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Religious happenings around town

Friday • St Barnabas’ 2020 Annual General Meeting

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Shark attacks decrease around the world in 2019

UNPROVOKED shark attacks around the world decreased last year, although they rose in the United States, according to researchers.

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Carnival to spend $100m on new Grand Bahama dock

MONTHS after a crane collapsed and damaged Grand Bahama Shipyard’s largest dock, Carnival Corporation is planning a $100 million investment to build a new and bigger dock. Giora Israel, senior vice president of global ports and destination developme

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Ayton rises to occasion but Suns eclipsed by Pistons

Andre Drummond had 31 points and 19 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons handed the Phoenix Suns their fourth straight loss, 116-108 on Wednesday night.

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Meditation: The Abundant life

This is a life of love and liberty. Let us explore this further.

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Caribbean rating agency entering Bahamas market

A Caribbean rating agency yesterday voiced optimism it can help Bahamian debt issuers raise capital at lower costs after being approved to offer its services in this nation.Wayne Dass, Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRI

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Romad Dean and Paul Greene named to boys nominees list

A PAIR of Bahamian prep basketball players have had standout seasons in their first year with new programmes in Canada and have now been nominated for the country’s premier showcase. Paul Greene and Romad Dean were two of 198 players named BioSteel

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Superhuman effort as Roker leads his X-Men to victory

Azaro Roker continues to post conference leading numbers in the Atlantic University Sport and led his St Francis Xavier X-Men to a crucial win to move into second place as the regular season winds down.

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PM defends increase in travel budget

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday defended the government’s decision to increase its travel benefits for Cabinet ministers and their spouses.He insisted that records would show that officials’ spouses have not been taking advantage of the ben

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Blessed are MPs - who could do better

ANGLICAN Archdeacon Father James Palacious told parliamentarians that they need to stop their “slackness” when it comes to adhering to the Public Disclosure Act.

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Bahamas in Fintech 'first for Caribbean'

Corporate loan rejection rates in The Bahamas are double those in other Caribbean countries, it has been revealed, resulting in financial technology (Fintech) being deployed to boost capital access. An Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) paper on

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Register for people with Parkinson's disease

KINGDOR National Parkinson Foundation is trying to get assistance from the Ministry of Health to set up a national register for the number of people with Parkinson’s disease. The foundation’s president, Marvis Darling-Hill, explained yesterday at th

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Why God is real

I have experienced and observed the awesome power of God at work in difficult and challenging circumstances, both in my life and the lives of others. Consequently, my relationship with our Heavenly Father is sacrosanct and steadfast. James 1:17 (KJV) tells us “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” Believers in Christ understand that our God is real, He is tried and tested, and we have learnt to rely upon His grace, mercy and faithfulness.

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Road to Olympics: Hield pulls off 2nd-round TKO

CARL Hield’s road to the 2020 Olympic Games qualifying tournament began with a victory in his first match for the year over the weekend in Pennsylvania. Hield, the top Bahamian amateur boxer now training in Tampa, Florida, pulled off a second-round

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Jonquel Jones signs multi-year contract with Sun

JONQUEL Jones was the first member of this current star-studded WNBA free agent class to sign and will remain with the Connecticut Sun for the foreseeable future. Jones signed a multi-year contract with the Sun yesterday as the league’s free agency

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'Unify' Abaco's power grid to eliminate four voltages

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has warned many Abaco residents will be without power “for a year or longer”, as it called for a “unified” grid to eliminate the four voltages used pre-Dorian.The multilateral lender, in documents accompanyin

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Deandre Ayton grabs his 1,000th career rebound

DEANDRE Ayton continues to set franchise records for Phoenix in just his second NBA season.Ayton finished with 28 points, 19 rebounds in the Suns’ 117-108 loss to the Denver Nuggets at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, on Saturday n

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Students stay put in China - for now

AS the government continues to closely monitor the deadly coronavirus in China, Foreign Affairs Minister Darren Henfield said yesterday that officials see “no real reason” to evacuate Bahamians studying in Wuhan.

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Minister hails 7.216m tourism arrivals record

A Cabinet minister yesterday hailed The Bahamas’ record 7.216m visitor arrivals in 2019 as another “very impressive” sign of the industry’s post-Hurricane Dorian rebound.Dionisio D’Aguilar, pictured, minister of tourism and aviation, paid tribute to

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'Existential threat of climate change'

CLIMATE change is an “existential threat” to the environment, the economy and “life itself”, a former minister of state for finance has said. Zhivargo Laing, executive director of the University of The Bahamas’ Government and Public Policy Institute,