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Acklins residents say they are being denied hurricane relief

SOME residents in Acklins are reportedly being denied hurricane relief aid and supplies to repair their homes following severe hurricane damage on the island, according to a local resident.

QC Comets win BAISS swim meet

THE Queen’s College Comets emerged as the winners of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) swim meet at St John’s College last week.

BEC’s JA company and Lupus 242 team up to raise awareness

BEC Fuse, a Junior Achievement company sponsored by the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC), is starting its 2015/16 year off strong by supporting a worthy cause.

Sweeting elected president of Baseball Federation

TEDDY Sweeting, the long-time secretary general, was elevated to the top post, becoming just the third president of the Bahamas Baseball Federation after incumbent Craig ‘Salty’ Kemp declined to seek another two-year term in office.

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Volleyball teams to hold court in Tournament of Champions

FOURTEEN volleyball teams, seven male and seven female, from across the country, will compete for the titles this year at the third annual “National Tournament of Champions” on November 19-21.

Tristan Eldon wins Cecil G Cooke Memorial Jr Regatta

THE Bahamas National Sailing School and Nassau Yacht Club hosted the Cecil G Cooke Memorial Jr Regatta for the second year at the weekend. 

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Big Red Machine gets into gear

ST AUGUSTINE’S College rolled its Big Red Machine out of Freedom Farm with four victories on the opening day of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ (BAISS) softball season and is now just one game away from completing a repeat of all four titles.

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GRAND BAHAMA HOSTS 29TH CONCHMAN TRIATHLON

THE 29th Conchman Triathlon was held on Saturday in Grand Bahama with Stefan Laursen and Elizabeth Shaddock emerging as the overall male and female champions.

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Farkas-Kerzner in deal for Baha Mar

ACCORDING to sources close to the negotiations, The Tribune  has learned that a deal in principle has been struck for Baha Mar between Island Capital Group LLC, a private real estate merchant bank led by Andrew Farkas and partnered by hotel magnate Sol Kerzner,  the Export-Import Bank of China and China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd.

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A COMIC'S VIEW: Wells and Rollins pointing the finger at the Emperor

This week has been one of defections, reflections and deflections. Members of Parliament switched teams, two leaders went head to head in the proverbial “political game of chess,” and somehow another “party” cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Chickens home to roost

The Prime Minister needs to rein in his cabinet ministers, hacks and semi-delusional political fanatics before it becomes too late for the credibility, sustainability and viability of this now ludicrous “Gold Rush” administration.

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THE FINISH LINE: BAAA elections ‘shaping up to be an all out war’

IT’S not how you start, nor how you get there. Most importantly, it’s how you finish.

Outside investigators needed to assist RBPF

“THE Cayman Islands has brought in British police to tackle a rise in gang-related crime that business leaders fear could hurt the territory’s image as a safe finance and tourism destination,” Reuters news agency reported in 2010.

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Defectors branded as ‘political opportunists’

DNA Chairman Andrew Wilson yesterday branded Fort Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins and Bamboo Town MP Renward Wells as “political opportunists” over their decision to join the Official Opposition.

Resolve ‘not ruling anything out’ over more bad BOB loans

Bahamas Resolve’s chairman yesterday admitted he “wouldn’t rule out anything” when it came to the possibility of removing more toxic loans from Bank of the Bahamas.

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SUDDEN DEATH PLAYOFFS

Crusaders, Comets and Big Red Machine advance to best-of-3 championship series

The Nassau Christian Academy Crusaders, St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine and the Queen’s College Comets took the spotlight on day one of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) sudden death softball playoffs.

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Damaged men

We are being led by a system of hypermasculine men who see it as their right to steal, plunder, rape, pillage and murder through their class privilege, lies and deceit.

It is hoped that ‘Sovereignty’ will now pay the bills

ON Saturday, former deputy prime minister Brent Symonette did not agree with his party (FNM) that the Christie government was totally at fault for the recent redundancies of more than 2,000 Bahamians from the Baha Mar payroll.

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Concern raised over Baha Mar receivership

IN the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to put Baha Mar into receivership, Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson reiterated yesterday that the government will “only take steps that are in the best interest of the Bahamian people”.

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Roberts says receivership of Baha Mar is ‘positive’ news

PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday welcomed the “positive” news that Baha Mar has been placed into receivership at the request of the Export Import Bank of China.