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Women's Week events to conclude with march on Saturday

UNDER the theme ‘Press for Progress’, a week-long series of events marking Women’s Week and International Women’s Day will culminate in a march on Saturday. March organisers Equality Bahamas said this year’s events focused on bodily autonomy and cre

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WORLD VIEW: The fight for a big bite of Apple’s taxes

Over the last few weeks, a trans-Atlantic war of words has been going on between the US Treasury and the European Union Commission (EC) over what amounts to ‘harmful tax competition’.

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JUNIOR JUNKANOO RESULTS - Ministry happy with parade quality

MINISTRY of Youth, Sports and Culture officials claimed yesterday that they are “extremely satisfied” with the quality of the 27th annual Junior Junkanoo parade despite the public’s plea to move it back to Bay Street.

PLP using Trump’s playbook

It is quite depressing to reflect on the journey that the Republican Party has taken since the days of the American Civil War. It was once the party of Abraham Lincoln that ended slavery in the United States. Today it is the party of Donald Trump and uses anger, fear, conspiracy theories and fake news to whip up the emotions of a section of society that is shrinking and getting more desperate by the day.

Romad Dean ends season in OSBA final four

ROMAD Dean and the Crestwood Lions finished the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association season as one of the top prep programmes in all of Canada.

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Activists: 'Unarguable' BPC needed new EA

Oil exploration opponents yesterday alleged previous statements by Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) show it is "unarguable" that new environmental permits were needed for the change in drill ship.

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Holowesko victorious

YOUNG Bahamian riders Ella Holowesko, Siena Holowesko, and Tamsin Nottage travelled to Saugerties, New York, with their trainer Mrs Erika Adderley-Coello of Mariposa Stables, to compete at the Marshall & Sterling Insurance League 2016 National Finals this past weekend.

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Four killed in plane crash

THE tragic death of two American couples in a plane crash ripped through the small community of Treasure Cay yesterday.

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Final stage of bidding for cellular licence begins

AFTER a five-month delay, the final phase of the selection process for the country’s second mobile services provider has begun, the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority announced yesterday.

Are cruise ship sick heading here?

THE United States Coast Guard has told foreign-flagged cruise ships to be prepared to care for people with COVID-19 for an uncertain period of time at sea or seek help from countries in which they are registered.

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Bahamas 4th, 6th in 62nd Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships

THE Bahamas concluded the 62nd Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships with a fourth-place finish for the George Teale Trophy, and sixth place in the standings for the Hoerman Cup.Hosted at the North Sound Golf Club in the Cayman Islands, the nine-membe

TECH TALK

• Tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google are taking steps to police terrorists and hate groups on their sites but more work needs to be done, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said on Tuesday.

PLP plays politics with lives

The PLP is playing politics with people’s lives.

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TOUGH CALL: Why Trump won and what it could mean for The Bahamas

One thing is for certain - there has been no shortage of analysis from every quarter on why Donald Trump won the US presidential election.

Gibson’s Huskies, Whylly’s Hurricanes on winning streaks

WINNING streaks for both Qyemah Gibson’s St Mary’s Huskies and Roosevelt Whylly’s Holland College Hurricanes continued in U Sports and Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association basketball respectively.

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TOUGH CALL: What Bahamians are discussing on social media

SEVERAL recent posts on my Facebook page discussed topical issues and generated some interesting responses, which I share here.

Ex-finance minister says income tax 'stable' choice

An ex-minister of state for finance yesterday backed income tax as a more "stable" and equitable alternative to the present regressive structure that is dominated by VAT and import duties.

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NPBA Championships: Rockets sweep Giants

WHILE the Discount Distributors Rockets celebrated with a three-game sweep of the New Providence Basketball Association men’s division one championship series, dethroning the Commonwealth Bank Giants, the division II series between the Sun Oil Rockets and the Your Essential Store (YES) Giants will go right down to the wire in the fifth and deciding game.

Team Bahamas ends up 6th overall at the 29th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships

TEAM Bahamas faced off against the best junior golfers in the region but fell one spot off their pace in recent years.

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NPBA playoffs: Bucket stop Eagles Nest 98-91, Regulators top Rockets 100-97

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its first round best-of-five playoff series with another double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium over the weekend.