'Peace on the Streets' tourney set for next month

Under the theme "Bringing Hope to the Hopeless" this year, one of the more exciting basketball tournaments in the country is primed for four exciting days of action over at Kendal G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium.

The 18th Annual Nelson Cooper "Peace on the Streets" Basketball Classic, featuring five divisions this year, is set for July 17-20. This year, the classic includes the 13-and-Under, the...

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Prince Hepburn sentenced to 60 years

A man who murdered his mistress was yesterday sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Contractor Prince Hepburn hacked Nellie Mae Brown-Cox to death in a jealous rage between April 6 and 7, 2011 after he learned that she was seeing someone else, prosecutors said.
Hepburn, 51, had left his wife and children for Brown, who was also married. They had planned to marry after divorcing their spouses.
In pas...

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National Spelling Bee champion ready to take on Washington stage

Danielle Smith captured the National Spelling Bee title on March 24 and exactly two months and two days later, the 12-year-old will depart for Washington D.C. to represent The Bahamas on the biggest Bee stage in the world -- The Scripps National Spelling Bee.
With days to the start of the competition with the preliminaries to be held on Wednesday, May 29, the youngster said she has a number of emo...

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AG's Office makes inexplicable decision

Dear Editor,
Guilty, guilty, guilty. This was the verdict for Prince Hepburn after the 12-member jury convicted him for the murder of Nelly Mae Brown-Cox, which occurred in 2011. The ghastly details of this case still linger in the hearts and minds of many Bahamians who read the stories of this brutal attack and who heard witness testimony as the trial resumed.
The evidence suggested that some o...

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The necessity of tax reform

Dear Editor,

It has long been accepted in The Bahamas that there is an urgent need to reform and amend our taxation system if the government of the day is to be able to adequately pay its debt obligations and fund essential infrastructure and societal projects. Yet, for some unknown and strange reason, no government has had a concrete vision plan or political will to do so. The shaving cream wi...

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Appeal court dashes Maycock's hopes of release

A drug dealer's appeal against his conviction for having $1.2 million in marijuana with intent to supply did not end the way he had hoped.
Not only did Melvin Maycock Sr. lose his appeal, but he now faces the prospect of serving an additional two years if he doesn't pay a $250,000 fine. Maycock was sentenced to three years in prison on November 1, 2011.
Officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit rai...

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Mother's Day Annual Garden Party

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Along life's road

Charity suffereth long, and is kind, charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. -- 1 Corinthians 13:5.
Author Eric Elder tells the story of two friends who were walking through a desert together when one of the friends slapped the other in the face. The one who was slapped wrote a note in the sand saying: "Today my best friend slapped me in the face."
But as they walked fu...

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Sea Bees swim club set to host winter invite this weekend

THE Sea Bees swim club is scheduled to host its Winter Invitational meet of the 2011/2012 season at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Center on Saturday.

The meet is slated to begin at 9am and is co-sponsored by Apex Awards Signs and Engraving.

"We are excited to host our first swim meet of the 2011/2012 season," says coach Lucas Leite.

"The meet promises to be an exciting one as we will be hosti...

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Sea Bees set to host Winter Invitational

The Sea Bees Swim Club will hosts its 'Winter Invitational', on Saturday, February 11, at the Betty Kelly Kenning National Aquatic Centre.

The meet will begin at 9 a.m. and is co-sponsored by Apex Awards Signs and Engraving.

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