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Sears: I will win leadership race

FORMER Attorney General Alfred Sears, QC, yesterday said he expected to win the Progressive Liberal Party’s leadership contest but would ultimately bow to the democratic will of the party, adding that he trusted delegates despite entering an imperfect process.

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Union allies ‘taken aback’ over BTC chief’s departure

Union leaders and key allies were yesterday “taken aback” after the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) confirmed that chief executive Leon Williams is leaving the communications provider.

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CARIFTA TEAM NAMED

Joanna Evans, the junior swimmer of the year, will head a 36-member team that is expected to travel to Bridgetown, Barbados, April 2-8 to defend their title at the CARIFTA Swimming Championships.

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Eleven to be inducted in National Sports Hall of Fame

THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture is expected to induct 11 more persons into the National Hall of Fame next week, bringing the total to 163 since the inception of the highest honour for outstanding athletes, coaches and officials in 1989.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: This pandemic is no respecter of reputation

We see the statistics, the staggering numbers of new cases in places where beer taps flow freely again or people gather in peaceful protest convinced their moral conviction could keep COVID at bay.

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Super Value chief: ‘Well will run dry’ if taxes increase

Super Value’s president has warned that “the well will run dry” if the government imposes new and/or increased taxes in next week’s budget, adding: “We have to get the economy rolling first.”

Doubling China freight rates hitting local firms

Bahamian businesses sourcing product from China saw shipping container rates double in recent months with raw material price rises of up to 50 percent set to inflict a further squeeze for some.

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PLP intend to move no confidence vote in speaker

IN letter sent to the House of Assembly, Official Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis served notice of his or another minority member’s intention to move a vote of no confidence in the chair, days after the entire opposition was suspended from the

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Team Bahamas named for CAC Games

THE Bahamas Olympic Committee announced its largest team, comprising of 60 athletes - 21 coaches and three team officials in a contingent of 84 from nine disciplines - for the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.In joi

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INSIGHT: “The Royal Bahamas Police Force made me a man”

When my memoir - A Policeman’s Story - was published in 2013, The Tribune’s publisher Eileen Dupuch Carron called it “an interesting account of life in the Bahamas from the early sixties through independence and the drug wars to the present”.

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Truth behind fall in jobless number

MINISTER of Labour Dion Foulkes has downplayed the slight dip in the unemployment rate, saying yesterday many of the jobs from the sample period came from temporary employment and it is likely these workers are now on the unemployment line.

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City Markets chief's 'legal action' pledge over Harbour Bay site

The former City Markets’ supermarket chain’s principal yesterday pledged to take “strong legal action” against its ex-Harbour Bay store’s landlords and BISX-listed AML Foods, arguing that his company was current on rental payments when the lease was terminated.

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Jackie Conyers volleyball camp gets underway

THE husband and wife team of Del and Arlene Hughes are back from Atlanta, Georgia, for their ninth appearance at the Jackie Conyers Back to Basics Volleyball Camp.

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Activist and writer wins award for women

MARION Bethel, the attorney, human and gender rights activist, filmmaker and acclaimed writer/poet, received the Caricom award for women this week in Antigua and Barbuda. She is the first Bahamian to receive the prestigious award.

Team Bahamas in fourth after day 3 of Caribbean Islands Swim Championships

AFTER the first three days of competition in the Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships, the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s 30-member team was sitting in fourth place with 367 points behind host Barbados, who had 383 for third place. Trinidad & Tobago was out front with 467 and Puerto Rico was second with 631. The 20th version is scheduled to wrap up today at the Aquatic Centre Wildey.

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Tourism Minister backs delay in convention

TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchcombe yesterday defended the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) decision to delay its convention until November.

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Carey Jr honoured as top player in Northeast for 2nd time this season

THE standout season for Michael Carey Jr continues as he was honoured as the top player in the Northeast Conference for the second time this season.

‘Mind blowing’ crime concern for tourism

Business leaders fear “mind-blowing” crime levels are already undermining the Bahamian tourism industry, with one warning: “Everything else is just malarkey unless we tackle it.”

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Minnis accepts invitation to be briefed on bankruptcy

FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday formally accepted Prime Minister Perry Christie’s invitation to have a briefing on Baha Mar after the $3.5 billion resort’s shock Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in a United States court last Monday.

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Thompson cleared to play in NBA Finals opener tonight

In a move that was expected, but still a sigh of relief to basketball enthusiasts and Golden State Warriors fans, Bahamian descendant Klay Thompson was cleared to return to the floor when the NBA Finals tip off tonight.