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Davis defends $14m spending on clinic contracts

“The 80 people in Rum Cay, 72 in Ragged Island or the 700 in Berry Islands all have the same rights as those in New Providence. They are all citizens. None has priority over the other,” Mr Davis said.

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Prison outbreak would be disaster

When the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services was relocated at Fox Hill in 1952, it was built to house a total of 334 inmates, with the main facility having a capacity of 224; a first offender’s facility being able to accommodate 80 inmates and a female’s facility, 30 inmates.

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Fines may go up to $500 for removal of derelict cars

THE Christie administration’s push to bring changes to the Derelict Motor Vehicles Disposal Bill will see harsher fines and penalties enforced on law breakers.

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UB, Giants NPBA division leaders

Division leaders in the New Providence Basketball Association maintained their leads with dominant wins Monday night to stake their claim as contenders early in the season.

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Jon Lester will oppose him Wednesday night, facing a lineup that got a late boost. Allen Craig, who hit a …

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Lance Lynn squeezed through a door leading into the Green Monster, shimmied along a cramped space behind the famed left-field …

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Phillip George Knowles

Funeral Service for the Late Phillip George Knowles age 65 years of Murphy Town, Abaco, Bahamas will be held on Saturday, May 6th, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Soul Saving Ministries, Dundas Town Abaco, Bahamas. Officiating will be Pastor Preston …

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Blunder after blunder by the FNM govt

POPULARITY of a sitting government has always to be crucial to their well being any politician disregarding a poll which concludes what the Domain Poll did has to be seriously conscious that the public perception - public gratification - public support has diminished appreciably actually to a level where if there was an election it would be hard for the sitting political party to win.

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Bahamian insurance broker celebrates 100th anniversary

JS Johnson & Company invited all customers to celebrate the insurance agency and brokerage’s 100th anniversary with staff and management last week.

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Major Jr and Nottage face off in men’s final

It will be youth versus experience and Grand Bahama vs New Providence when rising teenager Denali Nottage faces former champion Kevin Major Jr in the men’s final of the 2022 Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals. The tournament, hosted by the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association, will come to a close today at the National Tennis Centre when the women’s champions will be decided as well in a rematch of last year’s finals between champion Sydney Clarke and runners-up Elana Mackey.

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Match scheduled Play: FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid El Clasico Spanish Football League 2013 Date: Saturday, October 26, 2013, Kick …

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‘Grammy’ Wallace-Whitfield: Go for Gold

BAHAMIAN Olympian Pauline Davis and CARIFTA volunteer as well as long-time track and field supporter Beverly “Grammy” Wallace-Whitfield offered strong words of wisdom and encouragement to Team Bahamas.

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Nicole: Tourism suffers no ‘overwhelming shrinkage’

The Bahamian tourism industry has not suffered a “material” reduction in bookings and guests despite now-Hurricane Nicole striking Grand Bahama and Abaco, a senior hotelier said yesterday.

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Major retailer 'close' to returning all staff

A major Bahamian retailer yesterday said it is now “close” to bringing back all 80 staff after the government gave permission for its sector to open up five days per week from 8am to 6pm.Brent Burrows Jr, manager of e-commerce and online shopping wit

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Gov’t in sovereign wealth fund plans

The Government’s draft oil exploration legislation contains provisions for the creation of a Bahamian sovereign wealth fund, which would receive all due multi-million dollar royalty payments on any ‘black gold’ under this nation’s water.

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Todd Isaacs Jr called up to Isotopes in Triple-A

TODD Isaacs Jr received the highest minor league promotion of his career after just two months within the Colorado Rockies organisation.

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LAKERS GO HOME

By JEFF LATZKE AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Russell Westbrook scored 28 points, Kevin Durant added 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder surged ahead in the second half to beat Los Angeles 106-90 in Game 5 on Monday night and

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GB Power raises reduced light bill estimate to 95%

Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) yesterday said it was “confident” that the number of residential customers set to experience reduced electricity bills in 2016 had increased to 95 per cent, with some in line for “close to 7 per cent” decreases.

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Rockets, Pros win in NPBA double header

THE New Providence Basketball Association’s season got in full swing with its first double header of the season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.

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‘Buddy’ Hield books his best offensive game of the season

CHAVANO “Buddy” Hield broke out of a shooting slump for his best offensive game of the season, but the Sacramento Kings squandered a late lead to lose their sixth game in their last eight appearances.