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Eva Hilton, Sybil Strachan run away with U-12 soccer titles

THE under-12 (U12) girls of Eva Hilton Primary School and boys of Sybil Strachan Primary School can now celebrate after winning the division trophies at the newly-named Dawn N Knowles Primary Schools Soccer Tournament hosted at the Roscow AL Davies Soccer Field yesterday.

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CHAMPIONS EMERGE: Tatyana Madu, Patrick Mactaggart collect singles titles at Under-14 Junkanoo Bowl

Bahamians Tatyana Madu and Patrick Mactaggart secured the singles titles at the U-14 Junkanoo Bowl Finals at the National Tennis Centre (NTC) yesterday.

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Man charged with the murder of a man on Deveaux Street last week

A MAN was remanded after being accused of killing a 33-year-old man on Deveaux Street last week.


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DEIDRE BASTIAN: Why entrepreneurship is such a rewarding career

While the journey to entrepreneurship is likely to be filled with sacrifices and challenges, the reward is often far greater. With the right amount of knowledge and guidance, it is indeed possible for anyone to be successful as an entrepreneur.

Doctors Hospital: Blake Road revenues surge on gov’t deal

Doctors Hospital has revealed that in-patient revenues at its Blake Road facility near-quadrupled during its 2024 first quarter due to the deal to treat public healthcare patients there.

‘Stop Starlink from offering cellular services in Nassau’

A SENIOR communications executive has called for Starlink to be prevented from providing cellular services in New Providence, calling the satellite-based service as effectively “the third mobile operator”.


PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) continues to closely monitor the progress of the two weather systems that are expected to produce gusty winds and heavy rains that could result in flooding in the low-lying, flood prone areas of the northwest Bahamas including the islands in the extreme northwest Bahamas of Grand Bahama, Bimini and Abaco through the weekend.

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ALICIA WALLACE: We should take a stand when there is a crisis

THERE is always a crisis somewhere, and when there is a crisis anywhere, there is a crisis everywhere. This is the nature of the world, given the way that the global economy, geopolitic, and interpersonal relationships work on their own and are connected with each other.

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MOU signed with Black Innovation Alliance promises to aid technological advancements

THE Ministry of Tourism, Investment, and Aviation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Black Innovation Alliance yesterday to aid technical advancements in the tourism sector.


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British Colonial ordered to pay former hotel employee over $6,000

THE Industrial Tribunal ordered the British Colonial Hotel to pay a woman $6,399.49 after finding that she was wrongfully dismissed and deserved additional vacation pay and accrued Christmas bonus.

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BREAKING: Sylvanus Petty resigns as Water and Sewerage Corporation executive chairman

SYLVANUS Petty has resigned from this role at the Water and Sewerage Corporation at the request of Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis.

ArawakX directors stay in control of BOB battle

The Chief Justice has allowed ArawakX’s principals “to maintain conduct and control” of the legal battle with Bank of The Bahamas over the latter’s six-month freezing of all their accounts.


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Aviation operators support ‘serious overhaul’ for LPIA

The Bahamas’ top aviation gateway urgently needs “a serious overhaul” of key airside and terminal infrastructure to keep pace with increased flight traffic and tourism, industry operators said yesterday.

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BTC ‘cash cow not giving whole milk’

A union president will today submit “a list of concerns” to the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) over its cell tower sale after yesterday’s call with its top executive “left more questions than answers”.

Delay dividends to give bigger payout, BOB told

Bank of The Bahamas should have waited to pay a more substantial dividend than its recent one cent per share declaration after a 49.6 percent jump in profits, an investor argued yesterday.


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Wendy’s PI approval ‘void’ on land use plan absence

Atlantis and other major resorts yesterday sought to overturn the approval granted to Wendy’s and Marco’s Pizza by branding it “void” due to the absence of a land use plan for Paradise Island.

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Dr Perry Gomez laid to rest in official funeral

FAMILY, friends, and members of Parliament gathered at the St Agnes Anglican Church yesterday to lay to rest Dr Perry Gomez, the former minister of health remembered by the prime minister as “a man for all seasons.”

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Man says he helped murder accused out of fear of him

A MAN testified that he gave Rodrigo Rolle the pickax he used to break into the safe of an elderly American woman he allegedly killed in Cat Island in 2017.


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Child found dead in bushes close to his home in the Fox Hill area

A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy of Brice Lane off Fox Hill Road was found dead in bushes near his home yesterday.

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‘STAFF PANICKED AS BOAT SANK’: 75-year-old US woman dies, two passengers taken to the hospital

PASSENGERS complained that panicking staff did not know what to do and provided no directions as their double-decker boat began sinking en route to Blue Lagoon Island yesterday.