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VAT fuel waiver beat households target
AN estimated 79,000 households have benefitted from the Minnis administration’s concession that eliminates value added tax on Bahamas Power and Light bills under $300.
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Theresa Johnson
Funeral Service for the late Theresa Johnson, age 96 years of Plantol Street and formerly of Duncan Town, Ragged Island will be held at 11:00 a.m. Sunday 31st January, 2016 at the Living Faith Seventh Day Adventist Church, Old Trail …
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Taking a chance to grow ideas
“KEYRON, why would you leave your good position and secure job to go work for a non-profit on a family island? You realise they get their money from donations, right!?”
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Mighty Matthew threatens heavy rains, high winds, huge surf and devastating storm surge
Mighty Hurricane Matthew has shrugged off its encounter with a landfall on the southwestern tip of Haiti between 7am and 9am on Tuesday morning, and remains an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm with 140mph winds as it plows north at about 9mph over the eastern tip of Cuba. Now Matthew is set to carve a destructive swath across The Bahamas.
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Ernest Arlington Culmer
Funeral Service for the late Ernest Arlington Culmer age 84 years of Savannah Sound, Eleuthera will be held on Saturday April 28th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Wesley Methodist Church, Savannah Sound, Eleuthera. Officiating will be Rev’d L. Carla R …
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'Buddy' Hield enjoys courtside with Jones and Sun
JONQUEL Jones continues to garner recognition from WNBA fans, international media on pace for an MVP season, and a fellow Bahamian basketball icon was on hand to take in her latest contest and the bond between the two.Buddy Hield was courtside as Jon
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Coleby honoured, Munnings named Player of the Week
It was a week of commemorative achievements for two of the Bahamas’ top collegiate basketball players as the NCAA regular season enters its final week.
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CHARGED: Dorsett faces nine counts
FORMER Environment and Housing Minister Kenred Dorsett appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday accused of using his former ministerial position to extort and solicit $120,000 in bribes from Johnathan Ash.
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ACE Diabetes holds official launch
FEEDBACK was positive and encouraging at the official launch ACE Diabetes last week, according to founders of the nonprofit organisation.
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Auto dealers: Numerous VAT questions unanswered
BAHAMIAN auto dealers are still pushing for 11th hour Value-Added Tax (VAT) concessions, with the sector still raising numerous unresolved issues just two weeks prior to implementation.
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WORLD VIEW: Why 84 countries are borrowing from the IMF
IN the wake of the economic damage done by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in every continent of the world have turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance.
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Sands repeats his call for people to get vaccinations against measles
MINISTER of Health Dr Duane Sands has repeated his call for Bahamians to get up to date on vaccinations in the face of a worldwide measles outbreak.
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PLP 'made provisions' for new morgue in Cat Island
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis made “provisions” for a morgue to be built on Cat Island during the last administration, PLP Chairman Fred Mitchell told The Tribune yesterday.However, these plans were stopped when the Minnis adm
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Lashann and Longhorns advance to Sweet 16
THE lone Bahamian left in the NCAA Tournament, Lashann Higgs continues the best post-season run of her collegiate career.
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Online campaign launched to #KeepJunkanooAlive
ORGANISERS of the “KeepJunkanooAlive’ movement that spread over social media yesterday claimed that Junkanoo will continue to “reign supreme” in the Bahamas despite the “Junkanoo Carnival fever” being marketed by the government.
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Coleby: ‘I will always be a Rebel deep down inside’
TWO years ago, he announced his decision to attend the University of Mississippi via Twitter. Now one Bahamian collegiate basketball standout took to the social media platform to announce he would be on the move again.
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Bishop George Livingston Burns
Bishop George Livingston Burns, 85 yrs., a resident of Martinique Road, died at his residence on August 12, 2018. He is survived by his wife: Claudette Burns; 1 daughter: Georgette Albury; stepdaughter: Michelle Samuels of Ocho Ries, Jamaica; 1 adopted …
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Ernest Roderick Fitzgerald Adderley
Ernest Roderick Fitzgerald Adderley age 85 years of Step Street, Fox Hill died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday, April 20th, 2014. He is survived by his wife: Patricia Adderley; son: Ernest Adderley Jr.; adopted son: Felix Garcia; daughters: …
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Emadle Griselda Hanfield
Emadle Griselda "Aunt Mae" Hanfield, 85 yrs., a resident of Teal Street, Pastel Gardens & formerly of Kew, Turks & Caicos Island, died at PMH on 29th June, 2014. She is survived by her 2 daughters: Nurse Fiona Saunders & …
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Llewelyn Amelius Malcolm
Mr. Llewelyn Amelius Malcolm, age 85 years, a resident of #16 Tarpon Drive, Joan’s Heights, and formerly of Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, died at his Residence on Saturday, May 28th, 2016. He is survived by his wife: Dorothy …
