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Peter Galanos dies, aged 80
FORMER parliamentarian and insurance businessman Peter Galanos died at his home early yesterday morning at the age of 80.
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Cruise port hits 97% end-May occupancy
Passenger occupancies on vessels calling at Nassau Cruise Port in the final week of May exceeded 97 percent, it was revealed yesterday, signalling the sector is closing on full recovery from COVID-19’s ravages.
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Sky get 101-95 double OT win over the Sun
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Courtney Vandersloot had the second triple-double in WNBA playoff history with 12 points, a league playoff-record 18 assists and 10 rebounds to help the Chicago Sky beat the Connecticut Sun 101-95 in two overtimes last night in the opener of their best-of-five semifinal series.
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Cybots rally to even series with Shockers
THE Mail Boat Cybots showed why they are the New Providence Basketball Association men’s defending champions.
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GB Power raises reduced light bill estimate to 95%
Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) yesterday said it was “confident” that the number of residential customers set to experience reduced electricity bills in 2016 had increased to 95 per cent, with some in line for “close to 7 per cent” decreases.
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95 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19
The Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday that there are 95 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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Overall crime shows 7% decline
CRIME declined by seven percent in 2019 despite a four percent uptick in murders and a 12 percent increase in armed robberies, according to police statistics. Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson, as he released the statistics, cited Hurricane Dorian for the murder increase from 91 in 2018 to 95 in 2019, saying law enforcement will learn from having its resources stretched to respond to a natural disaster.
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NPBA: Giants and DDL in win column
THE defending champions Discount Distributors Liquors and runners-up Commonwealth Bank Giants both pulled off victories over the weekend to highlight the men’s division one play in the New Providence Basketball Association.
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Ragged Island renewables as high as 95%
RAGGED Island’s renewable energy penetration will be as high as 95 percent through a solar plant that will be owned by Bahamas Power & Light (BPL), it was revealed yesterday.
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UB knock off the Legends 104-91, Cybots blast Rockets
THE University of the Bahamas and the Mail Boat Cybots both won big as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.
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NPBA: Giants rout the Shockers 95-65, Regulators hold off Pros 93-90
THE Commonwealth Bank Giants, taking off from where they left before the Christmas break, was clicking on all cylinders as they routed the JD’s Seafood Shockers 95-65 at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.
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Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships wrap up
THE 2016 Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships closed out at the Ocean Club resort, Paradise Island, on Friday with the Bahamas remaining in the same position they occupied all week in both the men’s Hoerman Cup and the ladies’ George Teale Memorial Cup.
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PETER YOUNG: Small island developing states should speak with one voice
HAVING written only last week about COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference which opens in Scotland in less than one week, I hesitate to return to the subject today for fear of repetition. But there has been a significant new development and it may also be worth reiterating the importance of the conference to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) which include, of course, The Bahamas.
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FINCO chief: 95% of local transactions done digitally
RBC FINCO’s top executive says Bahamians are beginning to embrace a digital future with 95 percent now conducting their financial transactions electronically.
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Ayton posts double double in 123-110 loss to Hawks
ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young scored 21 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter and the Atlanta Hawks pulled away late to beat the Phoenix Suns 123-110 last night.
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Junior golfers Anand, Azar in the lead
SOPHIE Anand continues to hold onto her lead in the girls’ 15-and-under division, while Diego Azar surged to the front in the boys’ 11-13 division as day two of the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships came to a close at the Albany Golf Club y
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Mobile data usage up 30% pts in 2017
Mobile broadband penetration jumped by 30 percentage points inside one year, it was revealed yesterday, with four out of every five Bahamians using the product by year-end 2017.The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA), unveiling its
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Dorian 'totally destroys' 80% of fishing industry
Fishermen yesterday said Hurricane Dorian had “totally destroyed” 80 percent of the industry in Abaco and Grand Bahama amid uncertainty over how the government will aid recovery.“Eighty percent of the fisheries sector in Grand Bahama and Abaco is tot
