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Action heats up in BSC Basketball Classic

THE Baptist Sports Council played a series of games in its 2014 Basketball Classic at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.

Bahamas may negotiate own Canada trade deal

The Bahamas could negotiate its own bilateral trade agreement with Canada if CARICOM fails to achieve a regional deal by the June 30 deadline, a Cabinet Minister yesterday reassuring that exporters’ duty-free market access was not under threat.

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RESULTS: Bahamas Swimming Federation Aliv National Swimming Championships

• RESULTS of the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s Aliv National Swimming Championships, held over the weekend at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre, are as follows:Girls 13-14 800 LC Meter Freestyle1, Thompson *, Zaylie-Elizabeth P, AAC, 9:35.07. 2,

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F.N.M. Convention Day Three – as it happened

Updates from the Melia.

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Barracudas come out on top in Spring Invitational

THE Dolphin Swim Club held its Spring Invitational over the weekend at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.

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UPDATED: Tropical Storm Warning for northwest Bahamas discontinued

From the Bahamas Department of Meteorology:

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PM: Climate issues will only get worse

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis told heads of government that as the world enters a new climate era, the situation will only get worse requiring binding commitments instead of statements alone that have been used to postpone real action.

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Hurricane Irma: Four days to get ready; new map shows storm further south

HURRICANE Irma is expected to be a major category four or category five hurricane as it moves closer to The Bahamas, according to Accuweather meteorologist Evan Duffy, who said on the system’s current track the eye of Irma will likely “cut very close to New Providence” by Friday bringing with it “heavy rains, flooding and strong winds.”

Festivalgoers take to social media in anger

FESTIVAL-GOERS far and wide expressed disgust yesterday over the sudden date change for the third annual Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, accusing organisers of sabotaging the fledgling event and negatively impacting the culture of the popular showpiece.

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Acacia Astwood signs 4-year scholarshipas a member of the Rebels athletic team

IT was a proud moment for the St Anne’s Bluewaves and the Blue Chip Throwers Club as one of their student-athletes Acacia Astwood signed her name on the dotted line of a full four-year scholarship to participate as a member of the Rebels athletic tea

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A COMIC'S VIEW: We are living through the stages of grief after Dorian

THIS past weekend, two of our northern islands, Abaco and Grand Bahama, bore the brunt of a vicious superstorm named Dorian. Hurricane Dorian will go down as one of the most destructive forces to ever pass through our islands in modern history. As I

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Kerrie Cartwright to lead the field in BLTA Nationals

KERRIE Cartwright is confident that her Women’s Tennis Association’s rankings will help to booster her performance when she comes home to compete in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s annual Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals. The nationals is sched

'I look forward to the exciting things we are going to be doing,' says new minister

IT has only been about two months since Lanisha Rolle has been sitting in the seat as the first Bahamas female Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture.And while she has had a low-keyed transformation from the Minister of Social Services and Urban Devel

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BLTA breaks ground for Mark Knowles Stay and Play Tennis Center

MARK Knowles has seen the greatest transformation from a youngster trying to hold a racket to spending more than 20 years travelling around the world as a professional tennis player.

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Freshman runner of the year

For someone who doesn’t like competing indoors, Shaunae Miller is having the time of her life for the University of Georgia Bulldogs.

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Dame Marguerite a great example to us all

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday praised outgoing Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling as an example for future appointees to follow. Dr Minnis revealed to Parliament private moments he shared with Dame Marguerite, highlighting her com

Island Luck chief: It's 'stifling growth'

Sebas Bastian yesterday said he “smells a big fat rat” over the enforced eight-month halt to his $50m project, with the delay highlighting how Bahamian economic growth “is stifled”.The Island Luck chief told Tribune Business it was “little wonder inv

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Amnesty seeks information amid human rights concerns

AMNESTY International is requesting that the Bahamas government provide detailed information about its recent migration reform efforts amid allegations that the measures might be leading to human rights violations while “enhancing discrimination in the country”.

26% rise in deportations recorded last year

NEARLY 6,000 foreigners were deported from the country last year.

Helicopter tour expands to drive business boost

A helicopter tour company is hoping to drive more business by opening a restaurant and bar on Bay Street, a move that will create an initial six to eight jobs.