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Resort aims to bridge 36% T&C rates gap
An Exuma-based resort yesterday said it is striving for “five-star rock star” performance to match high-end Turks & Caicos rivals and bridge a 36 percent room rate gap.
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Look for a Super Bowl rematch in Indianapolis
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer GET ready for the rematch. The Super Bowl rematch, not the Harbaugh coaching family reunion. For a Super Bowl redux to happen, the New York Giants will need another huge road win, this time at San Francisco. And whe
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Moss 'tremendous shot blocker, rebounder'
ASHLEY Moss has been dominant since her debut for the Holland College Hurricanes and has been the catalyst in the team’s historic berth to the Canadian national tournament.
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Colts’ Mike Strachan looks ahead to second season
HEADED into his second season with the Indianapolis Colts, Mike Strachan said his mindset is to continue his progression up the organisation’s depth chart.
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Insolvent broker's Liquidators possess $200k for $17.5m claims
The joint liquidators for Owen Bethel’s insolvent Montaque Capital Partners currently possess just $196,238 in liquid assets to cover total creditor claims of $17.5 million, it has been revealed.
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NPBA All-Star Classic takes place tonight
THE New Providence Basketball Association, which continued its regular season action on Wednesday night with a double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, will stage its version of the All-Star Classic tonight.
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Yellow Jackets top Knights, 77-69
THE Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets were the first team from a Power Five Conference to participate in this year’s Summer of Thunder and head coach Brian Gregory called it a learning experience moving forward as they prepare for the upcoming season.
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RoyalStar mulls public offering
A leading Bahamian insurer is examining whether it should become a public company by offering shares to investors via an IPO, its chairman revealed yesterday.
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'Go Positive Bahamas' tour hits Fox Hill Prison
FORMER National Football League player Michael Cobb, representing the American- based Sports World, made his first stop on the ‘Go Positive Bahamas’ Tour yesterday as he left a sterling message to a group of inmates in the medium security segment of Her Majesty’s Prison, Fox Hill.
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Wildcats make the most of Big Blue Tour
THE Bahamas got the first look at the 2014-15 University of Kentucky Wildcats and, according to head coach John Calipari, the team exceeded its expectations set for the Big Blue Bahamas Tour.
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PM priorities include jobs, youth and inflation
THE government’s top priorities for this year will include tackling inflation, creating more job opportunities for Bahamians and fostering youth empowerment, Prime Minister Phillip Davis said yesterday.
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Minister: No ‘sweeping lay-offs’ from minimum wage increase
A Cabinet minister yesterday voiced confidence “there won’t be sweeping lay-offs” as a result of the 24 percent minimum wage increase despite previous warnings by petroleum retailers that they ma be forced to terminate staff.
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Mackey Jr to continue pro basketball career in Europe
AFTER completing his first year with Mulhouse Basket in France, Grand Bahamian native Willis Mackey Jr is looking forward to returning to Europe in August to continue his professional basketball career.
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Ayton injured, Suns eliminated in Game 6
PHOENIX (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 32 points in another triple-double, Jamal Murray added 26 and the Denver Nuggets advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2020 by beating the short-handed Phoenix Suns 125-100 in Game 6 on Thursday night.
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Christie Hosea Knowles Sr
Funeral Service for Christie Hosea Knowles Sr., affectionately called “Pa,” age 81 years, of Yamacraw Beach Drive, will be held on Saturday January 13, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church. Officiating will be Rev’d Fr. Oswald E. …
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Colbert Whitfield Adolphus Conliffe
Funeral Service for the Late Colbert Whitfield Adolphus Conliffe, age 81 years of Blue Hill Estates and formerly of St. Philips, Barbados, will be held on Saturday May 24th, 2014, 10:00 a.m. at The Parish Church of the Most Holy …
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Mavis Rolle McPhee
Last rites for Mavis Rolle McPhee, 81 of Rolleville Exuma will be held on Saturday 5th March, 2016 at Ebenezer Union Baptist Church, Rolleville, Exuma at 11:00am. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Adam J. Brown and Assisted by Other Ministers …
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Roseline Sands
Funeral service for Matriarch Roseline Sands, 81 a resident of Martinique Road, Golden Gates & formerly of Savannah Sound, Eleuthera, will be held at St. Agnes Anglican Church, Baillou Hill Road, on Friday 27th May, 2016 at 10:45 a.m. Officiating …
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Derek Lyle Brathwaite
Funeral Service for Derek Lyle Brathwaite age 54 affectionately called “Uncle Lyle” of Rock Sound Eleuthera, who died at the Princess Margaret Hospital Monday November 6th, will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday November 18th, 2017 at St. Luke’s Anglican Church …
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Martha Knowles-Rolle
Last rite Matriarch Martha Knowles-Rolle age 81 years, of Lowe Sound Andros will be held on Saturday, November 25th, 2017, at The Cathedral of Olive Morgan’s Bluff Drive, North Andros, Bahamas. At 11:00 am. Officiating will be Bishop Philip Campbell, …
