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BFA names Women's Under-17 National Soccer team

AFTER months of training, the women’s under-17 national soccer team has been named by the Bahamas Football Association’s Technical Department. The team is off to Willemstad, Curacao for a tournament which kicks off today and wraps up on Sunday. The

Tropical Storm Matthew lashes southern Caribbean islands

TROPICAL Storm Matthew formed on Wednesday morning in the eastern Caribbean and lashed several islands with heavy wind and rain.

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'We left school and went to fight a war'

JOHN McPhee dropped out of school in 1942 to enlist in the British Army during the Second World War. He tells Rashad Rolle his story, as The Tribune continues its spotlight on war stories and The Bahamas in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday this weekend.

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Selection narrows for national team

AFTER the second tryout over the weekend, the women’s national team has been reduced to 15 with the final 12-member cut expected to be made during the training camp over the weekend of June 23, leading into the two weeks before they travel to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Tournament in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

Sailing regatta brings more culture to 3-day Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival

BAHAMAS Junkanoo Carnival has an exciting new element to it this year.

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Ole Miss Rebels earn no.7 seed in NCAA tournament

YOLETT McPhee- McCuin’s complete overhaul of the Ole Miss women’s basketball programme now includes a trip to the NCAA Division I Tournament.

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Shaping the dreams of young Bahamians

AS A  young Bahamian educator, Shonelle Mcphee has vowed  that she will tread a path of excellence imparting wisdom, providing direction and shaping the dreams of her students.

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Gonsalves eyes history and legacy after election victory

Dr Ralph Gonsalves is set to make history in St Vincent and the Grenadines as he starts a fourth term in office as Prime Minister. Having already completed 14 years as Head of Government, within three years of the term to which he was elected on December 9, Dr Gonsalves will overtake the record of former Prime Minister Sir James ‘Son’ Mitchell who served 16 years from 1984 to 2000.

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Man pleads guilty to possession of two ounces of marijuana, fined $700 by court

A MAN was fined yesterday after he was found with over 2oz of marijuana this week.

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Bastian and Higgs to fly the flag for Bahamas

BIRMINGHAM, England: When the Commonwealth Games gets underway today, swimmers Izaak Bastian and Lilly Higgs will be the joint flag bearers for the Bahamas during the march past of athletes.

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FNM to renovate centre

THE Free National Movement Council in Grand Bahama is hosting major fundraising events to help renovate the Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield Community Building that sustained severe flood damage during Hurricane Dorian.

Women’s national basketball team lose opener to USVI

After fighting so hard to get back into the game, the Bahamas women’s national team saw their chance of winning their opening match at the Caribbean Basketball Championships slip away down the stretch against the US Virgin Islands in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, on Tuesday.

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The Bahamas beat St Vincent & the Grenadines 1-0

WITH a penalty kick from veteran captain Lesly St Fleur, the Bahamas Junkanoo Boys national men’s soccer team prevailed with an impressive 1-0 victory over St Vincent & the Grenadines on Friday at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in game one of their World Cup Qatar Qualification.

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President of Boxing Federation Vincent Strachan off to Congress

VINCENT Strachan, president of the Boxing Federation of the Bahamas, left town on Tuesday for the International Boxing Association Ordinary Congress in Dubai, UAE. Strachan is slated to return December 10.

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Four Haitians and one Bahamian guilty in human smuggling case

FREEPORT – Four Haitian men and one Bahamian man were arraigned in the Eight Mile Rock Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the suspected illegal human smuggling incident at Holmes Rock.

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Wilson 'back as BUT president'

Unofficial results of the BUT general election last night revealed that incumbent president Belinda Wilson has been reelected as president of the union for the third time.

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Clarke eases into doubles finals, singles semi-finals in ITF Under-18 Tournament

SYDNEY Clarke eased her way into the girls’ doubles finals and singles semi-finals in the International Tennis Federation’s Under-18 Tournament yesterday in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

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Shooting death: Man arrested

A 23-year-old man was arrested yesterday morning in connection with the shooting death of 70-year-old Belpheam Lightbourne of Polehemus Street, who was shot on May 31 during an attempted burglary at her home.

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Murder conviction quashed - and judge sends case back for retrial

THE Court of Appeal has quashed the murder conviction of a man sentenced to life in prison for murdering a cashier at his family’s food store in the course of an armed robbery, and has ordered a retrial.In an 18-page ruling published to the court’s w