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What killed three tourists in Exuma?

AN investigation is ongoing into the deaths of three American tourists who were found dead at the luxury Sandals Emerald Bay Resort in Exuma on Friday after they were reportedly stricken by an unknown illness.

GSSSA champions crowned

It was a double dose of victory as all four pennant winners emerged as the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s softball and baseball champions with clean sweeps across the board on Thanksgiving Day.

ALICIA WALLACE: They expect our votes but are too cowardly to even stand up and defend themselves

General elections loom ahead with no firm date, though the current administration promised fixed election dates and fixed terms for Prime Ministers in its 2017 campaign, and debates are being organized.

WORLD VIEW: De-risking a serious threat to Caribbean security

FOR over a year in the Councils of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Caribbean countries have been warning of the threat to the region’s economic and political stability arising from the withdrawal by US banks of correspondent banking relations to Caribbean banks. Those relations have been in place for over a century, giving significant profits to US banks.

‘Sonny Boy’ Memorial: Boxing fans get their money’s worth

The Bahamas Amateur Boxing Federation’s four-country showdown in the first Wellington ‘Sonny Boy’ Rahming Memorial Amateur Boxing Show didn’t come off as planned, but the fans got their money’s worth with the five bouts staged.

INSIGHT: Vaccinations are still a personal choice - but for how much longer?

DESPITE a third tranche of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine landing on our shores last week, the country is still far behind in the race to increase vaccination uptake and fend off this third surge of COVID-19.

WTO: Don't keep dancing around

The debate in the public square over whether we should accede to full membership in the World Trade Organization has produced a virtual cornucopia of old wives tales, misplaced fears and a general lack of knowledge of some of the facts that should inform the debate.

Allen’s $100k demand rejected by LOI group

The group at the centre of the Renward Wells Letter of Intent (LOI) controversy rejected an ex-Cabinet Minister’s alleged $100,000 demand for sending a solitary letter to the Government over its waste-to-energy proposal.

‘No shenanigans’ over Tourism booking deal

There were “no shenanigans” involved in the Ministry Of Tourism’s tender for an online booking solution, the former minister disclosing that no contract was ever signed with the company central to the ‘controversy’.

WORLD VIEW: Not a Caribbean man?

TENSION is developing toward the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) from some quarters in Jamaica. This was exemplified by a column in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper written by an Immigration Attorney, Mr Ronald Mason.

Christie busy with Carifta checklist

WITH just one week left before the start of the 2013 BTC Carifta Games at the new Thomas A Robinson Track & Field Stadium, Basil Christie has been busy going over his checklist to ensure that everything is in place, including accreditation, sponsorship and accommodations.

Oil spills are 'very serious' threat to GB residents

THE recent oil spills and odour from industrial companies on Grand Bahama have become a “very serious” threat to residents in the Pinder’s Point area, according to a well known resident and former FNM MP.

National basketball team brings home the silver

Some “miscommunications” on the defensive end caused the Bahamas men’s national basketball team a chance to successfully defend their title as they returned home from Tortola, Virgin Islands, with silver medals following the 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation men’s championship series.

For Arianna, CAC was only a tune-up for FINA Short Course World Championships

ARIANNA Vanderpool-Wallace had a sensational performance at the XXII Central American and Caribbean Games, but it was only a tune-up to get her prepared for the FINA Short Course World Championships.

NPSA: Hitmen pull off 10-0 shoutout of Atlantis Titans

WHILE Martin Burrows Jr just missed a perfect game on the mound, third baseman Sherman Ferguson didn’t pass up the opportunity for a big offensive outing on Saturday night for the New Providence Softball Association defending men’s champions C&S Hitmen.

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