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Communications sector rebounds through 3.7% growth in turnover

The Bahamian communications industry saw its total turnover increase 3.7 per cent year-over-year to hit $444 million in 2011, regulators have estimated, despite cellular phone subscribers falling by 90,000 since 2009.

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Large support for expansion of NHI to fund health care

NEARLY 90 percent of respondents in a new survey support the expansion of NHI to provide affordable coverage for high cost medical care — including treatment for widespread cancers, dialysis and heart attacks.

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Pastor beaten and family terrorised

PROMINENT Pastor Rex Major was gun butted and robbed in his home early Thursday morning by armed intruders who also attempted to sexually assault his daughter.

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Long Island bananas: 80-90% destruction

While Long Island farmers likely lost 80-90 per cent of their banana crop due to Hurricane Sandy, Tribune Business was told yesterday, but many homes and businesses were likely to be “back to normal in a few days”.

Lakers beat Celtics by one

BOSTON (AP) -- Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen's putback attempt at the buzzer in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Boston Celtics 88-87 last night. Gasol finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds, and Andrew Bynum had 16 points and 17 rebo

Lakers beat Celtics by one

BOSTON (AP) -- Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen's putback attempt at the buzzer in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Boston Celtics 88-87 last night. Gasol finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds, and Andrew Bynum had 16 points and 17 rebo

Lakers beat Celtics by one

BOSTON (AP) -- Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen's putback attempt at the buzzer in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Boston Celtics 88-87 last night. Gasol finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds, and Andrew Bynum had 16 points and 17 rebo

Lakers beat Celtics by one

BOSTON (AP) -- Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen's putback attempt at the buzzer in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Boston Celtics 88-87 last night. Gasol finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds, and Andrew Bynum had 16 points and 17 rebo

Lakers beat Celtics by one

BOSTON (AP) -- Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen's putback attempt at the buzzer in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Boston Celtics 88-87 last night. Gasol finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds, and Andrew Bynum had 16 points and 17 rebo

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Second elderly female passenger dies after June 26 crash in Grand Bahama

A SECOND elderly female passenger in a fatal traffic accident in Grand Bahama last month has died in hospital, police have reported.

'We didn't expect to dominate week 1'

WE’VE tallied the results, had them checked, added, subtracted and checked again. We didn’t dominate week one with our NFL picks, but then again we didn’t expect to.

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Percy and Andy Knowles bring home the hardware

AT the 2017 Auburn Masters Invitational swim meet earlier this month, the father and son team of Percy and Andy Knowles continued their representation for masters swimming in the country and for SWIFT Swimming as they won a total of nine races between them. 

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Swift Masters bring home right medals

SWIFT Swimming took four swimmers to the US National Masters Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, over weekend.

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Three left orphaned as gunman opens fire

POLICE in New Providence are investigating the circumstances of a shooting that left a man dead yesterday.

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PM pays tribute to 'nation builder' Sir Geoffrey Johnstone

PRIME Minister Hubert Minnis paid tribute to the late Sir Geoffrey Johnstone on Friday, lauding the former Cabinet minister as a nation builder.

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Woman in hospital after being stabbed in head

An 18-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in the head Tuesday evening by a “man known to her”. It happened around 8pm.

Reported child abuse cases rise by 18%

REPORTED child abuse cases in 2013 increased by 18 per cent compared to the previous year, according to statistics released yesterday by the Ministry of Social Services.

Smith leads the Hawks past Celtics 83-74

ATLANTA (AP) -- Josh Smith scored 22 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, leading the Atlanta Hawks to an 83-74 victory over Boston in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference playoffs last night, the final minute turning ugly when Celtics star Rajon Rondo was ejected

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‘Buddy’ and Bahamas ready to face Venezuela

Although they have yet to “finalise” the team, head coach Chris DeMarco said the Bahamas coaching staff will select a “solid” 12-man roster coming out of this week’s training camp to play against Venezuela at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Thursday night.

Bahamas facing 'hard choices' on $710m storm woe

THE Bahamas has been warned that “the era of tough choices has arrived” after Hurricanes Matthew and Irma caused a combined $710 million in economic damages and loss.The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in two separate 100-plus page reports on