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Kerrie Cartwright to lead the field in BLTA Nationals

KERRIE Cartwright is confident that her Women’s Tennis Association’s rankings will help to booster her performance when she comes home to compete in the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s annual Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals. The nationals is sched

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Murder suspect 'told police where accused hid'

A WOMAN police officer testified in the Freeport Supreme Court that murder accused Paul Belizaire directed officers to a residence in the Holmes Rock area where he and his co-accused hid in bushes awaiting the arrival of their intended “target.” Det

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'The Promise' prevails

A matchup between two of the top big men in all of NCAA Division I basketball - Arizona’s DeAndre Ayton and UNLV’s Brand McCoy produced in an overtime thriller.In the end, Ayton and the Wildcats scored a 91-88 win over the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels Saturda

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‘The Promise’ delivers

“THE PROMISE” delivered, but it wasn’t enough to prevent his Arizona Wildcats from being the second ranked team to fall on day one of the 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis, presented by Bad Boy Mowers.

Nominees announced for Bahamas Press Club awards

THE best in Bahamian media will be recognised for their hard work and dedication in the field of journalism and mass communications during The Bahamas Press Club Media Awards scheduled for Saturday, November 18. The black tie event will be held in t

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Tennis ace Kerrie Cartwright gets WTA ranking

Although she didn’t make it to another final, Kerrie Cartwright wrapped up her two tournaments in Colombia by getting an Women's Tennis Association (WTA) women’s ranking.

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ALCONDO Hepburn of Moonlight Strikers was the top scorer in the Financial Bowling League that continued on Wednesday night at Mario’s Bowling and Family Entertainment with a 608 high three game set.

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Cartwright and American partner fall short in doubles final

KERRIE Cartwright and her American partner Karianna Pierre-Louis fell short in their second appearance in a doubles final in an International Tennis Federation tournament.

BTC contractors in key meeting today

THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) contract workers are expected to meet with management today in a bid to resolve their grievances, a trade union leader has revealed. Bernard Evans, the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union’s

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Four women jailed after airport drug seizures

FOUR women were collectively sentenced to two years and nine months in prison after pleading guilty to multiple drug related charges allegedly stemming from separate drug seizures at the Lynden Pindling International Airport earlier this week.

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Nearly half of 77 BTC contractors agree new terms

NEARLY half of the 77 Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) contractors who were allegedly told to sign new contracts or be terminated have agreed to BTC’s new terms, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes confirmed yesterday.In an interview with The Tribun

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Kerrie advances to doubles final in Colombia

After turning in some credible performances in the United States, Kerrie Cartwright, the only Bahamian female player playing on the professional circuit, took her tennis game to South America.In her first tournament this week, Cartwright has advanced

Family matters: Fam Fest attracts international gospel artists

THE largest number of international gospel artists since Fam Fest’s inception attended this year’s concert at Arawak Cay last weekend.

BTC cuts 'top heavy' senior management

THE Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has slashed its “top heavy” executive management by releasing three vice-president-level executives, a union leader told Tribune Business.Bernard Evans, the Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union

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Long Island residents hit out over handling of grounded barge

DESPITE assurances from a Cabinet Minister that all remains well in Long Island after the grounding of a supplies barge, residents there are suggesting blatant mismanagement and bureaucracy “made a bad situation worse.”

Baha Mar revisited

LIKE many Bahamians, I have watched the Baha Mar saga unfold. Having almost applied to work there, I now count myself fortunate for never having linked my future with that resort. Since its inception,

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Cougars earn 7-2 win over Comets

WITH the defending champions St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine rolling away with the junior boys’ division, the battle for the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ playoffs intensified with the second and third place teams hooking up.

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Greenslade confirmed as envoy to London

AFTER months of speculation, the Minnis Administration announced yesterday that Ellison Greenslade has been appointed High Commissioner of the Bahamas to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and as Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization.

Seeing the church in a new light – Panel discussion seeks to bridge the gap between old and young –

WHAT is the major function of the church? Is it just a place for people to assemble once a week? How do you heal from church hurt? How can the gap between older and younger believers be closed?

SAC junior boys rout Kingsway Academy 9-1

THE St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine’s junior boys continued to roll along in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools, routing the Kingsway Academy Saints 9-1.In their return to action yesterday after the break for the holiday