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Burrows and Bromwell lead Tigers to title win

THE accolades continue to pile up for a Bahamian student-athlete duo in Canada. Shamar Burrows and Livingston Bromwell achieved another historic feat for their Ridley College Tigers basketball programme when they led the team to the Standard High School Basketball Tournament title.

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Tears and laughter as hundreds attend Sister Sister Prayer Breakfast

THERE was laughter interspersed with tears as breast cancer patients, survivors and those who have lost ones to the disease came together for the 11th annual Sister Sister Prayer Breakfast on Saturday.

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Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards a blast

SANDWICHED between the Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival and the 20 Pearls awards ceremonies was the much anticipated scholastic event of the year, the Grand Bahama Sports.com Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards and scholarship dinner.

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Bahamas spared as Erika turns west

THE Bahamas was spared the wrath of Erika over the weekend, after the deadly storm made an unexpected turn to the west on Friday, taking the country’s chain of islands out of its destructive path.

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Web shop donates computers to school

Students at CR Walker yesterday became the beneficiaries of 20 brand new Dell computers in the third instalment of Island Luck’s nationwide computer drive.

Average 34-minute wait time for ambulances

NINETY per cent of ambulance delays in New Providence in 2012-2013 were due to “a lack of availability of a unit”, a report prepared by the government’s international consultants Sanigest Internacional found.

Why the high cost for residency?

I was compelled to respond in writing by way of an open letter to the editor.

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Lions are champions

Iconic head coach Pattie Johnson added another title to her storied programme as the HO Nash Lions closed out the GSSSA junior girls’ championship series.

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Buddy Hield on John R Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 list

NAMED at the midseason mark as one of college basketball’s top prospects, Buddy Hield survived another round of cuts as the list of finalists for the prestigious award is dwindled down.

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• Instinct Art Show
The Instinct Art Show, which opens at the Central Bank Art Gallery on Thursday, is all about talented women and their unique perspective of the world. The exhibit will highlight nine prominent women who produce fine art and focus on their passions.
The nine women include Sue Bennett-Williams, Chantal Bethel, Lisa Codella, Jessica Colebrooke, Claudette Dean, Susan Katz-Lightbourn, Holly Parotti, Ana-Lisa Wells and Nadine Seymour-Munroe.

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STUDENTS QUEUE FOR HIV/AIDS TESTING AT BTVI

SCORES of students queued for a recent campus-wide HIV/AIDS testing at The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute, all in an effort to know their status and strengthen awareness of the deadly disease.

Bahamian gospel singer celebrates international success

ALREADY successful in the Bahamas, gospel singer Ricardo Clarke is now garnering international attention with his hit single “Don’t Count Me Out”. Over the past year, the song has been playing on radio stations in 20 countries outside of the Bahamas; primarily the US, UK, Canada, France, Russia, Australia and Japan.

Faith Walk Church of God celebrates 100 years

Faith Walk Church of God in Cooper’s Town, Abaco, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.

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• Ya Hear the Track Road Theatre is gearing up to present an exciting stage play in Nassau next week? John Buchan’s “39 Steps” comedic spy drama adapted by Patrick Barlow will be shown at the Dundas Theatre from November 20 - 23. The show will feature Bahamian entertainers Leslie Ellis-Tynes, Gail Hanna, Glenn Sherman, Jr and Rossano Deal. Show time is 8pm.

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Thursday, November 20

Best Buddy scheme helps disabled to graduate at Baha Mar

FIVE students with developmental or intellectual disabilities have been offered jobs at Cable Beach mega-resort Baha Mar after graduating from the resort’s Leadership Development Institute yesterday.

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Basketball player Trevone Grant making move to Acadia

THE basketball journey continues for Trevone Grant as he prepares to make the transition to the university level.

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Baha Mar claims process: No one guaranteed to be paid

THE claims committee responsible for administrating payouts to former employees and creditors of Baha Mar updated its website yesterday with additional information about the claims process, including a warning that no one is guaranteed to be paid.

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Woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death faces court

A MAN and a woman were separately arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with two recent killings in the capital.

Bahamas Power and Light still experiencing 'a generation shortfall'

BAHAMAS Power and Light yesterday admitted that the utility provider is still experiencing “a generation shortfall” following an island-wide outage on Sunday.