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'Dinosaur practices' slammed by small business advocate

A small business advocate yesterday branded the continued reliance on guaranteed bank loans to finance the sector as “dinosaur practices”, as he urged entrepreneurs: “Think globally.”Mark A Turnquest, principal of Mark A Turnquest Consulting, told Tr

Davis re-elected as GSSSA president

VAREL Davis has been re-elected to serve her third consecutive two-year term as president of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association. But as they look forward to another competitive after-school sporting programme, Davis said the members

Freedom Farm free for displaced players

IF you’re a baseball player from Abaco or Grand Bahama and you’ve had to move to New Providence because of the passing of Hurricane Dorian, Freedom Farm is extending an arm to receive you in their fold.While registration for the 31st season got start

Keith Butler remembered by his Eagles in the NPSA

KEITH Butler, arguably one of the greatest shortstops to play in the game of fast-pitch softball, was remembered by his Budweiser Eagles as one of the potent pieces to their dominance of the New Providence Softball Association. Butler, 63, died on O

Reservist no longer faces charge of unlawful sex

RESERVE Sergeant Dwayne Decosta is no longer charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl last year, his attorney revealed yesterday.Murrio Ducille said instead of being charged with unlawful sexual intercourse, Decosta is now charged with abducti

IAAF Worlds: Minister sets record straight

WHILE there has been much dialogue in the media over who is and who is not going to the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, Lanisha Rolle, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, set the record straight in a press release. Her statement is publi

Shanty legal fight: Smith warns govt cannot use Dorian to take away people’s property rights

ATTORNEY Fred Smith says the property rights of residents from The Mudd and Pigeon Peas survived Hurricane Dorian’s destruction of buildings in their communities.

Haiti ‘in no position to help’ displaced residents

MANY displaced residents of The Mudd and Pigeon Peas shanty towns are wedged between a rock and a hard place because Haiti is in no position to accept them and their homes in Abaco have been completely wiped out.

Survivors picking up the pieces

FOR many Hurricane Dorian victims who were lucky to survive the monster storm, the uncertain process of picking up the pieces of their lives now begins.

Jeffery Gibson speaks up for athletes

Jeffery Gibson, the newly elected athletes’ representative for the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations, said it’s disheartening what is transpiring with the team for the IAAF World Championships, but he has encouraged the athletes to continu

Jonquel Jones and Sun take 2-0 lead in series

JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun are now one win away from a berth to the WNBA Finals. Jones posted a double double and playoff career high scoring outburst with 27 points and 13 rebounds in the Suns’ 94-68 win over the Los Angeles Sparks last

MLB, Players' union donate $210,000 for Hurricane Dorian relief

TWENTY-one Bahamian players are signed to minor league deals with 15 clubs across Major League Baseball and it influenced the league to assist with Hurricane Dorian Relief efforts on a day celebrating one of the sport’s iconic humanitarians. The MLB

THE PRESS BOX: 'Fish tacos to go' as the Cowboys face Dolphins

IT has been a crazy week at the ranch as the Cowboys prepare to play the rancid Dolphins on Sunday. Here are the latest rumblings from around the ranch with some Cowboys coming and others going. FISH TACOS TO GO The Cowboys finally released defe

'How can you take delegation of ten but not the athletes?'

PICEWELL Forbes, Progressive Liberal Party MP for South Andros, questioned why the government is reportedly sending a ten-person delegation to Doha, Qatar for the IAAF Track and Field Championships at a time when the ministry has clamped down on spen

Union chief claims ‘scare tactics’ used in stand-off with teachers

BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson criticised the Ministry of Education for “victimising and using scare tactics” against the teachers at Carlton E Francis Primary School.

Former PMs disappoint

I was watching the American news on September 11, 2019 and saw a face I’d not seen in a long time. It was Donald Rumsfeld. He was last Secretary of Defence under President George W Bush.

Rising of the Phoenix

I have long believed that had the Hon Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, MP, QC (PLP-Cat Island) been leader of the Progressive Liberal Party a year or so before the last general elections that he would have become Prime Minister and the PLP would have held onto the government.

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