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Minister of Sports Mario Bowleg impressed with baseball growth

LAST week was filled with celebrations as seven Bahamian baseball players signed professional contracts with five Major League Baseball (MLB) organisations during the 2024 MLB International Signing period to kickstart the next chapter of their baseball journeys.

NPBA Recap: CB Giants, Cyber Tech Blue Marlins remain undefeated

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants, the reigning division one champions, along with the Cyber Tech Blue Marlins reeled in emphatic victories against the Sunlight Cottage Stampers and Mekaddish Millionaires in Wednesday’s action for the New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA).

Crying wolf too often on crime?

I have postulated before and I will do so again, in saying, without fear of contradiction that crime, per se, is not out of control. Yes, it is to be readily admitted that the inordinate spike in alleged homicides is problematic, but most all other types of crimes and criminal offences are trending downwards. Mind you, any type of crime poses destabilising effects of the economy and national life but, I submit, the average Bahamian is apparently getting hysterical or worse.

We are our brother’s keeper

As Bahamians, we recently celebrated the big fifty (50) years as an Independent Nation. On July 10, 2023, thousands stood erect as a new day dawned upon these empheral shores. We have come a long way baby there is nothing we cannot achieve as a people academically there is nowhere we cannot go. We are just that versatile!

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Man charged with molesting 13-year-old bail set at $7,500

A 58-year-old man was granted $7,500 bail yesterday after he was accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl two years ago.

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Bahamian fashion designer to create outfits for Mickey and Minnie Mouse

DISNEY Cruise Line (DCL) revealed yesterday that acclaimed Bahamian fashion designer Theodore Elyett is collaborating with its team of artists to create all new outfits for Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and their pals. The characters will wear their exclusive styles at the cruise line’s new island destination, Disney Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point, when it opens to guests in June.

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Business Licences: Up to 20% facing extra scrutiny

UP to one in five Business Licence filings are facing extra scrutiny by the tax authorities, it was revealed yesterday, with construction, landscaping and “home based” auto dealers causing particular concern.

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Albany chief faces ‘largest insider trading’ fine for decade at $50m

THE Bahamas-based billionaire who led Albany’s development will pay “the largest financial penalty for insider trading in a decade” at $50m after he yesterday pleaded guilty to perpetrating a securities fraud.

‘Moral imperative’ to boost financial watchdog’s staff

THE Government’s top financial watchdog has warned that “insufficient” staffing and resources are undermining its ability to protect Bahamians and hold successive administrations to account.

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Davis rebukes Pintard for calling Commissioner of Police ‘a liar’ in Johnson attack case

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis rebuked opposition leader Michael Pintard for saying Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander did not tell the truth when he said someone was in custody as police investigated an alleged physical attack on Free National Movement’s vice-chairman Richard Johnson.

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Grandmother says she is haunted by tragedy

THE grandmother of 16-year-old Davinique Gray, who was murdered in her Nassau Village home on January 6, is haunted by the tragedy and fears no one will be arrested for the killing.

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Two Grand Bahama deaths with fentanyl in their system this year

GRAND Bahama has already recorded two deaths of people found with fentanyl in their system in 2024, according to Assistant Commissioner of Police Shanta Knowles, who said the drug was found in one person who died on the island last year.

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Not so fast - lawyers say Parliament can’t scrap bail

DEFENCE lawyers said the amendments to the Bail Act Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis announced in the House of Assembly yesterday in response to the soaring murder rate will not significantly change the status quo or affect Supreme Court judges’ discretion to grant people bail.

Teen pump attendant shot in face at gas station has fractured skull

THE teenager shot in the face at a gas station on Tuesday night was disoriented but talkative after the attack, which has left him with a fractured skull and caused sales at the station to plummet.

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Rising hoops star VJ named to McDonald’s All-American roster

Bimini native Valdez “VJ” Edgecombe can now add being named to the 2024 boys McDonald’s All-American roster to his already long list of impressive accolades.

Sonja Knowles Track Classic on Saturday

THE fourth edition of the Sonja Knowles Track Classic returns to the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium this Saturday and Sunday with a new timing system to facilitate a quicker and more efficient track meet.

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Rolle denies he strangled elderly American woman in Cat Island

RODRIGO Rolle denied strangling an elderly American woman during a 2017 home invasion in Cat Island as his murder trial resumed yesterday.

France should lead in helping Haiti, not The Bahamas and CARICOM

I read carefully the words of Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis at the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Africa regarding the well-documented plight of Haiti.

Surprised and impressed by Michael Pintard

I would say I am a casual observer of Bahamian politics, but even I can’t deny that Pintard has really come into his own as a leader in our political landscape as of late.

Israel is deserving of our support

Now that Alicia Wallace has produced a long column on the grievances of Palestinians we shall look forward to another column on the problems which Israel has experienced for decades with hostile neighbours.