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BAISS softball up first on athletic calendar

Several weeks into the academic year, the athletic calendar gets underway for the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools with the 2018 softball season.A total of 38 teams will compete in four divisions this season, with opening pitches

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Pan Am Games: Newman, Roberts in win column on day 1

Day one of the men’s singles competition at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, turned out to be a tale of both ends of the spectrum for Justin Roberts and Baker Newman. Roberts was the national flag carrier for the Bahamas during the official ope

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Cherubins win opener

IF the closing game of the 2013 Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic can provide anywhere near the excitement of yesterday’s opening game, the 31st edition of the tournament is shaping up to be one of the most exciting tournaments in recent memory.

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Tropical Storm Jerry update

Tropical Storm Jerry is about 715 miles (1,150 kilometres) east of the Leeward Islands and moving west-northwest at 15 mph (nearly 25 kph).

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Jonquel selected to team Stewart for WNBA All-Star game

CONNECTICUT Sun star Jonquel Jones will play her fourth WNBA All- Star game as a member of “Team Stewart.”

With hat trick, Messi sets Barcelona goals record

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Lionel Messi broke Cesar Rodriguez's 57-year-old Barcelona career scoring record, getting his eighth hat trick of the season in a 5-3 Spanish league win over Granada on Tuesday night that increased his goals total to 234. Messi tie

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PMH halts surgeries after ACs break down

ELECTIVE surgeries at Princess Margaret Hospital have been postponed this week due to nonfunctioning air-conditioning units, the Public Hospitals Authority confirmed yesterday.

10,000 condoms donated to Bahamas AIDS Foundation

The Bahamas AIDS Foundation has received a donation of 10,000 condoms from Builders Mall; Tile King, FYP, The Paint Centre, AC Depot and Liquid Courage.

Charles Bain scores season high 12 points in back-to-back games

CHARLES Bain celebrated senior night with his most productive performance in back-to-back games for the Robert Morris University Colonials.

EDITORIAL: Clear communication must be the lesson

IN the wake of the resignation of Health Minister Dr Duane Sands, there were clear lessons to be learned. The slow revelation of more information about how a COVID-19 positive passenger got on board a repatriation flight shows that some skipped those lessons.

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Mocs rout Giants 95-72 in Summer of Thunder

Coach Lamont Paris liked the physicality that the Commonwealth Bank Giants brought. He was even more impressed with how his University of Chattanooga Mocs responded to the pressure.

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NPBA: Wreckers pull of 108-82 win over Caribs

THE New Providence Basketball Association, displaying its new live statistics for all of its games on its recently constructed website, had just one match on Tuesday night with the Y-Care Wreckers pulling off a 101-82 triumph over the College of the Bahamas Caribs.

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INSIGHT: The real reasons behind ‘passports for sale’

On January 1, “60 minutes”, an investigative programme aired by the US television company, CBS Corporation, ran a segment on “Citizenship by Investment Programmes” (CIP) that are operated by several countries around the world.

Have business owners lost confidence?

LOCAL and foreign investors are probably having more board room sessions about whether this is the right time to invest in this country. So far, the Christie government has done nothing to assure the private sector that they know the direction in which their government’s sails are set.

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Jonquel stars in George Washington win

GRAND Bahamian Jonquel Jones played a pivotal role as sophomore forward Kelli Prange scored a game-high 21 points to lead five Colonials in double figures as George Washington women’s basketball team cruised to a 95-47 exhibition win over Christopher Newport on Sunday afternoon at the Charles E Smith Centre.

Low vaccination rates spark fears over polio

HEALTH officials are alarmed by declining vaccination among children and fear the country is at risk of reintroducing polio and other deadly diseases.

West Bay Street development’s rental rates 20% above target

A residential West Bay Street development was yesterday said to be more than 95 percent sold with rental rates some 20 percent higher than projected.

95% satisfied with NHI so far

NINETY-FIVE percent of National Health Insurance beneficiaries are satisfied with their experience with the programme, according to the National Health Insurance Authority.

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NPBA: Giants, Stingers in win column

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants were on the right end of a blowout and the PJ Stingers withstood a late charge to score wins in the New Providence Basketball Association on Saturday night.

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Young people facing up to climate dangers

While climate change is one of the biggest threats that the world has ever seen, around the world the youth voice and perspective is emerging as one of the most powerful responses to deal with it.