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Sandals 'took a look' at Baha Mar's Sheraton

Sandals chairman, Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, yesterday confirmed that the resort chain had “taken a look” at the Sheraton Cable Beach property, but denied it was taking over the Baha Mar-owned property.

Knowles returns to inspire Wildcats

THE Sigma Wildcats saw the return of Linda Knowles in their line-up and now they are starting to live up to the hype as one of the female teams to watch in the New Providence Softball Association.

Bahamas Rat Pack's Sammi Starr releases new song

JUST when you thought you have heard it all from the Bahamas Rat Pack, the musical group has cooked up another hot hit by member Sammi Starr. The new single, “Please Stay”, which features Bahamian musician Chosen, has received positive feedback from social media supporters as well as local radio stations since its release.

Hurricanes boast 11 Bahamian players on roster

HOLLAND College, boasting of having 11 players from the Bahamas on their current football roster, is hoping that their weekend visit will enable them to increase the changes of even more players participating for the Hurricanes in the Atlantic Football League in Canada.

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IN trying to lay the blame for the border crisis on the White House’s doorstep, House Speaker John Boehner exploded at a news conference on Thursday, saying of the president:

Hurricanes’ junior boys open new season on a winning note

The St Andrew’s Hurricanes’ junior boys opened the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) 2015 softball season the same way they did a year ago.

Big Red Machine win six of eight divisional titles

THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ test run over the weekend completed the final standings for the National High School Track and Field Championships with the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine securing five of the eight divisional titles.

Abaco farm suffers $1m Dorian damage

An Abaco poultry farm yesterday revealed that Hurricane Dorian had inflicted “at least $1m in damages” and “pretty much destroyed” the 100-acre business.Lance Pinder, operations manager at Abaco Big Bird Poultry Farm, told Tribune Business that the r

'I have a seat at the table to represent the views of the area'

HE’S now serving as the new president of the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC). But by the time his tenure is over in four years, Mike Sands said he hopes to leave the area’s biggest track and field organisation in a much better

Election date in early May

AS PRIME Minister Perry Christie last night described the Progressive Liberal Party’s (PLP) election campaign as a “short sprint” with a “big battle ahead,” a timeline of the “first week or the second week of May” was revealed as when the electorate could expect to head to the polls.

Tip off today in playoffs

The Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools Sports Association will tip off sudden death basketball playoffs today featuring play in all four contested divisions at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

Big Game 'smack down' 2nd fishing tournament

BIMINI’S Big Game Club Resort & Marina is holding its second Wahoo Smackdown II Tournament in February.

Pintard: 'I'm committed' to supporting Chris Brown's meet

AS he gets ready to wind down his illustrious athletic career, quarter-miler Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown has been given the assurance that the Bahamas Government will throw their support behind his endeavours as the promoter of his Chris Brown Bahamas Invi

Wilchcombe may still run for PLP chairman

FORMER Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe said yesterday he continues to consult with the people, adding it is they who will have the final say, as he mulls over a possible run for Progressive Liberal Party chairman. He told The Tribune he would make

Ayton and Wildcats claim PAC 12 titlewith 66-54 victory over Golden Bears

A tumultuous week that featured the Arizona men’s basketball programme in the headlines for all the wrong reasons saw a complete turnaround this weekend as the team claimed the conference title and DeAndre Ayton was named to the shortlist for college

Jitney system pilot is 'cultural shock'

Customers and jitney drivers are grappling with a “cultural adjustment” following the roll-out of the bus unification system’s test route, the project manager has revealed.Marvin Clarke, in an interview with Tribune Business, said that while there ar

Is your marriage as stale as old bread?

Have you ever pulled a slice of stale bread from the bag and just could not bring yourself to eat it? That once delicious baker’s delight which used to tantalise your taste buds is no longer appealing. In fact, you are so bored with it, you leave it

Tourism staring at 'drip, drip' recovery

Tourism always knew its COVID-19 recovery would be “drip, drip”, a senior official said yesterday, as he revealed that “off the hook” Family Island interest is starting to translate into actual bookings. Kerry Fountain, the Bahamas Out Island Promot

Anti-trade groups: 'We'll awaken the Bahamian people'

Anti-free trade activists have pledged to mobilise and “awaken the Bahamian people” against joining the WTO, with one saying: “Our leaders just don’t recognise the danger.”Paul Moss, a leading member of the Bahamians Agitating for a Referendum on Fre

World structure may not bring reparations justice

THE Caribbean’s claim for reparations over “the lingering legacy of the Atlantic slave trade” is so fundamental to the current world structure that there may be no real, just way to respond, social anthropologist and College of the Bahamas professor Dr Nicolette Bethel told The Tribune.

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