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Shootings spark call to increase police numbers

RESIDENTS of Eleuthera are calling for more police presence as a wave of crime has come to that picturesque island in recent times.

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Tureano on target

The Tureano Johnson bout against Jamie Munguia is just over three weeks away and the former WBO super welterweight champion appears confident of his chances against the Bahamian middleweight.

Fanfare - but still restrictions

How disappointing to read in your news this morning that restrictive measures will still be in place to enter The Bahamas as of November.

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Trump, stricken by COVID-19, taken to military hospital

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump appeared in public Friday evening for the first time since being stricken by COVID-19, boarding his Marine One helicopter for a flight to a military hospital as the virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans spread to the highest reaches of the U.S. government.

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Garreth looks forward to the competition in college

After participating in a few Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Basketball Tournaments this summer, Garreth Edgecombe is eagerly looking forward to competing at the collegiate level.

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Donald and Melania Trump test positive for COVID-19

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted early Friday.

BTC celebrates small business importance

The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is celebrating October as Small Business Month to highlight the importance of its 8,000-plus clients in this category to the local economy.

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Manning the gates

INTERCESSORS and prayer leaders from around the nation are the being called on to “man the gates” once again this weekend.

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Village Pub manager is shot dead outside bar

A MAN was shot on Tuesday night and found unresponsive on the sidewalk outside a local bar.

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MAKING HISTORY: Bahamas newest member of ISF

THE Bahamas made history by becoming the newest member of the International School Sports Federation.

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NIB manager denies fraud charges

THE manager of the National Insurance Board’s Andros branch who yesterday denied defrauding the organisation of tens of thousands of dollars was denied bail ahead of his trial.

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Happy Olympic anniversary Pauline Davis-Thompson

IT took her fifth and final Olympic Games in 2000 in Sydney, Australia for Pauline Davis-Thompson to ascend the podium to finally secure her elusive individual track and field medal on the world’s biggest sporting stage.

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‘Jazz’ Chisholm hits homer, 2-run double

Back in February, Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm spoke candidly at Miami Marlins’ Fanfest on his team’s probability to earn a playoff spot and become a contender in the National League. The rookie’s brash projection came to fruition sooner than most expected as the Marlins clinched a berth in the Major League Baseball playoffs for the first time since 2003. The Marlins finished 31-29, the franchise’s first winning season since 2009, and clinched the No.6 seed in the National League.They will go on the road to face the No.3 seed and National League Central Division champion Chicago Cubs in the Wild Card Round. The best-of-three wild card series begins on Wednesday night at Wrigley Field.

Bahamian redneck culture

In a Ramble Bahamas write-up entitled The Contract, authors Jessica Dawson and Tracey Thompson wrote that between 1943 and 1965, approximately 30,000 Bahamians worked on The Contract in the United States. In the early 1940s, the Bahamian economy, particularly in New Providence, was in complete shambles, owing to World War II.

EDITORIAL: Now is the moment for Freeport

NEVER has the saying “it is now or never” felt more urgent than in the case of Freeport.

'Now or never' for Freeport

COVID-19 has given Freeport a "now or never opportunity" to fulfill an economic potential that could ultimately generate 40-60 percent of Bahamian GDP, a prominent attorney argued yesterday.

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Fight night: ‘Reno’ ready to shine against Munguia

After weeks of speculation, Tureano “Reno” Johnson got the fight he lobbied for on his journey to the top of the middleweight division. Johnson will take on former WBO super welterweight champion Jaime Munguia at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, on October 30.

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ALL HE WANTED WAS HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY: Reyes spent all day at homework – then was shot going out to play

FAMILY of Reyes Williams say all the seven-year-old talked about was his upcoming birthday party before he was killed Sunday night.

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Boy fatally hit by crossfire bullet: Youngster killed as police probe two women's murders

A CHILD was shot dead in Nassau Village last night after a gunman opened fire outside a residence, police said.

Marcus Garvey’s influences

In her book titled Garvey and Garveyism, the late Amy Jacques Garvey claimed that the late Pan-Africanist and Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) founder, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, was deeply influenced by a Bahamian physician, activist and politician named Dr Joseph Robert Love.