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Winfrey highlights story of black woman raped by white men

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s barnstormer of a speech at the Golden Globes highlighted the story of a black Alabama woman who was raped by six white men in 1944.Winfrey, in speaking of the victims of sexual assault whose voices might never be he

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36 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Wednesday

The Bahamas recorded 36 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, 30 on New Providence and six on Grand Bahama.

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SPORTS YEAR IN REVIEW: PART 1

• THE first part of Tribune Sports’ year in review series will explore the greatest Team Performances of 2012

9PM HURRICANE ALERT FROM BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY

ALERT #7 ON HURRICANE JOAQUIN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY WEDNESDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER, 2015 AT 9 PM EDT.

Young believers will ‘ReFresh’ their faith in night of worship

Evangelistic Temple’s ReBirth Youth Ministry is inviting all believers to a night of pure worship on November 6.

Natural history conference to be held at College of the Bahamas

THE third Bahamas Natural History Conference - organised by The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) every two years - will take place next month at the College of The Bahamas (COB) in Oakes Field.

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Jonquel Jones one of 30 candidates for Senior CLASS Award

GEORGE Washington Colonials senior Jonquel Jones was named one of 30 women’s basketball candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.

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Higgs, Grant playing pivotal role in Big 12

A pair of Bahamian women basketball players have made an immediate impact on their programmes in an elite Division I power conference.

‘Speedy Seymour’ coming into his own for Muckdogs

ENERGISED by atmosphere, the speedy Anfernee Seymour is coming into his own for the Batavia Muckdogs, two or three bases at a time.

FINA Worlds: Burrows ends up 32nd overall in 50m butterfly

IN his opening event at the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Elvis Burrows left the Kazan Arena with an historic first place finish in his heat of the men’s 50 metre butterfly on Sunday as he got the Bahamas’ five-member team off to a splash.

Baha Mar secures $15m for ‘approved and budgeted’ expenses

BAHA Mar has secured nearly $15 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) loans to meet approved and budgeted expenses, despite failing to secure the requisite government approvals.

Cable plans launch of $60-$100m pref issue

Cable Bahamas is planning to imminently tap the capital markets with another multi-million dollar preference share issue, Tribune Business can reveal.

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Costs to webshops revealed as gaming rules are tabled

THE highly anticipated new Gaming Bill 2014 will leave the door open for the government to establish a national lottery at the discretion of the minister, while outlining yearly rates of taxation on webshops among other stringent industry regulations.

Gov't concern on conch export block decision

The Government yesterday voiced concern that Queen Conch exports could be threatened if the US declares them an endangered species, creating “significant social and economic hardship” for thousands of Bahamian and regional fishermen.

Conch verdict preserves $3.3m fisheries exports

BAHAMIAN fishermen yesterday hailed as “welcome news” the US’s decision not to place the Queen Conch on its endangered species list, and blamed harvesting shortfalls on “destructive” methods by foreign poachers.

Palm Cay ahead of schedule for third condo phase launch

A southeastern New Providence real estate development yesterday said it will open reservations ahead of schedule for the third phase of its luxury condominium complex, The Anchorage, after demand outpaced supply in the first two phases.

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PM plans to ask China for funds

PRIME Minister Perry Christie has announced plans to request funding from China to support the national budget, refinance and restructure the country’s debt.

DNA to hold protest against BEC costs

THE Democratic National Alliance will hold a demonstration at 9am today in front of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s main office, in protest of the country’s “extremely high light bills,” Chairman Andrew Wilson said yesterday.

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COB STUDY: 58% of boys believe men should discipline their female partners

FIFTY-eight per cent of high school boys and 37 per cent of high school girls participating in a recent academic survey believe men should discipline their female partners, according to a new College of the Bahamas study.

BNT eyeing 'rough' Q4 over funding concerns

THE Bahamas National Trust (BNT) is refining its fund raising strategy its executive director said yesterday, telling Tribune Business that the third quarter of the year is “going to be rough” unless it is able to obtain significant funding.