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Wanted man turns himself in

A MAN wanted by police turned himself into the Central Detective Unit in Freeport yesterday.

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Federation holds 45th Annual junior Chess Tournament

THE 45th Annual Bahamas Junior Chess Championship took place at Centreville Medical Centre earlier this month.

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Cycling Club Bahamas. - Tomorrow – Give a Child a Ride bike ride and race, 6:30am in Pompey Square, Down Town Nassau, http://www.giveachildaride.com.

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SAC lead QC by 13.5 points on final day

A WIN in the final event of the day widened the margin for the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine as they continue their bid to unseat the Queen’s College Comets as BAISS track and field champions. Headed into day three, just 13.50 points separa

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A COMIC'S VIEW: Slow burn

FIRST New York made headlines a few weeks ago, (as we mentioned in this very column) with the legalisation of medicinal and recreational marijuana (cannabis).

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Friday night’s action in the New Providence Volleyball Association featured The Scotia Bank Defenders topped the Crusaders in straight sets.

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Friday night’s action in the New Providence Volleyball Association featured The Scotia Bank Defenders topped the Crusaders in straight sets.

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Roadrunners Track Club hosts 22nd annual awards banquet

ON Saturday, the Roadrunners Track Club, led by president and head coach Dexter Bodie, hosted their 22nd annual presentations and awards banquet for their athletes.

Businesses suffered 10-20% revenue fall, ex-Minister agrees

A former Minister in the Christie Cabinet has acknowledged that Bahamian businesses experienced an average 10-20 per cent revenue reduction in 2015 post-Value-Added Tax’s (VAT) introduction, and called on his former colleagues to focus on economic growth,

Clubs and Societies 05272016

Cycling Club Bahamas. - Weekday rides, east: Morning, Tuesday & Thursday, leaving 5am sharp from Sea Grapes Shopping Centre, East Prince Charles Drive.

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Team Bahamas ‘ready for the road’ to Curacao

THE road to Curacao has been set for 65 athletes who will carry the Bahamian flag at the 2017 CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday weekend.

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Rhema Otabor breaks junior national record in the javelin

Although she produced a junior national record, Rhema Otabor said she was a little disappointed in falling short of getting on the medal podium in the women’s javelin at the World Athletics’ Under-20 Championships.

Higgs diagnosed with torn ACL in left knee

It was one of those scary moments that no player would like to go through. But when Texas Longhorns’ senior guard Lashann Higgs went down with her injury, she knew it was bad.

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Aktion Club of Fort Montagu. - Members of the Aktion Club of Fort Montagu attended the national Training and Leadership Conference in Indianapolis, from June 26-27.

Insurers warn of 20-25% rate increase if Irma hits

Bahamian insurers yesterday warned Hurricane Irma could cause a 20-25 per cent increase in premiums and “capacity” issues, depending on the hit Florida and this nation take.

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Crown to appeal decision to acquit Evans

THE Court of Appeal has granted the Crown leave to appeal its decision to acquit Clinton Evans of murdering Detective Constable Jimmy Ambrose and trying to kill another officer almost 20 years ago.

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AG: ‘False parallel’ over web shop tax EU fears

The attorney general yesterday slammed as a “false parallel” suggestions that the web shop industry’s tax hikes will violate the European Union’s (EU) anti-tax evasion demands.

Water plant exceeding contract supply by 20%

BISX-listed Consolidated Water says its main Nassau plant is supplying 20 per cent more water than required under the terms of its contract with the Water & Sewerage Corporation, as it awaits the Government’s decision on whether it will continue to operate the Windsor facility.

William ‘Knucklehead’ Johnson Cross Country Invitational was a success

THE sixth edition of the William “Knucklehead” Johnson Cross Country Invitational saw athletes come out in droves to compete at the Bahamas Golf Federations’s (BGF) Baillou Hills Sporting Complex Golf Course on Saturday morning.

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Hopeless cries of COB art students

Art students at the College of the Bahamas have "basically lost faith" in the academic institution, claiming the administration parades the department like "a prize trophy" when convenient, while turning its back to the long-standing cries of students.