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UPDATED: PM announces weekend lockdown, new midweek curfew hours

THE recent surge of COVID-19 cases prompted Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on Friday to reinstate a weekend lockdown and implement a new 7pm to 5am curfew midweek.

Bahamians poised for NCAA Div. II conference tournaments this week

NCAA Division II basketball heads into its respective conference tournaments and several Bahamians are poised for a postseason run.

Tahnaj into the play-offs

TAHNAJ Thomas and his Greensboro Grasshoppers are headed to the championship series in Minor League Baseball’s High-A East League.

David Nesbitt scores game high 22 points in Boca Juniors debut

DAVID Nesbitt made his debut for Boca Juniors in the FIBA Basketball Champions League Americas and helped lead the club to a 1-1 weekend in Group D.

Tech Talk

• Microsoft wants to extend broadband services to rural America by turning to a wireless technology that uses the buffer zones separating individual television channels in the airwaves.

Buddy Hield prepares for tonight's NBA debut

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - Set to make his debut tonight for the New Orleans Pelicans, Buddy Hield noted the adjustment to his preparation and his game day routine at the NBA level.

Man found shot dead on track in early morning

ONE man is dead and another man is fighting for his life in hospital after two separate shooting incidents late Sunday night and early Monday morning.

Operators, Cheetahs victorious in semifinal openers

THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association (NPWBA) playoffs tipped off play in their semifinal round at the DW Davis Gymnasium Tuesday night.

Here is a matter of great concern, I am one of the Bahamians who falls in the category of Bahamians who need a US Visa B1/B2 to visit the States, but felt I was wrongly treated in my reapplying for the visa, following numerous submitted applications through a JP Visa prepared my visa wasn't approved, but each time was told I may re-apply at a later date and I always waited over the suggested waiting time six months before re-applying.

HUBERT EDWARDS: The low growth, high debt trap

In the first article we assessed some of the consequences from a high, and growing, national debt. With The Bahamas’ debt-to-GDP ratio expected to remain above 80 percent over the mid-term at least, the question that dominates is the extent to which this is sustainable.

FACE TO FACE: From ‘playing doctor’ as a child, Theresa’s now in the frontline of our battle with COVID

If all is well the latest national lockdown will lift next week. For that to happen experience tells us we will need to have seen a period when there were no new cases. This is what allowed our southern islands to be taken out of lockdown on Sunday.

Bahamian coaches discuss pressing issues affecting local sports

SOME of the most influential members of the Bahamian coaching fraternity came together to discuss some of the most pressing issues affecting local sports on both the local and international levels.

Rahming remains as Baha Mar liquidator

Bahamian accountant Ed Rahming yesterday said he remained one of Baha Mar’s three provisional liquidators amid expectations that their appointment will be ended tomorrow by the Supreme Court.

Sports Notes

THE Baptist Sports Council has announced that its 2015 volleyball classic will be held at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday, October 31.

Sports notes

THE Baptist Sports Council has announced that its 2015 volleyball classic will be held at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday, October 31.

DNA: Christie saying no one else in his party is fit to lead

DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney said Prime Minister Perry Christie’s assertion that the Progressive Liberal Party may become unstable without him is a “slap in the face to other persons” in the governing party.

Fishing event brings in the crowds

GRAND Bahama Shipyard’s 4th annual Youth Benefit Fishing Tournament had a “fantastic” turnout this year with increase in fishermen and spectators alike.

Building a better mousetrap

DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis opened the 17th annual Southeastern Consortium of Minorities Engineers Mousetrap Car and Bottle Rocket Competition, which was held at the Jack Hayward High School grounds in Grand Bahama last weekend.

Tourism demand up over 50% in vital US markets

The Bahamas’ key visitor source markets are “all up double digits” on tourism demand, it was revealed yesterday, with New York and Florida ahead by 56 percent and 40 percent respectively.

Oil explorer fearing up to $500m harm

The Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) fears it could suffer "up to $500m in economic harm" if environmental activists succeed with yesterday's legal bid to halt its oil drilling plans.

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