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UPDATED: Young Freeport barber found shot dead in car

GRAND Bahama Police are actively investigating the murder of a young barber known as 'Ace’ who was gunned down in Freeport late on Thursday night.

Sports in brief

VOLLEYBALL action continued with two men’s games last evening.

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Clarke scores career high, Bastian and McCoy post double doubles

GARVIN Clarke posted a career-high scoring night in NCAA Division I and a pair of Bahamians posted double doubles in Division II basketball.

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PI Open on par for Ocean Club Golf Course this Saturday

THE first event of the Bahamas Golf Federation’s “Cup Series” will aid the development of the organisation’s junior programme and the fight against breast cancer.

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Major crime on the way down, says AC Seymour

MAJOR crime categories continue to trend downward, according to Acting Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour.

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Jones: ‘We are taking it one game at a time’

Jonquel reacts to Game 2 loss

Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun are once again facing a must-win situation to keep their 2022 season alive.

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Developer’s fears on home construction ‘horror stories’

Construction materials shortages and COVID-19 will combine to create “horror stories” for Bahamians in the process of building their own homes, a prominent developer predicted yesterday.

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‘Sooner the better’ for end to mask mandate

A top hotelier yesterday asserted that the Government will “secure tourism’s continued upward momentum” if it eliminates the remaining COVID travel restrictions, adding: “The sooner we do it the better off we will be.”

Nassau/PI hotels suffer 90% room revenue decline

Nassau/Paradise Island hotels suffered a 90 percent year-over-year decline in January room revenues to highlight just how slow the initial post-COVID rebound actually was.

Stella Maris already at 80% Christmas occupancy

Long Island’s Stella Maris resort is already posting 80 per cent occupancy levels for the Christmas/New Year holidays, its general manager saying that apart from cut-off tree stumps “no visitor would realise a hurricane came through here”.

Bahamian men on top college basketball teams in Canada

BAHAMIAN players are prominently featured on several of the top teams in the latest men’s basketball national rankings for the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association.

Magic hit 17 3-pointers in 102-89 win over Heat

By KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- Dwight Howard had 25 points and 24 rebounds, Ryan Anderson scored 27 and the Orlando Magic hit 17 3-pointers in a 102-89 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Anderson had five 3s -- all

Magic hit 17 3-pointers in 102-89 win over Heat

By KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- Dwight Howard had 25 points and 24 rebounds, Ryan Anderson scored 27 and the Orlando Magic hit 17 3-pointers in a 102-89 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Anderson had five 3s -- all

Radio over-saturation ‘will always be concern’

A top regulator yesterday said concerns about the Bahamian radio broadcasting market being over-saturated “will always be around even if we had 50 percent of the stations we have now”.

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FIBA: Team Bahamas tops Belize, moves on to next round

TEAM Bahamas will advance to the next round in their bid for FIBA AmeriCup and World Cup qualifications.

Insurance ‘confusion’ over first VAT returns

Large insurance industry players were caught up in “confusion” over whether it was necessary for them to complete Value-Added Tax (VAT) returns for January despite their ‘exempt’ status, Tribune Business was told yesterday.

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‘We didn’t threaten doctors’

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday he was “flabbergasted” to learn of doctors allegedly being threatened with non-contract renewal if they choose not to volunteer in the COVID-19 fight.

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‘Comfort’ as PM pledges tax increases last resort

Businesses and Bahamians can take “comfort” from the Prime Minister’s repeated assertion that new and/or increased taxes will be “a last resort”, a governance reformer said yesterday.

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MAKING HISTORY: 80-member team named for the CARIFTA Games

The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) announced an historic 80 member 2023 CARIFTA team Tuesday at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.

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Minnis open to coalition - but says Bran is arrogant

FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday that while he is “open” to forming a coalition with the Democratic National Alliance, he is “turned off” by DNA Leader Branville McCartney’s arrogance.