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Environmental concerns over Abaco barge stuck on reef

A BARGE that encountered bad weather last week and ended up stuck on a reef in the Man-O- War Channel has sparked environmental concerns from the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) and Abaco residents.

Bahamian players help the Axemen win title

AFTER finishing near the bottom of the pile last year, the Acadia Axemen, featuring three Bahamians, rose to the top to win the 2017 Atlantic University Sports (AUS) championship title on Tuesday night.It took a shootout for the Axemen to prevail wit

Lashann Higgs scores 17 in Longhorns' 64-57 loss to Bulls

LASHANN Higgs returned to her role as the top scorer for the Texas Longhorns, but the team suffered an upset loss in the season opener. Higgs scored 17 points but the No.15 ranked Longhorns suffered a 64-57 loss to the South Florida Bulls. She shot

Govt to 'spread' tech hub beyond Freeport

The deputy prime minister yesterday said the government will “certainly” seek to spread the Grand Bahama technology hub initiative to other islands in a bid to jumpstart the economy post-COVID-19. K Peter Turnquest, speaking to reporters outside the

Klay: 'Deandre's got such a bright future'

Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Klay Thompson shares the lofty expectations most pundits have for Deandre Ayton. Prior to the Warriors’ 123-103 win over the Phoenix Suns Tuesday night at Oracle Arena, Thompson lauded Ayton’s future impact on Ba

Local repairs keeps yacht repair facility ticking over during slow season

BRADFORD Marine’s yacht repair facility in Grand Bahama is getting a lot of local commercial work during the slow yacht repair season.Dan Romence, general manager at Bradford’s shipyard in Freeport, reported that 2015 and 2016 were relatively “good y

New coach, training location already paying off for Thomas

A NEW coach and training location is already starting to pay off big dividends for Donald Thomas as he tries to regain his form that enabled him to produce the IAAF World Championship men’s high jump title in 2007 in Osaka, Japan.

Dancehall star Ce'Cile promotes new album

CARIBBEAN dancehall star Ce’Cile is no stranger to the Bahamas. From Nassau and Grand Bahama to the Family Islands like Bimini, Eleuthera and Abaco, the singer has brought her hit songs like “Hot Like We”, “When You’re Gone”, “Give It To Me” and “I’m Waiting” to Bahamian audiences over the years.

Gaming regulator 'not here to police morality'

The Gaming Board's executive chairman yesterday hit out at discriminatory rules that bar Bahamians from gambling in hotel casinos, and said: "We're not here to police morality in The Bahamas."

Restaurant proprietor 'blessed to be open'

A Sandy Port restaurant’s proprietor says he is “blessed to be open” after enduring a three-month COVID-19 lockdown even though the prohibition on indoor dining will cost him 40 percent of normal revenues. Jacques Carlino, owner/operator of the Blue

MP 'cold shouldered' by Schooner Bay

SOUTH Abaco’s MP has revealed he was ‘cold shouldered’ by a foreign developer when he attempted to resolve the dispute it sparked by evicting a Bahamian farmer from Crown Land.James Albury, who is also parliamentary secretary in the Prime Minister’s

A call for mercy

To do something as simple as get on a jitney, Kayleisha Rolle has to manoeuvre out of her wheelchair, sit on the steps of the bus, her back facing the door, pull herself up the steps with the support of her arms, and then hop to a vacant seat.“Some p

Bahamas needs 'much' more FDI than $522m

The Bahamas needs “considerably” more foreign direct investment (FDI) than the $522 million inflows it attracted in 2016, a governance reformer yesterday describing this as “critical” to faster economic growth.Robert Myers, a principal with the Organ

Star Class sailors in Grand Final

Three races, light conditions but very close competitions marked the second day at the Bahamas’ first Star Sailors League Finals.

No 'wholesale panic' over G-20 automatic tax exchange push

The Bahamas must avoid “wholesale panic” over G-20/OECD efforts to drive the world to automatic tax information exchange, a leading private sector executive instead urging this jurisdiction to “increase” its financial services ‘value proposition’.

Small business reforms'transformational' withprivate lender buy-in

Final recommendations on the proposed small business legislation will be presented to the Government by mid-May, a key adviser yesterday saying the initiative could be “transformational” with buy-in from commercial lenders.

ART OF GRAPHIX: Charting the path to career success

So you’ve graduated from high school or college, flipped your tassel to the other side and thrown your cap in the air, while exchanging kisses, hugs, photographs and contacts, plus branded school shirts. Better still, you now have a nice graduation diploma or big, fancy degree that reads: ‘Bachelor of Science’ .

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Romo is back, I’ll be there . . . so Cowboys to win in Miami

OKAY, last week was bad for me (6-8) but others were worse! Including Sannie, previously ‘untouchable’, who went an unusually ‘unlucky’ 5-9.

Dance to the Zumba beatInstructors host big fitness party

Created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto Perez in the mid-90s, Zumba is a Latin-American fitness craze that has taken the world by storm.Here in the Bahamas, its popularity soared in the 2000s, with fitness instructors putting their

Bahamas' Under-17 men ready for the Centrobasket Championships

FOLLOWING their women’s counterparts, the Bahamas’ under-17 men are set to compete against the top teams in the region at the 2019 Centrobasket Championships. The tournament is scheduled to be hosted July 24-28 at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in Sa

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