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Bahamian farm eyes 1.4m herbs in $60m joint venture

A Bahamian hydroponic producer and its US partner last night revealed they will invest $60m in developing a 71,000 square foot facility able to grow “300 times more food” than a traditional farm.

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University partners in fight against gender violence

UNIVERSITY of The Bahamas has taken a firm stance against gender-based violence as it partners with the Bahamas Crisis Centre and Rotary Bahamas in a bold new social awareness campaign.

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Pole vaulter Vanderpool following father’s legacy

It’s not every day you find a father grooming his son to take over a legacy he created for himself.

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IMF restructure?: ‘Not on my watch’

A Cabinet minister yesterday pledged “not on my watch” after a noted Caribbean economist again forecast The Bahamas will need an “IMF restructure” with GDP still below pre-COVID at end-2023.

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Coleby set for United Arab Emirates National Basketball League

DWIGHT Coleby joined his third club of the 2021- 22 season while several other Bahamian frontcourt players had season high performances for their respective clubs.

Bahamian entry changes ‘more alarming’ than CDC

Bahamian tourism operators yesterday shrugged off the latest downgrade by US health authorities, arguing that constant changes in this nation’s COVID protocols are “more alarming” to visitors.

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FRONT PORCH: Wishful thinking won’t be enough - there needs to be a clear strategy

THE COVID-19 pandemic continues to test the character, tenacity and imagination of individuals and countries. Some countries are faring better, others worse, for a variety of reasons. How is The Bahamas faring on a number of fronts?

Romad Dean scores season high 38 in win

ROMAD Dean and his Crestwood Prep Lions returned to play in the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association and the highly touted senior prospect turned in a season high scoring effort.

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Johnson posts two double doubles

CHRISTOPHER Johnson has emerged as an offensive leader for the Community College of Baltimore County Catonsville Cardinals.

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Gaither, Charlton record breakers

It was a record breaking performance meet for both sprinter Tynia Gaither and hurdler Devynne Charlton as they led the way for a few Bahamians competing at the 2022 Texas Tech’s Red Raider Invitational over the weekend.

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Bailed suspect shot dead outside home

A MAN, released on bail on Christmas Eve, was fatally shot on Monday night.

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From remand to jail after prison officers find marijuana

A SENIOR magistrate yesterday sentenced a man who was on remand to eight months behind bars after he was found with 1.5 ounces of marijuana by prison officers last year.

Supply chain woe ‘highly challenging’ for brewery

Commonwealth Brewery’s top executive yesterday said supply chain woes had made trade “highly challenging” for some of its imported brands with such issues set to persist in 2022.

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Man charged with murder of Leon Griffin and other killings

A 21-year-old was charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with the murder of four people last year, including well-known businessman and former Bahamas Taxicab Union president Leon Griffin.

Cruise line’s shut down to have ‘minimal impact’

A senior tourism official yesterday the loss of Crystal Cruises will have “minimal impact” for The Bahamas after one of its ships was forced to anchor off Bimini to escape a US arrest warrant.

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‘YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE TO PRISON’: Magistrate laments law lets driver who killed two escape with fine

A 34-year-old man broke down and cried in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being fined $20,000 for killing a married couple on Christmas Day over a year ago.

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$1m drug defendant ‘just trying to make money’

A POLICE officer yesterday testified how one of the men accused of being involved in a near $1m drug operation in Exuma last year told the police on the day of his arrest that he “was just trying to make some money”.

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‘Expect hardship’ from inflation, interest hikes

A former finance minister yesterday warned that “every family can expect hardship” from rising inflation that will exceed the current 7 percent rate in the US.

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‘Absolutely livid’ over doubling, tripling tax

Real property taxpayers were yesterday said to be “absolutely livid” after receiving bills that doubled and tripled their 2022 payments following the recent New Providence-wide revaluation.