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Buddy: ‘We didn’t match their physicality’

NATIONAL Basketball Association player Chavano “Buddy” Hield said he couldn’t ask for more support than they got from the Bahamian public for the men’s national team matchup against the Dominican Republic.

GB entrepreneurs hold VAT bootcamp

Two Grand Bahama entrepreneurs attracted 80 business persons to a VAT Bootcamp seminar held earlier this month.

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$24 million in contracts in FNM's last days

THE former government issued more than 80 contracts worth more than $24 million during the period of the election campaign, it has been claimed.

Suns re-sign Hill, sign Telfair, Morris

PHOENIX (AP) -- The Phoenix Suns re-signed forward Grant Hill on Sunday and signed guard Sebastian Telfair and first-round pick Markieff Morris. The 39-year-old Hill averaged 13.2 points and 4.2 rebounds in 80 games last season, his fourth with the Suns an

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Colts all set to host mandatory rookie minicamp this weekend

THE Indianapolis Colts announced its offseason workout dates and the first opportunity Mike Strachan will have to join the remainder of the team’s 2021 NFL Draft Class.

$2bn current deficit not so problematic

The Bahamas’ annual $2 billion current account deficit is “not as fickle” as many outsiders think, a former finance minister yesterday pointing out that this was traditionally balanced by foreign capital inflows.

J R Cadot getting it done for the Horned Frogs

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net HEADED into postseason play, and with a Conference tournament championship needed for a berth into the NCAA Tournament, J R Cadot is playing his best basketball of the season for the TCU Horned

J R Cadot getting it done for the Horned Frogs

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net HEADED into postseason play, and with a Conference tournament championship needed for a berth into the NCAA Tournament, J R Cadot is playing his best basketball of the season for the TCU Horned

J R Cadot getting it done for the Horned Frogs

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net HEADED into postseason play, and with a Conference tournament championship needed for a berth into the NCAA Tournament, J R Cadot is playing his best basketball of the season for the TCU Horned

J R Cadot getting it done for the Horned Frogs

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net HEADED into postseason play, and with a Conference tournament championship needed for a berth into the NCAA Tournament, J R Cadot is playing his best basketball of the season for the TCU Horned

J R Cadot getting it done for the Horned Frogs

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net HEADED into postseason play, and with a Conference tournament championship needed for a berth into the NCAA Tournament, J R Cadot is playing his best basketball of the season for the TCU Horned

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Cybots draw first blood

EVEN though it wasn’t the type of performance they expected, the Mail Boat Cybots proved why they are the Vince Ferguson divisional pennant winners.

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A massive U-turn in China

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Having maintained a strict zero- COVID policy for almost three years, the Chinese government had become a prisoner of it. The strategy was designed to address the low vaccination rates of the elderly population (80 million people aged 80+ years are not vaccinated and 44% of the population did not receive the third dose, this percentage rising to 60% among people aged 80+ years). And, although studies in Hong Kong comparing CoronaVac with BioNTech’s vaccine have not been conclusive, the Chinese government did not seem to have much confidence in the degree of immunity provided by their own vaccines.

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Atlantis: 30% spend, rate jumps ‘as good as it gets’

Atlantis yesterday said its year-to-date performance is “as good as you can get” with rates and visitor spending per occupied room both exceeding pre-COVID levels by up to 30 percent.

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BAMSI building destroyed in fire to be rebuilt as co-ed dorm

THE fire damaged male dorm at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Sciences Institute (BAMSI) in North Andros will be rebuilt as a co-ed structure, Minister of Works Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday.

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Miller calls for copper export ban

MARIO’S Bowling and Entertainment Palace chief, Leslie Miller yesterday added his voice to calls for the Government to ban copper exports, adding that such thefts had cost him $150,000-$200,000.

Chamber chief ‘can’t see’ Hawksbill Creek breach via ‘back door’

The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday rejected assertions that Freeport’s new ‘tax breaks’ regime was a “back handed” attempt by the Government to amend the Hawksbill Creek Agreement.

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Turnquest: Only fair for web shops to pay 'their fair share'

FINANCE Minister K Peter Turnquest defended the government’s decision to increase taxes on gaming house operators on Thursday, saying it is only fair web shops pay “their fair share” for its impact on vulnerable communities.

Popeyes to add 80 jobs with new site

Popeyes Bahamas is investing more than $2 million to launch its second restaurant on Carmichael Road before year-end 2016, a move that is expected to create 80 jobs.

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Man accused of series of armed raids

A 20-year-old man was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with robbing nine people of more than $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise in the last six months.Edward Colebrooke, also known as “EJ”, stood before Chief Magistrate Joyann F