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September 07, 2023
Stuart returns to Europe for pro volleyball

Bahamian Eugene Stuart is returning to Europe to continue his professional volleyball career after a one-year hiatus. He heads to Portugal to play for the Vitória Sport Clube based in Guimarães, Portugal, for the 2023-2024 season.

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November 05, 2014
The power of the pen and the tongue

Leshea "Sapphire-J" Jones may not be an ordained minister, but she considers herself to be a minister because, when she's onstage reciting her Christian poetry, she believes she's ministering and not just entertaining. And as such, the CEO and founder of the Christian poetry movement "Pen & Tongue" (P&T), describes herself as a spoken word minister.
Through P&T, "Sapphire-J", as she prefers to be ...

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Olympics open in Tokyo
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July 26, 2021
Olympics open in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - After a 365-day wait, exactly a year after the original date, numerous reports of setbacks and possible cancellation and the threat of a coronavirus pandemic that continues to wreak havoc, the Tokyo Olympic Games are officially open as the world's most populous city hosts the Olympics for a second time.

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December 05, 2016
Leadership - Don't Let The Good Ones Down

Leadership is hard. Leadership pulls and tests and many times hurts in ways those not in that position can never understand.

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January 06, 2016
Jamia's journey continues

She challenged herself to earn dual degrees in biochemistry and Hispanic studies in four years, now Jamia Moss, 22, has turned her focus to medicine in her fifth year of university.

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August 24, 2010
Freedom Farm sets standard

By FRED STURRUP
NG Associate Editor
frederick@nasguard.com

The Freedom Farm Baseball League family is still basking in the glory of last week's 12-and-under Cal Ripken World Series Championship achievement in Wilson City, North Carolina. The league has come a long way in a couple of decades. It has been one of the major planks of the eight-year-old Bahamas Baseball Federation and the success of i...

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Margot Bethel's Portal
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April 07, 2017
Margot Bethel's Portal

"Everyday bucket go to well. One day the bottom fall out."
- Bahamian proverb

"For she who goes to the well; who carries; who labours; who bleeds; who sweats; who delivers; who bears all; who nurtures; who listens; who waits; who lays down her life in sacrifice; who is broken, silenced, violenced, erased and forgotten.
When she no longer agrees to bondage. When she sees, herself reflected whole....

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June 15, 2017
Extend your hands to lift the fallen

"I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away."
- 1 Kings 19:10

There are many persons known and unknown to many of you dear readers, who are depressed, rejected and neglected and on the whole are sunken de...

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April 22, 2017
Neglecting Our Heritage

Dear Editor,
After reading the article on Nassau's lighthouse in today's Tribune I should like to add to the observations made by Mr. Ronald Lightbourn. Not only is our historic lighthouse in dire straits, but many of our other historical buildings and landmarks have also been, one might say, criminally neglected.
I very recently visited Great Exuma with some Canadian friends, and drove them out t...

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April 11, 2017
Study: Chinese set to own 42 of large hotel rooms on Nassau/P.I.

When Baha Mar and The Pointe are fully opened, Chinese investors will own about 42 percent of the rooms in large hotels on Nassau and Paradise Island and 29 percent of the total rooms of both islands, according to statistics gleaned from the Ministry of Tourism's Hotel Licensing Department in a study entitled "Number of Hotels and Hotel Rooms in The Bahamas (2016)". They will also own the largest ...

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