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COLEBY EARNS ANOTHER TRIP TO BIG DANCE IN MIDDLE EAST

NEW club, same result for Kadeem Coleby as he earned another trip to a championship series in the Middle East.

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Mystics beat Jones and Sun 95-86 in WNBA Finals opener

The Washington Mystics got off to a hot shooting start in the first quarter and it proved to be too much for the Connecticut Sun to overcome in game one of the WNBA Finals. The Mystics won 95-86 over the Sun at home yesterday in Washington DC’s Ente

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Eighth annual Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis has loaded field

IF you are looking for me between November 21-23, start at the Imperial Arena in the Atlantis resort.

Bahamians sceptical on VAT revenue use

Many Bahamians are sceptical the Government will keep its promise to use Value-Added Tax (VAT) revenue to reduce the country’s deficit and $6 billion-plus national debt, according to a study conducted by College of The Bahamas (COB) students.

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96 killed in 2019 as murder count increases by five percent

THE country’s murder count in 2019 was pushed to 96, according to The Tribune’s records, a 5.5 percent increase over 2018’s 91 killings.

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Tahnaj Thomas to start on the mound opening night

TAHNAJ Thomas will have an opportunity to make an immediate impression on the Pittsburgh Pirates organisation and their lofty expectations for him this season as he progresses to the Appalachian League. According to Tim Hayes of the Bristol Herald C

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'It's all about getting the job done'

AS THE sixth Bahamian to play in the Major League, Antoan Richardson has had an impact on the local sporting community. He joined the elite field that includes Ed Armbrister, Wilfred ‘Suggy’ Culmer, Tony Curry, Wenty Ford and Andre Rodgers.

Men’s national basketball team members open seasons

SEVERAL senior men’s national basketball team members recently opened their respective seasons across various professional leagues in Europe and South America.

‘NPBA action is fantastic’

University of the Bahamas Mingoes open new year with big victories

WITH the return of the New Providence Basketball Association action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, the University of the Bahamas Mingoes and the Rockets opened the new year with big victories.

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FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Pre-Qualifiers: Team Bahamas finishes with undefeated record

THE Bahamas senior men’s national basketball team finished the FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Pre-Qualifiers for Group A with an undefeated record and will advance to the next round in November.

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550 cases in a week

THE Bahamas recorded more than 550 confirmed COVID-19 cases last week, with health data suggesting that the number of cases could continue to increase for the country in the days ahead.

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Jones and Sun top Sparks 84-75 in Game 1 of WNBA semi-finals

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead a balanced Connecticut offence and the Sun opened the WNBA semi-finals with an 84-75 win over the Los Angeles Sparks last night.

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BEC Chairman joins SOS relief flight to hurricane-hit islands

LESLIE Miller, the chairman of BEC, got a first hand look at the destruction on some of the worst affected southern Family Islands which suffered a devastating direct hit from Hurricane Joaquin last weekend after he joined a relief flight on Saturday organised by the Tribune Media Group SOS - Save Our South initiative.

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‘We must reform campaign finance’

FORMER State Minister for Legal Affairs Damian Gomez said allegations about the relationship between Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard and the Progressive Liberal Party are “not a good thing for the country,” adding that he hopes it spurs legislative reforms like the passing of campaign finance laws.

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2,000 jobs go at Baha Mar

MORE than 2,000 Baha Mar employees have been made redundant effective today, according to a statement from the resort’s joint provisional liquidators.

Sarkis’s letter shows breakthrough on Baha Mar ‘not imminent’

Sarkis Izmirlian’s letter to his former 2,026 Baha Mar staff shows there is no “imminent” breakthrough likely in the impasse over the $3.5 billion project, a senior private sector executive believes.

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THE New Providence Volleyball Association continued its regular season at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Wednesday night.

QC slams selection of Bimini as ‘model PPP’

An outspoken QC has slammed the selection of Bimini as a model tourism public-private partnership (PPP), arguing that the Resorts World project was “completely divorced from a harmonious relationship” with local Bahamians.

Baha Mar appoints ‘restructuring’ chief

Baha Mar yesterday pushed forward with its Chapter 11 plans by seeking US court permission to appoint a ‘chief restructuring officer; while Bahamian attorneys spent a second day attempting to thrash out the powers its joint provisional liquidators will possess.

Baha Mar ‘not too far gone’ for arbitration

The $3.5 billion Baha Mar dispute is “not so far gone” that professional arbitration will be unable to resolve it, the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation’s (BCCEC) chief executive yesterday arguing that such intervention was becoming more urgent by the day.