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Elisha Forbes
Elisha Forbes Age 85 of #50 Camperdown Drive, San Souci and of Mars Bay South Andros formerly of Deep Creek South Andros died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday February 8th, 2015. He is survived by his wife: Ena …
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Joseph Pierre
Funeral Service for Joseph Pierre, age 85 of Kool Air Haitian Village and formerly of St. Louis du Noird, Haiti will be held at 10 a.m. at Solid Rock Baptist Church, Cool Air Subdivision off Joe Farrington Road. Officiating will …
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Albert Forbes
Mr. Albert Forbes age 85 years old of Caspian Road and formerly of Sandy Point, Turks and Caicos Island, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013. He is survived by his wife: Maria Forbes; son: Joseph, …
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SARAH GENEVA BULLARD-FORBES
MS. SARAH GENEVA BULLARD-FORBES, age 70 years of #85 Seahawk Cay, Freeport, Grand Bahama passed away peacefully at her residence on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 with family and close friends surrounding her. She is survived by her sons: Orville, Dr. …
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Iris May McKinney-Clarke
Mrs. Iris May McKinney-Clarke, age 85 years, a resident of #2 Glen Court, South Beach, and formerly of Long Bay Cays, Andros, died at her residence on Tuesday March 5th, 2019. She is survived by her Nieces: Lillian Moncur, Felice …
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Doreen Bertha Major nee Allen
Funeral Service for Doreen Bertha Major nee Allen, age 85 years, of Allen’s Terrace will be held on Saturday January 18, 2020 at 10:0a.m. at Grace Community Church, Palmetto Village. Officiating will be Pastor Rex Major, Pastor Lyall Bethell and …
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‘Stagnant’: Fears for auto sales until 2023
Auto dealers fear new car sales will be “stagnant” for at least another year with global supply chain disruption causing order backlogs of up to 200 vehicles for some operators.
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Rinardo Stephen Brown
Funeral Service for Rinardo Stephen Brown, age 26 of Kennedy Subdivision who died on June 15th 2014 will be held on Saturday at 1 p.m. at New Bethlehem Baptist Church, Independence Drive. Officiating will be Rev Dr. Everette J. Brown …
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7% increase in murders but violent crime reported to be down in 2013
DESPITE a seven per cent increase in murder from 2012 compared to 2013, Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade said yesterday serious crimes in the Bahamas have decreased by four per cent during the same time period.
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Sports in brief
WALTIEA Rolle earned the top performer award again this week by BGBasket.com for her outstanding performance in the NBL League, Bulgaria. Haskovo 2012 beat out No.6 team Rilski Sportist with an 85- 62 win.
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NPBA: Bucket, Shockers Stingers in the win column
THE Aliv Bucket, Seafood Shockers and PJ Stingers were winners of the New Providence Basketball Association’s triple header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.
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Nurses trained to help save limbs
With 13.6 percent of the population of the Bahamas suffering from diabetes, the country is at an epidemic status. Each year, more than more one million diabetics around the world lose at least a leg. Research has shown that 85 percent of all amputations are preceded by an ulcer and can be prevented.
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A massive U-turn in China
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Having maintained a strict zero- COVID policy for almost three years, the Chinese government had become a prisoner of it. The strategy was designed to address the low vaccination rates of the elderly population (80 million people aged 80+ years are not vaccinated and 44% of the population did not receive the third dose, this percentage rising to 60% among people aged 80+ years). And, although studies in Hong Kong comparing CoronaVac with BioNTech’s vaccine have not been conclusive, the Chinese government did not seem to have much confidence in the degree of immunity provided by their own vaccines.
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Golfer Riley and Rattlers win Conference Tournament
CAMERON Riley and his Florida A&M Rattlers men’s golf programme concluded their regular season with a conference championship, another addition to their season of milestones.
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Will referendum score the required numbers?
While in a restaurant recently, a friend and her party happened to be seated at the table next to mine.
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Popeyes to add 80 jobs with new site
Popeyes Bahamas is investing more than $2 million to launch its second restaurant on Carmichael Road before year-end 2016, a move that is expected to create 80 jobs.
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Gov't joins BPC in opposing oil Judicial Review
Environmental activists yesterday accused the Government of "jumping the gun" after it filed legal papers opposing their bid to halt oil exploration in Bahamian waters.
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NCAA: Michael Carey Jr making strides with Seahawks
MICHAEL Carey Jr is thriving in his transition to basketball at the NCAA Division I level.
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A heavenly night with music stars
“TONIGHT is all about the classics and singing in Paradise,” Lady Gaga told an almost sold-out Imperial Ballroom at Atlantis on Saturday evening.
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Pro basketball player Dwight Coleby off to impressive start
DWIGHT Coleby is off to an impressive start with his new club - Heroes de Falcon - in the Venezuelan SuperLiga. The veteran frontcourt player is averaging 9.4 points and a team high 7.8 rebounds per game. He also leads the team in blocks at 1.6 per game, while shooting 53 percent from the field in 25 minutes per game.
