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Hazelle top in Grand Bahama

TABERNACLE Baptist Christian Academy’s Hazelle Taylor obtained the highest results in the Bahamas Junior Certification exams in Grand Bahama.

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FACE TO FACE: A model student, perfect brother and son – then fate cruelly intervened

FOR Lyndon Sweeting and his wife Terah L Hanna-Sweeting, they could not be more proud of their three children. They are all smart, talented and they aspire to great things in life.

Bahamians win medals, qualify for the NCAA Nationals

NCAA Track and Field moved into its conference championships across several divisions and Bahamian student athletes produced medal winning performances en route to qualifying for the upcoming NCAA National Championships.

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Plan for fewer students on campus during exams

PUBLIC school officials are planning to manage school sites so they have fewer students on campus during national exams to mitigate against COVID-19 exposure, Director of Education Marcellus Taylor said.

NCAA athletes look ahead to conference championships

SEVERAL NCAA Division I student athletes concluded their regular seasons with their respective track and field programmes and now look ahead to conference championships.

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‘Infections still affecting schools’

BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson is again calling on education officials to ensure COVID-19 safety protocols are being followed in public schools after claiming infections are still affecting public schools.

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Cancelling CARIFTA swimming, water polo ‘the correct decision’

Due to the increase in cases in the coronavirus pandemic, the Barbados Aquatic Sports Association (BASA) announced over the weekend that they will have to cancel the CARIFTA Swimming and Water Polo competition for the second consecutive year.

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INSIGHT: Is anyone listening – why are we letting millions slip through our fingers?

“Star Acres”, its gargoyles and neighbouring luxurious government-owned Prospect Ridge properties, join “La Playa” in its grandness of yesteryear and the rotting wood, crumbling walls and overgrown foliage of current times.

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Bastian wins, record-breaking weekend for swimmers Carey and Johnson

WHILE Izaak Bastian walked away with a pair of medals, it was a record-breaking weekend for Davante Carey and Marvin Johnson as they led a field of Bahamians competing at the 2021 UANA Tokyo Qualifier in Clermont, Florida.

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Bahamian student athletes part of history-making moment

A trio of Bahamian student athletes were a part of a history making moment for their Bluefield State Big Blue baseball programme.

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Another record-breaking performance for Charisma

IT was another record-breaking performance for Charisma Taylor at Washington State University as she led a field of Bahamian track and field athletes competing in various meets in the United States over the weekend.

Kelly needs electronic wake-up call

The letter writer Catherine Kelly is usually a “glass half full” sociologist but occasionally she draws back her bow and the arrow lands way off the mark.

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Families tell of trying to find loved ones

SEVERAL witnesses testified in the Coroner’s Court yesterday about their efforts to find missing loved ones after Hurricane Dorian passed in 2019.

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Meeting called after COVID cases in schools

A MEETING was called yesterday at the Ministry of Education after a series of private schools reported cases of COVID-19.

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Brewers top Marlins 5-4, Chisholm Jr strains left hamstring

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Adrian Houser pitched effectively into the sixth inning and hit his first career home run, leading the Milwaukee Brewers over the Miami Marlins 5-4 last night.

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Computers donated by U.S. schools

FIVE Virginia based high schools have donated 119 Dell touchscreen notebook computers along with power supplies to the Ministry of Education.

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Red-Line Athletics club presents Great Commission Ministries International with food, $1,000 cheque

ALREADY establishing themselves as one of the top clubs in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations in just their three years of existence, the Red-Line Athletics took it a step further by showing their benevolence to one of the top local non-charitable organisations.

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WORLD LEADER: Miller-Uibo wins 400m in world-leading, record time

Shaunae Miller-Uibo continued her impressive showing this year, winning the women’s 400 metres at the Oregon Relays in Eugene, Oregon with a world-leading and new facility record-breaking performance.

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“Don’t just exist, live”

Antonia Lightbourne wants people to find their purpose

With all that has happened over the last 13 months, Antonia Lightbourne believes it is time to remind people “to live; don’t just exist. Choose life.”

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26-year-old on rape charge

A 26-year-old man was charged with rape in the Freeport Magistrate’s Court on Monday.