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Romad Dean to join Lions this fall

ROMAD Dean will continue his prep basketball career in Toronto, Canada.The former Tabernacle Baptist Falcon will join the Crestwood Prep Academy Lions this fall.Crestwood has competed in Canada’s National Preparatory Association since the 2017-18 sea

McCoy, Bastian lead teams to wins in NCAA Div. II basketball

MALACHI McCoy and Lathaniel Bastian led their teams to key conference wins and Jonathan McFall returned to the floor to highlight play from Bahamians in NCAA Division II basketball.

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Waltiea Rolle on fire in Bulgaria

THE quarterfinal round of the Women’s Bulgaria League began on April 1 with Waltiea Rolle and the Haskovo ladies facing Montana 2003. This matchup is one of the fiercest in the league. These two teams met back on March 8 in the Bulgaria Cup Final with Montana 2003 coming out on top with a 75-64 finish in the OT win.

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Bell: CCTV fully ready next month

THE police’s new CCTV system will become fully operational by next month, Minister of State for National Security Keith Bell said yesterday.

Boxers qualify for Pan Am Games, bring home bronze

BEFORE they left last week for Tijuana, Mexico, veteran team member Carl Hield had predicted that all three boxers representing the Amateur Boxing Federation of the Bahamas would win a medal and qualify for the Pan American Games. Mission accomplished.

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Jones and Foxes advance to semis in the Russian Premier League

JONQUEL Jones and her UMMC Ekaterinburg Foxes continue to steamroll the competition in the Russian Premier League and advanced to the semifinals after they opened the playoffs with a pair of dominant wins.

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Water Corp 'aggressively' targets $45m deadbeats

The Water & Sewerage Corporation is aiming to cover 100 per cent of its expenses by 2020, as it “aggressively” pursues deadbeat customers owing more than $45 million.

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‘We’ve flattened the curve’

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said officials have managed to “flatten the curve” by having a maximum of six COVID-19 cases on any given day, but this does not mean the nation is out of the woods.

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University of the Bahamas Mingoes rout island game pros 89-70

COACH Baccus Rolle said he knew sooner or later his University of the Bahamas Mingoes would explode against the Island Game Pros. He just didn’t know when.

GB ‘really getting back’ into tourism

The Bahamas’ top tourism official yesterday said Grand Bahama was “really getting back into business” with 84 percent of hotels, and 55 percent of the island’s attractions, now receiving visitors.

Ambassador responds to Cuba story

I would like to make reference to the Associated Press article in the Business section on April 15 (Cuba fights public anger with reform in country’s tense east) about the devastation and disappointment of the people from Santiago de Cuba and the efforts of the Cuban government to solve the urgent needs of the population of that important region.

Jaron Cornish and the Seawolves eliminated

A STORIED collegiate basketball career for Abaco native Jaron Cornish came to an end when his Stony Brook Seawolves were eliminated from the Roman College Basketball Invitational in heartbreaking fashion.

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Grand Bahama Port Authority co-owner Sir Jack Hayward dies

SIR Jack Hayward, honorary chairman and co-owner of the Grand Bahama Port Authority, died yesterday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida after battling an illness for several months. He was 91.

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Psychiatric tests for flasher

A PSYCHIATRIC evaluation has been ordered for a man who appeared in Magistrate’s Court accused of exposing his genitalia in a public space.

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Five new cases of COVID-19

Five new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Thursday by the Ministry of Health.

Heat shake off slow start, beat the Hornets 109-95

MIAMI (AP) -- LeBron James and Dwyane Wade each scored 22 points, Mike Miller added 14 off the bench and the Miami Heat shook off a slow start to run away from the New Orleans Hornets 109-95 on Monday night. James added 11 rebounds and eight assists for Mi

Heat shake off slow start, beat the Hornets 109-95

MIAMI (AP) -- LeBron James and Dwyane Wade each scored 22 points, Mike Miller added 14 off the bench and the Miami Heat shook off a slow start to run away from the New Orleans Hornets 109-95 on Monday night. James added 11 rebounds and eight assists for Mi

Baha Mar parties in ‘good faith talks’

A Cabinet Minister yesterday confirmed that the parties to the $3.5 billion Baha Mar dispute “appear to be negotiating in good faith”.

NPBA: Giants close out the regular season undefeated

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants closed out the New Providence Basketball Association regular season play for the year as the only undefeated team remaining in the team standings.

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INSIGHT: The real reasons behind ‘passports for sale’

On January 1, “60 minutes”, an investigative programme aired by the US television company, CBS Corporation, ran a segment on “Citizenship by Investment Programmes” (CIP) that are operated by several countries around the world.