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Aces take to the court

SHANNON Francis and Iesha Shepherd, fresh of their victories as champions at the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s Junior Nationals last week, had mixed results in their first round matches as the International Tennis Federation’s Junkanoo Bowl Junior Tennis Tournament got started on Monday at the National Tennis Center.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS: 28th national high school track & field championships

• Here’s a look at the official results of the Ministry of Youth Sports & Culture’s 28th Annual National High School Track & Field Championships:

‘This country has no true feeder system for basketball’

IT usually makes for a great photo-op, doesn’t it?

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Clubs & Societies June 16th, 2023

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Pi Upsilon Omega Chapter in Grand Bahama celebrated its 36th anniversary of sisterhood and service.

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Teams of the year in the spotlight

IN the disciplines of swimming and water polo, the Bahamas continued its dominance in the region at the 34th CARIFTA Aquatics Championships.

Dynamic duo of politicians

Two of the most intriguing personalities to dominate the Bahamian political landscape during the 1950s and 1960s, in my opinion, were Sir Randol F Fawkes and Sir Stafford Sands. The latter was the most polarising politician in Bahamian history. When his image was placed on the $10 banknote by the Free National Movement (FNM) administration of former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham in March 2000, it stirred up a hornets' nest.

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BEC bribe trial witness grilled over influence on contract

THE lawyer of accused bribe taker Freddie Ramsey grilled a prosecution witness yesterday on whether his client truly had influence in the awarding of a multi-million dollar project from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation to a French company that, from draft letters sent to the witness, had already met with the head of Cabinet.

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THE PRESS BOX: As NFL training camps openthis weekend, let's kickthings off in the AFC North

TRAINING camps open this weekend and early next week, across the NFL. The most glorious time on the sports calendar is finally upon us. And as we creep closer and closer to KICK OFF SUNDAY 2017, over the coming weeks I will preview each division in

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Pulpit mayhem rocks church

A PRAISE and worship at a church service allegedly turned into an unholy shoving match between church leaders while two women assaulted each other with a shoe and a tambourine.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS: 28th National High School Track & Field Championships

• Here’s a look at the official results of the Ministry of Youth Sports & Culture’s 28th Annual National High School Track & Field Championships:

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CH Reeves Raptors are GSSSA track and field champions

The CH Reeves Raptors, completing a dominant performance in winning three of the four 4 x 400 metre relays yesterday at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, collected their 25th Government Secondary Schools Sports Association track and field championship title.

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FNM still playing the dating game over naming day of the election

FNM still playing the dating game over naming day of the election THE decision to call a general election is made by the prime minister, who advises the governor-general (who represents the monarch) to dissolve parliament. This gives the governing party

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FIFA BRIBERY SCANDAL All eyes turned to the Bahamas when a decision by a local soccer official to "whistle-blow" on alleged corruption was at the center of the international media as exposing a scandal that threated to "tear apart" FIFA, the wealthy glob

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BREAKING: Social Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe dies

SOCIAL Services, Information and Broadcasting Minister Obie Wilchcombe has died, according to the Office of the Prime Minister.

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CARIFTA: Bahamas second with 17 medals

With confirmation to host the 50th CARIFTA Games in 2023, the Bahamas’ 54-member team will return from Kingston, Jamaica, with second place with 17 medals, including four gold, at the top regional junior track and field competition.

Renaldo’s Ramblings: Week 12 Picks

Remember when George W Bush was reading to grade school kids and White House chief of staff Andrew Card whispered in his ear that the second plane had just hit the World Trade Center on 9/11?

Bahamas hurricane shelters for the 2016 storm season

WHERE to seek refuge during the 2016 tropical storm and hurricane season in the Bahamas - list provided by the Department of Social Services.

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The best of the FNM cabinet

IN this increasingly hyper-partisan and thorny political environment—in the face of a general election—I decided to rate the FNM’s best and worst ministers from 2007 to 2012, measuring the ministerial performances of each and rating them on a scale from one to five. Last week’s YMV column listed the one-star, bottom-tier ministers who I felt had mismanaged the sky-high expectations of the Bahamian people.

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Team Bahamas wins 33 medals, second overall

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — Team Bahamas dominated the field events at the 51st CARIFTA Games hosted in St George’s, Grenada, for their fifth straight second place finish over the Easter weekend.

2019 Bahamas Hurricane Shelters list

Prepare for Hurricane Dorian.