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Delighted with baseball in the curriculum

I was elated to read in the papers that baseball will be officially introduced into the curriculum for the GSSSA this fall.
This has been a long time coming, and those responsible should be commended.

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Seeking those with a 'Golden Heart'

Sir Victor Sassoon Foundation prepares for gala ball

WITH its biggest fundraiser only weeks away, the Sir Victor Sassoon (Bahamas) Heart Foundation has now opened the nomination process for the Golden Heart Award.In preparation for the 54th Annual Heart Ball, where the award has been presented since 1

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Kenneth Alvin Thompson

Funeral Service For Kenneth Alvin “Sir K” Thompson Age 80 Years of 20410 N. W. 40 Court, Miami Gardens, Florida and formerly of Palmetto Village, Marathon Estates and Chapel Street will be held on Friday, May 27, 2016 at 10am …

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Nassau/PI resorts in New Year sell-out 

MAJOR Nassau/Paradise Island resorts are predicting traditionally strong occupancies over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday period.

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‘Rich Forever: The Finale’ delivers on Rick Ross

THE promoters who brought Bahamians the final concert of 2012 did exactly what they said they were going to do - deliver international rap sensation Rick Ross to the Bahamas.

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Sports Notes

THE Bahamas Softball Federation will crown its new men and women champions this weekend as the National Round Robin Tournament is held at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

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Davis clinches Mavericks win

Bahamians across NCAA Division I basketball had mixed results over the weekend, both in their personal production and in the win/loss column for their teams.

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URCA: BTC cell monopoly 'rare'

URCA: BTC cell monopoly 'rare' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor While conceding that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) ongoing cellular monopoly was "increasingly rare", the industry regulator has rejected Cable Bahamas' urging that

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Nora Louise Dean Dorsett

Memorial Service for the late Nora Louise Dean Dorsett will be held at The East Street Gospel Chapel on Thursday, January 19th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Service for the late Nora Louise Dean Dorsett, aged 94 years of #6 …

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Regulators, millionaires win double header

THE Leno Regulators and the Mekaddish Millionaires won the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header played on Wednesday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.

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Christie vows to stay as PM

PRIME Minister Perry Christie said yesterday that he seeks to continue leading the Progressive Liberal Party, including into the next general election, because young members of his government have urged him to do so.

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Long Island Regatta returns with major Sands sponsorship

REGATTAS are back! One of the country’s major cultural expressions has returned in full force and the Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company Ltd. (BBB) is proud to be back in support.

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Ernald Kirkwood Armbrister

Funeral Service for the late Ernald Kirkwood Armbrister age 75 of Stanyard Creek Andros & formerly of Price Street Nassau Village, will be held on Saturday 12th December,2015 at The New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church , Blue Hill Road …

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Simply the best - Fusion Expo to hit culinary heights

THE fifth annual Culinary Fusion Expo will showcase the best of the best in the food and beverage industry in Grand Bahama on Saturday and this year there will be a special guest appearance from celebrity chef Ed Harris, season four winner of the Food Network’s hit cooking show, Chopped.

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ED FIELDS: Just look around - why's the spotlight always on us?

If other countries can write about how careful to be when coming to the Bahamas, we should exercise the same right to both defend our country and to alert our citizens, and by extension the world, about the dangers of other destinations.

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Primary schools handed books worth $150,000

FREEPORT – The classrooms at East End, Bartlett Hill, Martin Town and Holmes Rock primary schools will be a bit fuller after receiving an estimated $150,000 worth of reading material and educational literature.

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Hazel Louise Moore

Funeral Service for Mrs. Hazel Louise Moore, age 99 years, of #16 Beginning Drive, Freeport Bahamas, and formerly of Nassau, Bahamas, will be held on Saturday, February 24th, 2018, 11:00 a.m., at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, East Shirley Street. …

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Hector Smith

Funeral service for the late Captain Hector Smith age 54 years of Armbrister Street, Fox Hill will be held on Friday, February 13th, 2015 at 11:00am at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Fox Hill Road. Officiating will be Father Hugh Bartlett …

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Time for the bank system to be changed

Re: Article “Why do we put up with these banks?”

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Water polo medal haul: Making a splash at Carifta

TEAM Bahamas continues to establish its position as a regional powerhouse in CARIFTA water polo and captured three medals at the event for the second consecutive year.