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Giants v Cybots tonight

THE 2014 New Providence Basketball Association will again be decided between a pair of familiar foes, perennial contenders and the last two league champions.

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No Bull come up short

WHILE the elimination process is currently underway at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, teams are also jockeying to make a run for a shot at the final four in their bid to get into Monday night’s championship game of the 32nd edition of the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic.

How many days to November 2015?

How many days to November 2015, when this Government insists Baha Mar can be opened by?

BGF's Great Exuma Classiccontinues to grow each year

THE Bahamas Golf Federation’s Great Exuma Classic was played on Saturday, June 17 at the famous Sandals Emerald Bay Golf course in Exuma and included a contingent of senior and junior golfers from Nassau and Freeport along with a few Exumians.The tou

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Seven new deaths confirmed

THE country’s COVID- 19 death toll has increased by seven after deaths that were previously under investigation were reclassified as coronavirus related.

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In Russia, Jonquel and Foxes dominate

JONQUEL Jones and her UMMC Ekaterinburg Foxes returned to Russian Premier League play and continued their dominance after an undefeated run in the first round of the FIBA EuroLeague group stage.

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1,000 volunteer to evacuate

NEARLY 1,000 Bahamians have already volunteered to evacuate their homes in the southern islands and temporarily relocate in New Providence as Hurricane Irma churns its way toward the country.

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Shark attacks decrease around the world in 2019

UNPROVOKED shark attacks around the world decreased last year, although they rose in the United States, according to researchers.

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King explodes onto radar of NBA scouts, college coaches

FREDRICK King Jr’s performance at the NBA Academy Invitational has garnered several offers from major NCAA Division I programmes.

At least 30 illegal immigrants detained

OFFICIALS on Abaco apprehended at least 30 illegal Haitian immigrants after their vessel ran aground on the island yesterday, Immigration Director William Pratt said.

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Grand Bahama lockdown extended

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced the extension of Grand Bahama’s lockdown for seven days.

Plane goes off runway

THE Air Accident Investigation Authority yesterday reported an incident involving a Flamingo Air Beech 99 aircraft, registration C6-OFM.

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Big Red Machine takes BAISS Track and Field title

The St. Augustine’s College Big Red Machine regained the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools‘ Track and Field Championships in come from behind fashion to claim the 27th meet title in the school’s history.

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Jonquel Jones scores 16, Sun stop the Fever 88-69 for 4th straight victory

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Brionna Jones scored 18 points and Jonquel Jones added 16 to help the Connecticut Sun beat the Indiana Fever 88-69.

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88 Haitians held by RBDF

THE 88 Haitian migrants detained in two separate incidents this week have been transferred to New Providence for processing, the Defence Force reported yesterday.

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Do Bahamains have a pornography addiction?

GROWING concerns over pornography addiction globally are making local health professionals take a closer look at the often taboo issue that can impact mental health.

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Puerto Rico blows out Bahamas by 64 points

The Bahamas couldn’t stop the up-tempo game from host Puerto Rica and ended up getting blown out by 64 points in the FIBA U17 Centrobasket Championship for Women.

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Giants sweep Cleaners

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants, featuring a couple of new players, are now into the New Providence Basketball Association’s John Archer divisional championship series, thanks to a two-game sweep over the Double R Services Limited Cleaners in their first round playoffs.

S&P’s higher deficits on VAT ‘uncertainties’

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has agreed that there are “indeed uncertainties” surrounding Value-Added Tax (VAT) implementation, and is less optimistic than the Government in projecting a 3 per cent fiscal deficit for 2015-2016.

HSBC departure 'not jurisdiction driven'

HSBC's departure from this nation is 'not jurisdiction driven at all', although 12 Bahamian jobs will be lost through the global banking giant's decision to exit a 'non-core' business by 2014.