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Police investigate fatal hit-and-run on Robinson Road

POLICE are investigating a fatal hit-and-run in the capital after a pedestrian was struck while attempting to cross the road on Friday evening. The man was attempting to cross Robinson Road in the vicinity of Washington Street shortly after 10pm, ac

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Junior tennis aces shine on the Florida circuit

A GROUP of young talented Bahamian males took to the junior tennis circuit in Florida this past weekend. Michael Major Jr and Jackson Mactaggart participated in the under-14 category and Khai Rees and Patrick Mactaggart took part in the under-12 cat

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Tiger’s Hero World Challenge to Rock Albany golf course

THE Hero World Challenge is still days away from an official tee-off, but the professional golf world will be fixated on the Albany Golf Course today.

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College in move to monitor air quality

AS THE authorities continue to work to address the air quality issues associated with the New Providence landfill, Aquinas College is taking the lead in implementing a school air monitoring programme to better protect its students, teachers, administrators, staff and parents.

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Insurance awards at ceremony

THE Bahamas Insurance Association held its annual awards ceremony and reception at the Nassau Yacht Club on Thursday.

NORCECA: BAHAMAS SEVENTH OVERALL

THE Bahamas men’s national volleyball team had to settle for seventh place at the NORCECA Men’s Continental Championships after defeating Saint Lucia in three straight sets, 25-17, 25-20, 25-20 at the Langley Events Centre in British Columbia, Canada, on Saturday.

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Bahamas eliminated

The men’s national volleyball team gave it a gallant effort at the Juan “Pachín” Vicens Auditorium, but a third place finish over the weekend eliminated the Bahamas from the NORCECA Men’s World Championship Qualification Tournament.

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'Punished for being a bold, independent thinker'

MARVA Moxey, third child of Ed Moxey, creator of Jumbey Village, told those gathered to pay tribute to her 80-year-old father Friday night of the hardships the family suffered because they were Moxeys – particularly the children of the former PLP parliamentarian.

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Shamar earns Subway Player of the Game

Burrows and Dalhousie Tigers claim their 3rd straight AUS title, qualify for U Sports Final 8

Shamar Burrows and the Dalhousie Tigers claimed their third consecutive Atlantic University Sport championship and now look ahead to joining the best programmes in Canada at the U Sports Final Eight next month.

Chelsea gets 6-1 Premier League win over Queens Park Rangers

LONDON (AP) -- Fernando Torres got his first hat trick in more than two years on Sunday to lead Chelsea to a 6-1 English Premier League win over Queens Park Rangers. Tottenham returned to fourth place with a 2-0 win over Blackburn, moving ahead of Newcastl

Water Corp slashes receivables by 50%

The Water & Sewerage Corporation slashed the near-$14 million receivables owed to BISX-listed Consolidated Water by almost 50 per cent during 2014, it has been revealed.

Water Corp supplier sees silver lining despite $2.5m fall

The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s main supplier yesterday said it sees a ‘silver lining’ in the leak prevention programme that caused a $2.5 million year-over-year reduction in its Bahamian subsidiary’s revenues.

BTC profits slump 26.4%

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) suffered a 26.4 per cent profits slump for the year to end-March 2015, as its revenues and staffing levels came under pressure in the run-up to mobile liberalisation.

FOCOL to drive 36% profit rise for Sunshine

Sunshine Holdings is projecting its net income will increase by 36 per cent over the next three years to more than $9 million, with BISX-listed FOCOL Holdings driving much of the improvement.

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Cobb ends school blitz at HO Nash

AFTER spending the past week in town providing some tips to our high school students on making “positive choices” in their lives, former National Football League player Michael Cobb returned to the United States.

Gas stations hope for industry ‘modernising’

Gas station dealers are hoping the Government will either agree to a margin increase or “modernising” the industry’s structure, with a solution agreed before the 2022-2023 Budget is unveiled in just over three weeks’ time.

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Gas station dealers mulling shut down

Gas station dealers are mulling a sector-wide shutdown this month amid growing concern about the ability of the industry’s fixed price controlled-margins business model to cope with a variety of cost increases.

Cases of sex infections reduced over ten years

THE public healthcare system recorded 2,169 sexually transmitted infections in 2022, 61 per cent –– or 1,320 –– of which were syphilis cases.

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Edgecombe Jr, 18, has impressive showing at home

HOMECOMINGS are usually quite memorable, but for Valdez ‘VJ’ Edgecombe Jr, his return home to the Bahamas as one of the top ranked high school boys’ basketball players in the United States was extra special.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: There will never be another gingerbread house

THERE will never be another gingerbread house. Not like the ones Graham Bruce created, the magical, whimsical three feet high edible works of art handmade of gingerbread, brown sugar and love, adorned with sparkles, candy, nuts and candy canes, complete with windows that let the light shine through. They were architectural and culinary wonders, those gingerbread houses, days in the making and happy slow hours in the guilty devouring.