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PI residents face losing condo over alleged $22m fraud

Two Paradise Island residents accused of committing a $22 million fraud may lose their multi-million dollar Ocean Club condominium home after the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the receiver for their alleged scheme.

TRACK: FINAL CARIFTA TRIALS ALL SET FOR THIS WEEKEND

THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations is all set to hold its final trials for those athletes wishing to make the CARIFTA team heading to Georgetown, Grenada, over the Easter holiday weekend.

Veteran educator Zelma Dean dies age 84

VETERAN educator and former director of education Zelma Dean died on Friday morning after battling an illness for a long time. She was 84 years old.

ALIKE BUT NOT THE SAME

Solutions vs resolutions

Although I am so much like I was last year and the year before, many things about me are no longer the same. Psalm 84 motivates me to go from strength to strength until I appear before God. Hopefully you see yourself growing the same way.

Stopover tourists 40% below pre-COVID level

A Cabinet minister yesterday said that while monthly stopover tourist arrivals are steadily increasing their numbers are still less than 40 percent of pre-COVID-19 levels.

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Dorsett faces new hearing

FORMER Cabinet minister Kenred Dorsett is due to reappear in Magistrate’s Court today in connection with allegations that he used his former ministerial position to extort and solicit $120,000 in bribes from Jonathan Ash.

Giants stop the Stingers

WHILE the Patron Regulators have booked their ticket into the New Providence Basketball Association championship series, they have to wait on the outcome of the Commonwealth Bank Giants and PJ Stingers to determine who their opponents will be.

Time to sign up for the Ride for Hope

RIDE For Hope, the largest charity cycle event in The Bahamas, will be staged in New Providence for the first time next month after eight years in Eleuthera, during which time the number of riders has grown to over 600.

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243 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths reported on Thursday and Friday

The Ministry of Health reported that there was a total of 243 new COVID-19 cases and four additional deaths on Thursday and Friday.

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Celebrating 84 years with Sir Sol

Staff at the Four Seasons Ocean Club on Paradise Island turned out on Friday night to welcome legendary hotelier Sir Sol Kerzner who was celebrating his 84th birthday.

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375 new cases confirmed

THE Ministry of Health recorded 375 new cases of COVID-19 over a three-day period last week, with cases falling to the double digits for two of those days for the first time this month.

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THE New Providence Oldtimers Softball Association continued its divisional playoffs in the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreation Grounds over the weekend.

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THE Bahamas Amateur Cycling Federation is scheduled to hold its annual Bertram ‘Cowboy’ Musgrove Tour De New Providence Cycling Classic over the weekend of October 30 to November 1. The event is designed for competitors in the level 1 for male, level II, level III and level IV for men and women.

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THE Rising Star Youth Baseball & Softball Development League, with a wish to recognise the pioneers of both sporting disciplines on Grand Bahama, will show its respect for their efforts during a dinner at Le Chateau on the Green, Freeport, on Saturday, November 28.

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THE Baptist Sports Council has announced that its 2015 volleyball classic will be held at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday, October 31.

Student Run Marathon Bahamas features more than 20 teams

IN an effort to engage student athletes in the fight against cancer and promote healthy lifestyles through competition, Scotiabank will once again partner with Sunshine Insurance for its seventh annual Race Weekend.

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Union chief considers end to compulsory gratuities

THE concept of 15 per cent gratuity automatically being paid to some workers needs to be “reassessed,” said Trade Union Congress President Obie Ferguson.

Golden Gates pound St John's 13-3

BOTH Golden Gates and St Paul’s stepped their game up as the Baptist Sports Council kicked off its 2014 Coca-Cola Softball Classic postseason play in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday night.

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Marathon Bahamas: Bank awards student relay winners

CONTINUING its effort to engage student athletes in the fight against cancer, Scotiabank awarded its student relay winners in the sixth annual Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend.