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Jonquel Jones and Sun start fast, breeze to 92-70 victory over Fever
JONQUEL Jones’ individual numbers are short of her MVP pace from a year ago, but a more balanced Connecticut Sun has surged ahead of the WNBA’s Eastern Conference standings.
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Mackey and no.3 Eagles face Sharks in South Region Championship
NASHAD Mackey did not have an opportunity to suit up for the Embry-Riddle Eagles as a player in the NCAA Division II National Tournament, but as a graduate assistant, his coaching staff has led the programme to a history-making season that continues in the Sweet 16 tonight.
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Florine Ella Major
Mrs. Florine Ella Major age 85 affectionately called “Ma Flo” a resident Of Harbour Island, Eleuthera, died at her son’s residence Thursday February 16th, 2017. Precious memories are held by: Sons: James. Wendell, Danny and Luke Daughters: Julie, Kathy and …
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Herbert Burns
Funeral Service for Herbert Burns, age 85 of Pink Cassia Avenue, Garden Hills, will be held on Saturday, July 20th, 2019 at 10:00 am at Friendship Baptist Church, Laird Street. Officiating will be Rev. Archelaus Burrows, assisted by other Ministers …
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Cybots sweep Pros
DEFENDING champions Mail Boat Cybots completed a two-game sweep over the Island Luck Pros
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Andy Knowles narrowly misses Masters short course 400m world record
ANDY Knowles attempted the Short Course metres world record in Masters swimming for his age group in late December last year.
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Small businesses say 85% are ‘one man bands’
Some 85 percent of a new small business advocacy group’s members have been reduced to “one-man bands” by COVID-19 and its lockdowns, its first proposed president revealed yesterday.
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We can get jobless figures down to 6%, insists Minnis
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis insisted that six percent unemployment by next year is achievable, adding officials planned to do this by expanding the tourism sector alone. This expansion, however, will not feature building more hotels, Dr Minnis t
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EDITORIAL: A high stakes game with the Supreme Court the prize
WHAT is really at stake in the great political circus now playing in Washington, DC?
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Teens 'selling sex'
A NEW non-governmental organisation has discovered that around 85 per cent of sexually active teens in the Bahamas are engaging in some kind of transactional sex.
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Murder count close to tally at same point last year
TWELVE murders in the past 12 days brought the country’s murder count to 81 for the year, not far behind last year’s count of 85 by this same time, last year.
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‘Mr Consistent’ Maycock a national golf champion
As consistent as he was from day one, Greg Maycock maintained his lead and held on to win the Bahamas Professional Golfers Association’s Leroy ‘Roy’ Bowe Founder BPGA 2020 National Championship title.
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Prince Albert Rolle
Funeral service for Mr. Prince Albert Rolle, 85 yrs., a resident of Dumping Ground Corner, will be held at Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church, Deveaux Street, on Friday, November 17, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be …
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Norma Ann Albury, née Bethel
A memorial service for Norma Ann Albury, née Bethel, age 85 of Harbour Island, The Bahamas, who died peacefully at her residence, on Wednesday, 6th November, 2019, will be held at St. John’s Anglican Church, Dunmore Town, Harbour Island, The …
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Six more confirmed deaths from COVID
THE COVID-19 death toll has risen by six after several unclassified deaths were added to this category on Tuesday.
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Bahamian players hit court in NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I basketball tipped off Friday night and several Bahamian players were hit the floor for their respective programmes in divisions across the United States.Some of the top performers included Arizona’s Deandre Ayton, Lashann Higgs of th
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Ministry to empower youths to make positive choices
FOR the second consecutive year, Sports World Ministry is bringing its Go Positive Tour to the Bahamas.
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$25m initiative to reverse 85% small firm credit rejection
A $25m Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan is aiming to reverse an 85 percent rejection rate on small business financing applications, it was revealed yesterday.
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30% auto sales boost if taxes back to 2010
A return to pre-2010 import duty rates would likely boost new car sales by “about 30 per cent”, dealers said yesterday, while calling on the Government to give them up to six months’ warning of planned import tariff changes.
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Bahamian student athletes take NCAA Division I spotlight
CHARLES Bain’s scoring output since last week’s senior night has been his best stretch of the season to highlight play from Bahamian student athletes in NCAA Division I basketball last weekend.
