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Body found after blaze hits building
POLICE in Grand Bahama found human remains in a wooden structure that was destroyed by fire yesterday morning.Shortly after 1am, police from the Fire Department were called to a building fire in Pinedale, Eight Mile Rock on I-95 corner where they met
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Jones and sun open playoffs tonight
Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun will open the WNBA Playoffs and their prospective title run tonight.
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1,000 scholarships available at BTVI
THE government, through the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute, is offering 1,000 scholarships to students enrolled in full-time programmes inclusive of preparatory, certificate, diploma and associate degrees.Named The Bahamas Be Your Own Bos
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Bahamas beaten by Mexico in Puerto Rico
THE women’s national basketball team suffered its second straight loss at the Centro Basket, this time falling 74-52 to Mexico at the Coliseo Juan Aubin Cruz Auditorium in Puerto Rico.Coming off their 95-50 loss to Puerto Rico in their opening game o
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Bahamas beaten by Puerto Rico
Team Bahamas was on the receiving end of a 45 point rout in the opening game of the 2018 Centrobasket Women’s Championship.The senior national women’s basketball team made their tournament debut in a 95-50 loss to the host country last night at the C
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BTC revenue revival after 10k client loss
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) owner is targeting a 2018 second half turnaround for its slumping top line, after it lost another 10,400 mobile customers due to “competitive intensity”.Balan Nair, Liberty Latin America’s (LiLAC) chief
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New club, new country as Kentwan heads to Denmark
Bahamian pro basketball player Kentwan Smith is on the move again as he signed with a new club in a new country to continue his career.
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Executions and the word of God
It is commonly accepted among Christians and a lot of non-traditionalists, that if an individual takes the life of another without legal justification, he/she must in turn be executed by the state. This is the law of God Himself as laid down in the Bible. This eons-old concept of an eye for an eye forms the very basis of most jurisprudence thesis universally.
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Healthy Van Hutchinson Jr eager for Knights return
After playing much of last season recovering from an injured ankle, Van Hutchinson Jr is healthy and eager to return his Niagara Knights to the top of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association.Despite the injury setback, the 6’5” guard averaged 16.9
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Peak periods only pressure on flight availability to Exuma
THE Ministry of Tourism and Aviation said yesterday the total number of international airline seats available to Exuma this year is “comfortably above” the number required to fill available rooms, while acknowledging challenges of “higher and higher
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Desilien Marcelin
Funeral Service for Desilien Marcelin age 65 affectionately called “Oxy” a resident of Golden Isles Road and formerly of Cape Haiti, who died at the Princess Margaret Hospital June 29th, will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday August 18th, 2018 at …
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Bishop George Livingston Burns
Bishop George Livingston Burns, 85 yrs., a resident of Martinique Road, died at his residence on August 12, 2018. He is survived by his wife: Claudette Burns; 1 daughter: Georgette Albury; stepdaughter: Michelle Samuels of Ocho Ries, Jamaica; 1 adopted …
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Eric Sands
Eric Sands, 88 yr.s, a resident of Pleasant Bay, South Andros, died at PMH on Friday, May 10, 2018. He is survived by his 4 sons: Patrick & Stanley Sands, Maxwell & Adrian Smith; 9 daughters: Angela Ferguson, Patsy Francis, …
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Doreen Stubbs
Funeral Service for the late: Doreen Stubbs Age: 85 years A Resident of Cliffton Street off Mount Royal Avenue, Nassau N.P., The Bahamas and formerly from Spring Point Acklins, The Bahamas will be held on Friday August 17th 2018 at …
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FLORENCE DELEVEAUX-ANDERSON
FLORENCE DELEVEAUX-ANDERSON age 91 years of #23 Soursop Street, Pinewood Gardens passed at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday, August 14th, 2018. She is survived by her Daughters: Betty (Mae) Brown, Gloria McPhee, Sheralyn Anderson, Joan Anderson, Claudibelle (Pinky) Farquharson …
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Matriarch Telator Cumi Strachan, OBE
The Laying-In-State of Matriarch Telator Cumi Strachan, OBE, Former Senator age 85 will be held on Thursday 16th August, 2018 in the foyer of the Senate, Parliament Square, Bay Street for the public from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The …
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Wildcats end Bahamas tour with 4-0 record
The winningest programme in men’s college basketball history recently completed its second foreign tour in the Bahamas hoping that the early tests will set the tone for the team to fulfill the lofty expectations of the preseason rankings.
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Presbyterian College beat UB Mingoes in thriller
Kemsy Sylvestre lead the UB Mingoes with 25 points and 10 rebounds in their 85-76 loss to Presbyterian College Tuesday at The Kendal Issacs Gym in Summer of Thunder action.
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Thirst trap
Health coach Ethan Quant, of Elite Wellness Solutions, has succeeded in his weight loss journey and now wants to share his methods with the Bahamas in an effort to foster a culture of wellness and conquer the obesity epidemic.
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INSIGHT: Nothing’s changed - second class citizens in our own country
SHOULD we really be surprised by how quickly the government acquiesced to the threats made by the Lyford Cay Association? A letter obtained by local media last weekend that was penned by the association’s chairman, Henry Cabot Lodge III, expressly indicated that homeowners in the exclusive community would sell and leave The Bahamas. These threats were made as a result of what Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest called an “unintended impact” of changing the property tax laws.
