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Sea life centre using alternative energy

THE Alaska SeaLife Centre in Seward has announced that 98 per cent of its heating and cooling requirements are fulfilled by alternative energy: heat extracted from ocean water in Resurrection Bay.

Bank: Correspondent pull back vindicates web shop refusal

Commonwealth Bank’s president yesterday said the increasing ‘pull back’ by correspondent banks from the Caribbean had vindicated its decision not to accept web shop industry deposits.

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POLITICOLE: The cost of being extraordinary

I remember where I was when Michael died.

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Cold storage facility to help immunisation programme

PUBLIC Health officials yesterday commissioned a newly constructed vaccine cold storage facility as a part of the country’s Expanded Programme on Immunisation.

Activist: Vote is not a waste of time

ACTIVIST Marion Bethel yesterday disagreed with statements made by former Court of Appeal President Dame Joan Sawyer as she called for heightened education and public awareness in the lead up to the gender equality referendum.

Gov’t not meeting obligation to 33% of social workers

The Government is not living up to its obligations to the 33 per cent of Department of Social Services staff who were initially hired via the Unemployment Assistance Programme, the Auditor-General has warned.

Western Warriors Football Club sweeps season trophies again

THE Western Warriors Football Club, an active member of the Bahamas Football Association (BFA) Youth League since 2007, finished the 2015-2016 season with quadruple victories, a repeat of last season’s success.

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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.

Gov’t hiring ‘only way’ we returned to guard landfill

A Bahamian security company says it has only resumed guarding New Providence’s landfill after it was hired by the Government, not the facility’s private sector manager.

Aline McLaughlin dies, aged 94

MISS Aline McLaughlin, 94, died at her San Souci home on Friday evening. With her was her first cousin, Alden Barbes, who had returned from his home in California to help her with her affairs.

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Darrell Sears Showcase highlights our best talent

THE Darrell Sears Showcase continues to be a staple on the Bahamas’ basketball calendar and gains recognition by showcasing the best talent the country has to offer.

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A Comic’s View: Prince is dead, long live the Queen

My high school English teacher at St Andrew’s Gordon Mills (awesome teacher and even better person) had a sign on his desk “Garbage in, garbage out.”

Clubs and Societies 04222016

Cycling Club Bahamas. - Weekday rides east: Morning, Tuesday & Thursday leaving 5am sharp from Sea Grapes Shopping Centre, East Prince Charles Drive. This ride is a 17-mile loop to the Northbound Paradise Island Bridge and back again (both bridges are sometimes incorporated depending on available time). Open to riders capable of 18mph+ for 1 hour. Lights are essential.

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Cybots celebrate

Practice makes perfect. Just ask the Mail Boat Cybots. Whenever they were not playing, win or lose, coach Wayde Watson had his Cybots in the gym preparing for their next game in the New Providence Basketball Association men’s best-of-seven championship series. Now they can look back and celebrate as the new champions.

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THE FINISH LINE: Kudos to Chris and ‘Catch the Fire’

After a two-year hiatus, Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown got back on track in hosting his second Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium over the weekend.

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Cybots champions

The Mail Boat Cybots have returned as New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) champions.

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Natasha Newbold ‘was a strong-minded individual who never felt that she would fail’

NATASHA Newbold played a pivotal role in the sport of bodybuilding and powerlifting. She was a strong-minded individual who never felt that she would fail or not be able to finish a race.

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Amazon’s stand-alone streaming targets Netflix

AMAZON is taking on Netflix and Hulu with its own stand-alone video streaming service, just weeks before Netflix raises prices for longtime subscribers.

‘Tax free zone’ urged for Joaquin-hit islands

The Government was yesterday urged to designate the storm-ravaged southeastern Bahamas as a ‘tax-free zone’ to give the area’s island economies a “shot in the arm”.

S&P: Primary surplus key to stable rating

The Government will take a major step towards convincing Standard & Poor’s (S&P) to maintain the Bahamas’ ‘investment grade’ rating if it can hit primary Budget surplus targets from the 2015-2016 fiscal year onwards.