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Robinson wins Bahamas Professional Golf Association’s Korn Ferry Qualifier

BOOKS ANOTHER TRIP TO THE GREAT EXUMA CLASSIC

DEVAUGHN Robinson booked another trip to the Great Exuma Classic by winning the Bahamas Professional Golf Association’s Korn Ferry Qualifier by five strokes on Monday at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island.

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STATESIDE: Trump and McConnell were both right

DONALD Trump was correct. Mitch McConnell was also correct.

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Police to establish a domestic violence office before end of year

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said yesterday that a domestic violence office, housed separate and apart from the Royal Bahamas Police, should be established before the end of the year.

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‘Not out of woods’ despite lowest deficit for 10 years

The Prime Minister yesterday warned Bahamians “we are not yet out of the woods” as he hailed the lowest first quarter fiscal deficit “in more than ten years”.

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GB to host Labour on the Blocks 2.0 job fair

NEARLY 30 companies and over 200 jobs will be available at the Labour on the Blocks 2.0 job fair in Grand Bahama this weekend, said Labour Director Robert Farquharson yesterday.

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PM defends Govt travel spending

PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis yesterday defended his administration’s travel expenditure for the first quarter of the 2022-23 fiscal year, days after the Ministry of Finance reported a $2.3m increase in government’s travel spending when compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year.

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Man charged with Exuma murder

A MAN was sent to prison yesterday after he was charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a man on bail for murder earlier this month.

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Trial date set in unlawful sex case

A MAN accused of sexually assaulting a child had his trial date set in the Supreme Court yesterday.

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King and Bluejays undefeated so far

FREDRICK King and the no.9 ranked Creighton Bluejays are off to an expected undefeated start to the season.

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Great Commission Ministries to break ground for $3m shelter in January

GREAT Commission Ministries expects to break ground for the construction of a $3m shelter in January, with an estimated $30,000 saved so far for the venture.

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Two year prison sentence for shop breaking

A MAN was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday after admitting to shop-breaking to fund his cocaine addiction.

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Man accused of rifle assault

A MAN was granted bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being accused of a rifle assault earlier this month.

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Mighty Warriors take home boys’ soccer title

Sybil Strachan pulled off an impressive 5-1 victory over Claridge Primary to win the Bahamas Football Association’s New Providence Public Primary Sports Association boys’ soccer title, while Eva Hilton added the girls’ crown to their triumph in the golf tournament held earlier this year.

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‘No one cares about the women’ on national basketball team

AFTER all of the sacrifices made and the hard work that they put in, head coach Donillo ‘Donnie’ Culmer said he’s disappointed that the Bahamas Basketball Federation pulled the plug on their trip to Mexico for the Centrobasket tournament.

Concerns that hotel tax breaks unduly exploited

A BAHAMIAN businessman has voiced concerns that foreign investors are unduly exploiting Hotels Encouragement Act incentives to obtain tax breaks on construction materials for large vacation rental properties.

VAT’s ‘real’ 15% rise since January’s cut

The Davis administration last night said real VAT revenues increased by 15.1 percent year-over-year following the New Year’s Day rate cut with the deficit for the 2022-2023 fiscal year’s first quarter slashed by $116.4m.

Workplace dispute stirs at Pharmachem

A workplace dispute is brewing at a Freeport manufacturer over assertions that plans to implement a 12-hour shift system could put impacted staff “at risk” and amount to a “unilateral variation” of their employment terms.

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Shaunae doesn’t make Athlete of the Year list

With the voting procedure closed on October 31, Bahamian quarter-miler Shaunae Miller-Uibo fell short of making the list for the final five for the World Athletics’ Women’s Athlete of the Year.

Lightbourne and Dames lead KCKCC to upset over no.19 Pirates

THE Kansas Community College Blue Devils have opened the season with one of the most difficult schedules in all of junior college basketball and got their first upset win over a ranked team led by its talented Bahamian duo.

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Boxing team heading off

WITH the 27-member team already reduced because of the lack of funding, Bahamas Boxing Federation President Vincent Strachan said he’s confident the remaining 10 boxers will get the opportunity to travel this week to Kissimmee, Florida.