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VICTORY SWEET: Team Bahamas players (l-r) Nesly Jean, Lesly St Fleur and Gary Joseph celebrate yesterday as they prevailed with a 3-0 win over Belize in CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship. The Bahamas advanced to the quarter-finals.

By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

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LESLY St Fleur missed a hat trick but he connected on a pair of goals and Gary Joseph added the other as the Bahamas team electrified the crowd for the second consecutive night at the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship with a 3-0 victory over Belize.

The crowd in the new beach soccer stadium at the foot of the Sir Sidney Poitier Bridge grew larger than the opening night on Monday when the Bahamas knocked off Guyana 4-1 and once again they were entertained by a superb performance by the host team as they advanced to the quarter-finals.

With seven minutes and 34 seconds on the clock in the second period, Lesly St Fleur retrieved the ball after kicking in a side kick and booted in the first goal for the Bahamas for a 1-0 lead. The goal came after the Bahamas got off to a slow start after being more aggressive in the first third.Two minutes later, Kyle Williams got a crisscross pass to St Fleur, but he missed his second attempt at the goal.

It wasnt until 7:01 left in the third third that Joseph faced the goal and connected with a shot up the middle for the Bahamas second goal.

I feel good that I scored. When I saw that Lesly was scoring, I said I had to score too, Joseph said. It made me feel good that I was able to score. We played good. All of the hard work is paying off for us right now.

Goalkeeper Ivan Rolle made three consecutive saves before St Fleur got an assist from Williams with 5:22 left in the game for his second goal and a 3-0 lead for the Bahamas. On the next play, St Fleur got to the left corner of the goal but his attempt at the goal just clipped the goal post.

Weve been training hard for this, so all of the effort was put into the game. I trained hard, so I wanted to come out here and play hard, stated St Fleur, who increased his goal total to five over the two games after his hat trick against Guyana.

Goalie Rolle got a bit shaken up on an inadvertenthit from Belizes Jeremy James. That resulted in Williams coming to his aid. Team physician Eugena Patton checked him out and he was eventually replaced by Torin Ferguson as the Bahamas held on for their second straight win.

Weve been pressuring him a lot and at least hes showing up right now, so all of the pressure weve been putting on him, hes showing up and doing his part, said St Fleur of Ivan Rolle, the tall, lanky goalie.

The game opened with Meza getting a penalty kick on Dwayne Forbes foul. But his shot went wide of the goal post. It turned out to be a physical first third as the Bahamas blew a number of opportunities to touch the back of the net. Forbes and Lesly St Fleur came close to booting in the Bahamas first goal, but neither got the opportunity to score.

It was Jeans chance, but he missed an attempt right up the middle. On an assist from St Fleur, Williams fell short of his attempt. So did captain Gavin Christie on his left corner shot.

Meza was the recipient of another penalty shot on Jeans foul, but he once again missed the chance to score.

Just before the period ended, Christie had another attempt at a goal, but he was stopped by two defenders right in front of the goal post.

The Bahamas, coached by Alexandre Soares and Stephen Bellot, will now prepare for a big showdown 8pm tonight against Jamaica, who rebounded from their 5-5 loss on 2-0 penalty shots to Belize in their opening match on Monday by knocking off Guyana last night just before the Bahamas played Belize.

We just have to go out there and play hard, said St Fleur about the much anticipated match-up with Jamaica. We just have to come out the way we did in the first two games and hopefully we can pull it off again.

In the other games played yesterday, Guadeloupe got their tournament debut win 5-4 over hapless Barbados, who dropped to 0-2; Panama also opened play with a 1-1 (2-1 on penalty win) over Costa Rica, who fell to 0-1; El Salvador also kicked off tournament play with a 9-2 rout over the Turks and CaicosIslands, who are 0-1 and Mexico improved to 2-0 with an 8-3 thrashing of Canada, now 1-1.

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Bahamas Gets 3-0 Win Over Belize - Bahamas Tribune

Several of the pig colony at Big Major Cay have suddenly dropped dead

The swimming pigs of the Bahamas are pretty big stars tourists come from far and wide to paddle in the ocean with them.

