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NACAC: Bahamas finishes third overall

ON the strength of a meet record-breaking performance from Nathaniel Zervos and double gold medal feats by Camille Rutherford, Tarajh Hudson and Wanya McCoy, the Bahamas finished third at the North American, Central American and Caribbean’s Under-18 to Under-23 Championships.

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Fitting honour for a Roadrunner

WHILE the spotlight was on the athletes for their achievement over the year, the Roadrunners Track Club shared the show with their assistant coach Mildred Adderley.

Lone tennis player to represent Bahamas at Pan Am Games

PHILIP Major Jr has his bags packed and is ready to leave town today to compete in the 17th Pan American Games.

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Praise for government as grouper season closed

ONE of the largest supporters of marine conservation in the Bahamas has praised the government for its decision to declare a fixed closed fishing season for the Nassau Grouper, allowing the critically endangered fish a chance to spawn.

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GB beauties make history at Miss Bahamas double header event

IT WAS a long journey for the 12 contestants of the Miss Universe Bahamas and Miss World Bahamas pageants, and at the end of it history was made as two Grand Bahama queens were crowned at the double header event at Atlantis on Sunday.

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INSIGHT: Who is really footing the $6m bill for the IDB conference?

Stanley Cartwright says hosting the IDB conference last week at the Baha Mar Convention Centre was simple political expediency by the Prime Minister.

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Gas leak victim’s damages cut 77%

The Court of Appeal has slashed by 77 percent the damages awarded to a Bahamian homeowner after fuel leaks from a nearby Rubis gas station contaminated and polluted her property.

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Gas price crisis wiping out retailers’ profits

Bahamian gas stations say “no business operates” on the unsustainable seven percent gross margins they are enduring amid warnings the sector may have to cut jobs and operating hours to survive.

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BBA putting final touches on Team Bahamas for Caribbean Baseball Cup

WITH just about a week left before the start of the fourth Caribbean Baseball Cup, the Bahamas Baseball Association is putting the final touches on Team Bahamas.

NPWBA best-of-three playoffs to begin this weekend

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WITH the regular season completed, the New Providence Women's Basketball Association is all set to begin its best-of-three playoffs, featuring the three previous championship teams, on Satur

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Rotary Foundation honours service at their 12th annual Award Gala

LEGENDS were honoured and prizes were distributed amid the sounds of Junkanoo and smooth jazz during the Rotary Foundation’s 12th annual Awards Gala at the Rosewood Ballroom, Baha Mar on Saturday night.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Just how friendly are the skies of The Bahamas?

THEY are the lifeline to the Family Islands – those smaller planes that operate as scheduled charters, criss-crossing the skies day after day. Western Air, Pineapple Air, Southern Air, Titan, Flamingo, LeAir and more, as essential to local economies from Bimini in the north to Ragged and Crooked in the south, as air and water are to life itself.

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Buccaneers run away with gold

New Providence dominates track and field

The New Providence Buccaneers left the sixth Bahamas Games as track gold medal winners. With the competition starting on July 7, track was one of the last remaining sporting disciplines to enter the fray.

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Breaching protocols ‘just plain dumb’

FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands sent a strong message to young people yesterday, calling their disregard for COVID-19 rules and feeling of invincibility towards the virus “just plain dumb”.

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PAHO in discussions over excess vaccine availability

THE Pan American Health Organisation is in discussions with many developed nations for excess vaccines they hold to be released to help countries registered with its COVAX programme.

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UN team in 'constructive' walkabout at Detention Centre

AFTER a tour of the Carmichael Road Detention Centre on Friday, a team from the United Nations called the walkabout “constructive” and recognised efforts being made to treat the temporary residents with dignity.

MP denies claims of discrimination over food aid

INFURIATED by the opposition’s allegations of political discrimination in food assistance on Andros, local MP Carlton Bowleg said there is no truth to the claims.

‘Govt ignoring our nursing licence problems’

SOME unlicensed nursing school graduates feel they are being ignored by the government and are left in limbo unable to practise.

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Haiti to accept vaccine in bid to curb virus spread

THE Haitian government will now be accepting the COVAX-generated Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine with the hope of curbing the fast-spreading COVID-19 virus in that country, Pan American Health Organization officials said yesterday.

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Less than three million vaccinated across Caribbean

AS BAHAMIAN officials urge vaccination to push the country towards herd immunity, a Pan American Health Organization official revealed that less than three million of the Caribbean’s population has been vaccinated against the deadly COVID-19 virus.