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Jonquel Jones has best game of season en route to win

WITH frustration mounting for her Connecticut Sun and their struggling 2-10 start to the WNBA season, Jonquel Jones produced her best game of the season en route to a win.

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Centrobasket: Bahamas falls to US Virgin Islands 82-74

A QUESTIONABLE travel call halted a late game run for Team Bahamas and they never recovered down the stretch en route to an opening round tournament loss.

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NCAA: LJ Rose to join the BYU Cougars

LJ Rose will move from one “Cougar” programme to another for the third stop of his NCAA basketball career. 

Cable readies $30m pref share offering

Cable Bahamas is again preparing to tap the Bahamian capital markets for a further $30 million in preference share financing, which will help fund the roll-out of this nation’s second mobile provider.

The consequences of the referendum

To the enlightened and the educated who are overwhelmingly in the minority in The Bahamas the result of the referendum was a huge disappointment.

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‘Champ’ Stuart enjoys 8-game hitting streak

JERVIS “Champ” Stuart has had a standout month of June for the Port St Lucie Mets.

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Xbox One S: Smaller, but more powerful

XBOX ONE is shrinking in size and growing in power.

Tourism moves to halt 85% earnings leakage

Tourism executives are hoping to “arrest” the leakage of 85 per cent of the industry’s revenues by better connecting Bahamian entrepreneurs/producers with wholesale purchasers in the sector.

Ex-Cabinet minister urges: ‘Rescue financial services’

An ex-Cabinet minister yesterday urged the Bahamas to move rapidly in rescuing its financial services industry, which he warned was “under tremendous strain”.

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Family says of ATM shooting victim: He was our superman

THE FAMILY of Ivan Cleare, who was shot and killed at a Scotiabank ATM on Sunday morning, yesterday described the father of three as “Superman”.

Web shop jobs to beat Atlantis in ‘2-3 years’

A web shop operator yesterday said the industry’s employment levels would exceed that of Atlantis “within two to three years”, as he plans to near-double his locations.

Customs promises wise enforcement ‘teeth’ use

Bahamas Customs yesterday sought to reassure the shipping industry that it will use its newly-acquired “teeth” wisely, and not levy “unreasonable fines” that could drive a further increase in freight rates.

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Fashion students gear up for Miss Bahamas Contest

For the second consecutive year, fashion design students and alumni of the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institution (BTVI) will be creating designs for the Miss Bahamas Organisation’s (MBO) Top Model and Designer showcase competition.

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The gender equality referendum failed

As violence in our society explodes – three more have been murdered in less then 48 hours – it seems that we are content to allow people to be murdered based on their social standing.

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Radio stations fear closures under URCA changes

THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has come under fire for its plans to “standardise” FM radio broadcasting, with industry insiders accusing the regulator of making the sector “pay” for the organisation’s “mismanagement”.

‘Little faith’ on $150m GFS deficit projection

The Opposition’s deputy leader has “very little faith” the Government will hit its projected $150 million deficit target for 2015-2016, following the $184 million ‘revision’ to the prior fiscal year.

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Sands father and son making Masonic history for the Bahamas

BASIL L Sands has become the first non-American to hold the prestigious Freemasonry high office of Sovereign Grand Commander and his son, Robert ‘Sandy’ Sands, has been elected to Sovereign Grand Inspector General to mark an historic achievement for the Bahamas and the Sands family.

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Buddy agrees to multi-year endorsement deal with Nike

WEEKS away from the NBA Draft, Bahamian basketball superstar Buddy Hield secured his first major endorsement deal with the leader in athletic footwear.

The man behind the pen of Simon Front Porch

This open letter to ‘Simon’ of Front Porch is written in direct response to Sir Arthur Foulkes who hides his identity by masquerading under the nom de plume “Simon”, “Bahama pundit” and whatever other names he gives himself in The Nassau Guardian and his letters to the press.

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Final results in - but analysis raises questions over accuracy

REFERENDUM results from Fort Charlotte, Fox Hill, Marathon and Sea Breeze – the remaining four undisclosed constituencies from Tuesday’s vote – were released to the public yesterday, with all four adhering to result trends already set earlier this week.