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Charitable Nicolas
Funeral service for the late Charitable Nicolas age 35 years of #84 Lincoln Boulevard and formerly of Haiti, who died on 25th June, 2016, will be held on Saturday, 6th August, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., at Gospel Assembly Church of …
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William Alfred Lawrence Longsworth
Funeral Service for William Alfred Lawrence Longsworth age 84 of Sweet Holly Lane, Sandford, Florida and formerly of Belize City, Belize who died on Friday February 3, 2017 will be held on Saturday February 25, 2017 at Blue Hilll Gospel …
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Ingeritha Elizabeth Fox
Funeral Service for Ingeritha ‘Ritha’ Elizabeth Fox age 84 of Salt Pond, Long Island who died on May 28, 2017 will be held on Tuesday June 6, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Anglican Church, Thompson Bay, Long Island. …
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Eleanor Persis Cleare
Funeral Service for Eleanor Persis Cleare, 84 of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, passed away peacefully on Thursday, 3rd August, 2017, will be held at the Rock Sound Methodist Church, Rock Sound, Eleuthera, on Saturday, 19th August, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. The …
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Eleanor Persis Cleare
Funeral Service for Eleanor Persis Cleare, 84 of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, passed away peacefully on Thursday, 3rd August, 2017, will be held at the Rock Sound Methodist Church, Rock Sound, Eleuthera, on Saturday, 19th August, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. The …
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LOIS DELPHINE WILLIAMS
MRS. LOIS DELPHINE WILLIAMS age 84 years of Jones Town, Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama and formerly of Bottle Creek, Turks and Caicos died at the Rand Memorial Hospital, Freeport, Grand Bahama on Thursday, January 24, 2019. She is predeceased …
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Baha Mar admits to no redundancy cash
Baha Mar has admitted it “does not have sufficient cash” to pay its 2,400 employees due compensation should it have to make them redundant, as its $80 million financing facility has been blocked - at least for the moment - by Government and Chinese opposition.
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Nesbitt, Miller play key roles in FIBA Basket Champions League Americas
TAVARIO Miller and David Nesbitt continue to play key roles for their teams as the group stage continues in the FIBA Basketball Champions League Americas.
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PM tours construction site
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar toured the Goldwynn boutique hotel construction site on West Bay Street yesterday. Construction on the $120 million project has resumed after a temporary stop due to COVID-19
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Sports Notes
THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association kicked off its 2015 season at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday. In the opening game at 7pm, the Bommer G Operators face the Career Builders Lady Cheetahs. Following a “soft opening,” last year’s runners-up Super Value Cybots Queens take on defending champions Johnson’s Lady Truckers in the feature contest.
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Extra $16.7m may have saved 600 Baha Mar staff
Up to 600 Baha Mar jobs could have been saved had the project’s joint provisional liquidators secured $16 million in additional funding, Tribune Business can reveal.
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Blue Raiders have the edge in Christmas Eve rumble
TO continue our series in the build up toward the 2015 Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, Aldo Amato, who covers Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football for The Daily News Journal, offered his insight on the edge the team will have in the Christmas Eve matchup.
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Baha Mar liquidator Order still awaited
Baha Mar was still awaiting the court Order appointing the joint provisional liquidators and spelling out their powers after the business close at 5pm yesterday, Tribune Business can reveal.
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Baha Mar: Chapter 11 end undermines ‘commercial viability’
A Baha Mar director yesterday warned that the termination of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection had undermined the $3.5 billion project’s “commercial viability”.
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‘Options running out’ rapidly on Baha Mar
A senior Chamber executive yesterday warned that “the options are running out” for a speedy resolution to the $3.5 billion Baha Mar dispute, with the project facing “great jeopardy” if the warring factions are unable to agree terms.
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Liquidators reassure 1,000 Melia workers
Baha Mar’s joint provisional liquidators yesterday pledged that salaries and benefits due to the Melia Nassau Beach Hotel’s 1,000 staff would not be disrupted, even though the resort’s owner is one of the Baha Mar companies now under Supreme Court supervision.
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Dozer Pros seal nail-biting 16-15 victory over the Joshua Knights
THE Archdeacon William E Thompson Park came alive to pulsating Junkanoo music minutes after Dozer Heavy Equipment Company’s Pros sealed a nail-biting 16-15 victory over Miller Construction’s Joshua Knights, enabling the “Southside Boys” to retain their prized Master Softball Association’s post-season laurel in sweeping style.
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Evolution of Junkanoo and Rake 'n Scrape
“You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
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Sponsor sets sail once again with Family Island Regatta
FRESH from their sponsorship of the St. Valentine’s Massacre in Montagu Bay, the Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company has announced their partnership with the organisers of the 62nd National Family Island Regatta that will be held in Georgetown, Exuma from April 21-25.
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Ed Moxey's daughter refused for second time in her bid to join the Bahamas Bar
THE daughter of the late cultural icon Edmund Moxey has filed for judicial review of the decision to refuse her application to the Bahamas Bar Council for a second time.
