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Cybots take 2-0 lead over Giants

FOR the second consecutive game, the Mail Boat Cybots found a way to beat the Commonwealth Bank Giants as they took a 2-0 lead in the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-seven championship series.  This time, the Mail Boat delivered the win from the free throw line.

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151 new cases of COVID-19, death toll rises to 80

The Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that there were 151 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths. One death which was under investigation has now been confirmed as COVID-19 related.

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Sports notes

THE Scottsdale Vixens and the Technicians have both taken commanding 2-0 lead in their New Providence Volleyball Association’s best-of-five championship series on Wednesday night at the DW DAvis Gymnasium.

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TENNIS 2012 BRAJAXBA WINTER CLASSIC 11 Here's a look at the winners in the 2012 Brajaxba Winter Classic Tournament held at the National Tennis Centre over the weekend: MINI-TENNIS A GROUP CHAMPION - Dentry Mortimer RUNNER-UP - Nia Richardson MIN

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Beach access may reopen 'within two weeks'

THE collapsed stairway which forced the “temporary closure” of a public access path to Cabbage Beach could reopen within the next two weeks, according to officials at Atlantis who yesterday said repairs are now 75 percent completed. In an update on

CARTOON THAT SENT A SIGNAL

THIS cartoon was taken from a pre-majority rule edition of The Herald, a newspaper that would become a mouthpiece for the governing PLP. This cartoon was part of the party’s strategy to encourage the black electorate to vote out the white oligarchs of the UBP.

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$45,000 presented to Governor General’s Youth Awards

NINETY-two players took part in the 14th Annual Duke of Edinburgh Semi-Finals Charity Golf Tournament at Ocean Club Golf Course on Sunday morning in support of the Governor General’s Youth Awards programme.

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SPORTS IN BRIEF

THE Eleuthera Junior Baseball League of Rock Sound is all set to hold its 2014 registration day at the Primary School Baseball Park 10am to 4pm on Saturday.

This is no time to be intimidated

Using my deductive reasoning skills after years of reading The Nassau Guardian columnist who goes by the nom de plume Front Porch, I have concluded that the main writer is an educated feminist who is possibly a lesbian.

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WNBA Finals: Jonquel Jones and the Sun are eliminated

THE 2022 season ended on a disappointing note for Jonquel Jones and her Connecticut Sun.

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Roberts eliminated

JUSTIN Roberts’ appearance in the men’s singles at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, came to an end yesterday.

Junior tennis ace Justin Roberts still alive in doubles

DESPITE being knocked out of singles play in his latest tournament on the ITF circuit, Bahamian junior tennis ace Justin Roberts stayed alive in the doubles draw yesterday.

Broker 'optimistic' doctors' captive issues resolved

Broker 'optimistic' doctors' captive issues resolved By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Bahamas-based insurance executive is "optimistic" that differences with the regulator over a captive insurer providing coverage to 70-80 Bahamian physicians

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Cheetahs stop Operators 82-72, Truckers down Queens 80-70

PHILICIA Kelly had one memorable outing for the Career Builders Lady Cheetahs and the Johnson’s Lady Truckers had one weapon too many to stop as the two teams came up big on the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association’s (NPWBA) opening night.

BPL receives first URCA power supplier licence

THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has announced that it has issued the first Public Electricity Supplier Licence to Bahamas Power & Light (BPL).

Pope urges believers not to remain silent- Baptises Nigerian migrant-hero during Easter Vigil -

Pope Francis last Saturday urged Catholics to not remain paralysed in the face of the injustices around them as he baptised eight adults, including a Nigerian beggar who became a hero in Italy for having disarmed a thief with his bare hands.In an Eas

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Death of man in collision with RBDF vessel is referred to Coroner's Court

THE case of a man killed in a Royal Bahamas Defence Force boating accident has been referred to the Coroner’s Court, Assistant Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander said yesterday.Christopher Turnquest, 25, was in the harbour in a 13-foot skiff ea

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Fidelity’s ‘ace in hole’ on $25m profit target

A BISX-listed bank has an “ace in the hole” when it comes to hitting its $25m profits target for 2022, its top executive revealed yesterday.

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Sandals eyes $1m in storm repairs

SANDALS Royal Bahamian’s general manager yesterday estimated the resort would spend just under $1 million to carry out repairs to areas damaged by Hurricane Sandy, telling Tribune Business that its occupancy levels were near 80 per cent at the time of the storm.

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80 test positive for TB exposure

MORE than 340 people living in two shelters for Hurricane Dorian victims have been screened for tuberculosis - 80 of them with positive skin tests, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands yesterday.