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NPWBA: Best-of-5 championship opens tonight
THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association will open its best-of-five championship tonight at the DW Davis Gymnasium when the Lady Cheetahs take on the Bommer G Lady Operators.
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MasterCard expands promotion to GB
MasterCard has partnered with the Ministry of Tourism to become the official card of the Bahamas.
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Real Deal Shockers rout Cybots, 96-76
THE defending champions PJ Stingers and the league’s top team during the regular season, the Commonwealth Bank Giants, highlighted the opening weekend of the New Providence Basketball Association men’s playoffs at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
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Boxers suffer big blow in effort to qualify for Olympics
The Bahamas’ seven-member team suffered a big blow at the 2016 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and they now have to wait for the AIBA World Olympic Qualifier in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 7-19 for a chance to secure their berths at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Ingraham pays respects to Sir Jack Hayward
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday said he was “saddened” by the death of Sir Jack Hayward, honorary chairman and co-owner of the Grand Bahama Port Authority.
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‘Golden Girl’ Pauline presents book to Dame Marguerite Pindling
AS they reflect on their humble beginnings as one “barefoot girl” to another, Golden Girl Pauline Davis presented her award winning book “Running Sideways” to former Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling. Davis, 57, presented the book to Pindling, 91, during a courtesy call at the wife of the first Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Sir Lynden Pindling, at her home on Skyline Drive on Tuesday.
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Nottage taken ill at PLP rally
INCUMBENT Bain and Grants Town MP Dr Bernard Nottage had to be seen by a doctor last night for “dehydration” after slurring and stumbling over his words during his speech at a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) campaign rally at RM Bailey Park.
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LIFE LINES: Technology, like medicine, has side effects
Technology – a blessing and sometimes a curse. The worldwide web, the internet and a plethora of social media are firmly entrenched in our daily lives. There is now a generation which knows nothing of a life without social media. In 1990/91 the worldwide web was born, and although universal usage is a mere 20 or so years old and still growing exponentially, we rarely stop to think about a downside and yet there are significant signs that there are many relating to our emotional well-being and personal relationships.
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Extra 14,500 Bahamians to benefit in $31m clinic spend
An extra 14,500 Bahamians will benefit from the Government’s decision to expand its investment in Family Island public health clinics by more than 50 percent, it has been revealed.
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INSURANCE BROKERS: OVER 25% TO 'FALL OFF'
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor More than 25 per cent of all existing Bahamian insurance brokers and agents are unlikely to be licensed under the new Act governing the sector, the Insurance Commission told Tribune Business yesterday. Arvind Bagh
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Teams of the year in the spotlight
IN the disciplines of swimming and water polo, the Bahamas continued its dominance in the region at the 34th CARIFTA Aquatics Championships.
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‘Mavin has really come along in the contact part of the game’
THE new look Florida State Seminoles football team has many holes to fill for the upcoming season, but it appears they may have found one at tight end in Bahamian gridiron star Mavin Saunders.
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Difficult outing for boxers on the road to qualifying for Olympics
IT was a difficult outing for several Bahamian boxers as they attempt the long road toward Olympic qualification.
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Yes to Cat Island Resort
The Government of the Bahamas has granted final approval for a multi-million dollar resort/residential development on Cat Island, the project’s principal has confirmed.
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FLORENCE DELEVEAUX-ANDERSON
Funeral Service for the late FLORENCE DELEVEAUX-ANDERSON age 91 years of #23 Soursop Street, Pinewood Gardens and formerly of Major’s Cay, Crooked Island will be held on Saturday, August 25th, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, …
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Marie Theresa Johnson
Funeral Service for the late Marie Theresa Johnson age 91 years of Oakes Field will be held on Friday July 13th, 2018 at 9:45 a.m. at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Boyd Road. Officiating will be Monsignor Alfred Culmer assisted …
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Hilda Mae Carey
Funeral Service for the Late Hilda Mae Carey, age 91 years of Sunshine Park and formerly of Ramsey, Exuma, will be held on Saturday July 12th, 2014, 9:30 a.m. at Salem Union Baptist Church, Taylor Street. Rev. Heuter Rolle assisted …
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Emily Jane Stuart
Funeral Service for the Late Emily Jane “Mum” Stuart, 91 years of Horse Shoe Drive and formerly of Grand Bahama, will be held on Sunday January 4th, 2015, 10:00 a.m. at Hillview Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Tonique Williams-Darling Highway. Dr. M. …
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William Henry Lightbourne
Funeral Service for the Late William Henry Lightbourne, 91 years of #4 Sydney Street, Boyd Subdivision and formerly of Lil Harbour, Berry Islands, will be held on Saturday November 22nd, 2014, 11:00 a.m. at St. Agnes Anglican Church, Baillou Hill …
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Miriam Idalee Knowles
Funeral Service for Miriam Idalee Knowles, age 91 years of Ivanhoe Road, formerly Petty’s Long, Island, will be held on Saturday March 25, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St. George’s Anglican Church, Montrose Avenue. Officiating will be The Venerable Archdeacon …
