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Shaunae in 400 final

GLASGOW, Scotland — National champion Shaunae Miller, joining a number of athletes in grieving over the death of American quarter-miler Torrin Lawrence yesterday, led a trio of Bahamian quarter-milers as she booked her ticket into the women’s 400 metre final tonight at the 20th Commonwealth Games.

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RISING STARS

Several of the best high school basketball players in the country took full advantage of the opportunity to showcase their skills at the fourth edition of the National High School Basketball Championships.

BTC’s campaign to be less ‘Nassau centric’

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) chief executive said yesterday he was pushing to make it less “Nassau centric”, with cellular and broadband Internet upgrades combining with its new pay-TV offering to benefit a wider consumer population.

Well done, Apostle Valentino Williams

Over the years, I have been privileged to have met and sat under the spiritual anointing of myriad clergy persons here at home and abroad internationally.

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Man shot dead at home off Tonique Williams-Darling Highway

POLICE in New Providence report that a man has been shot at a home off Tonique Williams-Darling Highway on Saturday night, the fourth murder in the capital since Thursday morning.

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Bain Jr selected for 2018 Class ofthe Howard University Hall of Fame

ARNOLD F Bain Jr, a Bahamian who had a stellar track and field career at Howard University in the 1960s, has been selected for inclusion into “the 2018 Class of the Howard University Hall of Fame as a member of the 1968/1969 track and field team.”Bai

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Three accused of burglaries

THREE Grand Bahama men were charged with multiple housebreaking and theft offences in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday.Joshua Randy Williams, 39, of Hunters; Timothy Russell, 28, and John Wheatly Grant, 26, both of Lewis Yard, appeared befor

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'Nurses still missing out on money'

SOME nurses were not paid their promised scarcity allowance yesterday, according to Bahamas Nurses Union president Amancha Williams. Registered nurses and trained clinical nurses in the public system were to get $3,000 and $2,000 respectively. But

EDITORIAL: Royal visit a chance to show off our future

THERE is sometimes a tendency to naysay by force of habit.

Water Corp supplier unveils new director

Consolidated Water (Bahamas) has appointed Ethan Adderley, the Hotel Licensing Board’s chairman, to its board to replace Sir William Allen with effect from year-end 2018.

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Two face murder charges

A 43-year-old man is behind the country’s first murder of 2019, police have alleged.

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New mobile game takes Bahamas to the next level

A Bahamas-based mobile game in the style of popular apps Subway Surfers and Temple Run is now available on the Google Play and iOS stores.

Exuma becoming high-end location

EXUMA is positioning itself as a “high net worth destination”, the Prime Minister said yesterday, as the Government signed a Heads of Agreement for a $200 million boutique resort on Children’s Bay Cay and Williams Cay.

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BTC staff ‘in the dark’ on layoffs

BAHAMAS Communications and Public Officers Union Secretary-General Dino Rolle yesterday claimed “battle weary” union members were being left to “operate in the dark” after BTC CEO Leon Williams refused to clarify how many employees the company planned to layoff, or a date the layoffs will take effect.

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Man shot dead while on bail for murder and other offences

A 34-YEAR-OLD man on bail for several murders and other serious offences was shot dead yesterday morning on Carmichael Road.

Serena gets 14th straight victory

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) -- Top-ranked Novak Djokovic made a solid return to red-clay courts, dominating Australian teenager Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3 Tuesday night to open his Italian Open title defense. On the women's side, Serena William

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Junkanoo legend Anthony ‘Huck’ Williams remembered at funeral

THE Anthony “Huck” Williams 2024 Junior Junkanoo Parade was a spectacular display of culture and talent as 19 schools took to the road on Saturday in Freeport, Grand Bahama.

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Nurses’ anger at delay in honorarium payment

BAHAMAS Nurses Union president Amancha Williams yesterday voiced her anger at the delay of honorarium payments to COVID healthcare workers, calling it “deceptive and wicked”.

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Wells: we’re not trying to overwork healthcare staff

HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said the Public Hospitals Authority’s controversial shift system is designed to get the maximum amount of work from healthcare workers without overworking them.

Baptists gather to dedicate new auditorium

THE Baptist community gathered to dedicate a new auditorium on Jean Street, Gleniston Gardens, in honour of Rev Dr William Thompson, CMG, senior pastor of Faith United Missionary Baptist Church and president of the Bahamas National Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention.