By CHESTER ROBARDS
Business Reporter
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THE CRAWFISH season could yield higher profits for fishermen and exporters this year, the chief counsel for Spanish Wells said yesterday.
And with fishermen adopting catch certificates which will allow trade with Europe, and with crawfish market prices on the rise, the season could be a good one.
Abner Pinder said the initial indicators show the market price of crawfish to be on the rise and with the Bahamas re-opening the crawfish trade with Europe that was closed at the beginning of the year, the sector could see a turnaround when the season opens next week.
"The season looks like it will be better than last year," sa ...

By RENALDO DORSETT
Sports Reporter
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A VALIANT effort by the Bahamas' junior national soccer team players resulted in a split of matches with their visiting opponents. But they failed to qualify for the next round of international competition.
The under-17 boys' team hosted Bermuda at the Roscoe Davies soccer field in one segment of the long road to qualification for the 2010 FIFA under-17 World Cup.
In match one, Bermuda stunned the Bahamas with a lopsided 5-1 victory, which all but sealed qualification for the next round.
Terry Delancey was the lone goal scorer for the Bahamas when he netted a goal in the 63rd minute.
In match two, the Bahamas delivered a ...

By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Staff Reporter
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A MAN accused of forging bank cheques and defrauding a local bank of more than $100,000 was arraigned in a Magistrate's Court yesterday on a list of fraud charges.
Keno Gaitor, 33, of Mount Vernon, appeared before Magistrate Guillimena Archer in Court 10, Nassau Street, yesterday charged with 33 counts of fraud, 22 counts of uttering a forged document, 12 counts of forgery and five counts of attempted fraud.
It is alleged that Gaitor forged several Royal Bank of Canada cheques and a First Caribbean Bank cheque.
 According to court dockets, Gaitor forged Royal Bank of Canada cheques drawn on the accounts of Deltec ...

THREE men staged a brazen daylight armed robbery at a water depot on Yamacraw Hill road on Monday, police reported.
An employee was robbed of an undetermined amount of cash and cellphone cards after three men pulled up at the Water Depot in a silver sports utility vehicle at around midday. Two of the three men inside the car were said to have exited the vehicle demanding cash.
One was armed with a handgun.
The culprits fled the area in the car, heading west on Yamacraw Hill Road. Police are investigating.