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Pensioners left with 30% in City Markets HQ sale

* Claim trustees ‘not acting in our best interest’ * Trustees retain 27% of $3m sale to AML Foods * And lawyer paid almost one-third of proceeds

City Markets pensioners have been “kept in the dark” over the $3 million sale of the plan’s main asset, with just 30 per cent of the proceeds seemingly left for their benefit.

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Legnani: I'm definitely pleased with what I've seen

IT’S a new venture in a new location and a new stadium by the International Amateur Athletic Federation and, from all indications, Anna Legnani and Stefan Thies could not be more happier with the progress they have seen as the inaugural World Relays draw nigh with about 50 days to go.

Next Phenom aims to fill void in youth sports in Bahamas

A NEW initiative seeks to provide a social media platform for athletes aimed at creating a multi-faceted database with the tagline, “Be seen and have fun.”

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Americans spared jail but fined for possession of marijuana

FOUR Americans escaped lengthy prison sentences yesterday when they were fined a combined $1,500 for admitting to simple possession of dangerous drugs in three separate incidents.

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Silver glory

GLASGOW, Scotland — After watching Jeffery Gibson earn a bronze in the men’s 400 metres hurdles, LaToy Williams said the men’s 4 x 400 metre relay team wanted to make sure that they were not left off the podium - again - at the 20th Commonwealth Games.

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60 patients to have cataract surgery in marathon session

CATARACT surgery will be provided to some 60 patients at the Rand Memorial Hospital in Grand Bahama for the first time by an all Bahamian ophthalmology team of specialty physicians and nurses this week. Leading the marathon surgery is Dr Dawn Russel

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Baptist Sports Council renamed Bahamas Baptist Sports Federation

IN rebranding and relaunching the organisation, the Baptist Sports Council has had a name change to the Bahamas Baptist Sports Federation with all of its affiliated churches now referred to as associations.

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Dames: We will catch the killers

NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday issued a stern warning to the perpetrators responsible for killing a seven-year-old boy in Nassau Village on Sunday night, insisting that he has “every confidence” the Royal Bahamas Police Force will find them.

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‘We can’t submit to every demand’

ALL but five registered and trained clinical nurses returned to work yesterday bringing an end to a “peculiar” “sick out,” which affected patient care at public medical facilities throughout the country, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday, adding “tension” remains over this matter.

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ASH DID NOT TESTIFY ‘AFTER PAY DISPUTE’: Decision to drop case against former minister explained

THE case against former Cabinet Minister Kenred Dorsett was dropped after a dispute with prosecutors and chief witness Jonathan Ash over money the latter believed he was owed by the government, The Tribune was told.

Sandals chief: Bahamas 'can't afford' discount war

Sandals Royal Bahamian’s top executive yesterday revealed that the all-inclusive chain shares Atlantis’s Baha Mar fears, arguing that the Bahamas “can’t afford” a rate discounting war.Gary Williams, the resort’s general manager, told Tribune Business

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Rashield brings home the gold

A PAIR of boxers on their path toward Olympic qualification in 2020 began their path to that goal with impressive performances against regional competition.

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Exhibition showcases next generation artists

THE WORK of seventeen young Bahamian painters was showcased at the Central Bank of The Bahamas Art Gallery last Thursday in an exhibition dubbed “Artshowfix”.

Cable Bahamas seeks pref share approval

Cable Bahamas is seeking shareholder approval to “pave the way” for the issuance of two new preference share classes, as part of the financing for its $100 million Florida expansion.

Property taxes sell-off targets 'extreme cases'

The Government is "targeting extreme cases" who have totally disregarded their tax obligations for up to 10-20 years with yesterday's warning that it will start to seize and sell-off their properties to recover all arrears owed.

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Jury is empanelled for election night murder trial

A JURY was empanelled yesterday in the Supreme Court for the trial of a man accused of being involved in one of two May 7, 2012 election night murders.

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Martial artists bring home trophies

THE New Providence Martial Arts and Fitness Centre, led by instructors sensei Chin and sensei Evans, travelled with a team of 13 young Bahamians to compete in the Miami Taikai Karate Tournament in Miami, Florida, earlier this month.

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Three accused of botched murder attempt

THREE men were remanded to prison  yesterday in connection with a botched murder attempt last week when several guns were recovered in the getaway car.

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‘We’ll appeal Rudy King acquittal’

THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions plans to appeal a magistrate’s decision to acquit Bahamian businessman Rudolph “Rudy” King of fraud and money laundering charges on Friday based on a no-case submission by his defence team.

On visit of New York supercop

WILLIAM Bratton, the former Police Commissioner in New York City, credited for cleaning up New York crime problems in the mid-1990's, was in town recently for a consultation with Bahamian Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade and the Cabinet of The Bahamas Government.