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FRONT PORCH: US Republicans are facing an existential threat
Lights, camera and an admixture of antebellum and Jim Crow action as Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law sweeping voting restrictions designed to suppress minority voters in the state after it voted last November for Joe Biden as President and both a black and a Jewish man as federal senators.
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Icons of music in caricature
ICONIC entertainers were honoured through unconventional portraits during the Catch Ya Sef exhibition.
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FLORENCE DELEVEAUX-ANDERSON
FLORENCE DELEVEAUX-ANDERSON age 91 years of #23 Soursop Street, Pinewood Gardens passed at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday, August 14th, 2018. She is survived by her Daughters: Betty (Mae) Brown, Gloria McPhee, Sheralyn Anderson, Joan Anderson, Claudibelle (Pinky) Farquharson …
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Leona Naomi Curtis
Leona Naomi Curtis age 91 years of Moss Town and formerly of Farmer’s Hill, Exuma died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Monday June 18th, 2018. She is survived by her sons: Ralph, Patrick, Anthony, Wayne and Lyndon; daughters: Paula …
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SARAH MATHER BARRY
MRS. SARAH MATHER BARRY Age: 91 yrs of Dunmore Town, Harbour Island Died at her residence on Monday, 25th August, 2014 She is survived by: 6 daughters – Sheila Peters, Georgina Barry, Deleina Lafernier, Romel Rolle, Deare Barry and Vana …
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Alva Thurston
Mrs. Alva Thurston age 91 years, a resident of Hillside Park Estates, passed away at her residence on Tuesday October 10th . She is survived by her 6 daughters: Leana Yvonne Thurston-Paul, Coral Elizabeth Thurston-Burrows, Janet Ruth Thurston-Scavella, Dorothy Louis …
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WILLIAMS SANDS
Death Notice WILLIAMS SANDS, 91 A resident of The Good Samaritan Home and of Deep Creek, Eleuthera. Died at Princess Margret Hospital on Friday, 14th July, 2017. He is survived by: Daughters: Francetta Dada, Barbara & Shirley Taylor. Sons: Whitfield, …
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G-Ball Andre Rodgers National Baseball Championships back in NP
WITH the opening of the new Andre Rodgers Baseball Stadium, the Bahamas Baseball Association has decided to bring its G-Ball Andre Rodgers National Baseball Championships back to New Providence.
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Gibson to employers: 'Justify every work permit'
COMPANIES who hire foreigners must send “justification” for every employee they have on work permit to the government, according to Minister of Labour and National Insurance Shane Gibson.
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Sports in brief
FINAL registration for the Freedom Farm Baseball League will close on Saturday, October 27.
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Una Bowe Curtis
Last rites for Una Bowe Curtis aged 62 of Fifth Street and Robinson Road, Coconut Grove and formerly of Harts, Great Exuma will be held on Saturday at 10:00 A.M. at Christ The King Parish church, Ridgeland Park, West. Officiating …
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NFL wide receiver Mike Strachan returns home
Mike Strachan is spending a part of his offseason back home and is optimistic about both his role in the NFL and his future impact on the development of football in The Bahamas.
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Marlins trade Gallen to D-backs for Jazz Chisholm
After spending the past four years with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Jazz Chisholm is moving closer to home with the Miami Marlins in a deal before Wednesday’s trade deadline that will allow him to join fellow Bahamian right fielder Anfernee Seymour on the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Double-A team.
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UFC: Edwards suffers second straight loss
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‘Satellite meetings’ on Baha Mar continuing
The parties to the $3.5 billion Baha Mar dispute were yesterday said to be participating in “satellite meetings”, as talks seeking to achieve a commercial resolution to the impasse continued.
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Gov’t: Remobilisation ‘imminent’ at Baha Mar
The Government believes talks between Baha Mar’s Chinese stakeholders will lead to an “imminent remobilisation plan” and the project’s re-opening “in the shortest possible timeframe”.
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Man held after rape attack on US tourist
POLICE have a 26-year-old man in custody in connection with the alleged rape of an American tourist over the weekend.
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‘Only time’ will vindicate Gov’ts Baha Mar plan
The Opposition’s deputy leader yesterday argued it was too early to determine if the Government’s Baha Mar ‘winding-up’ strategy had been “vindicated”, adding that “only time will tell”.
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Baha Mar liquidators meet with creditors
Baha Mar’s joint provisional liquidators yesterday confirmed they were already meeting with some of the development’s more than 3,000 Bahamian creditors, briefing them on “progress to-date” and their goals.
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Wilchcombe aims to promote the ‘true identity’ of Bahamian culture in Carnival
TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchombe declared that the number one aim of the inaugural Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival is to promote the “true identity of Bahamian culture”. He said he is “not at all concerned” with any negative issues surrounding the festival.