But the famous animals, who live in a colony at Big Major Cay, could soon be a thing of the past as several have suddenly dropped dead, thought to be from food poisoning.

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According to reports, there are now just seven or eight pigs left.

The Bahamas Humane Society has now launched an official investigation into why the deaths have occurred.

They have taken a series of water samples to try to determine the cause of death and work out they were accidental or intentional.

BHS President Kim Aranha told the local paper The Tribune: It could just be a horrible accident where they ate something poisonous.

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Kim continued: It could be malicious but I dont really see why someone would go out of their way to hurt those lovely animals.

I know there are a lot of silly sailors that go and feed them alcohol to try and get them drunk but thats not to mistake them with the tour operators based out of Nassau who have treated them with excellent care.

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Just hang up if you receive a robocall.

An illegal robocalling scheme that bombarded consumers with 12 million to 15 million robocalls a day using political surveys to sell Florida cruise line vacations to the Bahamas has reached its final chapter.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, the Federal Trade Commission and nine other state attorneys general Tuesday announced the entry of the last consent judgment shutting down the illegal scheme.

The unlawful telemarketing campaign flooded consumers from across the country with billions of unwanted robocalls and generated millions of dollars for the companies.

The fifth and final consent judgment announced Tuesday bars owner Fred Accuardi and his companies from assisting or participating in actions that violate telemarketing laws.

In 2015, Bondi, in partnership with the FTC and other state attorneys general, filed a lawsuit against Caribbean Cruise Line, Inc., a marketing company, as well as seven other companies, for alleged involvement in a scheme that used political survey robocalls to illegally sell cruise vacations. The joint complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Fort Lauderdale.

Consumers who answered these calls typically heard a pre-recorded message telling them they had been selected to participate in a 30-second research survey, after which they would receive a free two-day cruise to the Bahamas.

In reality the calls were designed to market Caribbean Cruise Lines cruises and various up-sell packages, the FTC said.

The complaint alleged that the defendants robocalls violated both Florida and federal law by unlawfully using political surveys as a pretext to place sales calls pitching Bahamas cruises and related vacation packages to individuals on do-not-call lists and other individuals they were prohibited from calling.

Accuardi and his companies allegedly assisted and facilitated the illegal calls by providing robocallers with hundreds of telephone numbers. The defendants also allegedly made it possible for robocallers to change their caller identification information, funded a portion of the robocalling campaigns, and hid the robocallers identities from authorities.

In addition to barring Accuardi and his businesses from illegal telemarketing, the consent judgment imposes a judgment of $1.35 million, which will be suspended after the defendants pay $2,500. If the court finds that the defendants misrepresented their financial condition, the entire judgment will become due.

Florida and the FTC led the joint action and were joined by attorneys general in Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and Washington.

The robocall campaign ran from October 2011 through July 2012.

To view the consent judgment, click here.

To view the order approving the consent judgment, click here.

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Schedule

YESTERDAY

Canada 6

Barbados 4

United States 8

US Virgin Islands 1

Mexico 9

Guadeloupe 2

Trinidad and Tobago 8

Antigua and Barbuda 1

Jamaica 5

Belize 5

(Belize win 2-0

on penalties)

Bahamas 4

Guyana 1

TODAY

1:45pm Guadeloupev Barbados

3pm - Costa Rica v Panama

4:15pm - El Salvador v Turks & Caicos Islands

5:30pm - Canada v Mexico

6:45pm - Guyana v Jamaica

8pm -Belize v Bahamas

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

1:45pm - US Virgin Islands v Trinidad & Tobago

3pm - Antigua & Barbuda v United States

4:15pm - Panama v El Salvador

5:30pm - Belize v Guyana

6:45pm - Turks & Caicos Islands v Costa Rica

8pm - Bahamas v Jamaica

Thursday, February 23, 2017

1:45pm - Canada v Guadeloupe

3pm - Antigua & Barbuda v US Virgin Islands

4:15pm - Mexico v Barbados

5:30pm - El Salvador v Costa Rica

6:45pm - Panama v Turks & Caicos Islands

8pm - United States v Trinidad & Tobago

Friday, February 24

Sunday, February 26

Quaterfinals, Semi-finals and Finals

Games start at 11:15am

Teams TBD

By RENALDO DORSETT

Sports Reporter

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The Bahamas mens national team gave the home crowd of eager spectators the opener they were hoping for and set the tone for the remainder of Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Beach Soccer Championship.

