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Travis Munnings withdraws from NBA Draft

AFTER testing the market and facing evaluation from scouts and coaches, Travis Munnings has withdrawn from the NBA Draft and has decided to return to school for his senior season.Munnings will rejoin his University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks for th

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Giants rout the Mingoes 107-87

KEMSY Sylvestre scored off the opening tip for the University of the Bahamas Mingoes to put them up 2-0 on the Commonwealth Bank Giants. It was the only time the Mingoes’ led in the game against the undefeated team in the New Providence Basketball A

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'Gun epidemic closely tied to drugs trade'

OF THE 762 murders in the country since 2012, 629 of these have been as a result of gun violence, National Security Minister Marvin Dames revealed yesterday. So far this year, he said, there have been 31 murders, but 87 percent of these or 27 involved firearms. Between 2012 and 2018, approximately 602 or 82.4 percent of the 731 homicides involved guns, he also said.

PwC: Governance failures will cost companies dearly

Companies could lose key staff, customers and investments if they fail to live up to environmental, social and governance (ESG) expectations, a Bahamian accountant said yesterday.

‘We couldn’t leave 40 terminated staff in limbo’, says hotel

An Exuma resort’s top executive yesterday said post-COVID business levels gave it no choice but to terminate 40 staff, adding: “We couldn’t leave them in limbo.”

NPBA ACTION HEATS UP

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued play at the DW Davis Gymnasium Tuesday night.Division IThe JD’s Seafood Shockers kept pace in the Vince Ferguson division and improved their record to 7-3 with a 74-67 win over the Leno Regulators.T

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Undefeated Wildcats beat Bahamas 98-74

The Bahamas Select team, preparing for its next window of the World Cup Qualifier this coming weekend, put up the best showing against the University of Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team.

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Christian Council denounces Carnival: 'Immodest costumes will lead to sins of the flesh'

THE government’s inaugural Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival has drawn more controversy, with the Bahamas Christian Council denouncing the “immodest” costumes for the planned event, saying the scant attire could lead to “fornication, promiscuity, rape incest” and other “sins of the flesh.”

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Miller re-elected president of BAAC in landslide victory

SHAUN Miller has been re-elected as president of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Coaches in a landslide victory over past president Curtis Pride with all of his slate of officers voted in.

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Insolvent adviser meets just 25% of $1m liability

An insolvent Bahamas-based investment advisor has been placed in Supreme Court-supervised liquidation due to its remaining cash balances covering less than 25 percent of its $1m-plus liabilities. Ed Rahming, the newly-appointed liquidator for Pacifi

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Witness anonymity discussed in Mackey murder case

A JUDGE has reserved his decision on whether or not the prosecution has complied with the law regarding a statement obtained from an anonymous witness in the fatal shooting of Prime Minister Perry Christie’s press secretary Latore Mackey.

Hotels to beat eight-year rate recovery target

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas Hotel Association's (BHA) president believes the industry will return room "rates to pre-recession levels much faster" than the world average, after a renowned travel research firm said this could take

Hotels to beat eight-year rate recovery target

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas Hotel Association's (BHA) president believes the industry will return room "rates to pre-recession levels much faster" than the world average, after a renowned travel research firm said this could take

Hotels to beat eight-year rate recovery target

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor The Bahamas Hotel Association's (BHA) president believes the industry will return room "rates to pre-recession levels much faster" than the world average, after a renowned travel research firm said this could take

CAC Games: Defence key for men's national softball team

WITH a little more depth added to their pitching staff, manager Perry Seymour said if they can tighten up on their defence, the men’s national softball team should be able to perform very well at the Central American and Caribbean Games.Seymour, who

Licences 'soon' for nation's second cellular provider, says PM

THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) will award licences to the country’s second cellular mobile services provider soon, Prime Minister Perry Christie said during his budget communication yesterday.

Cutting 1,000 companies to maximise VAT revenues

A top accountant yesterday backed the Government’s plans to slash mandatory Value-Added Tax (VAT) registrants by 1,000 firms, telling Tribune Business this would help to “maximize” revenues from the new tax.

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Compass Point owner 'speaks for 85% of us'

Compass Point’s owner is speaking for “85 percent of business persons in The Bahamas”, the DNA’s ex-leader asserted yesterday, adding: “I sympathise with him big time.” Branville McCartney told Tribune Business that Leigh Rodney’s decision to go pub

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THE Bahamas Rugby Union is scheduled to continue its Heineken Cup regular season at the Winton Rugby Centre 3pm Saturday when the Buccaneers take on Freeport. The early kick off is because Freeport has to catch a 6pm flight back to Grand Bahama.

‘Some progress’ on Baha Mar resolution

Negotiations over the stalled $3.5 billion Baha Mar project have made “some progress on the way forward” towards a commercial resolution, Tribune Business has been told.