FINAL FAREWELL

FAMILY, friends and prominent political figures yesterday paid their final respects to former Governor General and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Dion Hanna, a man who was described as a fierce patriot, brilliant scholar and “true national hero”.

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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Olympic champion Gardiner settles for 3rd in the 200m

Steven Gardiner, still celebrating his triumph in the men’s 400 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, dropped down to his first love in the 200m yesterday at the Wanda Diamond League. But the double Bahamian national record holder had to settle for third place.

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MLB.com ranks Reckley No.9 on international prospects list

ANOTHER major publication has projected Ryan Reckley as one of the elite sought after targets for Major League Baseball franchises for the upcoming international signing period.

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Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown named Coach of the Year

CHRIS ‘Fireman’ Brown may still be negotiating the final chapter of his storybook career as a quarter-miler, but he’s off to a great start in his introduction as a head coach at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia.

STATESIDE: The changing faces of today’s America

THE government has announced that preparations are well underway for the next Bahamian national census. An estimated 119,000 households are due to be surveyed over the first three months of 2022. Ho-hum?

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From Connery with love

A RECENT $100,000 donation by the family of the late Sir Sean Connery is following his wishes and keeping the James Bond star and longtime Bahamas resident’s passion for the performing arts alive.

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Bannister hails housing community as a sign of growing confidence

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister yesterday hailed the development of an upscale housing community in western New Providence as a sign of the growing investor-confidence in the Bahamian economy.

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Nygard suffers new court defeat

THE United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed a complaint by Peter Nygard made under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations (RICO) Act in the United States.

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UNION LEADERS SIGN UP TO PLP: Party pledges it will resolve issues and raise minimum wage

UNION leaders representing more than 200,000 workers in The Bahamas yesterday rejoiced in the possibility of the Progressive Liberal Party becoming the next government following the impending general election.

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Jones and Sun clinch playoff spot

JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun clinched a playoff spot in the 2021 WNBA playoffs and took sole possession of the league’s No.1 seed with their sixth consecutive win.

BIG3 Semifinals all set for Saturday

The Bahamas will host a new sports tourism initiative this weekend as the BIG3 concludes its fourth season of professional 3-on-3 basketball.

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Munnings signs with Sporting Lisboa Benfica in Portugal

TRAVIS Munnings will return to Portugal for a second season but will make the move to a new club in the Liga Portuguesa de Basquetebol (LPB).

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BPL Skyguard Severe Weather Alert 25th August, 6.45pm: Freeport

STARTS: 08/25/2021 6:45 PM EDT EXPIRES: 08/25/2021 7:45 PM EDT

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D’Aguilar: Bahamas COVID numbers ‘a lot better than the United States’

TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday acknowledged the Bahamas’ COVID-19 numbers are high but still better than in the US which has raised our travel advisory status to Level 4.

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Team Bahamas: ‘We are all safe’

By now the Bahamas’ nine-member team should have returned home from the World Athletics’ Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, but they had to take a slight detour in Johannesburg, South Africa.