Lesly St Fleur recorded a hat trick and Kyle Williams answered Guyanas only goal of the game as the Bahamas earned a 4-1 win over Guyana in the day one finale last night at the national beach soccer facility.

St Fleur, who scored two of his goals in the first period, said the team was inspired by the home crowd but is mindful that a good showing at CONCACAF is key for the ultimate goal of performing well at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2017.

We played well but there are always improvements in getting ready for the World Cup. Coming out and putting on a good performance in game one was key for us. We have to come back out and play the same type of game we played to keep this going, he said. Im the teams leading scorer, theres a lot of pressure on me but Im ready for that. As a team leader you have to go out there, play with heart and lead with example.

In the first period, The Bahamas Gary Joseph drew an interference call when he attempted an overhead kick for the sides first real scoring opportunity, but Guyanas Ethan Sparman was able to come up with the save.

The Bahamas was the aggressor early on with three shots on goal within the first three minutes of play.

St. Fleur would score the first goal a bicycle kick that found the back of the net at the7:39mark in the first third. He would score on another penalty kick about a minute later at the 6:37 mark to take a quick 2-0 lead. St. Fleur nearly pulled off the entire hat trick in the first third, but was just saved by Sparman.

Nursing a 2-0 advantage, the Bahamas controlled the pace of the game, and escaped several near scoring opportunities from Guyana Jashuan Moores strike just missed left, Jamal Haynes free kick ricocheted off the crossbar, and Bahamas goalkeeper Ivan Rolle kept the opponents scoreless with an incredible save on the another free kick from Deshawn Joseph.

Rolle, the youngest player on the team at 20-years-old,delivered an impressive performance protecting the goal.

I think the jitterbugs are out for me. It was my first tournament, but after this game now Im ready to move forward and continue playing my role in helping this team win, he said, We want to show the world that we deserve to be in the World Cup, not just have the easy path so it is major for us to gain everyones confidence moving forward. It was a great turnout, thanks to everyone at home for making this atmosphere possible.

In the third period, Rolle delivered a perfect throw in to St. Fleur, who was unpressuredand made another bicycle kick for a 3-0 lead with10:08left to play. Guyana scored on a great individual breakaway effort from Joseph. But the Bahamas would expand on the 3-1 lead and put the game away when St.Fleur delivered a cross and Williams finished with a header at the 4:41 mark.

The Bahamas will face Belize - who beat Jamaica on penalties after finishing level at 5-5 - tonight at 8pm as Group Stage play continues.

Other scores from day one included: Canada def. Barbados (6-4), USA def. the US Virgin Islands (8-1), Mexico def. Guadeloupe (9-2) and Trinidad and Tobago def. Antigua and Barbuda (8-1)

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2017-02-22 20:00 - Louzel Lombard Steyn

Cape Town - It's one of those bucket list adventures - swimming with the famous ocean pigs of the Bahamas.

But the international attraction might be nearing its end, as a whole lot of the widely adored swimming pigs were found dead on the beach of Big Major Cay, or Pig Beach, this past weekend.

Pig Beach is an uninhabited island located in Exuma in the Bahamas.

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According to local reports, there are now only about seven or eight pigs left. Investigators are still working to figure out exactly what happened.

According to to the Bahamas Humane Society President Kim Aranha, speaking to the local Tribune 242, veterinarians have been collecting samples of the deceased pigs, but it is not clear how long it will take to determine what killed them.

It could be malicious," Aranha says, "but I dont really see why someone would go out of their way to hurt those lovely animals." One theory is that the pigs ingested something poisonous, given the sudden death of multiple pigs.

For now, visitors can still travel to Big Major Cay or Pig Beach to swim with the remaining pigs.

This is what the iconic tourist destination with its paddling pigs look like:

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