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Battling it out for arts title

pics in website daily photos, slugged: natl arts Photos by Eric Rose/BIS Photo 9895 The Bishop Michael Eldon School Group sings a medley of songs, including "Uncle Lou" and "Don't Squeeze the Mango", during the E Clement Bethel National Arts Festiva

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Lyford Cay billionaire Sir Anthony O’Reilly declared bankrupt

A SUPREME Court judge declared Lyford Cay billionaire Sir Anthony O’Reilly bankrupt on Friday evening after more than five hours of legal arguments concerning the procedural validity of his applications.

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Air conditioning unit thieves must pay up or cool off in prison

THREE men who admitted to stealing two air conditioning units and posting them online for sale at a reduced price were ordered to pay fines of a combined total of $4,000 or risk spending six months in prison.

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Jonquel leads the way for Russian Foxes

Jonquel Jones continues to lead UMMC Ekaterinburg Foxes in the Russian Championship Premier League.

Roberts and the Bible

In The Nassau Guardian, published January 21, PLP Chair Bradley Roberts, in taking potshots at PLP defectors Renward Wells and Dr Andre Rollins, referenced the New Testament account of Jesus, His disciples and His betrayal for silver.

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Ed Smith: 'We knew each other from we were pee wees'

FROM playing around as kindergarten students to trying out for the National Football League, Ed Smith and Allan Ingraham are still close friends, although they ended up heading in different directions.“We knew each other from we were pee wees, going

Bahamas earns 83-82 FIBA win

A shorthanded Team Bahamas, reduced to just nine players, delivered their best performance and the team’s only win of the FIBA 2019 World Cup Qualifiers. Buddy Hield and Travis Munnings led five players in double figures with 19 points apiece and th

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Knights prevail

It was a busy day four in the 2013 Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic which featured an early start and the first round of eliminations in this year’s tournament.

Commission defends process to select judiciary

THE Judicial and Legal Service Commission has defended the process behind the selection of newly appointed judges and magistrates. After the JLSC announced the appointments in May, there was criticism and speculation in some quarters.

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STATESIDE – Halfway through his first term: Biden and the immigration issue

US President Joe Biden is halfway through his first term in the nation’s top job. After an initial boost in favourable poll ratings and with TV and other media pundits, Biden began to slip, until earlier this year he achieved a dubious distinction when he sank “under water” with less than 50 percent approval ratings in the polls. Oddly, Donald Trump and “his” Supreme Court have rescued Biden twice.

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STATESIDE: Messi makes and impact on Miami sports with a look at Mas Canosa’s impact on Cuban-US relations

WE all know about the close ties The Bahamas maintains with South Florida. It’s hardly a secret that the legal as well as the illegal commerce between us has over many decades proven to be enduring, necessary, lucrative and quite creative. Miami-Dade County has 30 “sister city” agreements with foreign municipalities around the world, including one with The Bahamas. And one of Miami’s two “friendship city” relationships is with Barcelona which might prove to be prophetic, as we will see.

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STATESIDE: Trump just won’t go away and it may be Liz Cheney is the one to stop him trying again for the White House

There are serious people in the United States this morning who will tell you the future of democracy in America rests with Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell and Liz Cheney.

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STATESIDE: How long will it take for the US to recover the ground it’s lost in the eyes of the world?

“I feel sorry for Americans,” a lawmaker in Myanmar told The New York Times recently. From Berlin, another Times reporter wrote that events in the US were “shaking fundamental assumptions in Europe about American exceptionalism”.

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STATESIDE: It’s not easy keeping pace with the polarization of American politics

GIVEN the choice, most of us would probably prefer a public figure or politician whose views are plain and consistent. That way, at least we know who and more importantly, what we are voting for. One of the most damaging criticisms of politicians in recent decades has been the charge of “flip-flopping,” especially in American elections.

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Higgs on scoring spree in NCAA

The recent scoring spree continued for Lashann Higgs as she led her No.8 Texas Longhorns to another conference win.Higgs finished with a team high 26 points in the Longhorns’ 75-64 win over the Kansas State Wildcats at the Bramiage Colesium in Manhat

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Buddy scores four in season opener

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jusuf Nurkic scored 23 points, Will Barton added 22, and the Denver Nuggets survived a dominant performance by Anthony Davis to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans 107-102 in both teams’ regular season opener last night.

Sports notes

In conjunction with the Gym Tennis Club, Brajaxba Tennis Club held its 2015 Back-To-School Jamboree at the Gym Tennis Club on Saturday. The results posted are as follows:

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Broker 'optimistic' doctors' captive issues resolved

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Bahamas-based insurance executive is "optimistic" that differences with the regulator over a captive insurer providing coverage to 70-80 Bahamian physicians

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Pair charged after shooting incident

TWO Freeport men were charged in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with last week’s shooting incident.

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Man shot dead in Freeport

GRAND Bahama police are investigating the shooting death of a man late Wednesday evening in Freeport.