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Minister: Sixfold rise in cases of incest last year
ALTHOUGH there was a reduction in the number of reported cases of child abuse in the country last year compared to 2013, the number of reported cases of incest increased six-fold in New Providence last year, according to data provided by Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin.
NFL Picks Week 11: Renaldo v Sancheska
NFL Picks Week 11 by Renaldo and Sancheska Dorsett
Two game leads in NPBA best of five championship series
THE Giants basketball teams are at opposite ends of the spectrum against the Rockets as the New Providence Basketball Association began its best-of-five championship series over the weekend at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
Tum Tum Nairn's run to Final Four ended by Duke
LOURAWLS 'Tum Tum' Nairn's bid to become the first Bahamian basketball player to play in the NCCA championship game ended in Indianapolis on Saturday night when his Michigan State Spartans were beaten comfortably by Duke.
Jones and Sun win Liberty rematch
Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun exacted revenge for an opening day loss and looked like a dominant title contender in an early season rematch with the New York Liberty.
UPDATED: Arson suspected in government vehicles blaze
ARSON is suspected in the case of the four government vehicles that caught fire outside a Carmichael Road government building on Saturday night.
David Nesbitt and his team in FIBA’s BCL Americas Final
DAVID Nesbitt and his Minas Belo Horizonte club completed their regular season in Brazil’s Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) and will head into FIBAs Basketball Champions League Americas Final this weekend.
22 COVID cases between Wednesday and Thursday
THE country recorded 22 COVID-19 cases between Wednesday and Thursday.
FNM sends its condolences to Collie family
FREE National Movement leader Dr Hubert Minnis expressed his deepest sympathies to the families, friends and loved ones of Edith Barnes-Collie and Enamae and Tim Polowick – the mother, sister, and brother-in-law of former FNM MP and Cabinet minister Sidney Collie.
$900k contract signed for water regulation
The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) has signed a contract worth over $900,000 with four advisers, including two Bahamian companies, for the overhaul of the water industry’s economic and environmental regulatory framework.
Nurses trained to help save limbs
With 13.6 percent of the population of the Bahamas suffering from diabetes, the country is at an epidemic status. Each year, more than more one million diabetics around the world lose at least a leg. Research has shown that 85 percent of all amputations are preceded by an ulcer and can be prevented.
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DeAndre Ayton named to MaxPreps All-American First-Team
HE MISSED much of the season due to a lingering foot injury but it didn’t slow down Bahamian centre DeAndre Ayton from being recognised as one of the top sophomores in America.
Shockers edge past Regulators
EVEN though he struggled in spurts, William ‘J R’ Rigby still managed to can a game high 30 points, including the game winning three-pointer with 3.1 seconds left on the clock.
Wildcats ink deal to return to Bahamas next year
FOLLOWING the success of the Big Blue Bahamas Tour, the University of Kentucky Wildcats recently inked a deal to return to the Bahamas in 2016.
System loss reductions save Water Corp $15m
The Water and Sewerage Corporation’s (WSC) initiative to slash non-revenue water (NRW) losses has resulted in savings of $15 million to-date, the Deputy Prime Minister said yesterday.
Gov't aims to 'get Bahamasair back' into Treasure cay
The Government is trying to “get Bahamasair back in” to service Treasure Cay, the minister of tourism describing the carrier as “critical” to increasing airlift and connectivity to the Family Islands.
Roots wants Junkanoo judging change
MEMBERS of The Roots have called for the “abolition” of Junkanoo’s “flawed” judging system, adding it is overdue to be changed.
Evans says Aliv will not steal major market share from BTC
BAHAMAS Communications and Public Officers Union President Bernard Evans yesterday dismissed assertions that newcomer Aliv will steal a significant market share from the Bahamas Telecommunications Company, charging that the former’s initial success is merely the result of “restrictions” placed on BTC by regulators to give Aliv “some advantage” to “get in the game”.
Aliv’s pay-per-second rates aim to cut customer costs
THE Bahamas’ second mobile operator yesterday promised to deliver superior customer service and “phenomenal” plans, as it outlined pay-per second call rates and “no contracts” as key components of its new mobile services offering.
