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Police responding ‘in kind’ to criminal violence
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames dismissed concerns yesterday over a spate of fatal police-involved shootings just hours after another suspect was gunned down.
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Munnings has game high 26, career high 20 rebounds
AN historic night for Travis Munnings highlighted the weekend for Bahamian players in NCAA Division I basketball.Munnings posted a monster stat line with a game high 26 points and a career high 20 rebounds in his ULM Warhawks’ 66-64 win over Georgia
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Elizabeth Anne Tempest Knowles
Funeral Service for Elizabeth Anne Tempest “Betty” Knowles, aged 82 years, of Shirley Park Ave, who died on Saturday February 3, 2018 at the Princess Margaret Hospital, will be held on Saturday February 10, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at St. …
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Stephen St. Clair Forde
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mr. Stephen St. Clair Forde, age 89 of Ford Close and formerly of St. Michael Barbados, will be held on Saturday February 10th, 2018 at 11:00a.m. at St. Gregory’s Anglican Church, Carmichael Road. …
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Elvie Joseph
Elvie Joseph Age: 80 years A resident of Hope Town, Abaco, The Bahamas, died at her Residence on Monday 5th February, 2018 Funeral arrangements are being handled by Rest on Funeral Chapel Limited and details will be announced at a …
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IAN FERGUSON: Shedding 'dead weight' to boost sales efficiency
“The ability to sell is the number one skill in business.” So says Robert Kiyosaski, who argues that those who have not mastered this art should reconsider business ownership and entrepreneurship. Every sales executive seeks the ‘Midas Touch’, where
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80% of motorists exposed torogue, uninsured drivers
A SENIOR insurance executive yesterday said it would not take “a heavy lift” to crack down on uninsured drivers who threaten to inflict a substantial loss on 80 per cent of Bahamian motorists.Patrick Ward, Bahamas First’s president and chief executiv
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EDITORIAL: Donald Trump's constant state of confusion
OBSERVING the behaviour of the current US President can evoke a wide range of emotions. Donald Trump can inspire disdain, disbelief, mockery, infuriation and even weariness. To be fair, he can also inspire intense positive passion and genuine admirat
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Rassin takes San Diego bow
BEFORE hundreds of assembled international Rotarians in San Diego, California, the Bahamas’ Barry Rassin, who appeared on stage with his wife, Esther, was presented as the president-elect of Rotary International, 2018-19.Me Rassin will represent over
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The learning crisis
In recent days the effects of the failure of many students to successfully learn Maths and English skills have been highlighted by an RBC Royal Bank executive.
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Bahamian players on wrong side of upsets in NCAA
IT was a weekend on the wrong side of upsets for several high profile Bahamian basketball players in NCAA Division I conference play.Charles Bain had one of his best shooting performances of the season, but it was not enough to prevent his Robert Mor
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Wrestlers ready for Commonwealth Games
THE Bahamas Amateur Wrestling Federation has confirmed that Sean Wrinkle and Rashji Mackey will represent the Bahamas at the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia.The games are scheduled for April 4-15 and wrestling will be among the list o
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Dames: We must identify the causes of crime
MINISTER of National Security Marvin Dames recently said that over the past decade, escalating crime and violence numbers have presented challenges to the economic and social development of The Bahamas.“Much of the violence and crime that we are seei
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Meet the country's first female Senate Chaplain
SHE is a woman of firsts.It’s been almost four years since Reverend Eileen Johnson was installed the first female senior pastor of Lighthouse Fellowship Church of God “City on the Hill,” in Pinewood Gardens, achieving her first major feat.Today, she
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INSIGHT: Fifty years and still lost on immigration
THE Haitian exodus to The Bahamas has arguably become as Bahamian as conch salad. Haiti’s precipitous decline has truly become a legend in the Western hemisphere. Geographically positioned in the worst place possible, they have become a nexus for natural disasters, which does not do anything to help a nation already mired in catastrophic conditions.
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Recreational marijuana and medicinal marijuana
WAS anyone else around here and the Islands during the early 1980’s with the Drug Scourge through those long days, months, years to recover?
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$250m Hurricane Hole project to 'go vertical' by January 2019
A BAHAMIAN developer yesterday said it plans to “go vertical” on its $250 million Hurricane Hole redevelopment within 12 months, after completing the property’s purchase from Atlantis’s owner.Bill Green, president of Sterling Global Financial’s devel
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Mortgage approval rate drops to 43%
MORTGAGE loan approval rates have been slashed in half to 42.6 per cent in just two-and-a-half years, highlighting the commercial bank retreat from the vital Bahamian housing market.Data produced by the Central Bank of the Bahamas’ research departmen
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Ikel Curtis
Funeral service for Ikel Curtis, 80 a resident of Casterilla Street, Pinewood Gardens & formerly of Rolleville, Exuma, will be held at Pilgrim Baptist Temple, St. James Road, on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Pastor …
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Clara Louise Dean (nee Thompson)
Funeral Service for the late Clara Louise Dean (nee Thompson) age 91 years of Angel Road, Eastwood and formerly of Mt. Thompson, Exuma will be held on Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Epiphany Anglican Church, Prince Charles …