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‘Buddy’ agrees to $94m
Buddy Hield concluded his contract negotiations with the Sacramento Kings and reached the most lucrative deal ever signed by any Bahamian athlete.
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Ayton shines on the hardwood with 2-0 outing at home
THE Sand Between Your Toes Showcase proved to be a welcoming homecoming experience for the most highly regarded high school basketball prospect in America.
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Atlantis team to the fore in Ride for Hope
Atlantis employees braved the chilly start and mid-morning rain to make up one of the largest corporate teams in the annual Ride for Hope, cycling a range of distances, earlier this month.
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ANNIE ISADORIA MCINTOSH
Funeral Service for the late MATRIARCH ANNIE ISADORIA MCINTOSH age 83 years of Podoleo Street and formerly of Turks & Caicos Island will be held on Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 at 2:00 pm at Annex Baptist Church, Wulff Road and …
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CARMETA T RAMSAY
Funeral Service CARMETA T. RAMSAY, 83 of Nicholls Court, Yellow Elder Gardens and formerly of Harbour Island, will be held on Saturday, 10th June, 2017, 10:00 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, West Street. Fr. Glen Nixon will officiate. Interment …
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Alvira Smith
Funeral Service for Alvira Smith age 83 of Dart View Close off McKinney Drive who died on December 22, 2019 will be held on Saturday January 4th, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Faith United Missionary Baptist Church, Baillou Hill Road …
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GRAND Bahamian Jonquel Jones had another big night as the No.24 George Washington women’s basketball team picked up its 17th straight win with an 87-52 rout of Revolutionary Rival George Mason in Atlantic 10 action at the Patriot Center on Saturday.
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Gov’t ‘playing with fire’ over $200m spend rise
The Government was yesterday warned it is “playing with fire” through the $200 million year-over-year increase in recurrent spending, with a businessman suggesting this threatens to squander the ‘benefits’ from Value-Added Tax (VAT).
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Former coach Bill Morgan ‘was an exemplary educator’
FORMER CI Gibson Rattlers senior boys basketball coach Bill Morgan reportedly collapsed at RM Bailey Secondary High yesterday and was pronounced dead on his arrival at Princess Margaret Hospital.
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Tourism competition is not a guessing game
The performance of only five of the 14 independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are recorded in the 2015 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum.
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Pintard questions Govt’s handling of cruise tax increase
Opposition leader Michael Pintard yesterday argued that new passenger taxes could cause cruise ships to seek cheaper destinations.
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Pintard: Cruise lines will bear cost of tax increase
Opposition leader Michael Pintard yesterday argued that new passenger taxes could cause cruise ships to seek cheaper destinations.
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D'Aguilar blasts Hanna Martin for her defence of 2017 Western Air rental agreement
TOURISM and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday blasted Englerston MP Glenys Hanna Martin for her defence of rental agreement she signed with Western Air back in 2017, accusing his predecessor of trying to shirk “a very bad deal”.
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Bahamasair raises fares on $100k weekly fuel cost rise
Bahamasair has increased ticket prices on all domestic and international routes with effect from early April after its fuel costs soared by an “extra $100,000 per week”, its managing director revealed yesterday.
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STANCIL RUSSELL, Sr
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR THE LATE STANCIL “Uncle Stans” RUSSELL, Sr., 84 years A resident of Red Bays, Andros, The Bahamas will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday May 5th, 2018 at The New Salem Baptist Church, Red Bays, North …
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Kent George Capron
Funeral Service for Kent George Capron, 51 of Pinewood Garden will be held on Saturday, July 21st, 2018 at The Luthern Church, J. F. Kennedy Drive, Nassau Bahamas at 11:00a.m. Officiating will be Pastor. Samuel Boodle. Interment will follow in …
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Ceaserinia Hepburn
Funeral Service for the Late Ceaserinia “Sister Hepburn” Hepburn, age 84 years of Malcolm Road West and formerly of Knowles, Cat Island, will be held on Saturday February 1st, 2014, 10:30 a.m. at St. Agnes Anglican Church, Baillou Hill Road. …
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Sarah Louise Hepburn Horton
Funeral service for Sarah Louise "Aunt Sabbie" Hepburn Horton, 84 yrs., a resident of #113B Collins Avenue, & formerly of Simms, Long Island, will be held at The Church of God of Prophecy, East Street Tabernacle, on Saturday at 10:00 …
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Gov’t ‘betting on ability’ to prove the IMF wrong
The Government is “betting on our ability” to hit its fiscal targets, a Cabinet minister asserted yesterday, predicting that the Opposition and other critics will “be wrong again”.
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Cougars hold off Mingoes for victory
The University of the Bahamas Mingoes gave the visiting Spring Arbor University Cougars all they could handle, but it wasn’t enough in the first of their two matches played on Monday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. The Cougars, who surged from No.20
