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NPBA Championships: Rockets sweep Giants

WHILE the Discount Distributors Rockets celebrated with a three-game sweep of the New Providence Basketball Association men’s division one championship series, dethroning the Commonwealth Bank Giants, the division II series between the Sun Oil Rockets and the Your Essential Store (YES) Giants will go right down to the wire in the fifth and deciding game.

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‘Shocked’ at 106% spend jump for universal health

The Bahamas may never achieve universal health care (UHC) if it “kicks the can down the road another five years”, an ex-Cabinet minister warned yesterday, while voicing “shock” at estimates it needs to increase investment by 106 percent.

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‘Give gas dealers reward for no Easter shut down’

The Government was yesterday urged to give gas station operators some reward for letting “common sense prevail”, as the industry pledged “there’ll be no shut down on this island” over the Easter weekend.

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Governor General is released from hospital

GOVERNOR General Sir Cornelius A Smith has been released from Doctors Hospital and is now “resting comfortably” at home, according to a statement from his office.

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Gas margin rise ‘non-starter’ despite fairness questions

A Cabinet minister yesterday ruled out increased margins for gas station dealers as “a non-starter” even though a major petroleum supplier conceded that current volatility “calls into question the fairness” of the industry’s pricing structure.

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Da Boyz win the Old Timers Memorial Softball Tournament

WITH renovations at the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreational Grounds not completed yet, the New Providence Old Timers Softball Association staged their first Memorial Softball Tournament over the weekend at the Bankers Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Gas station shut down to ‘bring country to halt’

A gas station shut down would “bring the country to a halt” and threaten the “nascent recovery” from COVID-19, a governance reformer warned yesterday, adding that such a move would be “ill-advised”.

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Strachan and Colts get set for offseason training

In less than a week, Mike Strachan and the Indianapolis Colts will begin their offseason training regimen in preparation for the 2022 season.

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Two game leads in NPBA best of five championship series

THE Giants basketball teams are at opposite ends of the spectrum against the Rockets as the New Providence Basketball Association began its best-of-five championship series over the weekend at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

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THE KDK REPORT: What lies beneath

THERE was a time growing up in Nassau, and perhaps many places, when finding out someone had cancer was so rare that it was considered shocking. The island gossip mills churned for weeks on end with callous disregard and absolute bewilderment by the mere occurrence and in some cases friends of the newly diagnosed quietly shied away out of fear that it might be contagious.

Gas dealers: 50% margin rise to avoid Easter strike

Gas station operators are seeking a 50 percent margin increase and for its calculation to be based on a percentage, as opposed to a fixed amount, amid threats that up to 80 percent of them may strike this Easter weekend.

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‘A poor excuse for governance’

The Attorney General yesterday said he and environmental chiefs are aiming to complete a “page by page” review of an Act that has brought scientific research in The Bahamas to a near-standstill “by the end of next week”.

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PM negotiates 38% discount on shipping container costs

The Prime Minister yesterday said he had negotiated a 38 percent “discount” on the cost of shipping containers coming into The Bahamas from the Far East as the Government ramps up efforts to combat soaring inflation.

Old timers softball returns this weekend

After missing two years of competition, the New Providence Old Timers Softball Association will return to action this weekend (April 9th and 10th, 2022) with a memorial tournament, but at a different venue under new leadership.

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Ras Jesse Delancy is Benedict College’s all-round volleyball player of the year

RAS Jesse Delancy, who helped to form a Bahamian connection to start a vibrant men’s volleyball programme at Benedict College Tigers, is having an exceptional season.

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Bahamian Minor League Baseball prospects receive 2022 assignments

Several Bahamian prospects have received their 2022 assignments in Minor League Baseball as seasons commenced in leagues across the United States.

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Bahamasair raises fares on $100k weekly fuel cost rise

Bahamasair has increased ticket prices on all domestic and international routes with effect from early April after its fuel costs soared by an “extra $100,000 per week”, its managing director revealed yesterday.

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A dream come true for Lucius Fox

IT’S a dream come true for Lucius Fox as he prepares to become only the eighth Bahamian to play in Major League Baseball.

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PETER YOUNG: Farewell to a famous prince

BY its nature, news reporting has to be selective. Editors worldwide determine what is of interest and whether, for a variety of reasons, it should be brought to public attention and is worthy of publication.

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NPBA sets the stage for championship

WITH all two game sweeps of their best-of-three semifinal series over the weekend at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, the stage is now set for the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-five championship series in both the men’s division one and II.