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Miss Universe Grand Bahama wins 'Top Model'

MISS UNIVERSE Grand Bahama Tomacina “Tomii” Culmer won the judges over with her poise and presence during last Friday’s Miss Bahamas Top Model competition held at the British Colonial Hilton.

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Gibson attorney’s recusal request refused

JUSTICE Cheryl Grant-Thompson has denied Adrian Gibson’s attorney’s recusal request, resulting in the MP’s trial moving forward in her court next May.

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Ayton posts double double in loss to Pelicans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Deandre Ayton scored 20 points and led the Phoenix Suns with 12 rebounds on Saturday night. But they were defeated by the New Orleans Pelicans 119-99. It was the eighth double-double for the rookie No. 1 draft choice. He shot 9-12

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Bahamas Bowl: Blue Raiders, Rockets accept invites

NASSAU, Bahamas – Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders will represent Conference USA and Toledo Rockets will represent the MidAmerican Conference as both institutions accepted bids today to the 2021 Bahamas Bowl, set for Friday, December 17 in Nassau’s Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

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Bannister: No cap on WSC contract approval

FORMER Works Minister Desmond Bannister testified that the Water and Sewerage Corporation’s (WSC) board was not legally required to refer contracts over $250,000 for ministerial approval during his last day of testimony in the bribery and fraud trial of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson and five others.

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US gun checks would have helped the Bahamas

OFFICIALS in the Bahamas had hoped that the now failed proposed measure to expand gun background checks in the United States would have assisted law enforcement here to stem the tide of illegal firearms into the country.

Dominating distractions

They are seldom ever discussed, written about or analyzed, but they are there, constantly getting in the way, interrupting and interfering.

Charles Bain scores season high 12 points in back-to-back games

CHARLES Bain celebrated senior night with his most productive performance in back-to-back games for the Robert Morris University Colonials.

No severance for 2,026 terminated Baha Mar staffers

The 2,026 terminated Baha Mar employees will not receive due severance pay and all benefits owed to them, amid increasing uncertainty over the $3.5 billion project’s fate come November 2.

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Sears: It’s delegates that count, not PM's view

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader hopeful Alfred Sears, QC, said yesterday he is not concerned about Prime Minister Perry Christie’s recent dismissal of him as a potential threat. “It’s not what the prime minister says, it’s what the delegates determine, and how they vote,” he calmly stated.

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Gibson to employers: 'Justify every work permit'

COMPANIES who hire foreigners must send “justification” for every employee they have on work permit to the government, according to Minister of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson.

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1,500 given vaccine in first few days

MORE than 1,500 people have received their first shots of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine since the country’s national vaccination programme was launched last week.

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Bahamas '75% through' with region's worst aviation regime

The Bahamas is 75 per cent complete on an ‘action plan’ designed to overhaul what a leading international authority has branded the worst aviation industry safety regime in the entire Americas region.

COVID - crime and choice

There were 73 people murdered in 2020, down from 95 person in 2019. This gives a homicide rate for 2020 of 18. 6 per 100 000. This is still considered an epidemic. According to United Nation, Homicide rate of 10 per 100 0000 or above is considered an epidemic.

Tum Tum back on the court after a month out

Exactly a month after he was sidelined due to injury, Lourawls, “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr made his return to the court for the No 8 ranked Michigan State Spartans.

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FINCO: Three-year offload sparks $9.1m provision hit

Despite recovering "in excess of" 80 per cent of the outstanding principal 0n distressed property sales, FINCO's managing director yesterday said the mortgage

Scotiabank: $80m mortgages restructured in 18 months

Scotiabank (Bahamas) yesterday disclosed it had managed to restructure more than $80 million worth of mortgages, held by over 500 customers, within the last 18 months, telling Tribune Business just 5-6 per cent of that number had fallen back into delinquency.

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Town Planning urged: 'Grab oil exploration by the horns'

A prominent QC yesterday urged the Town Planning Committee "to grab oil drilling by the horns" after it became embroiled in the escalating legal battle over exploration in Bahamian waters.

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DPM praises ‘exceptional’ Sandals 95% occupancy

The deputy prime minister yesterday hailed Sandals Emerald Bay’s “exceptional” 90-95 percent slow season occupancy levels with the resort chain eyeing further Bahamas expansion.

Deal signed for 507 more CCTV cameras

THE Ministry of National Security signed a contract with Proficient Business Services yesterday for the expansion of the government’s closed-circuit television system, adding an additional 507 cameras to the initiative. National Security Minister Ma