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A COMIC'S VIEW: Produce the document, Mr Pinder
I AM intrigued by the situation surrounding Mr. John Pinder, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) MP for Central and South Abaco.
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The Press Box column: Michael Strachan
THE Bahamas’ very own Michael Strachan, the talented rookie wide receiver with the Indianapolis Colts, is making waves and turning heads in Colts training camp.
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Reckley listed as one of the top international prospects
RYAN Reckley was listed by Baseball America as one of the top international prospects for the upcoming signing period and is projected to sign one of the most lucrative deals in the current class.
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Fiasco in Afghanistan
The decision of great powers have exacting and long lasting effects upon other nations and their populations in the world. They always have.
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Strachan rising on NFL Draft boards
Just days away from the 2021 NFL Draft, Mike Strachan continues to garner attention from more franchises.
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Townhouse’s helping hand for Harbour Island students
ROMALIA’S Townhouse donated 65 backpack school bags and 36 drawstring bags with assorted school supplies, nutritional snacks and toiletries to the Harbour Island All Age School last month.
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Scholarship gift from fraternity
A GRAND Bahama student was awarded a $500 scholarship for winning the Kappa Lambda Lambda Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s annual essay competition.
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Bastian 36th overall in 200 breaststroke
It wasn’t the type of performance he expected, but swimmer Izaak Bastian will leave Tokyo, Japan, with a life-long experience as a 2020 Olympian.
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INSIGHT: Let the games begin
THE silly season might be stranger than usual because of COVID-19 restrictions – but things are starting to move on the political front. With his resignation last week from the Free National Movement, House Speaker Halson Moultrie may have catapulted himself into the political wilderness. He has seemingly committed himself to his convictions – even though the Bahamian people may not always be clear on what they are.
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EDITORIAL: Nothing adds up in Abaco shanty raid
THE raid on The Farm shanty town in Abaco yesterday was a big operation.
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Tucker gets Karl Walker Memorial Scholarship
MIRANDA Tucker had a promising track and field career as a thrower for the Big Red Machine. But in between her six years at St Augustine’s College, she has been hitting the golf ball as a member of the Bahamas Golf Federation’s junior national programme.
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A COMIC'S VIEW: Time to say bye, Lanisha
This week, we said goodbye to a minister, learned a new medical term, and prayed for a former Prime Minister.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Mr PM — You are so right, we are not in this alone, but the future will be built on what we alone do
ON September 25, Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis addressed the General Debate of the 76th Plenary Session of the United Nations. Still in the victory lap of his party’s win at the polls and assumption of the reins of governing a country with more needs than money to meet them, he spoke for 16 minutes and some seconds with real conviction, delivering a message that should not be lost on the Bahamian people.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Words matter, so choose them carefully
AS a writer, I love words, simple, honest words that say what they mean. Words like doggonit. I mean, you know exactly what that means. You can feel a fist pump the table even as you say the word.
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In Nevada desert, a technology firm aims to be a government
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — In the Nevada desert, a cryptocurrency magnate hopes to turn dreams of a futuristic “smart city” into reality. To do that, he’s asking the state to let companies like his form local governments on land they own, which would grant them power over everything from schools to law enforcement.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Villain or folk hero – our mixed emotions about the Barefoot Bandit
MONDAY, July 11, will mark 11 years to the day that international fugitive Colton Harris-Moore was captured in Harbour Island, Eleuthera. The capture ended a brazen two-year crime spree during which the teen, better known as the Barefoot Bandit, stole airplanes, boats, broke into businesses and homes and evaded police in three countries while taking the world along for a ride, post after Facebook post.
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VAT rate hike slashed consumption by $2bn
Consumer spending shrank by $2bn in the year after the Minnis administration hiked the VAT rate to 12 percent, the Auditor General’s Office calculated in a newly-released report.
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Bahamas 41st overall in medal count with 66 world ranking
BEHIND the dominating performances from quarter-milers Steven Gardiner and Shaunae Miller-Uibo, The Bahamas’ 16-member team rode to a 12th place in athletics and was tied with Kosovo at 41st overall in the medal count with a 66 world ranking in what has been termed a successful Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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STATESIDE: Biden brings back normalcy even as Trump’s minions start making their move
YESTERDAY marked a couple of anniversaries in very recent American political history. Both seem to be historically significant. And both fundamentally concern just one person.
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STATESIDE: Every flag a memory
ON this day, there were 693,274 index card-sized white plastic flags. They were neatly arrayed in 149 sections, and a light breeze stretched out many of them so the messages they bore could be read by passersby. The sun was shining. The sky was blue. Summer humidity had given way to a fresh cooler wave that made early autumnal temperatures feel a bit like San Diego.
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