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Minister 'won't intervene' on Compass Point issue

Compass Point’s owner has been urged to resolve his hotel licensing grievances with the regulator, a Cabinet minister saying: “This is not a case where I can intervene.” Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, told Tribune Business tha

Time to shuffle the FNM pack

If the FNM were a four-cylinder motor engine it would be firing on two cylinders and with fits and starts of misfiring at that. A major problem in our wonderful nation. as it relates to politics is that if one were to critique something that a party or its leader may do or say, others who should know better tend to accuse that detractor of being an enemy of the nation, God forbid, or the party itself.

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Buddy Hield: 'I want to continue to wear No.24 as a tribute' to Kobe

SEVERAL players have opted to change their jersey number from No.8 or No.24 to honour Kobe Bryant, but Buddy Hield has chosen to continue to wear No.24 as a tribune to the late NBA icon. Hield said that continuing to wear the number and compete at t

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So far, about 12 athletes qualified for CARIFTA Games

SO far, about 12 athletes have attained the qualifying standard for this year’s CARIFTA Games, scheduled for the Easter holiday weekend in Hamilton, Bermuda.Out of that number, nine have attained the standard in field events, four of whom are members

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Compass Point owner issues licence warning

Compass Point’s owner yesterday warned he will not renew his hotel licence for 2020 until the government agrees to support an examination of how the resort industry’s regulation can be improved. Leigh Rodney, the West Bay Street-based property’s pro

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'Uncharted territory' on $508m deficit blow-out

The Bahamas is in “almost uncharted territory” over its unplanned $508m post-Dorian borrowing, a Fiscal Responsibility Council member said yesterday, while warning: “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” Gowon Bowe, who represents the Bahamas Institute of Ch

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Lashann and Longhorns on 5-game win streak

AFTER a slow start to the season, Lashann Higgs and the Texas Longhorns Women’s Basketball has now extended their winning streak to five games in the Big 12.Higgs scored a game high 19 points to lead the Longhorns to a 70-53 win on the road over the

Higgs sisters continue winning ways

BOTH Higgs sisters continue their winning ways in the Carolinas to highlight the performances of Bahamian collegiate swimmers throughout NCAA Division I swimming. Albury Higgs and the South Carolina Gamecocks completed the weekend with a pair of win

Bahamas races to fill aviation safety gaps

Aviation chiefs yesterday pledged to double The Bahamas’ compliance score after global regulators found it had implemented less than one-third of the required “safety oversight” regime. Captain Charles Beneby, the Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority’s

Furniture store aids plastics end drive

A Bahamian furniture store is backing the government’s single-use plastics ban by offering complementary reusable bags to consumers as long as supplies last. Oasis Furniture sad its bag campaign is part of a broader sustainability effort that it pra

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Sailor Joshua Weech, 13, learns to balance his chores, homework

DESPITE having eight international competitions and multiple domestic races under his belt, 13-year-old sailor Joshua Weech is still a typical Bahamian teenager with chores and homework. With the help of his family and friends, the promising athlete

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Charisma, Sasha burn up track

Charisma Taylor and Sasha Wells, who could be headed for a collision course in the NCAA Division One Indoor Track and Field Championships, had some outstanding performances over the weekend for their respective colleges.Taylor, competing for Washingt

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Photographer hopes award-winning image of trapped sea turtle will inspire change

A PHOTO of a dead turtle hooked and tangled in fishing line in Bahamian waters has gained international attention after winning a prestigious photography award. The image, which was captured in 2017 by Canadian dive instructor Shane Gross, placed fi

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'We don't want the Valley Boys to boycott Junkanoo'

JUNKANOO Corporation of New Providence Chairman Dion Miller is “disappointed” with the Valley Boys’ threat to boycott further parades after the official 2019 Boxing Day results placed the Shell Saxons as victors of the parade.“We don’t need that kind

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Megan Moss 4th in 400m, Charlton wins hurdles

IT was a phenomenal day on the track for quarter-miler Megan Moss and hurdler Devynne Charlton at the Rod McCravy Memorial in Lexington, Kentucky.Moss, in her freshman year at the host University of Kentucky, picked up a fourth-place finish in the wo

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Kobe Bryant's death leaves NBA players, others in shock

NEW YORK (AP) — Kobe Bryant authored some of his most memorable moments at Madison Square Garden and made himself a centrepiece of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry. Bryant was remembered for that and so much more yesterday after the five-time NBA champion

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Hield scores 21, Kings beat Bulls 98-81 to snap a six-game slide

BUDDY Hield came off the bench for the first time all season and still led the Sacramento Kings in scoring as they stopped a six-game losing streak. Hield finished with 21 points and eight rebounds to lead the Kings to a 98-81 win over the Chicago B

BTVI chief: Skills gap has widened

The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute’s (BTVI) president is arguing that skills gaps within the Bahamian workforce have actually widened over the past decade based on recent survey results.Dr Robert Robertson, speaking to Tribune Business fo

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Kobe Bryant and his daughter perish in helicopter crash, seven others dead

CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on a remote, steep hillside in Southern California on Sunday, his sudden death at age 41 touching off an outpouring of grief for a star whose celebrity transcended basketball.

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Tributes paid to woman killed in Andros traffic accident

THE family of the woman who lost her life in a traffic fatality in Central Andros on Thursday say they are shocked by her unexpected death and believe she was taken too soon.