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NAUGHTY'S NFL PICKS: Week 9

Bengals and Panthers pounce to keep me on the comeback trail

THE comeback started last week. I went 9-5 bringing me to 70-49 for the year. Let’s see if the upturn continues this week. Here’s who I like.

Sports notes

THE New Providence Cycling Association is expected to be back in action with a time trial and road race this weekend.

Brothers’ murder trial discontinued

PROSECUTORS yesterday produced a written directive mid-trial from the Office of the Attorney General requesting that proceedings be discontinued against two brothers accused of a 2011 murder.

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Two accused over murder

TWO men were charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a homicide that occurred last month.

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Final Trials: Athletes qualify for CARIFTA

There was more than enough excitement packed in the Bahamas Association of Athletic

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CARIFTA GAMES: Day two – as it happened

Sunday, 9th April, 2023.

Carnival to be postponed until May 18-20

LESS than a week after officials announced the event’s line-up, Prime Minister Perry Christie has confirmed that the 2017 Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival has been postponed until after the general election.

Chavez Young homers on rehab assignment in Single A

CHAVEZ Young continues to work his way back from an early season injury in his second stint with the Dunedin Blue Jay of the Single-A Florida State League.

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Athletes qualify for CARIFTA

The third annual Red-Line Athletics Oaktree Sonja Knowles Track Classic over the weekend at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium was termed a tremendous success with quite a number of athletes attaining the qualifying standards for the CARIFTA Games.

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Landmark season for Bahamian collegiate basketball players in Canada

IT was a landmark season for Bahamian basketball players at the collegiate level in Canada, highlighted by an MVP performance and championship title by one local star with an inspiring story of perseverance.

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Two down, two to go

PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have never been closer to an NBA title.

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Making the CARIFTA mark

Versatile sprinter/ hurdler Antoine Andrews qualified in his second event for the 2022 CARIFTA Games, while Leonardo Taylor and Leon Williams joined a list of throwers reaching the qualifying mark for the trip to Kingston, Jamaica, over the Easter holiday weekend.

Govt seeking $20m for UBS House buy

The Government has been seeking to finance its impending acquisition of UBS House via a $20 million bond issue to Bahamian investors, Tribune Business can reveal.

Cycling Club Bahamas events

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Govt given road map to $2bn pension cuts

The Government could reduce its combined civil service and public corporation pension liabilities by more than $2 billion come 2032, provided it enacts reforms to prevent a major financial and social crisis.

Remnant Tabernacle holds first pastoral election in 14 years

THE Remnant Tabernacle of Praise will be holding its official pastoral election on September 20 on the church premises.

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Will local elections go ahead? asks Davis

PLP Leader Philip “Brave” Davis has called on the government to say if it intends to go ahead with local government elections set for May 20 “It does not seem to us that these elections can take place given what is happening in the country,” Mr Davi

Gov’t reviewing $20m poultry farm

INVESTMENTS minister Khalis Rolle confirmed yesterday a $20 million “poultry project” for North Andros was currently under review, telling Tribune Business the Government should be in a position “in a couple of weeks” to make a final decision on the proposal.

$20m risk

Ministry of Agriculture Live Stock Feeding plant is unable to produce enough animal feed for local use other than live stock owned by government – this happens when the Ministry of Agriculture is expending $20 million plus on BAMSI, Andros, which must ask a simple question: Does anyone know what is going on at Agriculture or are they like a lost tribe in the desert?

Aquapure fears 20-30% juice drink share slash

An Aquapure executive yesterday estimated its Tampico fruit punch will suffer a 20-30 per cent market share loss from the Government’s revised tariff cuts, but agreed: “It’s not as bad as it could have been.”