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Lo and Schmit win marathon

The 8th edition of Sunshine Insurance’s Marathon Bahamas Race Weekend featured an increased number of participants and several new winners that headlined the field in 2017.

Homophobic pastors and politicians

In a desperate search for political traction for his vanity party, the newly amalgamated United People’s Movement (UPM), Gregory Moss has decided to dispense with common decency and to pander to the homophobic fears of some Bahamians.

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INSIGHT: The real reasons behind ‘passports for sale’

On January 1, “60 minutes”, an investigative programme aired by the US television company, CBS Corporation, ran a segment on “Citizenship by Investment Programmes” (CIP) that are operated by several countries around the world.

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Giants blast Rockets as NPBA action resumes

AFTER taking a break for the Christmas holiday, the New Providence Basketball Association resumed its 2016/17 season over the weekend at AF Adderley Gymnasium.

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EMBRACING TECHNOLOGY: MUSEUMS CREATING NEW EXPERIENCES

Museums are always looking for ways to make their exhibitions more exciting. Now, new technologies are making that easier.

Pastors condemn support of appointment of expert to investigate LGBT abuse

LOCAL pastors yesterday continued their reproach of the position taken by the country on a United Nations resolution that sought to block the appointment of a UN independent expert to investigate worldwide cases of discrimination and abuse against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.

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Father Marcian Peters champions crowned

AFTER scores of games played over the course of the week-long tournament, the 31st edition of the Father Marcian Peters basketball tournament closed out Saturday afternoon with a slate of new winners in each of the six divisions.

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FNM denies Minnis will 'disrupt' Loretta's Long Island Christmas party

FREE National Movement (FNM) officials have denied claims that Dr Hubert Minnis would disrupt Loretta Butler-Turner's annual Christmas party in Sandy Point, Long Island, on Friday night.

OECD urged G-20 to press Bahamas over tax exchange

The world’s most powerful nations were earlier this year urged to pressure the Bahamas into agreeing to the multilateral approach for automatic tax information exchange, something it has so far resisted.

Awards ceremony to honour Bahamian nation builders

TWENTY TWO outstanding people who have contributed to the development of nation building in The Bahamas will be honoured at the Atlantis ballroom tomorrow evening at a gala celebration when they will receive the 2016 R E Cooper Sr National Meritorious Service Award.

Committee fears health risks for ten Grand Bahama communities

THE Pinder’s Point Lewis Yard Environmental Committee claims that area industrial plants pose health risks not only to the five nearby settlements, but to at least ten communities in total in Grand Bahama.

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Legends stop Rebels 82-80, Caribs beat Cybots 102-94

THE University of the Bahamas Caribs pulled off another big victory to remain undefeated in the New Providence Basketball Association men's division one play, knocking off the Mail Boat Cybots 102-94 at AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.

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Tida Wave and crew emerge victorious

While Brooks Miller and his Tida Wave ran away with the A class title in the inaugural Best of the Best Regatta, Stefon Knowles carried home the titles in both the B and C classes respectively on board the New Susan Chase and the Whitty K.

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No Ceilings: Yolett and Dolphins off to best start in six years

YOLETT McPhee-McCuin and her Jacksonville Dolphins have adopted the phrase “No Ceilings” and have certainly played true to that motto this season.

The Aliv Thunderbird to set sail in inaugural regatta today at Montagu

AS the partnership between The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources, the Nassau Sailing Yacht Club, The Bahamas Sailing Club of Nassau and the Star Sailors League produced the inaugural Best of The Best Regatta, one local sloop announced its own partnership with a corporate sponsor.

Regulating regulator in Freeport

I GET highly upset every time I see a story in your paper’s Business Section that contains the untrue and inaccurate statement suggesting that the Grand Bahamas Port Authority (GBPA) is the regulator for electricity or telecommunications in Freeport or, of its own volition, has any regulatory powers over these utilities in Freeport.

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Winners emerge at Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy skills competition

THE Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy hosted another Skills Competition on Saturday in the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Driving Range at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

UB knock off the Legends 104-91, Cybots blast Rockets

THE University of the Bahamas and the Mail Boat Cybots both won big as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.

Bahamian men on top college basketball teams in Canada

BAHAMIAN players are prominently featured on several of the top teams in the latest men’s basketball national rankings for the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association.

Women’s national volleyball team advances to 2nd round

The Bahamas Volleyball Federation women’s national team joined the men in advancing to the second round of the AZOVA qualifying series for the 2018 FIVB World Volleyball Championships.