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Giants, Cybots pull off victories

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its 2012 regular season at the CI Gibson Gymnasium with the Commonwealth Bank Giants and the Mailboat Cybots both pulling off victories Saturday night. In the Giants' 108-96 win over the PJ's Stingers, G

Giants, Cybots pull off victories

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its 2012 regular season at the CI Gibson Gymnasium with the Commonwealth Bank Giants and the Mailboat Cybots both pulling off victories Saturday night. In the Giants' 108-96 win over the PJ's Stingers, G

Giants, Cybots pull off victories

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its 2012 regular season at the CI Gibson Gymnasium with the Commonwealth Bank Giants and the Mailboat Cybots both pulling off victories Saturday night. In the Giants' 108-96 win over the PJ's Stingers, G

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Fyre Festival promoter arrested on wire fraud charge

NEW YORK (AP) — The promoter behind the failed Fyre Festival music event in the Bahamas was arrested Friday in New York on a wire fraud charge.

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Four men are hunted by police

POLICE are seeking the public’s help in locating several men they believe can help their investigations into serious crimes.

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Trial date next year for man accused of 2013 attempted rape

A NEW trial date in 2018 has been fixed for a man concerning an incident of attempted rape in 2013.

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Web shop patrons to pay stamp tax

WEB shop patrons will have to pay five percent stamp tax on in-store deposits to accounts and any digital online sales, effective July 1, 2018.Although not implicitly stated in yesterday’s budget presentation, it is presumed this tax will be applied

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Search for four men in connection with armed robberies

FREEPORT – Grand Bahama Police are searching for four men in connection with two separate armed robbery incidents that occurred in Freeport and Hunters.

Police search for armed robbers

BY DENISE MAYCOCK

Conference's focus on sustainable tourism

A two-day Small Island Developing States Conference (SIDS), which is set to kick-off on February 19, will be the highlight of the Ministry of Tourism’s ‘Sustainable Tourism Month’.
 The Ministry has designated February as Sustainable Tourism Month, in keeping with the 50th anniversary of the country’s number industry.

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Man, 36, is shot dead

A 36-year-old man is dead after he was shot in the chest late last night.

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Two teams vie for BSC championship series place

WHEN the Baptist Sports Council resumes its 2014 Basketball League postseason play tonight at the DW Davis Gymnasium, two teams will be vying for a chance to get into the men’s championship series.

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Jury hears of victim's wound

THE jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her Defence Force marine husband heard evidence from a pathologist yesterday.

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CARIFTA GAMES: Bahamas lands six medals on day one

ST. George's, Grenada: The BTC Bahamas Team closed out day one of the 45th Carifta Games on Saturday with six medals, including two silver and four bronze, while there were a couple of close four place finishes at the Grenada National Athletics Stadium.

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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.

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Olympian Jamal Wilson dominates in high jump

WHILE there were no additional CARIFTA qualifiers, Kyle Alcime improved on his performance in the under-20 boys’ high jump, becoming the latest Bahamian to soar over the 7-foot barrier, in the Roadrunners’ 11th annual Dianne Lynn Thompson Classic.

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Bulk property tax discount 'win-win'

The Government can "get an immediate cash injection" worth potentially hundreds of millions by implementing a series of discounts for bulk real property tax payments, a prominent realtor said yesterday.

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BAISS championship series tip-off

The Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools basketball championship series tipped off in all four divisions last night at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. Game two in each series is scheduled to take place starting at 4pm today.

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Wells: We can vaccinate 30 percent by September

HEALTH Minister Renward Wells says he believes The Bahamas can vaccinate up to 30 percent of its population against the deadly coronavirus before September.