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Jones, Thomas lead Sun to 94- 66 win over Mercury

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 17 points, 12 rebounds and five assists, Jonquel Jones added 20 points and eight rebounds and the Connecticut Sun beat the Phoenix Mercury 94-66 yesterday.

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INSIGHT: Crime prevention is no mystery, just follow expert advice

Drawing on his experience of a career in policing and private security, Paul Thompson offers advice on how the pubic can stop themselves from becoming victims of crime . . .

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Buddy Hield on John R Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 list

NAMED at the midseason mark as one of college basketball’s top prospects, Buddy Hield survived another round of cuts as the list of finalists for the prestigious award is dwindled down.

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RENALDO'S PICKS: WEEK 10

As a Dolphins fan, watching Andrew Luck do what he did last week gave me the same feeling I get as a Blazer fan everytime I watch Kevin Durant ease his way to 35 points and 10 rebounds…I could have been a part of that happiness.

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STATESIDE: Roll up, roll up for the great game of ‘pick your nominee’

“I’M just disgusted by what’s happening in the US,” the Bahamian lady said over the telephone. WhatsApp, of course. “What a colossal mess! You know, I heard the other day someone was talking, and they said that the Democrats actually figured out how to entice the conservatives on the Supreme Court to vote on Roe v Wade right now, because it’s the only thing that can prevent a Republican takeover of Congress in November.”

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Gov't targeting $200m spending cuts by June

Some $75.8m in unplanned COVID-19 assistance and previous lockdowns have forced the Government to target $200m in extra spending cuts over the next six months, it was revealed yesterday.

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Marvin Johnson our Junior Male Athlete of the Year

The sheer ridiculous number of Johnson’s medal haul and record setting performances all 2019 gave him the edge over a talented field of junior competitors.

Seeded players advance to 2nd round, Bahamians ousted in Junkanoo Bowl

ALL of the remaining seeded players in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s Junkanoo Bowl ITF Junior Circuit Tournament advanced to the second round, while the final Bahamian got eliminated.

RICHARD COULSON: The curse of broken promises

On Mexico’s 100th Independence Day in September 1910, the 80-year-old president staged a splendiferous celebration of 34 years of iron-fisted rule, secure in the belief that his party would remain in power. Yet eight months later they were rejected, he was forced into exile, and within three years Mexico was plunged into bloody revolutionary anarchy that, by 1920, utterly transformed the nation’s economic, social and political structure.

The legacy of Hubert Ingraham

The first time Hubert Ingraham came across my radar (and I have met him only a couple of times in the past 30 years) was in a lawyer friend's office when Ingraham was chairman of the Progressive Liberal Party.

Food self-sufficiency is an illusion for the Bahamas

OPENING the newspaper this week, I was confronted with a huge load of BS.

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Negotiating with the gatekeeper: Young entrepreneurs and tourism

IF the movements made by a handful of young Bahamian professionals over the past year in tourism are any indication of the entrepreneurial thinking of their counterparts, then there is some hope for the future outlook of tourism in the Bahamas. 

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Urban Renewal revamp 'an error'

REVAMPING the original Urban Renewal was a “fatal error” in the fight against crime, Social Anthropologist and College of the Bahamas professor Dr Nicolette Bethel told The Tribune.

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Commonwealth Bank Giants stay alive

Jeffery Henfield said the Commonwealth Bank Giants were not yet ready to end their postseason in the New Providence Basketball Association.

Serenity and peace after alcoholism

EVERY one around him knew he was an alcoholic. He was the only one oblivious to the fact. When he finally realise, he decided to make a change, and for over 20 years, he has been sober.

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Bahamian minor leaguers making a name for themselves

LUCIUS Fox returned to AAA, Chavez Fernander continued his successful transition to AA and D’Shawn Knowles made the most of a correctly overturned call to highlight performances from Bahamians in Minor League Baseball this week.

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INSIGHT: Succeeding by degree - all four of them

“At the time because my mum hardly knew anyone in Nassau she went home to Dominica for family support in the last stages of her pregnancy with me. However, we returned before I was one-month-old,” recalled Frances. The need for Land Surveyors in the country in the 1950s drew Frances Armbrister’s mother and father to The Bahamas from Dominica for work.

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Hugh Campbell tourney has fitting 'driven to pursue excellence' theme

DIRECTOR of Education Lionel Sands commended AF Adderley Junior High School for organising the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic, which for the past 30 years has symbolised discipline, determination and zeal as the participants are given an opportunity to realise their potential and showcase their abilities.

$1.9bn deal boost for BTC TV plans

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) TV launch plans were yesterday boosted by a $1.9 billion “game changer” that will likely increase its ability to compete head-on with Cable Bahamas for market dominance.

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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Cowboys to run with Elliot while Brady sits it out

THE NFL Draft is on Thursday night, and after doing some hefty research, here’s who I think my Cowboys are going with.