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Independece day all quiet

IT WAS mostly all quiet on the crime front on Independence day, according to police.

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CR Walker Knights win seventh straight GSSSA championship

The C.R. Walker Knights brought home their seventh straight Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) track and field championship.

Track and field athletes make the cut for CARIFTA

THE sixth edition of the DTSP Wolf Pack Track Classic saw the trend of athletes qualifying in field events continue while track athletes joined the count.

Big Red Machine just keeps rolling

The St Augustine’s College (SAC) Big Red Machine kept rolling at the 2024 National High School Track and Field Championships where they claimed six out of eight division victories on Sunday evening at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium.

Sports notes

THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations will be back in action this weekend as the National Junior Track and Field Championships are slated for 5:30pm today and 1pm Saturday. Competition will be held in the under-18 and under-20 divisions for boys and girls.

Marinas seek charter clarity amid fear of 20% increase

Bahamian marinas are seeking clarity on whether the 10 percent VAT on foreign yacht charter contracts will be levied on pre-existing deals come July 1 amid fears this will be “a tough pill to swallow”.

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PM Minnis to Attend 38th CARICOM Meeting in Grenada

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis is scheduled to attend the 38th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in St George’s, Grenada.The meeting takes place July 4-6. It will be Dr Minnis’ inaugural CA

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Man shot and body burned

THE body of a man was found, shot in the head and burned beyond recognition. His body was found inside an SUV early yesterday morning, according to police sources.

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Minnis rallies in readers' poll to be named best person to lead FNM

THE latest tribune242.com poll saw a big swing in the final hours of it being online.

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‘Tum Tum’ and Spartans fall short in semi-finals

Backed by a dominant frontline, the Baylor Bears spoiled the homecoming celebration for Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr and ended his team’s bid for a Battle 4 Atlantis title.

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Hield: ‘I feel like I wasn’t trusted the past two games’

Mired in a losing streak for his Sacramento Kings and shooting slump of his own, Buddy Hield sounded off on everything from his spot in the rotation to trust issues in the locker room as the Kings continue to plummet.

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Property tax pace 20% up amid ‘over aggressive’ fear

Real property tax collections are pacing 20 percent ahead of the previous record year, the Government’s top finance official disclosed yesterday, as he predicted it will be “very close” to its full-year deficit target.

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American tourist fined $800 for having drugs

AN American tourist was fined $800 yesterday after admitting to having marijuana and amphetamines at the airport earlier this week.

GSSSA: Cobras rout Mystic Marlins, 94-64

THE CC Sweeting Cobras made an early statement to the remainder of the Government Secondary School Sports Association senior boys’ basketball league as they dominated an eagerly anticipated early season matchup against the defending GSSSA and Hugh Campbell runners up.

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Ayton and Suns eliminated

PHOENIX (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 35 points, Spencer Dinwiddie added 30 and the Dallas Mavericks stunned the top-seeded Phoenix Suns with a 123-90 Game 7 blowout last night, advancing to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2011.

Moral purity is the way

Holiness. Just mention the word and all sorts of mental images arise: Legalism, plainness, hardness, excesses, extremism and the list goes on and on. It's companion terms: moral purity and sanctification also conjure up some stereotypical mental pictures,

'We really came together as a team'

'We really came together as a team' By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net It's hard to fathom that, at the age of 41, Mark Knowles is still finding a way to win men's doubles titles on the ATP tour. But teaming up with Xavier M

Gov’t crackdown on 20-25% uninsured motorists is urged

The Government was yesterday urged to crack down on the 20-25 per cent of Bahamian motorists who are uninsured, given the increasing frequency of traffic accidents where victims have no compensation recourse.

Baha Mar’s $11.5m tax write-off . . . if it opens

Baha Mar will enjoy at least $11.5 million in tax write-offs if it is ever able to complete its development, Tribune Business can reveal, with its current debt to the Government pegged at $20 million.

Solar bids: Offers for 50% greater supply already in

The Government already possesses proposals that will generate 50 per cent more solar energy than what is being targeted via the Carbon War Room (CWR) tender, Tribune Business was told yesterday.