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Daniel Ezzias Saunders
Mr. Daniel Ezzias Saunders age 84 years of Marshall Rd. passed away at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday 27th October 2019. He is survived by his wife: Mrs. Roselyn Saunders; Daughters: Monique Basden, Renencha, Brenda Miller, Charlene, Makeisha, Lisa, …
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Hetlin Gaitor
Hetlin Gaitor, 90 a resident of #187 Seymour Street, Yellow Elder Gardens & formerly of Holmes Rock, Grand Bahama, died at Princess Margaret Hospital on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. She is survived by her 1 daughter: Elfreda Gaitor-Cox; 1 son: …
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Baker's Bay alone a $1bn Dorian loss
Dorian-related insurance losses are “heavily skewed” towards Abaco with one resort development potentially accounting for $800m to $1bn worth of claims by itself. Charles Johnson, a Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) council member, told the annual
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Ron Johnson
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mr. Ron “Shorts” Johnson , Age 40yrs, a resident of Garden Hill #2, will be held at The Voice of Deliverance Deciple Centre, on Saturday, November 21st, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will …
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Tahnaj Thomas on Indians' Top 30 Prospects list
THE Cleveland Indians were busy at Major League Baseball’s trade deadline and the transactions within the farm system allowed Tahnaj Thomas to enter the organisation’s Top 30 Prospects list.Thomas was listed as the Indians’ 30th ranked prospect on th
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Ayton posts double-double in 111-109 loss to Raptors
TORONTO (AP) — Deandre Ayton had 15 points and 17 rebounds, Devin Booker scored 30 points and Kelly Oubre Jr scored 18 for the Phoenix Suns in a 111-109 loss to the Toronto Raptors last night.
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Clubs and Societies 10/17/2014
Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association. - The BPA continues to be the voice for the Pharmacy profession in the Bahamas, and is the leading provider of Continuing Pharmacy Education in the Bahamas. Its members comprise of pharmacists, technicians, educators, and supply management personnel. The BPA has three local chapters, one in the Northern Bahamas (encompassing Grand Bahama and Abaco) and the remaining two based in New Providence, but inclusive of members in Eleuthera, and Exuma. The current membership is approximately 150 members. The BPA is a member of the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association (CPA) and the Caribbean Association of Pharmacists. Meetings are held monthly, and are available via video conference and webcast to members outside of New Providence.
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NPBA: Tucker Boys beat Giants 57-56, Eagles top Rebels 76-60
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium over the weekend with a pair of games played on Friday and Saturday night.
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Higgs on scoring spree in NCAA
The recent scoring spree continued for Lashann Higgs as she led her No.8 Texas Longhorns to another conference win.Higgs finished with a team high 26 points in the Longhorns’ 75-64 win over the Kansas State Wildcats at the Bramiage Colesium in Manhat
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Wilson, Burrows help Tigers claim their fifth AUS title
JORDAN Wilson and Shamar Burrows helped the Dalhousie Tigers claim their fifth AUS Conference title in the last six years and earned a spot in the U Sports National Championship.In a weekend filled with Bahamian talent on the floor for three differen
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Young sailors braving the waters
DESPITE the testing conditions, with winds gusting up to 20 knots, 20 brave junior sailors took to the sea as the Rotary Club of East Nassau hosted its first Fun Junior Regatta on Saturday in association with the Bahamas Sailing Association (BSA).
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DPM targets 8m visitors for 2023
The Deputy Prime Minister yesterday forecast that 2023 tourist arrivals will hit the eight million mark with downtown Nassau’s British Colonial Hilton set to fully re-open by year-end.
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Rigby: ‘Absolute nonsense’ that Christie is all that is holding the PLP together
AS BAHAMIANS, including young PLPs, become increasingly frustrated with the leadership of the government, it is “absolute nonsense” for Prime Minister Perry Christie to assert that he is the glue holding the organisation together, former party Chairman Raynard Rigby said yesterday.
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INSIGHT: The road back has begun but there’s a long way still to go
A year ago, countries all around the world were in lockdown as governments scrambled to make sense of their pandemic responses.
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WORLD VIEW: Democracy is not guaranteed by elections alone
A BIZARRE moment at the 50th session of the general assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), on October 20 and 21, was a claim by the outgoing Foreign Minister, Karen Longaric that her government had brought democracy to Bolivia.
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INSIGHT: A vision for Downtown Nassau
ALTHOUGH the bulk of the plans for the rejuvenation of downtown Nassau are medium to long-term, Downtown Nassau Partnership (DNP) managing director Ed Fields is adamant the organisation is working to bring significant changes to the city.
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Munnings was ‘catalyst’ in Portugal preseason debut
TRAVIS Munnings made his preseason debut in Portugal with Oliveirense Basquetebol. The team is 4-1 in their preseason games, and Munnings has been a catalyst of the offence. Munnings finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists in the exhibition opener, an 84-76 win over AD Ovarense. He followed with 10 points and four rebounds in another win over AD Ovarense, 77-71.
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Tourism ‘subdued’; LPIA departures decline 3.6%
The Central Bank yesterday identified a mixed outlook for the Bahamian economy, with increased domestic demand offset by a “subdued” tourism performance that saw air departures shrink by 3.6 per cent.
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Bad loans and credit decline threaten growth
Difficulties in one bank’s commercial loan portfolio seemingly sparked a $38.7 million deterioration in the sector’s ‘bad credit’ position during April, another month in which the Bahamian economy was “relatively subdued”.
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PM’s Baha Mar meetings were ‘a PR exercise’
Prime Minister Perry Christie’s recent meetings with the parties to the $3.5 billion Baha Mar dispute were yesterday branded “a public relations exercise” by the Democratic National Alliance’s (DNA) leader, who agreed it amounted to “interference” with the project’s provisional liquidators.
