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Samuel Verdell Davis
A Memorial Service for Samuel Verdell Davis age 91 of Lord’s Street Tarpum Bay Eleuthera, who died at the Princess Margaret Hospital December 31st, 2017, will be held 7:00 p.m. Friday January 12th, 2018 at St. Columbia Anglican Church Tarpum …
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MARIO JAMES DULCIO JONES
MR. MARIO JAMES DULCIO JONES age 17 years of #91 Guinep and Custard Apple Street Freeport, Grand Bahama died at the Rand Memorial Hospital Freeport, Grand Bahama on Monday, September 23, 2019. He is survived by his parents: Nekemea Jones, …
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Giants blow out Cybots, force game six
The Commonwealth Bank Giants, refusing to roll over and play dead for the second consecutive game, blew out the Mail Boat Cybots by 22 points to stay alive in the New Providence Basketball Association’s best-of-seven championship series at the AF Adderley Gymnasium last night.
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Crooked Island devastation 'on a Biblical scale'
“Never in my forty-four years of life have I seen such devastation, it is on a Biblical scale…it is a true miracle that no lives were lost, every single person I have met has a testimony that tears, tears…” was the response given by former Senator John Bostwick II to members of The Tribune news team while on site in Crooked Island over the weekend.
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THE FINISH LINE: Justin following in tennis ace Mark Knowles’ footsteps
IT’S not how you start, nor how you get there. Most importantly, it’s how you finish.
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City Markets pension deal facing challenge
An ‘11th hour’ bid to prevent settlement of the long-running City Markets pension fund controversy seeks to overturn a court Order giving hundreds of ex-employees “more than they are entitled to”.
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Wildcats, Truckers pull off impressive wins in NPSA
By BRENT STUBBS
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Delancy named SIAC player of the year
IN what has been an impressive debut season with the Benedict College Tigers men’s volleyball team, Bahamian Ras Jesse Delancy was named the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Player of the Year.
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THE FINISH LINE: Who will emerge as the new sports minister?
OVER the past few years, we have seen a drastic decline in the participation of athletes and teams in all of our sporting events.
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THE FINISH LINE: One or two suggestions BSF can consider moving forward
By BRENT STUBBS bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Softball Federation caught the contagious bug that has rocked local sports in recent times - a decline in the participation of teams - in their 2017 Rozina Taylor National Championships. The o
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INSIGHT: Come on Dr Minnis, be the leader we need
LAST Thursday marked the third anniversary of the death of Pastor Dr Myles Munroe and his wife, Pastor Ruth Munroe – and The Bahamas is sorely missing the kind of leadership he embodied.
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A COMIC'S VIEW: A balance of power
IT was just January of this year that works Minister Desmond Bannister suggested that Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) was on pace to deliver to the public its best summer on record.
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Harbour Island sees $5m dock 'backlash'
A Cabinet minister yesterday pledged that Harbour Island’s infrastructure needs will be neglected no longer even after a local “backlash” forced the government to suspend a $5m dock upgrade. Desmond Bannister, minister of works, acknowledged to Trib
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Disney feared for brand over project criticism
Disney Cruise Line’s president yesterday admitted it had been “bothered” by inaccurate criticism of its Lighthouse Point plans, which created fears of brand and “reputation” damage. Jeff Vahle, in an interview with Tribune Business, said the “only ac
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$2m BPL microgrid winner’s deal offload
The winning bidder to develop Ragged Island’s $2m solar microgrid, on the same day it signed the deal with BPL, assigned all project rights to an entity that failed to make the final tender round.
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Going into a year of hope
If no one else in The Bahamas believes that I am a prophet, I do. Please, my beloved fellow Bahamians, do not take this assertion as an attempt to big up myself or a vain one to convince any reader to accept whatever I might say or prognosticate without a dose of Morton Salt. Nor, I declare and proclaim is that to suggest any degree of infallibility.
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STATESIDE: When our heroes speak out or are silent
The highest civilian award that an American president can bestow is the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Under its current format, the award was begun by President John F Kennedy.
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SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: To all haters, the Cowboys’ loss didn’t stop my show
OKAY, let’s get this one out of the way. Despite my Cowboys losing for only the second time this season, again to the Giants, my trip to New York was far from being in vain!
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Sandals ‘renders academic’ legal bid to end union
Sandals’ refusal to let “the fat lady sing” has “rendered academic” a Court of Appeal verdict that reinstated its legal bid to eradicate its union adversary.
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Wildcats shut out Operators, Truckers eliminate Stingers
The pennant-winning Sunshine Auto Wildcats had a “wild response” from their watching fans as they shut out the Bommer G Lady Operators 23-0, but the Johnson’s Lady Truckers had theirs suffering “pins and needles” as they eliminated the defending champions Lady Stingers 5-4 as the New Providence Softball Association (NPSA) completed their reduced best-of-three playoff series in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.
