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‘VJ’ scores 18 to help Bears hold on to beat Horned Frogs 61-58

WHILE the Baylor men’s basketball team kept rolling against the TCU Horned Frogs on Tuesday night, Bimini native Valdez ‘VJ’ Edgecombe Jr proved why he deserved to make the final cut for the 2025 Jerry West Shooting Guard Award.

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FIBA Americup: Coach ‘Moon’ Mcphee impressed

THREE decades ago marked the first time the Bahamas men’s national basketball team qualified for what was formerly known as the Tournament of Americas (now known as the FIBA AmeriCup) under the tutelage of legendary coach Gladstone “Moon” McPhee.

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Girls and boys compete at the World Jrs Tennis Championship in the Dominican Republic

TEAM Bahamas’ boys and girls are representing at the 2025 World Juniors Tennis Championship where the best in U14 tennis in the Caribbean and the Central American region are competing.


Tennis Champions crowned

THE first adult tournament on the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s calendar was held this weekend - the third annual Eye of the Tiger doubles tennis tournament March 1-2 in beautiful Eleuthera.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Two men facing charges of child molestation and murder

TWO men were informed that their charges of child molestation and murder, respectively, would proceed to the Supreme Court.


Deltec demands $33m ‘stolen’ funds damages

A Bahamian bank and trust company is demanding “no less than $33m” in damages from a global payments provider after the latter “unlawfully withheld” more than $18m funds belonging to it.

Uncertainty if GB assets in Hutchison’s global port exit

Uncertainty prevailed last night over whether the Freeport Container Port and 50 percent ownership in the Freeport Harbour Company are included in CK Hutchison Holdings’ multi-billion dollar global ports deal.

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URCA urged: ‘Cure abuse’ to stop political interference

Cable Bahamas is urging regulators to “cure this abuse” and “unnecessary financial burden” caused by governments dismissing its directors before they have completed their full term in office.


No blanket approach for moving roadside garages

A scrap metal yard proprietor, who says his business has operated without incident for 40 years, yesterday argued the Government should not adopt a blanket, one-size-fits-all approach to relocating such operations.

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Super Value’s $500,000 egg gamble paid off

Super Value’s owner yesterday asserted its “$500,000 gamble paid off” with the restriction on how many low-priced eggs customers can buy now doubled from just two to four cartons.

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Two killed in separate traffic accidents

TWO people were killed in separate traffic accidents, bringing the country’s road fatality count for the year to 11.


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WSC TRIAL: ‘I’ll come up and slap you’, defence lawyer tells witness

A TOP defence attorney was cautioned in court yesterday after he threatened to slap Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) General Manager Robert Deal during cross-examination in the ongoing trial of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson and others.

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Glover-Rolle silent on who gave support for pay change

PUBLIC Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle said the administration has met with stakeholder groups that support bi-monthly pay for public servants –– but government officials have not identified the groups.

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Yet more failures over disclosures

THE Public Disclosures Committee chairman said office inaccessibility and facility issues, including mould, have slowed the processing of this year’s public disclosures of public officials.


Water and Sewerage GM grilled over knowledge of the project in Gibson trial

A DEFENCE attorney in the criminal trial of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson and others suggested yesterday that a prosecution witness may have an agenda as he pressed the witness on his involvement in the contracts at the centre of the case.

No Bahamians reported as detained by US Immigrations, says Ambassador Jones

NO Bahamians have been reported as detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since the United States intensified enforcement efforts, according to Ambassador to the United States Wendell Jones.

Rights committee ‘needs to tackle police brutality and labour violations’

HUMAN Rights Bahamas wants members of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee (PHRC) to tackle police brutality, arbitrary detentions, and inhumane prison conditions.


GBPA chief doubts over govt plans for Afro-Caribbean marketplace

A GRAND Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) executive doubts the Davis administration has a business plan for the Afro-Caribbean Marketplace project, which it has described as a “game-changing development” for Freeport’s International Bazaar.

Port Authority renames streets in honour of three veteran educators in Grand Bahama

THE Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) has renamed streets in honour of three veteran educators in Grand Bahama who made significant contributions to education and the development of young people.