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I-BAP All-Star Series: Three division champions crowned

THE fifth edition of the I-BAP (Bahamas Athletic Pride) The Show: All-Star Survival concluded with three division champions crowned following the event which was held from June 25 to July 2.

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Stopover tourists strike 94% pre-COVID levels

TOTAL air arrivals to The Bahamas in May hit 94.2 percent of pre-COVID’s 2019 high, the Central Bank revealed yesterday, with overall visitor numbers for the first five months of 2023 some 68 percent ahead of last year.

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Man ‘tried to rape girl on her way to school’

A MAN is behind bars, accused of attempting to sexually assault a teenaged girl on Soldier Road as she was on her way to school in February.

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Miller Jr picks up bronze in high jump

Mullings in medal contention at CAC Games

As the action heat up for Team Bahamas yesterday at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Sal Salvador, El Salvador, Shaun Miller Jr picked up a bronze in the men’s high jump and Ken Mullings pushed himself in contention for another medal in the men’s decathlon.

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INSIGHT: After Watson move, are there other positions in Davis’ administration needing a shuffle?

WITH Independence almost upon us, it has been a time of taking stock – looking back over our 50 years and establishing our progress as a nation.

'Why I don't care to see Gov't takeover of GBPA'

A Bahamian investor has highlighted the contrasting treatment his project received in Nassau and Freeport to explain why he "does not care to see the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) fall into the Government's hands".

'Residents' views' delay for ex Olympian's Rose Island move project

A former Olympic swimmer's bid to obtain approvals for the expansion of his beach day excursion has been held up by the planning authorities so they can obtain the views of "nearby residents" - on sparsely populated Rose Island.

Low vaccination rates spark fears over polio

HEALTH officials are alarmed by declining vaccination among children and fear the country is at risk of reintroducing polio and other deadly diseases.

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Laquan Nairn gets win, Charlton 4th

In their preparation for the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National Track and Field Championships this week, Commonwealth Games champion and silver medallists Laquan Nairn and Devynne Charlton turned in some credible performances over the weekend.

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Bahamian sailors make waves at Optimist Worlds

FIVE sailors from The Bahamas journeyed to Costa Brava in Girona, Spain, for the 2023 Optimist World Championships.

Opposition demands BPL load shed clarity

The Opposition's leader is arguing the Government's failure to build on the Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) reform strategy that it left in place is likely responsible for the utility's renewed resumption of load shedding.

EY Bahamas chief now company's regional head

The EY accounting firm has appointed its former Bahamas country managing partner to become its regional head.

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Pintard demands Davis address Immigration Minister’s actions on citizenship grant

FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard demanded that Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis answer questions about Immigration Minister Keith Bell’s decision to grant citizenship to three people at a funeral.

Escalating GBPA row ‘disaster for Freeport’

The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president yesterday branded the escalating row between the Government and Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) as “another disaster for Freeport” that must be calmed rapidly.

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Planning concern on $1.3m propane plant

Planning authorities are voicing concern over a proposed $1.3m “state-of-the-art” propane gas plant off Tonique Williams Highway due to “compatibility with its neighbours”.

Licensee fury: Freeport ‘moving at snail’s pace’

Freeport’s ease of doing business is “moving at a snail’s pace”, a group of Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) licensees warned yesterday, as they blasted both the Government and city’s authority for the escalating row over its governance.

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Court battle begins over man accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old girl in Grand Bahama

ARTHUR Damien Brown is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl and then offering to pay $15,000 to the parents not to pursue any police action, a court prosecutor said in her closing arguments on Thursday.

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Foreign buyer VAT rise gains ‘90-day transition’

A Cabinet minister yesterday confirmed the Government is allowing a 90-day “transition period” so that foreign purchases of real estate valued at under $1m - and already subject to sales agreements - can close at existing VAT rates.

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Four men charged with smuggling $9m worth of cocaine

FOUR MEN were charged with smuggling $9m worth of cocaine into Long Island in a drug bust last Friday.

In tribute to Long Island’s HM

Once in a while, there walks onto the stage of this world a man whose vision is as broad as the universe - a man who seems bigger than life; a man whose timing is always punctuated by question marks.