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Coach helping high-performance team

WHILE he carries out his responsibilities as an assistant coach at the University of Georgia, George Cleare is also instructing a group of elite athletes in his High Performance Management Team in Athens, Georgia.

Transforming Spaces art tour

Galleries and artists are gearing up for Nassau’s annual Transforming Spaces art tour. Tickets are now on sale for the two day bus tour set for March 16 and 17 at eight participating galleries.

$40m project rises on western PI

A $40 million project rising on the western end of Paradise Island is turning traditional real estate sales wisdom on its head - building multi-million dollar houses on spec during a challenging economy in a location no car can reach.

Is the press against the PLP?

Myths are very hard to dispel, especially if they are deeply entrenched in the Bahamian culture. One commonly held myth which has been around since time immemorial is the view that the Press is heavily slanted towards the Free National Movement (FNM).

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NCAA Division I: Bahamian players impressive early on

IN THE second week of the NCAA Division I basketball season, several Bahamian players continued their impressive showings early in the year.

World Indoor Championship results

SOPOT, Poland — Here’s a look at the performances of the Bahamas’ 11-member team in the IAAF 15th World Indoor Championships at the Ergo Arena March 7-9:

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Star pupils are honoured

MORE than 200 outstanding students were recognised with gifts of plaques, trophies and cheques for their achievements in the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) and Bahamas Junior Certificate (BJC) during the Ministry of Education’s annual National Awards ceremony.

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Building a better mousetrap

DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis opened the 17th annual Southeastern Consortium of Minorities Engineers Mousetrap Car and Bottle Rocket Competition, which was held at the Jack Hayward High School grounds in Grand Bahama last weekend.

'All systems go' for national bodybuilding championships

“ALL systems are go” for this weekend’s highly anticipated National Championships, according to Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation executives.

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COB sets out process to find new president

THE Council of the College of the Bahamas has established the process by which the new COB president will be selected.

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'Follow your dreams' urges PM at product launch

FREEPORT – Encouraging ambitious Bahamians to pursue their dreams and become successful is a commitment of the government, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday. At the launch in Grand Bahama of a new Bahamian beauty product Mr Christie commended its creator, Freeport resident Kaylisa Beneby, for taking a major step in such a highly competitive industry.

The Great Debate: “Are women the real reason men cheat?”

ARE women the real reason why men cheat? Or does a man’s decision to engage in an affair have less to do with the woman and more to do with deep-seated personal issues that can only be resolved through introspection?

Grand Bahamas local govt electoral race underway

THE Local government electoral race is in full swing in Grand Bahama as 96 persons throughout the island vie for available seats in three districts. Elections are set for June 23.

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Saint Martin Monastery, an historic site

“STANDING on the shoulders of his ancestors,” Vicar Forane in the Bahamas, Father Hildebrand Eishhoff, diligently toiled to increase membership in the newly established Roman Catholic Church.

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Candy Girls take a trip down memory lane with 2014 summer camp

EVERY Summer since 2010, the Eye Candy Makeup Store and Studio has brought the glitz and glamour to Bahamian girls, and this year is no different.

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Bahamas falls to Puerto Rico in FIBA CentroBasket U-16 Championships

IT certainly wasn’t the type of start that head coach Quentin ‘Three Ounce’ Hall envisioned for his national team in the FIBA CentroBasket Under-16 Championships at the Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City, Panama.

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INSIGHT: Can someone just please sit down, read the file and - for good or bad - give Leroy an answer

THE government’s repeated promise of a deeper investigation into a 2013 traffic fatality has left a man convinced his wife was not at fault in the crash that claimed her life.

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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