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‘One in 12’ women raped by husbands

A NEW University of The Bahamas study has found that one in 12 or an estimated 4,000 married women have been raped by their husbands.

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Obie Wilchcombe: We must seek reparations

SOCIAL Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe says he believes Caribbean countries should seek reparations, noting that many who contributed to Britain’s economic growth have still not been recognised to date.

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Cavaliers: ‘We are like that’

Mt Carmel senior boys basketball team earn 47-45 win over Akhepran in double overtime

COACH Wilton Johnson and his Mt Carmel Preparatory Academy Cavaliers senior boys’ basketball team had something to prove last night at the Hope Centre.

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Ayton and Suns top Pelicans 110-99 in Game 1 of series

DEANDRE Ayton and the Phoenix Suns dominated a physical game one in their series against the New Orleans Pelicans and the veteran centre said he likes the tone that has been set for the postseason.

The day that Freeport and GB died

At the outset I would like to commend the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) for extending an olive branch to Mr William Del Zotto and his family. Their importance to Grand Bahama cannot be overstated. I am relieved that the principals at the GBPA appreciate the urgency in saving the jobs of 130 Grand Bahamians at a time when employment opportunities are scarce on the island. Gold Rock Concrete could play a pivotal role in the resurgence of the so-called Magic City.

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Ethan Stanhope and crew take gold in Canadian rowing Championship regatta

BAHAMIAN rower Ethan Stanhope led the Brentwood College School (Mill Bay, British Columbia) Senior Men’s Quadruple Scull crew to win the gold medal in the Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association (CSSRA) Championship Regatta.

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Men 'could all end up in final'

LONDON, England — David Charlton, like many of the athletes, is making his debut as a coach of Team Bahamas at the Olympic Games.

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Men's 4x400m relay team favoured to win gold

LONDON, England — With so much riding on the success of the men’s 4 x 400 metre relay team, men’s head coach Dave Charlton said they’re going to keep the line-up for today’s heat in a safety deposit box.

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Court delays ruling after stay motion

A MAN on trial along with Stephen “Die” Stubbs and two others in connection with a $6 million marijuana seizure was able to get a Supreme Court judge to have the ruling against him stayed until August 28.

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Da Boyz win the Old Timers Memorial Softball Tournament

WITH renovations at the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreational Grounds not completed yet, the New Providence Old Timers Softball Association staged their first Memorial Softball Tournament over the weekend at the Bankers Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Tribune managing editor Eugene Duffy dies age 60

THE managing editor of The Tribune newspaper, Eugene Duffy, has died aged 60 after a period of illness.

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Real estate 'buyer's market' suffering 30-50% price drops

THE Bahamian real estate sector is a "buyer's market", realtors said yesterday, one telling Tribune Business that property values were seeing a downward trend of anywhere between 30-50 per cent.

Realtors mixed on 2012 outlook

By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net REALTORS yesterday gave mixed projections for the 2012 market outlook, some telling Tribune Business they expected the year to be "fairly active" while others suggested indicators p

Bahamas Hot Mix meets international standards

Bahamas Hot Mix meets international standards SEEMS that the Opposition hates Bahamas Hot Mix, but during its administration couldn't do without it for the construction of the Tonique Williams Darling Highway. In 2003 - under the PLP administration -- thr

Bahamas finishes fourth at Jr Davis Cup qualifiers

THE Bahamas’ trio of Jerald Carroll, Jackson Mactaggart and William McCartney finished fourth at the World Junior Tennis (WJT) Junior Davis Cup/Junior Billie Jean King Cup North, Central American and Caribbean Final Qualifying Tournament in Orlando, Florida, over the weekend.

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Organiser of Fyre Festival arrested and is charged with wire fraud

BILLY McFarland, one of the organisers of the failed Fyre Festival, was released on bail on Saturday after being arrested Friday on a fraud charge, according to international reports.The 25-year-old tech entrepreneur was charged with wire fraud in co

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Lady Operators hold off Lady Cheetahs 64-56

THE Bommer G Lady Operators avenged their loss for the season by holding off the Career Builders Lady Cheetahs 64-56 on Saturday night as the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association continued their regular season at the DW Davis Gymnasium.

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Tabernacle Baptist Falcons win Hugh Campbell Classic

Tabernacle Baptist Academy Falcons, behind the game high 27 points from most valuable player Franco Miller, held off the CI Gibson Rattlers 58-52 to clinch the 35th Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic victory at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium last night.

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New slate of champions are crowned

A NEW slate of champions were crowned as the 32nd edition of the Father Marcian Peters Basketball Classic concluded last weekend.More than 40 teams spread across six divisions registered for the tournament that concluded on Saturday at the Kendal Isa

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Man launches appeal against 35-year prison sentence

A MAN convicted of attempting to murder three men at a cemetery in East Grand Bahama over three years ago has launched an appeal against his 35-year prison sentence.