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UB Mingoes take bite out of Great Whites 81-64
THE University of The Bahamas men’s basketball team slowly warmed up against The Zulu Media Marketing Great Whites in New Providence Basketball Association action Saturday night at The A.F. Adderley Gym. And just like the previous two straight wins, The Mingoes finished strong to pick up the 81-64 win – the team’s third straight win.
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FRONT PORCH: Reading and research key to integrity in journalism
GOOD journalism and well-crafted commentary play a critical role in public policy and political debates. They enliven and enlighten national dialogue.
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Debt-to-GDP lowered by a fifth, reports govt
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis commended his administration’s fiscal performance compared to that of the former administration’s pre-pandemic levels, telling the Opposition: “There is a reason why we are here and you there.”
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The story of the aircraft lost in The Bahamas
TRIBUNE readers may recall fifteen articles about Mailboats of the Bahamas in 2016. This new series about World War Two aircraft discoveries in our archipelago is similar, except the history is less static and more tactile.
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NPPPSSA members take advantage of two-day NPVA volleyball seminar
TO ensure that they are abreast of all of the rule changes before they start their volleyball competition, the New Providence Public Primary Schools Sports Association is engaging its members in a two-day seminar with the New Providence Volleyball Association.
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QC Class of 1985 remember Frankie Simmons
IN memory of their deceased classmate Frankie Simmons, the class of 1985 of Queen’s College made a cheque presentation to the Freedom Farm Green Parrots to assist in their travel to the Perfect Game Tournament in Sandford, Florida.
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GBPA signs $15m solar farm deal
A $15M SOLAR farm will be constructed on Grand Bahama, making it the first of its kind in The Bahamas.
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Ground broken on $15m solar farm project
LUCAYA Solar Power Ltd. officially broke ground on its $15m solar farm project in Freeport on Friday.
GB to Abaco power cable ‘doable’ but more needed
THE Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president says supplying power from the island to Abaco via an undersea electricity cable is “doable” but more details are required on the initiative.
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Tour de Turquoise raises a record $165,000 for Exuma
FOR donors who wonder where exactly their dollars go and who they help, in Exuma they only have to look as far as the school bus that proudly bears the name LN Coakley High.
Gas station operator’s relief faith ‘now 120%’
A gas station operator yesterday said his faith was now “120 percent” restored over the Government’s intention to provide relief for the sector’s plight following Monday’s meeting with the Prime Minister.
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PM meet’s ‘way to defuse’ VAT health claims dispute
The Prime Minister’s Business Round Table with senior corporate executives may have created a pathway for “defusing” the row over the VAT treatment of health insurance claims, one attendee said last night.
December air arrivals up 13% on pre-COVID
Stopover visitors for December 2022, which included the peak Christmas and New Year's tourism period, more than doubled year-over-year to beat the industry's pre-COVID performance by almost 13 percent.
BASRA appeals for duty exemption on boating safety equipment
AFTER seeing so many lives needlessly lost at sea, a Grand Bahama BASRA official is calling on government to allow for safety equipment to be imported duty free for Bahamian boaters.
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Gardiner, Charlton open outdoor seasons with wins
It was a big outdoor season opener for World and Olympic champion Steven Gardiner at the 17th Annual Spring Break Classic in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: The mystery of the missing medical test
THERE must be a million medical tests out there. You can check your blood type, heart rate, hearing loss, even your vestibular, whatever that is.
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‘Enough is enough’ say gas dealers
THE vice president of the Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association said to “stay tuned” as fuel retailers await government addressing a long-waited margin increase, saying the industry feels “enough is enough”.
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STATESIDE: Biden’s visit to front line shows his commitment to winning this war
TOMORROW marks the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Commemorations have been extensive and substantial.
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BPRA says 'stay tuned' as gas retailers soon to take action
MEMBERS of the Bahamas Petroleum Retailers Association (BPRA) say they intend to soon take action to get government’s attention to their cries for a long-awaited margin increase, arguing that they can no longer afford to operate on the current margin regime due to increasing costs.
Air arrivals 100,000 off pre-COVID in ‘22
Air arrivals to The Bahamas in 2022 fell just 100,000 short of the 1.6m received in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic that shut tourism down for much of 2020 and 2021, it was revealed yesterday.