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TWO STRAIGHT: Mako Aquatics Club celebrates back-to-back championship victories

The Mako Aquatics Club completed the 2019 Rev National Swimming Championships with their back-to-back victory at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre last night. At the end of the four-day meet, Mako Aquatic collected a total of 1,862.50 points to

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NPBA sets the stage for championship

WITH all two game sweeps of their best-of-three semifinal series over the weekend at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, the stage is now set for the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-five championship series in both the men’s division one and II.

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Cougars beat Saints 71-61 to win Game 1

THE Charles W Saunders Cougars, the defending senior boys’ champions, withstood every onslaught from the Kingsway Academy Saints and held on for a hard-fought 71-61 victory.

Kids Athletics Road Race another success story

THE sixth annual Kids Athletics Road Race turned out to be another success story on Saturday.

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Bastian lowers his national record in 200m breast

WITH one spot available for the men if there are no automatic A qualifiers at the Bahamas Aquatics’ National Swimming Championships this weekend, top contender Izaak Bastian proved he’s here to take on the challenge with a national record-breaking performance.

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SAC reclaims BAISS track and field title

St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine reclaimed their top spot in the standings and won their second consecutive BAISS Track and Field Championship title.

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FACE TO FACE: In music, Antonia found an escape and a place to chase her dreams

The Independence holiday was a good time to sit and reflect on our nation, look at the good and the bad, and determine what we can do individually, as well as together, to help make our country great.

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UPDATED: Katriona Gilbert sentenced to 18 years for manslaughter of Ariel Lowe

A WOMAN who strangled her girlfriend and then lit her bedroom afire in a jealous rage was sentenced yesterday to 18 years in prison as part of a plea deal after she admitted responsibility for her role in a domestic dispute that turned fatal.

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Champions emerge in BAISS softball playoffs

LAST year, the Nassau Christian Academy Crusaders got to the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ senior girls softball playoffs before they were eliminated. This year, they got to the championship series and they made sure that the title didn’t slip away from them.

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Bahamas misses qualifying spot

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama: The Bahamas women’s national softball team fell short of their goal of qualifying for the English Caribbean Amateur Softball Confederation’s (ECASC) only spot for the World Championships in Cali, Columbia, in July.

Tributes paid to Alexander Maillis after death, aged 99

BEREAVED relatives are determined to celebrate the rich legacy of renowned Greek-Bahamian patriarch Alexander Maillis following his death over the weekend.

The rights of women

Approximately fourteen years ago, I enjoyed the single most important moment of my Parliamentary career; I was privileged to speak and vote on a series of Constitutional Amendments.

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UPDATED: Body of victim dumped in canal

THE MAN whose body was discovered in the trunk of a vehicle submerged in the Sea Breeze Canal on Saturday was likely murdered before being placed in the car, police said yesterday.

NPBA All-Star Classic takes place tonight

THE New Providence Basketball Association, which continued its regular season action on Wednesday night with a double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, will stage its version of the All-Star Classic tonight.

Carifta team named

THE Bahamas Swimming Federation has selected a 36-member team, all of whom have made the qualifying standards, along with ten competitors for the Open Water swim team that will travel to Martinique next month to defend the title at the Carifta Swimming Championships that the Bahamas has won for the past two years.

4x400 relay teams get silver, bronze at NACAC

BOTH the men’s and women’s 4 x 400 metre relay teams secured a medal yesterday to close out competition at the NACAC Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, to push the Bahamas’ total to five.

Tributes to Rahming as he steps down from road traffic

TRIBUTES and well wishes were extended yesterday to Basil V Rahming, deputy controller at the Road Traffic Department, on his retirement after seven years of stellar leadership and in his role as chairman of the Grand Bahama Road Safety Committee.

Golden Boy’s ‘Reno’ to face O’Kane in October

AS the newest fighter in Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions stable, Bahamian middleweight Tureano Johnson will have two of his most sought after targets training together in preparation for bouts this fall.

TUC leader urges fight for industrial agreements

TRADE Union Congress (TUC) president Obie Ferguson yesterday urged all unions in The Bahamas to get “in order”, accusing employers of finding the most minute points to frustrate workers and delay negotiations.

‘Nationalistic attitude’ holding back Carnival

FORMER Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Thompson yesterday defended Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival and called for critics of the festival to abandon their “nationalistic” attitude.