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Venus Fischer Reckley
Venus Fischer Reckley, age 85 years, resident of United Estates, San Salvador, died on Tuesday April 10th 2018, at Princess Margaret Hospital. Left to cherish her memories, sister, Sarah Storr, & a host of other relatives & friends.
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Jones ‘Player of the Week’
For the 10th time in her five-year career, Grand Bahamian Jonquel Jones has been one of the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Players of the Week.
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NIB expands overseas investments to $59.4m
THE National Insurance Board's (NIB) foreign investment portfolio expanded by $21.9 million to hit $59.4 million by year-end 2011, it was revealed yesterday, the social security system having taken up 88 per cent of its annual allocation.
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Court to appoint appeal lawyer
A MAN seeking to challenge his 40 year sentence for murdering a retired 88-year-old Canadian physician on a Family Island three years ago will receive a court appointed lawyer for his appeal application. Moses Morris stood before appellate Justices
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NPBA: Shockers hold off Abaco, Pirates top Eagles Nest
IN a high scoring game on Monday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, the JD’s Seafood Shockers held off the Abaco Strong 103-99 in the NPBA men’s division one feature contest. The division II opener saw the Asphalt Maintenance Pirates secure an 89-8
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CR Walker Knights, Tigers take early lead after day 1
THE 25th Annual GSSSA Track and Field Championships got underway yesterday in a return to the format with both junior schools and senior schools competing simultaneously.
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Burrows, Augustin-Fairell make season debuts in France
THE French Pro A League tipped off the 2018-19 season and both Bahamian players made their season debuts.Jaraun “Kino” Burrows and his Fos-Sue-Mur Provence Byers competed in Pro A for the first time while Jonathan Augustin-Fairell played his first ga
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Pro basketball player Dwight Coleby off to impressive start
DWIGHT Coleby is off to an impressive start with his new club - Heroes de Falcon - in the Venezuelan SuperLiga. The veteran frontcourt player is averaging 9.4 points and a team high 7.8 rebounds per game. He also leads the team in blocks at 1.6 per game, while shooting 53 percent from the field in 25 minutes per game.
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'Highly efficient' Bahamas: OECD praises 85% tax mark
The Bahamas has been praised by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) for the “highly efficient manner” in which it deals with tax information requests, processing 85 per cent within six months of receipt.
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Central Bank ease ‘won’t open mortgage avenue’
The Central Bank’s recently-unveiled regulatory easing is unlikely to “open up a new avenue of mortgages” being issued to Bahamian home buyers, a senior banker said yesterday.
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Violet Eloise Cornish
Violet Eloise Cornish, age 85 yrs. Of Dundas Town Abaco died at her residence on Saturday September 19th 2015. She is survived by her Sons: Wenzel and Oswald McBride; Sister: Lorelda Woodside; Numerous Grand children, Nieces; Nephews and cousins to …
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Team Bahamas affected by FIBA tournament’s cancellation
THE Bahamas’ bid toward FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualification will now follow a new path after the international governing body made adjustments to its tournament structure.
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Airline eyes 3% Easter load factor increase
A Bahamian-owned airline yesterday said passenger volumes for the Easter weekend were projected to be up 3 per cent year-over-year, with load factors averaging 80 per cent “all around”.
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Kendal Isaacs Gym ‘not available for us to use’
The Bahamas Basketball Federation was faced with the dilemma of securing the necessary funding to send its men’s national team off to the FIBA AmeriCup 2022 Qualifiers from November 27 to December 1.
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Edward Eugene Gardiner
Funeral Service for late Edward Eugene Gardiner age 88 years of St. Andrews Drive Blair Estates will be held on Friday April 13th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Parish, Virginia Street. Officiating will be Rev’d …
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Anastacia Louise Fox
Death Notice for Anastacia Louise “Ann” Fox, age 88 years of Valentine Subdivision off Johnson Road, formerly of Whymm’s, Long Island, died at her residence on Monday October 17, 2016. She is survived by her sons: Keith and John Fox; …
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Amelia Eliza Deal
Amelia Eliza Deal age 88 of Pine Street, Pinewood Gardens and formerly of Millerton, Long Island died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday January 22, 2017. She is survived by ten children, Geraldine Deal Symonette, Leeann Bain, Sandra Deal …
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CCA pursued new work while Baha Mar ‘failed’
Baha Mar’s contractor was allegedly so busy pursing work on other Caribbean mega resort projects that it failed to focus on the $3.5 billion development “at a crucial time”, bringing it to the “point of failure”.
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Sarkis to local creditors: Unite to pursue $192m
Baha Mar’s original developer yesterday moved to intensify pressure on the Government by calling on the several thousand Bahamian creditors to unite behind pursuit of a $192 million legal claim against the project’s contractor.
