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Ragged rises from Irma
DESPITE challenges with water supply on Ragged Island, clean up efforts are nearly complete as residents forge ahead in restoring their homes more than a month after Hurricane Irma decimated the small island.
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$339,000 donated to American Red Cross to assist hurricane victims
THE hurricane relief effort put on by the Michigan State Spartans and Georgia Bulldogs raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to benefit victims of last summer’s storms.The Spartans took an 80-62 win over the Bulldogs at the Van Andel Arena in Grand
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‘Tum Tum’: My final college season ‘going by too fast’
His final season playing collegiate basketball is going by quicker than anticipated for Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn but the senior guard continues to embrace the moments of the season for the Michigan State Spartans.
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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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BTC union fears over CWC's $100m cost saving drive
THE UNION representing Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) line staff said yesterday it was “extremely concerned” about the potential impact its majority shareholder’s $100 million cost savings push will have on jobs, warning it would “not sit idle and let them do what they want”.
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Call for National Youth Policy to be implemented
YOUNG people called for a National Youth Policy to be implemented, while raising concerns about crime and the government’s handling of it during an “Operation Cease Fire: Let Your Voice Be Heard” crime forum on Monday night.
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CBC launches the official website of Championship
WITH just over 80 days to go before the region’s best basketball teams square off in the elite FIBA qualifying event for Caribbean countries, the organisers are beginning to galvanise support through the Internet.
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US visa concern
Here is a matter of great concern, I am one of the Bahamians who falls in the category of Bahamians who need a US Visa B1/B2 to visit the States, but felt I was wrongly treated in my reapplying for the visa, following numerous submitted applications through a JP Visa prepared my visa wasn't approved, but each time was told I may re-apply at a later date and I always waited over the suggested waiting time six months before re-applying.
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Govt plans increase to redundancy 'cap'
The Labour Department’s Industrial Relations Unit has enjoyed an 89 per cent success rate in resolving trade disputes over the past 12 months, a Cabinet Minister said yestrerday. Dion Foulkes, minister of labour, told the Senate during his contributi
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Rahming remains as Baha Mar liquidator
Bahamian accountant Ed Rahming yesterday said he remained one of Baha Mar’s three provisional liquidators amid expectations that their appointment will be ended tomorrow by the Supreme Court.
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Sports Notes
THE Baptist Sports Council has announced that its 2015 volleyball classic will be held at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday, October 31.
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Sports notes
THE Baptist Sports Council has announced that its 2015 volleyball classic will be held at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday, October 31.
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DNA: Christie saying no one else in his party is fit to lead
DEMOCRATIC National Alliance Leader Branville McCartney said Prime Minister Perry Christie’s assertion that the Progressive Liberal Party may become unstable without him is a “slap in the face to other persons” in the governing party.
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Sherilyn Cyprianna Poitier-Major
Funeral Service for Mrs. Sherilyn Cyprianna Poitier-Major, age 59 years, a resident of Crystal Way, Windsor Place, will be held on Saturday, June 4th, 2016, 10:00 a.m., at Bethel Baptist Church, Meeting Street. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Timothy Stewart, …
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Eunice J Sands
Funeral Service for the late Eunice J. Sands “Mamacita” age 82 years of Oceanview, Love Beach will be held on Saturday 9th March, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s The Virgin Parish, Virginia Street Officiating will be Fr. Dwight …
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Fishing event brings in the crowds
GRAND Bahama Shipyard’s 4th annual Youth Benefit Fishing Tournament had a “fantastic” turnout this year with increase in fishermen and spectators alike.
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Building a better mousetrap
DEPUTY Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis opened the 17th annual Southeastern Consortium of Minorities Engineers Mousetrap Car and Bottle Rocket Competition, which was held at the Jack Hayward High School grounds in Grand Bahama last weekend.
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'Major concern' over BISX listed firm's $5m prefs
The $5 million investment in a BISX-listed firm’s preference shares “is of considerable concern” to the liquidators of its largest client, who have warned that the deal will receive their “continued attention”.
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GB Power’s storm insurance fund delayed one year
The implementation of Grand Bahama Power Company’s hurricane ‘self-insurance’ fund has been pushed back one year until January 2017 under its newly-approved tariff structure.
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Insurers want same VAT treatment for all
The Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chairman has called for all property and casualty products to receive the same VAT treatment, adding that exempt status is “not the way to go”.Emmanuel Komolafe admitted to Tribune Business that he was “caugh