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'Spoken from the heart' - Tribute to Edmund Moxey by Sir Arthur Foulkes

GOVERNOR General Sir Arthur Foulkes, in a tribute paid to Edmund Moxey, creator of the Jumbey Village dream, recalled their years in the political trenches together, nourishing a single ambition – the “salvation of a people.”

Mystic Marlins win All-Girls High School Tourney

THE Dame Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins can celebrate as the initial champions of the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association’s All-Girls High School Basketball Tournament held in honour of long-time basketball coach Anthony Swaby at the DW Davis Gymnasium over the weekend.

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HUGH CAMPBELL CLASSIC: ‘Embracing Success Through Sports and Teamwork’

THE games began on Monday but the country’s longest standing high school basketball tournament officially tipped off in grand style yesterday at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

NPBA: Divisional semi-finals set to jump off tonight

THE Patron Regulators and PJ Stingers survived their respective third and deciding games in the first round of the New Providence Basketball Association playoffs to advance to the divisional finals.

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Plane used for mail flights to Bahamas has a grisly history

A TURBOPROP plane once used to deliver mail to The Bahamas from Florida has been revealed to have had a grisly history – with political detainees in Argentina having been thrown from the vehicle to their deaths during the country’s 1976-98 military dictatorship.

A real fan of attic cooling

Summer is approaching, and we all know that high temperatures in the Bahamas can become uncomfortable to say the least. We also know that higher temperatures mean higher cooling costs. Some of us who were afraid of those high energy costs all year will nonetheless dust off our air conditioners and put them to work. One of the biggest enemies of our overworked air conditioners in this climate is poor ventilation.

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Cargill eliminated in the round of 16

CHRISTIAN Cargill’s historic run at the ITA Atlantic Regional tournament came to an end for the William and Mary University freshman tennis star.

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Artist Spotlight: He Ensures Fury

FROM performing at a very young age in the church to watching his aunts electrify the Sunday praise and worship services, music has always been a part of Javan Johnson’s life.

Baha Mar deal

ONE can’t help but speculate as to what really “the deal” is between Christie and the Chinese. Let’s examine it from the Chinese perspective. They would have been fully aware of a number of facts.

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Two charged in connection with armed robberies

TWO men were remanded to prison on Friday after they were arraigned in connection with a spree of muggings in Nassau last week.

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Tennis ace Justin Roberts looking forward to productive season

AFTER sitting out for the past two months and-a-half with an injury, the Bahamas’ top ranked international tennis player Justin Roberts is back and is looking forward to a productive season this year.

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High scoring for ladies, but pitcher's duel for men

Stark contrasts in game one of both New Providence Softball Association championship series, with a high scoring finish in the ladies division, followed by a pitchers’ duel in the men’s nightcap.

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Fourth annual Caribbean Baseball Cup is coming to The Bahamas

WITHIN days, the prestigious Caribbean Baseball Cup will stage its fourth annual competition on Bahamian soil, thanks to the Bahamas Baseball Association.

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Relays set stage for exciting track and field season

THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations' second meet on its 2012 calendar has set the tone for what promises to be an exciting track and field season and a battle between two perennial

Bank: road money is running out

Bank: road money is running out By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net THE $129 million the Inter American Development Bank provided for the New Providence Road Improvement Project will be depleted by the end of the month, ac

Bank: road money is running out

Bank: road money is running out By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net THE $129 million the Inter American Development Bank provided for the New Providence Road Improvement Project will be depleted by the end of the month, ac

Air conditioning companies see sales spike as summer temps rise

SOME air conditioning businesses report unprecedented demand for their services as residents try to protect themselves from the summer heat.

NHIA launches electronic healthcare record system

THE NATIONAL Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is going paperless as the agency launched its Electronic Health Record (EHR) system for primary healthcare providers yesterday. The EHR system eliminates the need for paper patient health records and ac

Governing with bad priorities

The prevailing narrative that brought the FNM to office and has sustained it in campaign mode for the last 17 months is that the previous administration left the treasury bare. This, in turn, explains the cutbacks and tax increases that have characterised their tenure to date.

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Anti-smuggling working focused on nuclear security

THE International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) in collaboration with the Royal Bahamas Police Force held an opening ceremony yesterday at the Melia Nassau Beach Hotel for an anti-smuggling workshop.