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Bahamas learns destination for basketball championship

STILL a year away from competition, the Bahamas’ junior national team now knows its destination for the 2013 FIBA Americas U-16 Championship For Men.

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FNM hits out

FNM leader Dr Hubert Minnis has blasted the government for ousting one of the country’s top medical authorities in what he called a case of “overt victimisation”.

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Grand Bahama pig farm being held up over bureaucratic process

THE developer behind a major pig farm project in Grand Bahama says it is being held up by bureaucratic licensing and registration.

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Tensions rise after shooting

TENSIONS are rising between the Haitian and Bahamian communities in Abaco after a young Bahamian man was gunned down on Sunday, The Tribune has learned.

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Halkitis: We don't yet know size of the country's deficit

DESPITE comments by the chairman of the PLP, the government has yet to determine a "ball-park figure" of the country's budget deficit, State Finance Minister Michael Halkitis said yesterday.

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'We always believed in Bahamians'

THE Free National Movement has always believed in Bahamians, the new opposition leader affirmed yesterday. Speaking after the official opening of Parliamen

Blow to Cuban hopes for oil as well proves dry

By ALAN CLENDENNING AP Business Writer MADRID (AP) -- Spanish oil firm Repsol said Tuesday it will stop looking for oil in Cuba after hitting a dry well drilled at a cost of more than $100 million, a blow to the island nation desperate to find its own ene

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Tropical Storm Sandy to bring strong wind, rain

FORECASTERS are warning of strong winds and scattered storms for the duration of the day as Tropical Storm Sandy draws closer to The Bahamas.

Promotion Board in 67% website visitor increase

The Nassau Paradise Island Promotion Board's (NPIPB) chief executive says there has been a 67 percent year-over-year jump in visitor traffic to its website as it works to convert this increase into actual visitors.

GB ‘is famous for pipeline projects’

A Grand Bahama businessman yesterday said the island is “famous for having things in the pipeline” and he will believe the Grand Lucayan has been sold when he sees it.

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Shot German men were regular visitors

SOUTH Andros MP Leon Lundy revealed yesterday that the German men who were victims in a shooting that left one dead and the other injured were regular visitors to the island.

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Freedom celebration for Jewish community

THERE is hardly another day on the Jewish calendar as rich in tradition, custom, historical involvement and symbolism as the festival of Passover. For Passover marks the exodus from Egypt, and the birth of the Jewish nation.

New shrimp-like species found in New Mexico cave

New shrimp-like species found in New Mexico cave By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Scientists have discovered a new shrimp-like species in a gypsum cave in southeastern New Mexico, only a few dozen miles from the famous

Scheme aims to help beat drugs

Scheme aims to help beat drugs A NEW initiative aims to give prisoners a better chance at a successful, drug-free life after release. National Security officials met with senior prison officers yesterday to launch the HMP Challenge Drug Therapy Programme

Water corporation workers strike

Water corporation workers strike By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net WATER and Sewerage Corporation workers abstained from work in protest yesterday morning, claiming some staff have been working there more than a decade with

Water corporation workers strike

Water corporation workers strike By CELESTE NIXON Tribune Staff Reporter cnixon@tribunemedia.net WATER and Sewerage Corporation workers abstained from work in protest yesterday morning, claiming some staff have been working there more than a decade with

HUNDREDS RAISE MONEY FOR CANCER HOSPITAL

ATTRACTING more than 300 preschoolers and toddlers and raising $12,818.30, the 2012 staging of the St Jude's Children's Research Hospital Trike-A-Thon on January 27 in Sandyport is being hailed as a tremendous success. A St Jude Hospital tradition for mor

Obesity Out, Good Health In

Obesity Out, Good Health In By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Reporter FROM helping to fight illness to improving one's mood, regular exercise makes for a healthy lifestyle, said local fitness coach, Jillian Bartlett. People should not fool themselves:

HUNDREDS RAISE MONEY FOR CANCER HOSPITAL

ATTRACTING more than 300 preschoolers and toddlers and raising $12,818.30, the 2012 staging of the St Jude's Children's Research Hospital Trike-A-Thon on January 27 in Sandyport is being hailed as a tremendous success. A St Jude Hospital tradition for mor

Obesity Out, Good Health In

Obesity Out, Good Health In By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Reporter FROM helping to fight illness to improving one's mood, regular exercise makes for a healthy lifestyle, said local fitness coach, Jillian Bartlett. People should not fool themselves: