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NPBA regular season starts Nov 11

THE New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) regular season is scheduled to begin on Saturday, November 11. The league’s opening night will be hosted at the Kendal G L Isaacs Gymnasium which is expected to be one of the facilities utilised for a few of the games this season.

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The re-elected Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, wanted to calm the markets and settle the Turkish currency crisis with the new finance minister, Mehmet Şimşek. But the plan did not work, and the lira hit a new record low on Friday last week.

EDITORIAL: Murder count tops 100 again, despite COP’s promise

IN August of last year, Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander was insistent that the country would not pass a total of 100 murders. He was wrong.

Eric Wiberg – Taxied to beach, hit trees and sank

TAXIED to beach, hit trees, and sank: these seven words encapsulate a bad day for a dozen men.

Cat Island 'going to get whole hog'

Government officials yesterday pledged that Cat Island is "going to get the whole hog" when it comes to airport, roads and utilities upgrades and investments.

Bahamas youth flag football season begins on August 26

THE Bahamas Youth Flag Football League (BYFFL) season is scheduled to begin next week Saturday.

Fire destroys structures in Kool Acres shanty town

Around 77 structures or some 80 percent of the Kool Acres shanty town off Joe Farrington Road have been burned to the ground in a fire that took place around 4pm on Saturday, according to Craig Delancey, Buildings Control Officer with the Ministry of Works and a part of the Unregulated Communities Action Taskforce.

NPBA president: We are ready for 2nd half of season

THE second half of the 2023-24 New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) regular season is now in full swing as teams round into form to close out the season strong.

National debt up $458m despite ratios declining

The post-COVID economic revival dropped The Bahamas’ debt-to-GDP ratio to 85 percent at end-June despite the national debt increasing by $457.5m over the prior 12 months to $11.645bn.

Providence Classic starts with a bang

The Providence Basketball Club’s 24th annual Yuletide Basketball Classic got off with a bang yesterday at the CI Gibson Gymnasium, despite the organisers having to juggle the line-up in the absence of a few teams.

‘Knucklehead’ Johnson Invitational next month – Cross country invite on October 21

Bahamas men’s national 1,500 metre record holder William ‘Knucklehead’ Johnson is delighted that there will be a continuation of the cross country invitational in his honour.

Police allegedly find a gun and ammo in house of man waiting trial for murder of Corporal Fox

A MAN awaiting trial for allegedly trying to murder a police officer was denied bail yesterday after a gun and a large quantity of ammunition was allegedly found in his home.

BPL set for a 'maturity audit'

Regulators are searching for consultants to conduct a "maturity audit" of Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) in a bid to assess the energy monopoly's performance and develop better regulatory oversight.

US will warn over crime

My prediction has happened. Two American tourists in Exuma robbed of thousands of dollars, another State Department Advisory will happen warning American tourists of the crime in The Bahamas.

Rating agencies set ‘true north’ on Bahamas reform

International credit rating agencies have set “almost a true north” for The Bahamas to reach when it comes to key economic and fiscal reforms, a governance reformer argued yesterday.

BPL ‘stranglehold’: Business battles up to 100% bill rises

Soaring Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) bills were yesterday said to be imposing “a stranglehold” on commerce with multiple businesses struggling to survive up to 100 percent year-over-year increases in their energy costs.

Eric Wiberg – PBM Mariner seaplane sinks near Royal Island

ON the night of Wednesday, July 19, 1944, at Royal Island, North Eleuthera, Lt (jg) HL Hayes crashed while landing in a turbulent sea. No injuries to the personnel occurred, but both wing floats were torn off the plane and the starboard wing tip bounced on the bottom and finally sank in 20 feet of water. The plane was damaged beyond repair and was later surveyed.

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