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'Only the strong survive' in basketball classic

BASKETBALL is a year round sport and one of the most iconic coaches in the Bahamas intends to ensure competition remains at a high level during the summer months.

Bryant leads Lakers past Hornets in OT, 107-101

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored 33 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers won their fourth straight game and second straight in overtime, 107-101 over the New Orleans Hornets last night. For the second night in a row, the Lakers climbed out of a double-

Bryant leads Lakers past Hornets in OT, 107-101

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored 33 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers won their fourth straight game and second straight in overtime, 107-101 over the New Orleans Hornets last night. For the second night in a row, the Lakers climbed out of a double-

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Marlins trade Gallen to D-backs for Jazz Chisholm

After spending the past four years with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Jazz Chisholm is moving closer to home with the Miami Marlins in a deal before Wednesday’s trade deadline that will allow him to join fellow Bahamian right fielder Anfernee Seymour on the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Double-A team.

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'Web shops will have a Christmas party but hate to pay their staff a decent salary'

MORE than 1,000 trade disputes were filed with the Department of Labour in 2018, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes revealed yesterday during his budget contribution in the Senate. In total, 1,207 disputes were filed. Labour Director John Pinder later told

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Cybots sweep Pros

DEFENDING champions Mail Boat Cybots completed a two-game sweep over the Island Luck Pros

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FACE TO FACE: Bob marched to his own drum and enriched my life

The value of life and the value of this weekly column was put into deep perspective for me as I prepared this edition – a dedication to media pioneer Bob Thompson.

PM to open conference

PRIME Minister Perry Christie will open the third Bahamas Natural History Conference on Monday, March 14, during an official reception at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.

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Two accused of burglary

TWO men appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday on separate charges of housebreaking and burglary.

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Coastguard backs Abaco special olympics torch run

TOMORROW, Abaco's first annual Special Olympics Torch Run will be held in Marsh Harbour with a 9 am start.

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Three more cases of COVID-19 confirmed – 24 in total

The Ministry of Health has confirmed there are three additional confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Quick action needed

Ministers - MPs - Revs. Can spin as much as they like the reality is we have and have had a serious social problem in the schools and outside of the schools when it comes to social safety of our young people.

Over confident by half

Is there any process let alone progress on the flipping of Our Lucaya which the government purchased for $65 million?

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Buddy ties his career high 22

Nearly a week to the day when he set his career high, Buddy Hield equalled that mark last weekend as his efficient shooting continues for the Sacramento Kings.

Chamber chief says 'space for third mobile operator'

The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce's chief executive believes "there is space for another mobile player", and is urging the Government to issue a third licence come 2019.

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Dirty money - The biggest policy failure of all

THE Central Bank’s former chief enforcer says the US and UK are the biggest recipients of “dirty money” and suggests racial bias against countries like The Bahamas in anti-money laundering (AML) programmes.

Aliv in ‘phenomenal position’ financially

The Bahamas’ new mobile operator is in “a phenomenal position” financially, having secured $186 million in start-up funding prior to this week’s planned capital raising.

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48 hours to go until plastics ban

WITH about 48 hours until the government’s single use plastics ban comes into effect, major companies in New Providence are still in the process of making final preparations for the fast approaching January 1 deadline.

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Buddy vs Tavario in Sweet 16

FOR the second consecutive year, the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 features an unlikely matchup of two Bahamian players facing each other on the biggest stage in college basketball.

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Moody’s warn COVID impact will remain beyond 2024

Bahamian economic output will not recover to pre-COVID-19 levels "until after 2024", Moody's has warned, in a stark illustration of the economic devastation unleashed by the pandemic.