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Youth clinic treat for aspiring stars

For the fourth consecutive year, the organisers of the Bahamas Bowl treated the aspiring Bahamian young men and women to a youth clinic.

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Inaugural Mario Bowleg Basketball Camp is free

WHILE the majority of summer basketball camps are staged in a gymnasium with a fee being charged, the inaugural Mario Bowleg Fundamental Basketball Camp is outdoors at the Garden Hills No.1 Park and it’s free of charge.

Hubert Ingraham was a man ahead of his time

After Andrew Jackson won the US Presidential Election in 1828, Senator William L Marcy of New York coined the famous phrase: “to the victor belong the spoils.”

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Teleos Cherubims senior girls capture BSAA basketball title

Teleos Cherubims captured another Bahamas Scholastic Athletic Association senior girls’ basketball title, this time they did it in grand style.

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Sydney Clarke emerges as Pool B winner

SYDNEY Clarke emerged as the winner of pool B of the ladies’ division and all four Davis Cup players booked their spots in the men’s semi-final of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s annual Giorgio Baldacci National Open Challenge at the National Tennis Centre yesterday.

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Sports in brief

WALTIEA Rolle was named ZBL Player of the Week on Eurobasket.com.

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'Clifton Bay under threat'

“CLIFTON Bay is under massive threat,” environmental expert Kathleen Sullivan-Sealey has warned.

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Sports in brief

THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association announced the names of the players who will be representing the Bahamas at the ITF/COTECC Pre-Qualifying World Junior Tennis Championship Event in the Dominican Republic March 11-17.

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Cleveland Eneas Primary NPPSSA track and field champions

FOR the third consecutive year, Cleveland Eneas Primary School captured the New Providence Principal Schools Sports Association’s Track and Field Championship title.

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Police hunt four men who shot at officers during high-speed chase

POLICE are on the hunt for four men who escaped on foot after shooting at officers during a high-speed chase early in New Providence on Sunday morning.

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Shot Haitian man has illegal entry charge dismissed

A HAITIAN man who was shot in Eleuthera during an argument with authorities during an immigration exercise earlier this year had his charge of illegal entry dismissed by a Magistrate’s Court judge yesterday.

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DNA to announce five candidates next week

THE Democratic National Alliance is expected to announce another five candidates next week, according to party leader Branville McCartney.

QC: A week to answer on contempt

A QUEEN’S Counsel has been given a week to prepare his case as to why he should not be found in contempt of court and punished for his recent actions in the Court of Appeal.

Education Minister calls for more police after schoolboy stabbing

IN the wake of the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old Doris Johnson Senior High School student last week, Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald told the House of Assembly that the incident exposed the need for more police presence on the streets of New Providence.

Fast-food restaurant manager’s killer has sentence cut to 55 years

A man sentenced to life in prison for the throat-slashing murder of a fast food restaurant manager had his sentence reduced to 55 years by the Court of Appeal yesterday.

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Truckers run over Cheetahs, Operators stop the Cybots

THE defending champions Johnson Lady Truckers pulled off a big 72-64 victory over former champions Career Builders Lady Cheetahs to highlight the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association double header at the DW Davis Gymnasium Saturday night.

Court hears arguments against extradition

A SENIOR attorney began legal arguments in the Supreme Court yesterday for three men challenging the composition of the Court of Appeal judges who upheld an extradition order demanding their surrender to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.

QC Comets junior girls rout Falcons 32-19, advance to finals

THE BAISS basketball playoffs got underway yesterday in the sudden death playoff round with the top seed in the junior girls’ division advancing to the finals.

5,000 illegal migrants repatriated in 2015, says minister of immigration

MORE than 5,000 illegal immigrants were repatriated to their homeland in 2015, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell said Thursday, adding that the Department of Immigration is bracing for an even tougher year in 2016.

Memories employee has permit withdrawn after controversy

THE Department of Immigration has withdrawn the right to work of an employee of the Memories Resort in Grand Bahama and has initiated steps to have the person leave the country, according to a press statement released on Friday.