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FLASHES OF BRILLIANCE: Rookie wide receiver Mike Strachan has an impressive showing in Colts training camp, NFL preseason debut

Mike Strachan has had an impressive showing early in training camp and showed flashes of brilliance in his NFL preseason debut with the Indianapolis Colts.

'FNM hypocritical over firing then re-hiring'

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell yesterday ridiculed Public Service Minister Brensil Rolle for admitting that a “large number” of the 9,000 people hired under the Christie administration have been re-engaged by the Minnis administration.

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GAIN AN EDGE: With a trade you’ll always have money in your pocket

As someone whose mother initially wanted him to become a doctor or an electrical engineer, Christian Knowles is proof that the recipe to thrive is having a passion combined with the determination to pursue it.

DIANE PHILLIPS: Admit it - there’s never been a better time to put off what you have to do today

Over the holidays as our little public relations office was officially closed, I worked there nearly every day anyway because it is what I do.

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Throwers wind up in summer camp

COACH April Smith and her husband love coming to the Bahamas so much that they have made the Blue Chips Athletic Club’s annual throwers’ summer camp a top priority on their list.The duo is back here for the fifth consecutive year to work with Blue Ch

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Freeport home for NewCo call centre

NEWCO’s national service call centre will be located in Grand Bahama, creating some 30 new jobs for Bahamians in Freeport, officials of the new mobile service provider announced yesterday.

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Standing ovation for Buddy Hield in Oklahoma

IT is not often that you see a home crowd give a standing ovation to an opposing player, but that is exactly the reception Buddy Hield received when he returned to Oklahoma as a professional.

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Centreville residents give their verdict on five years of the PLP

Has Perry Christie done enough for his Centreville constituents to warrant another re-election? Rashad Rolle takes to the street to find out if the Prime Minister’s time might be coming to a close.

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FNM leader pledges more details on policies ‘with time’

FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday explained that he was absent from parliament, but vowed that the final weeks of campaigning before the 2017 general elections will not be a sprint for his party, as it was described by his opponent Prime Minister Perry Christie, but a “cruise along” to the finish line.

Did Fred learn anything from Abu Dhabi?

IN YESTERDAY’S Tribune, a photo, taken in December, was published of Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell being received by Abu Dhabi foreign affairs minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Readers react to shooting

COMPUTER users took to the internet to express their opinions at The Tribune’s website, www.tribune242.com, in the wake of Mr Bruner’s death. Here is a selection of their comments.

Delinquent Mortgages: ‘20% can pay but don’t’

An estimated 20 per cent of delinquent Bahamian mortgage borrowers fall into the ‘can pay but won’t pay’ category, a situation the banking industry believes will be exacerbated by the Homeowners Protection Bill.

Is it better?

“ˆIt’S better in the Bahamas” — or is it?

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Rev CB Moss: Why I turned down $75,000 coalition job

COALITION to Save Clifton president Rev CB Moss said he opted to forgo a $75,000 a year salary working with the Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay organisation after attending one board meeting, as he felt the organisation was focusing too much attention on billionaire fashion mogul Peter Nygard.

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Investigation questioned by attorney in Bible school sex attack case

THE investigator of an alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl at vacation Bible school dismissed an attorney’s suggestion that she did a “lousy job” with the investigation.

Start from the top to trim the debt

GOVERNMENT has ordered spending cuts in its ministries in an effort to relieve the financial strain on the Public Treasury.

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LPIA's completion to create 200 jobs

Around 200 full-time jobs will be created when the final stage of Lynden Pindling International Airport’s (LPIA) redevelopment is completed in November, Tribune Business was told yesterday, with tenders for the retail concessions already out to bid.

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Families demand Nottage resignation

FAMILIES of persons who died in police custody called for the resignation of National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage when he “ignored” and “avoided” them during a demonstration outside the House of Assembly yesterday

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Jobs shake-up at webshop

TECHNOLOGICAL advancements in the gaming industry has moved one webshop owner to restructure its workforce ahead of the government’s proposal to legalise number houses.

Retail fears VAT 'death sentence'

Bahamian retailers yesterday warned that Value-Added Tax (VAT) could be a “death sentence” for many local businesses, with several industry operators already having told staff to look for new jobs come July 1.