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BASKETBALL GENEVA RUTHERFORD GIRLS' TOURNEY RESULTS from day one of the HOYTES 2012 Geneva Rutherford Girls National Basketball Classics in Grand Bahama are as follows: Jr Girls: Temple Christian def. Catholic High 30-23. Sr Girls: Tabernacle def. Centr
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Committee set up to advise on university president search
THE board of trustees of University of The Bahamas has appointed a Presidential Search Committee to establish the process by which the new institution’s president will be selected and hired.
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General Post Office demolition underway
DEMOLITION of the General Post Office at East Hill Street began yesterday as part of efforts to modernise the downtown area.
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Junkanoo icon Anthony ‘Stick-A-Tone’ Johnson dies
THE sporting fraternity of softball and baseball as well as the junkanoo world is mourning the loss of Anthony ‘Stick-A-Tone’ Johnson. Johnson passed away last week. He joined the Saxons in 1967 and brought with him a group of men from Market Street called ‘The Lollipop Boys,’ who included Jay Fox, Katanga Johnson, Kenny ‘Mary’ Fox and KC Campbell.
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Downtown derelicts
For over ten years many of us have been staring at the decaying structures blighting eastern Bay Street, and agitating for their reconstruction, replacement, or demolition. Never seeing any action, our eyes now just glaze over as they scan the continuing dilapidation in the Zombie Zone.
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Forum discusses amendments to insolvency regime
The Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA Bahamas) has held its first roundtable discussion on proposed reforms to The Bahamas’ insolvency framework.
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MAYNARD: ROAD TO BE RENAMED FREEDOM FARM WAY
DURING the opening of the Freedom Farm Baseball League on Saturday, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Charles Maynard confirmed that the road from Yamacraw Road leading to the field will be renamed Freedom Farm Way. Mr Maynard, however, did not discl
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Work on London residence to cost Bahamas $247,000
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said the structural work on the Bahamas High Commissioner’s residence in London – which he claimed had been delayed for more than four years by the former government – will cost around $247,000 (£159,000).
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Shockers top Pros, Rockets nip Regulators in NPBA
REAL Deal Shockers and Pyramid Food Rockets pulled off victories as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
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Nathaniel James French Jr
A funeral service for the late Nathaniel James French Jr., age 93 of Village Green Road, Nassau, The Bahamas, who died peacefully at Doctors Hospital, Shirley Street, Nassau, on Friday, 24th November, 2017, will be held at Christ Church Cathedral, …
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Gwendolyn Thompson
Funeral service for Gwendolyn Thompson, 93 yrs., a resident of Fleming Street, will be held at Metropolitan Baptist Church, Hay Street, on Saturday 24th September, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. George Kelly. Interment follows in Woodlawn …
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Connie Burnett
Funeral Service for Mrs. Connie Burnett, aged 93 years of Lyford Cay, will be held at The Church of St. Christopher the Martyr, Lyford Cay on Saturday January 28th, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. Archdeacon Keith Cartwright will officiate. Pre-cremation. She …
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Lillian Williams
Funeral Service for the late Lillian Williams age 93 years of #11 Harrison Square, Yamacraw Beach Estates and formerly of Driggs Hill, South Andros will be held on Saturday, August 17th, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Epiphany Anglican Church, Prince …
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Bahamas well representedat key cruise industry show
The Bahamas was well represented at the Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) Cruise360 Conference and Trade Show, which recently took place at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Centre in Florida.The Bahamas used the show to forge link
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Mothers of the Year honoured at church
AS Mother’s Day approaches, three mums were honoured, awarded and showered with gifts yesterday by a 33-year-old organisation established by the mother of the Bahamas’ first Governor General.
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Anthony George Zervos
A funeral service for the late Anthony George Zervos, age 81 of Sears Road, Nassau, The Bahamas, who died at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Shirley Street, Nassau, on Tuesday, 18th September, 2018, will be held at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox …
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Hubert Livingston Dean
Funeral Service for the Late Hubert Livingston Dean, 81 years of Johnstone Avenue, Stapledon Gardens, will be held on Saturday January 17th, 2015, 10:00 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, West Hill Street. Fr. Glen C. Nixon will officiate. Interment …
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Harry Harold Seymour
Funeral service for Past Master Harry Harold Seymour, 81 a resident of Tulip Avenue, Garden Hills #3, will be held at Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church, Deveaux Street, on Saturday, 25th October, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating …
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Jocelyn Pandora Russell
Funeral service for Jocelyn (Joyce) Pandora Russell age 81 years and a resident of #3E Egerton Lodge Midshipment Road, Grand Bahama and formerly of Nassau, will be held on Saturday April 22th, 2017, 11:00am at Ebenezer Methodist Church, Shirley Street …
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Jean Edelinck Bastien
Funeral Service for the late Jean Edelinck Bastien, 81, of 6th Street Grove and formerly of Gros-Morne, Haiti who died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday May 13, 2012 will be held on Saturday May 26, 2012 at 11:00am …
