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Martin to launch Andros track, field camp

ANDROS native Holland Martin will launch a track and field sports camp on Queen’s Park in Fresh Creek, Central Andros.

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Family Islands: Half beat 110% pre-COVID target

Half the Family Islands boast hotels already beating forecasts that they will post room revenues equivalent to 110 percent of pre-COVID levels in 2023, it was revealed yesterday.

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Man accused of killing mom and daughter arraigned

A MAN is in jail after prosecutors accused him of killing Allison Thompson, 37, and her 14-year-old daughter Trevoniqua Thompson on Friday.

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MURDER VICTIMS’ PICTURES LEAKED: Family distraught after crime scene photos were shared on social media

GRAPHIC crime scene photos of the mother and daughter murdered on Friday have been shared on social media, prompting police to investigate the leak.

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Man on bail for murder gets six months jail for damaging monitoring device

A MAN was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday after admitting damaging his electronic monitoring device (EMD) while on release for charges of murder and attempted murder.

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NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS: Windsor Academy wins three titles

Jaden Ward led a clean sweep of the top five positions in the senior boys’ division as Windsor Academy put a cap on another successful showing in the Bahamas Golf Federation’s National High School Golf Championships yesterday in the Driving Range at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Versatile sprinter, hurdler Denisha continues to shine for the Mavericks

SHE may be short in stature, but versatile sprinter/hurdler Denisha Cartwright continues to make an impact on the Mavericks women’s track and field programme at Minnesota State.

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Pharma battle

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PHARMACEUTICAL companies typically compete with each other in various areas such as research and development, marketing and sales. Some of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world include Pfizer, Novartis, Roche, Merck & Co and Sanofi, and all of them are being traded on the various stock exchanges.

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WORLD VIEW – Vacancy: Leadership to unite the global South

I was astonished recently to be told by one of the representatives of the Caribbean on the Board of the World Bank (WB) that Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, St Kitts-Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago, should not expect any change in the bank’s policy not to make concessional loans to them because, supposedly, they are “high income” countries.

GB water rise conflict ‘most fantastic thing’

A Grand Bahama resort operator yesterday said its owners will have to “pay more for the privilege of running a hotel” on the island if proposed water rate increases are ultimately approved.

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Family mourn as mom and daughter found murdered

THE grim discovery of the bodies of Allison Thompson and her 14-year-old daughter Trevorniqua on Friday has reopened wounds for their family - after having lost Allison’s mother and another female relative in similar incidents years ago.

Decathlete Kendrick Thompson has record-breaking performance

EVER since they’ve been competing in the event, Ken Mullings and Kendrick Thompson have been trading their names on the Bahamas men’s national decathlon record.

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Giants crowned champions again

THE Commonwealth Bank and Your Essential Store Giants were crowned champions once again this year.

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Bahamas Roadmasters Running Club supporting local charities

BAHAMAS Roadmasters Running Club (BRRC) continued its support of local charities with recent donations to two local non-profit organisations.

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Arrest in double homicide of two female family members

Police are questioning a 23-year-old man after the partially decomposed bodies of two female family members were found in an apartment on Ross Corner on Friday.

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ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION: Eating for a long and healthy life

It is 2023, and I find myself in what is undoubtedly the most significant year of my life, marching with my Beloved Bahamas – on our ‘Road to 50’.

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‘At least 90 percent reduction in conflicts’ since psychologist arrived at BDCS

CONFLICTS among mentally ill inmates at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services have declined by 90 per cent since a psychologist arrived three weeks ago, Acting Corrections Commissioner Doan Cleare said yesterday.

Conflict ‘taint’ fears on GB water hikes

The Government last night demanded the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) and its water affiliate make “a business case that makes sense” for tariff hikes that it argued cannot be subject to “proper public consultation”.

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National Basketball Championships begin

The return of the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s National Basketball Championships saw the New Providence champions Giants produce mixed results as competition in the weekend tournament got underway at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

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RCI DEFENDS PI PROJECT: Cruise line addresses environmental concerns over $100m beach club

ROYAL Caribbean International leaders rebutted environmental concerns surrounding the proposed $100m Paradise Island project yesterday, insisting it would be their most environmentally friendly project of its kind.