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112 Haitians deported
MORE than 100 Haitians were deported to Port-au-Prince yesterday. The Department of Immigration said a Bahamasair flight departed Lynden Pindling International Airport at 8.07am to Haiti with 112 Haitians, escorted by a team of law enforcement offic
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Classes resume at University of the Bahamas campus in Freeport
THE University of The Bahamas North has reopened and resumed classes at its downtown centre in Freeport, a month after Hurricane Dorian destroyed the northern campus in East Grand Bahama. Dr Ian Strachan, vice president of UB North, said university
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Jones and Sun fall short, Mystics take WNBA title
In a WNBA Finals series where no team won consecutive games, Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun came up just short in their bid to make franchise history. Jones finished with 25 points and nine rebounds, but the Sun fell to the Washington Mystics
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THE PRESS BOX – RATINGS WARS: AEW STILL BEATING UP THE WWE!
TNT’s All Elite Wrestling Dynamite” (AEW) slammed USA Network’s “NXT” (WWE) clean in the middle of the ring on Wednesday night past, winning its second Wednesday ratings war in a row.Wednesday night’s AEW show received 1.018 million total viewers, wh
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Blanche Forbes
Ms. Blanche Forbes age 77 yrs Will be held on Thursday October 10th 2019 7:30pm at International Revival Fellowship Ministries, Montel Heights, Nassau, Bahamas. Final Rites and Burial for the late Mrs. Blanch Eva Forbes Age 77 yrs, a resident …
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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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Dorothea Farrington
Funeral service for the late Dorothea Farrington affectionately called “Dorrie” age 78 years, a resident of Primrose Street, off Wulff Road who died on 30th September 2019 will be held on Wednesday 16th October 2019 at 10:00 a.m., at St. …
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Amalia Calixte
Funeral Service for (Abaco) Amalia Calixte, 88 of Abaco will be held at Believers Worship Center Church of God in Christ on Mt. Rose Avenue at 10 am. Officiating will be Supt. Sr. Pastor Doctor Alfredo Burrows. Cremation will follow. …
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Nurse Jean Marie Hood-Davies
Funeral service for Nurse Jean Marie Hood-Davies, 84 yrs., a resident of Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera, will be held at St. Patrick’s Anglican Church, Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera, on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Officiating will be Father Ivan Eldon. …
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Jones and the Connecticut Sun miss out on championship
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Mystics won their first WNBA championship, getting 22 points from Emma Meesseman and 21 from banged-up league MVP Elena Delle Donne to beat Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun 89-78 in Game 5 of the Finals on Thursday night
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Killings go on as another man dies
POLICE are investigating another shooting incident that left a man dead yesterday afternoon, the fourth killing since Tuesday.
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PETER YOUNG: Enforce the law but show good will
LAST week’s controversial exchanges about the treatment of displaced migrants following the destruction by Hurricane Dorian of the shanty towns in Abaco should have come as no surprise. As everyone knows by now, the potentially explosive issue of Haitian immigration to The Bahamas goes back a long way.
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Jones and Sun in WNBA Finals 'do or die' tonight
One final game to decide the 2019 WNBA title with both the Connecticut Sun and Washington Mystics looking to win their first championship in the history of their respective franchises.Game five is all set for 8pm tonight at the Entertainment and Spor
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One killed, two shot by lone gunman
POLICE in New Providence are investigating a shooting that left two men in hospital and another dead.
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Jones, Sun force game five to decide WNBA champions
The WNBA Finals will come down to the greatest thing in sports - a single elimination game to decide the title.
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Call for Dames to resign over Abaco: FNM branch chairman hits out over island’s ‘weak security’
THE chairman of the Free National Movement’s Central and South Abaco constituency branch wants National Security Minister Marvin Dames to resign over the “weak security” on the island.
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'We lost so we have to continue to grow as a team'
BUDDY Hield picked back up where he left off last season and continued to be the leading scorer for the Sacramento Kings in their 2019-20 preseason opening series.The Kings and Indiana Pacers played the NBA’s first ever games in India at the NCSI, SV
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Insurer 'praying' Abaco 90% paid in six months
A top Bahamian insurer was yesterday “praying” that 90 percent of Abaco’s Dorian-related claims will be paid out within the next six months given the scale of the island’s devastation. Anton Saunders, RoyalStar Assurance’s managing director, told Tr
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Lucayan chairman backs govt GB airport control
The Grand Lucayan’s chairman yesterday backed calls for the government to take over ownership of Grand Bahama International Airport from Hutchison Whampoa and the Port Authority.Emphasising that it was his personal opinion, and not government policy,
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Dulcie Patrice Ferguson
Dulcie Patrice Ferguson age 80 years of Tasmania Dr., Freeport, Grand Bahama died at the Rand Memorial Hospital on Monday, September 16th, 2019. Dulcie is survived by her husband: Hoshea Ferguson aka Joe; children: Charmaine Brown (Bankasingh) & Satt (Danny) …
