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Golf event creates 3,000 room nights
ATLANTIS’S top executive yesterday said the wekend’s Pure Silk-Bahamas Ladies Professional Golf Assocation (LPGA) tournament generated some 3,000 room nights for the resort.
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Referendum leaves Bahamas exposed to laundering sanctions
THE Bahamas remains exposed to potential international sanctions over illegal web shop gaming as a result of Monday’s referendum, the ‘Yes’ vote campaign co-ordinator wartned yesterday.
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It's time to dig out the jerry curl wigs!
JUST about every week different parties and events are hosted on the island, but very few offer fun for the ‘mature’ partygoer. One promotion company seeks to fill that void by presenting more events that will cater to the more mature crowd.
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Many think The Bahamas is facing a bleak future
ALTHOUGH Standard & Poor has downgraded The Bahamas’ sovereign credit worthiness to near junk status, the government insists that the country’s economic outlook is still good.
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PM: $37m BTCIPO 'soon' held
PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham said yesterday that the $37 million initial public offering (IPO) of a 9 per cent stake in the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) will be held "soon", adding that his administration was proud of its record in creating a "vibrant" shareholding society.
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Event to put Bahamas 'on the yachting map'
The first Bahamas Charter Show is aiming to “put this nation on the yachting map”, it was revealed yesterday, with more 20 boats and 80 registered brokers already registered to attend. Dr Kenneth Romer, the Ministry of Tourism’s executive director o
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Resort’s business down 80% via 15 year amenity loss
A Freeport timeshare resort is blaming the loss of “about 80 per cent” of its business on the 15-year failure of successive Royal Oasis owners to live up to their access and amenity provision obligations.
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243 held as Haitian boat stopped
LOCAL community members joined the police, the Defence Force and the US Coast Guard in apprehending 243 suspected illegal immigrants in the Southern Bahamas.
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Jacques Joseph
Jacques Joseph, 88 of Pride Estates and formerly of La Pointe, Haiti died Wednesday October 3, 2018 at the Princess Margaret Hospital. Left to cherish Joe's memories are h is Loving Wife and Companion for 52 years:- Hersula Joseph; Daughter: …
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Vincent DePaul Simons
Funeral Service for Mr. Vincent DePaul “Pope” Simons, age 88 years, a resident of #13B Virginia Street and will be held on Saturday, January 10th, 2015, 2:00 p.m., at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Boyd Road. Officiating will be Monsignor Alfred …
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Cynthia Patricia Russell
A funeral service for the Late Cynthia Patricia Russell, age 88 of Shirlea, Nassau, The Bahamas, died peacefully at her residence, on Monday, 27th February, 2017, will be held at Rhodes Memorial Methodist Church, Montrose Avenue, Nassau, on Saturday, 4th …
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Winnis Rose Bowleg
Funeral service for Winnis Rose Bowleg, 88 a resident of Bowleg Alley off Kemp Road & formerly of Arthur's Town, San Salvador (Cat Island), will be held at St. Margaret Anglican Church, Kemp Road on Saturday 18th January, 2014 at …
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Olga Leonie Smith
Funeral Service for the Late Olga Leonie Smith, age 88 years of Yamacraw Hill Road and formerly of Lower Bogue, Eleuthera, will be held on Friday February 7th, 2014, 1:00 p.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Theodore Lane, off …
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Violet Antoinette Brown-Adderley
Funeral Service for Mrs. Violet Antoinette Brown-Adderley, age 88 years, a resident of Hawthrone Road and formerly of the Berry Islands, will be held on Saturday March, 22nd 2014, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, West Street. Officiating …
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Patriarch, Deacon Timothy Eugene Martin
Funeral Service for Patriarch, Deacon Timothy Eugene Martin, 88 of Caribbean Gardens and formally of The Forest, Exuma, will be held at Good News Ministries Incorporated, Pinewood Boulevard on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Apostle …
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Man injured in shooting on Dumping Ground corner
POLICE are seeking the public's assistance to help them find the suspect in a shooting on Thursday night.
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System in place to cope with new U.S. test policy
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday expressed confidence that The Bahamas has a sound regime in place to satisfy an impending policy change requiring all air passengers entering the United States to have a negative COVID-19 test.
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Lighting Niagara Falls has long, colourful history
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) -- You can't take a boat ride into the roar and spray of Niagara Falls in the winter, but this time of year offers a different spectacle: Nighttime illumination of the falls in a changing a
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Lighting Niagara Falls has long, colourful history
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) -- You can't take a boat ride into the roar and spray of Niagara Falls in the winter, but this time of year offers a different spectacle: Nighttime illumination of the falls in a changing a
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Lighting Niagara Falls has long, colourful history
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) -- You can't take a boat ride into the roar and spray of Niagara Falls in the winter, but this time of year offers a different spectacle: Nighttime illumination of the falls in a changing a
