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51 new cases as surge goes on
NEW Providence recorded a new single-day record of 51 confirmed COVID-19 cases yesterday.
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Top pro basketball players begin seasons on high note
SOME of the country’s top pro basketball players throughout the European, Asian and Middle Eastern circuit began their seasons on a high note.
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Rev. Oral Roosevelt Pinder
Rev. Oral Roosevelt Pinder age 84 a resident of Deep Creek Eleuthera, died at his residence Monday October 7th, 2019. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to THE NEW COMMONWEALTH FUNERAL HOME and, will be announced later.
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Bahamas earns 83-82 FIBA win
A shorthanded Team Bahamas, reduced to just nine players, delivered their best performance and the team’s only win of the FIBA 2019 World Cup Qualifiers. Buddy Hield and Travis Munnings led five players in double figures with 19 points apiece and th
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Passenger death sees jet divert
AN American Airlines plane from Puerto Rico landed at the Lynden Pindling International Airport on Monday night to disembark an elderly man who died. According to government officials, the diversion took place after the 84-year-old man experienced a medical event and became unresponsive. He was given medical assistance but died.
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Summer of Thunder: Knights top the Fighting Missionaries 103-92
FOR the third time in the 2014 edition of the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder series, a local team has topped a visiting NCAA programme.
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Turtle killer
Re: Hunt for turtle’s hammer killer.
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Strong Bahamian presence at the AUS Championship
THE Atlantic University Sport conference championships will have a strong Bahamian presence after three teams clinched spots in the playoffs or top seeding over the weekend. The AUS Championship will be hosted February 28 to March 1 at the Scotiaban
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Bernard Ralph Albury
Bernard Ralph Albury, 84 affectionately called “Big Daddy” a resident of Lower Bogue, Eleuthera, The Bahamas died at The Princess Margaret Hospital on Thursday, August 1st, 2019. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to THE NEW COMMONWEALTH FUNERAL HOME and will be …
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Liquidators pledge recognition of $83m Alliance investments
One group of liquidators for an alleged multinational Ponzi fraud yesterday denied claims they would not recognise investors who placed $217 million into it via a Bahamian broker/dealer.
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Jonquel Jones posts double double in 84-63 loss
GRAND Bahamian senior Jonquel Jones posted a monstrous double-double of 27 points and 17 rebounds but the No. 22/20 George Washington women’s basketball team dropped a top-25 showdown to #15/10 Stanford 84-63 at the Cardinal’s Maples Pavilion on Saturday.
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Ayton posts double double in 123-110 loss to Hawks
ATLANTA (AP) — Trae Young scored 21 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter and the Atlanta Hawks pulled away late to beat the Phoenix Suns 123-110 last night.
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Ingraham bids farewell as FNM leader
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham bid farewell as the Free National Movement’s longest serving leader at the party’s convention this weekend.
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Exalting the divine from 1939
Celebration will truly be in the air when Holy Spirit Anglican Church, one of the main spiritual pillars in the Chippingham community, rings in their 75th anniversary. Although the church, once known as the “Little Lipstick Church”, officially celebrates this milestone on January 12, 2014, it is organising six months of activities leading up to the grand celebration.
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New club, new country as Kentwan heads to Denmark
Bahamian pro basketball player Kentwan Smith is on the move again as he signed with a new club in a new country to continue his career.
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Sammy Hunter named to the BioSteel All-Canadian Game
SAMMY Hunter continues to add to his season of accolades and was recently recognised as one of the top prep basketball players in Canada.
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Broker 'optimistic' doctors' captive issues resolved
Broker 'optimistic' doctors' captive issues resolved By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Bahamas-based insurance executive is "optimistic" that differences with the regulator over a captive insurer providing coverage to 70-80 Bahamian physicians
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Venture fund sees loan repayments drop 16%
The Government-sponsored venture capital fund has seen loan repayment sums fall by up to 16 percent due to the COVID-19 pandemic's devastating impact on clients who received debt financing.
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Gradia Knowles
Gradia Knowles, 84 yrs., a resident of Steventon, Exuma died at her residence on 3 November, 2013. She is survived by Apache King, Marilyn Davis, Susan Rolle, Willie Knowles Jr. Hercules Knowles, Margarietta Knowles, Constance Knowles & Fredricka Knowles & …
