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Wilson Sporting Goods Company donates volleyballs and basketballs

THE Simpson Penn and Willie Mae Pratt Centre for Boys and Girls respectively got a much-needed boost to their athletic programme on Wednesday, thanks to a donation from Wilson Sporting Goods Company.

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Students get scholarships

Mario Wright, Gavin Rolle and Cleon McQuay, three students of Centreville Primary School, were the first recipients of full, one-year scholarships to attend Impact Tennis Academy.

Stateless people need special attention, say Haitian pastors

THE League of Haitian Churches has asked the government to introduce a policy that will provide some relief to people not covered by the Belonger’s permit and who, in some cases, have been rendered stateless.More than 70 pastors from across the count


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Shrinking deficit proves we are going right way, says Culmer

FREE National Movement chairman Carl Culmer has highlighted the country’s shrinking deficit as proof the Minnis administration is delivering on its promise of fiscal responsibility. “In 2017 we made a promise to the Bahamian people to get the govern

Why we all owe a debt to Roy Bowe

Please allow me a little space to pay tribute to a giant in the developing Bahamas. He was so much to all of us, but to me he was my hero!

Bathrooms need fixing – now

Recently, I came across a post circulating online in reference to Festival Place bathrooms near Prince George Wharf. It wasn't long before I had to go see for myself what all the ruckus was about. Seeing that I consider myself a die-hard Bahamian, I get a little sensitive about any bad publicity that could affect us – especially our tourism industry.


Shameful state at Okra Hill

How could Okra Hill Lodge, just off Shirley Street, be left in that state, and probably humans living in the building – without the police or Urban Renewal knowing?

Concacaf, Scotiabank announce NextPlay Cup set for November 10 to December 8

THE Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) and Scotiabank today announced the Scotiabank NextPlay Cup, a new invitational youth tournament scheduled for November 10 to December 8, across the four territories of Concacaf Member Associations, including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.

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Government should support the third Chris Brown Invitational next year

ON Saturday, Meacher ‘Pain’ Major officially hung up his boxing gloves after he stopped Jamaican Martin Anderson in the third round of his “Last Dance” at the CI Gibson Gymnasium.


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U Sports: Bahamians to tipoff regular season

BAHAMIAN basketball players at Canada’s top-tiered U Sports Level will tipoff regular season play this weekend after impressive showings on the exhibition circuit.

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A softer side to AI?

Google to give $25m to fund humane artificial intelligence projects

Google will give away $25m to projects that propose ways to use the artificial intelligence of computers to help create a more humane society.

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iPads, Macs get new screens as Apple pushes creativity

Apple’s new iPads will more closely resemble its latest iPhones as they ditch a home button and fingerprint sensor to make more room for the screen.


Cheated by the devil’s subtle lies and darkness

The Bible is very straightforward and conspicuously coherent in admonishing the Believer adamantly in staying away from pagan practices.

When God’s your editor you finish the work

HOW pastor Deneace Lloyd was able to recover from past failures, bad choices and rejection are all detailed in her new book set for release next week.

Creating a Masterpiece

Some people have innate creative gifts. They are born with the ability to make beautiful things with their hands, and need only be provided with objects and opportunity in order to reveal what is already inside.


Can we please finally cut off these colonial shackles?

I couldn’t believe my ears, listening to a live call in show on ZNS 1, Monday, October 29.

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Red Soiree to raise funds for mobile blood centre

THE Blood Donor’s Society of Grand Bahama is holding its first fundraising event, Red Soiree 2018, tomorrow at the Grand Bahama Yacht Club to raise money to purchase a mobile blood donation centre. President Lededra Marche said the organisation want

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Aliv targets summer 2019 'break even'

Aliv is targeting an operating income “break even” position by summer 2019 as it transitions from start-up losses that totalled more than $109m during its first two years.Damian Blackburn, the mobile operator’s top executive, told Tribune Business ye


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Cable pushes $97m debt repay to 2020

Cable Bahamas has secured a two-year extension for repaying $97.169m of debt that was falling due, and which had caused current liabilities to exceed assets by 95.6 percent.The BISX-listed communications provider, in its just-released annual report,

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Bahamas already breaches WTO industry 'carve outs'

The Bahamas has already breached the local ownership exemptions it is seeking for certain industries, the country’s chief World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiator said yesterday.Zhivargo Laing, the former Cabinet minister, told the the Rotary Club o