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Samuel P Haven National High School Soccer Championships begin April 27

THE Bahamas Football Association, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, has announced that the 2019 Samuel P Haven National High School Soccer Championships is scheduled for April 27 to May 4 in New Providence. These championships will showcase the top teams from various school leagues for the senior boys and girls’ divisions.

The storms of life

All of us have faced a difficult situation at one point or another. Such is life.

ALIKE BUT NOT THE SAME

Solutions vs resolutions

Although I am so much like I was last year and the year before, many things about me are no longer the same. Psalm 84 motivates me to go from strength to strength until I appear before God. Hopefully you see yourself growing the same way.


Mount Olive Baptist Walk-About

Mount Olive Baptist Church on Meadow and Augusta Streets will be hosting its Outreach Walk-About this Saturday.

Words of Warning

Lent is just around the corner, next week as a matter of fact. Lent is a time to make a change. The following words of warning shock us to stop, take notice, and make a decision.

The Anglican Lenten Mission 2019

The Anglican Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands has announced its Lenten Mission 2019 under the theme “Becoming a Better Disciple for Jesus”.


The War Room convenes in Eleuthera

Change Bahamas Ministries are headed over to Eleuthera as they prepare to host the 2019 War Room conference tomorrow night.

Tomorrow’s faith leaders stage an ‘invasion’

The Youth Ministry of First Baptist Church, led by Deacon Adrian Finley, hosted their annual service “Youth Invasion” service last Sunday.

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Virgin Galactic: Rocket reaches space again in test flight

Virgin Galactic’s rocket plane reached space for a second time in a test flight over California on Friday, climbing higher and faster than before while also carrying a crew member to evaluate the long-awaited passenger experience.


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Huawei and Samsung reveal folding smartphones

China’s Huawei unveiled a new folding-screen phone on Sunday, joining the latest trend for bendable devices as it challenges the global smartphone market’s dominant players, Apple and Samsung.

TECH TALK

• One of the US’ aircraft carriers will spend the next two years in dry dock for some maintenance and state-of-the-art upgrades.

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‘Quantify’ VAT shortfall, BICA chief urges govt

The government was yesterday urged to “quantify” its VAT shortfall, a top accountant hailing its admission of a near $200m total revenue undershoot as “very bold and courageous”.


CIBC enjoys ‘best result’ for 11 years

CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Bahamian unit enjoyed its “best performance for 11 years” after 2018 profits rose nearly 11 percent due to improved loan book performance and rising US rates.

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Taxi drivers: We won’t be ignored over cruise port

Taxi drivers yesterday warned they will not be “disenfranchised” by the cruise port’s redevelopment, their union president pledging the sector will be “at the forefront of negotiations”.

BAMSI moves to cut food wastage by 40%

THE Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) is aiming to reduce food spoilage and waste by 40 percent through its hiring of a refrigerated transport container.


DPM blasts the opposition’s ‘reckless disregard for truth’

THE deputy prime minister yesterday hit back at his opposition counterpart’s assertion that the government’s fiscal policies are being dictated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

IAN FERGUSON: Championing the cause of change

Adapting to change in business is often a great challenge for many employees. The ability to assimilate into a new and dynamic environment in particularly perplexing for veteran workers who may have been entrenched in a process, environment and culture for an extended period of time.

02282019 EDITION

Thursday, 28th February, 2019.


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VIDEO: All aboard? Well, not quite . . .

A COUPLE was left stranded in Nassau after they were 45 minutes late for boarding their Royal Caribbean cruise ship — resulting in the vessel leaving them behind.

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Circuit breaker blamed for Cable Beach outages

Power outages which plagued the Cable Beach area earlier this week were a result of issues with a generator circuit breaker at Bahamas Power and Light’s Skyline facility, BPL’s Director of Public Relations Quincy Parker told The Tribune yesterday.