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Edith Mae Taylor
Funeral Service for the late Edith Mae Taylor age 88 years of Whites Subdivision will be held on Saturday July 14th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Kemp Road Ministries. Kemp Road. Officiating will be Pastor Ivan Butler assisted by other …
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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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Joshua Russell
Joshua Russell age 85 years of Mastic Point, Andros died at his residence on Saturday, July 7th, 2018. He is survived by his children: Anthony, Alphonso, Lorenzo and Alfredo Russell, Willie Fred Gaines, Denise Russell-Munnings; sisters: Melcine Dorsett, Diana Beneby …
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Claudette Yvonne Courtney-White
Funeral Service for Mrs. Claudette Yvonne Courtney-White, age 65 years, a resident of #7 Foster Street, Chippingham, and formerly of St. Georges, Grenada, will be held on Sunday, July 15th, 2018, 10:00 a.m., at Hillview Seventh Day Adventist Church, Tonique …
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'Bang on' over $415m aviation boost for GDP
Research showing The Bahamas will enjoy a $415m economic boost if it participates in Caribbean-wide aviation reform has been branded “bang on” by a local airline’s principal.Captain Randy Butler, pictured, Sky Bahamas’ chief executive, told Tribune
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Realtor: Economic citizenship can lower Bahamian tax burden
A prominent realtor has renewed his call for The Bahamas to introduce economic citizenship, arguing it will create a new revenue source and lessen the tax burden on Bahamians.Mario Carey, the founder of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate MCR Bahama
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Kings' moves indicate uncertainty over buddy's role going forward
THE Sacramento Kings front office continues to make transactions that indicate uncertainty about Buddy Hield’s role with the organisation moving forward.The Kings signed restricted free agent guard Zach LaVine to a four-year $78 million offer sheet,
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Junior golfers 'putt' Bahamas 5th overall
Team Bahamas produced a trio of top five finishers against elite junior golf talent in the region at the 31st edition of the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships.The team concluded the final round in fifth place in the race for the Hank James
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Deandre Ayton shinesin the Summer League
AS the Las Vegas Summer League tipped off, Deandre Ayton has showed flashes of the athleticism and basketball IQ on both ends of the floor that led to his selection as the top overall pick in June’s NBA Draft.In his summer league debut on July 6, Ayt
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UPDATED: Remnant of Tropical Storm Beryl sweeps onto Dominica
Beryl, which had been the Atlantic season's first hurricane, disintegrated as a tropical storm shortly before reaching Dominica on Sunday. But the US National Hurricane Center said it still had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph) as it zipped over Dominica moving west-northwestward at 26 mph (43 kph).
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'We want to grow marijuana for scientific reasons'
A Bahamian company yesterday announced it has completed an application under the Dangerous Drugs Act to cultivate marijuana for medical or scientific purposes.Bahama Cann president Elliot Hepburn-Marshall told The Tribune the group intends to submit
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Junior Golf: Bahamas in 5th place after day 2
FOLLOWING day two of the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships, the Bahamas is currently fifth in the standings and the Under-15 girls continue to lead the team with the top performances in their respective divisions.Ashley Michel is the top pe
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Isaac Rolle
Isaac “Heavy” Rolle age 85 years of Silver Pine Lane Off Marshall Road and formerly of Black Point South Andros, died today Wednesday July 4th 2018. He is survived by his sons: Terrence and Gardell Rolle; Daughters; Hazley Blatch, Valerie …
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Sylvia Mackey
Funeral Service for Sylvia Mackey, age 91 of Mastic Point, Andros who died on Wednesday, June 27th, 2018 will be held on Saturday, July 7th, 2018 at 10 a.m. at Living Waters Church of God #1, Mastic Point, Andros. Officiating …
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Sylvia Gibson
Funeral service for Sylvia “Ma” Gibson, 85 a resident of East Dennis Court, Yellow Elder, will be held at Faith United Missionary Baptist Church, Faith United Way, Baillou Hill Road South, on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at6 11:00 a.m. Officiating …
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junior golfers tee off in Jamaica
TEAM Bahamas opened play at the 2018 Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships yesterday as the event teed off at the at the Caymanas Golf and Country Club in Caymanas Estate, Jamaica.A roster of five boys and four girls will contest the tournament
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Bahamas earns 83-82 FIBA win
A shorthanded Team Bahamas, reduced to just nine players, delivered their best performance and the team’s only win of the FIBA 2019 World Cup Qualifiers. Buddy Hield and Travis Munnings led five players in double figures with 19 points apiece and th
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Centenarian enjoys Bahamas vacation
After having reached the grand old age of 100 years, American visitor Gussie Taylor-Dennis would not be deterred from enjoying a fun-packed vacation in the Bahamas. She was in Nassau last week as a guest of former Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia “Mothe
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EDITORIAL: A shift in the US court balance
THIS is the time of each year when the United States Supreme Court wraps up its yearly activity with a rash of judgments to mark the end of its latest term. Often, these decisions do not garner dramatic headlines, because the issues may touch on obscure constitutional points of law or practically not affect too many people.
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VAT and pricing
THIS an open letter to the Acting Financial Secretary with respect to the Vat exemption for bread basket items.
