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Speed Week 2014 eyes 'double room nights'

BAHAMAS Speed Week’s investors yesterday predicted the event will take “a big step up” on 2014 with “double the number of entrants and the room nights”, following a pledge by Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis to build a proper racing circuit to accommodate it.

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Chesterfield Lauriston Bynoe

Full Military Funeral Service for Retired Police Sergeant Chesterfield Lauriston Bynoe, 83 years of #94 St. Vincent Road, and formerly of Bridgetown, Barbados, will be held on Saturday June 13th, 2015, 9:45 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Boyd …

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IDB: Bahamas ‘4x costlier’ over company registration

Registering a company in the Bahamas is “four times’ costlier” than in developed countries, with less than 3 per cent of government procedures able to be completed online.

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Elizabeth Geraldine Miller-Griffin

Funeral Service for Minister Elizabeth Geraldine Miller-Griffin, age 83 years, a resident of Windsor Place off Soldier Rd, formerly of Mangrove Cay, Andros, will be held at Faith Temple Ministries, Prince Charles Drive, on Saturday September 27th, 2014 at 10:00 …

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NPBA FINALS: Series tied 1-1

THE Commonwealth Bank Giants’ bid at a perfect season was ruined on Friday night after their Your Essential Giants’ division II team also suffered a defeat in the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-seven championship series.

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Buena Vista distillery targets December start

A micro rum distillery is aiming to start production from the former Buena Vista property by the first week in December, its principals yesterday saying they were confident of attracting more than their base 150,000 visitor estimate during the first year.

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Gas stations seek ‘pennies on gallon for liveable wage’

Bahamian petroleum retailers yesterday revealed they are seeking a “pennies on the gallon” margin increase equal to 7 percent of the landed cost of fuel to achieve their version of a “ liveable wage”.

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Bahamas crushes Nicaragua 116-62

MITCH Johnson had a monster game on Friday at the Jose Miguel Agrelot Coloseum in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico to get the Bahamas men's national basketball team back on track, but it came a little too late to get through to the playoffs of the CentroBasket Championships.

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US couple search: plane wheel found

HOPES of finding missing US couple Forrest and Donna Sanco alive appeared dashed last night after an aircraft wheel was recovered in the sea off Eleuthera.

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Pelicans wait on youth but risk losing star Davis

IT’S beyond comical now. After Saturday’s lopsided 126-99 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the New Orleans Pelicans have now squandered seven 30-point-plus performances by Anthony Davis, two of which topped the 40-point mark.

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Areas try to get back to normal

RESIDENTS, business owners, families and schoolchildren were trying to get back to normal life today in the wake of a major thunderstorm and record downpours which deluged Nassau, wrecking property, closing schools and leaving homeowners stranded.

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Sports in brief

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its 2013/14 regular season with a double header at AF Adderley Gym on Monday night.

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US Coast Guard search for missing cruise ship passenger

THE US Coast Guard is searching for a man from Brazil who fell off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship near the Bahamas.

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Reality show aims to attract Chinese Visitors

A Bahamian tourism promotion firm is using film to attract Chinese visitor attention to the Bahamas and convert it into travel.

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SYSTEM EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AS IT REACHES THE BAHAMAS

METEOROLOGISTS are monitoring a low pressure system heading for the Bahamas that is expected to develop into a tropical storm or depression.

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Respects paid to Edmund Moxey

SENIOR figures from Bahamian life paid their respects to Edmund Moxey at the House of Assembly yesterday, where his body lay in state before his funeral this morning.

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Edna Vernetta Gray-Evans

Edna Vernetta Gray-Evans age 80 a resident of Guadeloupe St., Golden Gates #2 and formerly of McKanns Long Island, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital Saturday September 1st, 2018. She is survives by: 4 daughters: Indianna (Aurthur) Seymour , Ella …

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Bruce Knowles

Funeral Service for Bruce Knowles, age 80 years, of Long Cay, Acklins, will be held on Saturday December 12, 2015, at 3:00 p.m., at Grace Communion International, Lumumba Road off Fox Hill Road. Officiating will be Pastor Robert W.T. McKinney. …

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Ricardo Francis Roberts

Last rites for Captain Ricardo Francis Roberts, age 80 years, of McKinney Drive will be held on Saturday 19th December, 2015 at St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church at 10:00 AM. Officiating will be Fr. Junior Calixte, assisted by Deacon Dennis …

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Chorene Marie Fording

Funeral Service for the late Chorene Marie Fording age 80 years of Great Guana Cay, Abaco will be held on Saturday, January 16th, 2016 at 1:00 pm at Seaside Gospel Chapel, Great Guana Cay Abaco. Officiating will be Brother Richard …