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Eighteen honoured in National Sports Hall of Fame
A group of 18 of the country’s sporting icons joined a fraternity of elite company when they were inducted as new members to the National Sports Hall of Fame.
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Cruise line urged to build dock in Freeport
TWO environmental organisations are calling on Carnival Cruise Lines to dry-dock plans to build a $200m cruise port in East End, Grand Bahama, citing the area as “one of the most fragile and important ecological wonders of The Bahamas”.
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INSIGHT: Combatting the rising tide of violent crime and home invasions
Drawing on his experience of a long career in policing and private security, Paul Thompson offers advice on how the pubic can stop themselves from becoming victims of crime
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Via Caffe owner is gunned down
SHOCKWAVES rippled through the fitness community yesterday after the bullet-riddled body of former bodybuilder and restaurateur Albert Rahming was found in his car on the Montagu foreshore yesterday morning.
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Sabrina Gardiner-Scavella
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mrs. Sabrina Gardiner-Scavella Age 52yrs, a resident of #116 Fire Trail Road East ,will be held on Saturday November 12th 2016, 2:00 pm at Christ Community Church, Bellot Road, Officiating will be Dr. …
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George Wilmore
Funeral service for George Wilmore age 84 of Winton Meadows who died on October 28th, 2016 will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Shirley Street. Officiating will be Father Anslem Russell and assisted by …
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PM urged: ‘Put your foot down’ on BOB woes
Bank of the Bahamas was yesterday slammed for its latest failure to make timely disclosure to shareholders, having failed to provide the market with the outcome of its $40 million rights issue since it closed two months ago.
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Environment groups raise objections to Andros plans
TWO leading environmental groups have joined the chorus of those expressing reactions ranging from disbelief to outrage upon learning that the government has authorised negotiations with China for 10,000 acres of Crown land in Andros, farming and fishing rights, and 4,500 acres of Crown land for timber harvesting.
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Suspect accused of helping woman evade arrest denied bid for bail
A MAN was remanded to prison yesterday after he was arraigned on allegations that he helped a woman evade arrest in her alleged role in a murder plot.
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Coach McPhee-McCuin and Dolphins to begin conference title chase
COACH Yolette McPhee-McCuin and her Jacksonville University Dolphins are set to begin their conference title chase and make an even deeper run in the NCAA tournament in the 2016-17 campaign.
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Top investors lead Port Dept’s $5m debtor list
The Port Department has been blasted for failing to collect almost $5 million in due revenues, with some of the Bahamas’ largest investors owing unpaid bills dating back to the last century.
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ETTEMAE LLOYD
Funeral Service for the late ETTEMAE LLOYD age 84 years of Sunshine Park will be held on Saturday, November 5th, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Golden Gates Native Baptist Church, Baillou Hill Road South. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Alonzo …
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Josephine Elizabeth Bonaby
Funeral services for the late Mother Josephine Elizabeth Bonaby age 84 yrs of Cabbage Hill, Crooked Island will be held Friday November 4, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at The Annex Baptist Cathedral, Wulff Road and Pinedale Streets. Interment will be …
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Vera Magnolia Rolle
Funeral Service for Vera Magnolia Rolle, 84 of Driggs Hill, South Andros will be held on Sunday Nov 6th, 2016 @ 10:00 a.m. at HillView Seventh Day Adventist Church on Tonique Williams Darling Highway. Officiating is Pastor Paul Scavell and …
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$1.4m in applications seeking to utilise Hurricane Matthew exigency order
THE government has received almost $1.4 million in applications submitted by persons seeking to utilise the exigency order declared in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, Minister of National Insurance and Labour Shane Gibson said yesterday. The 180-day exigency order, declared effective from October 7, allows residents affected by the storm to import certain items into the country duty and tax-free. It only covers New Providence, Grand Bahama, the Berry Islands and North and Central Andros.
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Auto dealer chief warns: ‘I’m considering quitting’
The Bahamas Motor Dealers Association’s (BMDA) president yesterday said he was “seriously thinking” of exiting the auto business, with the 5,180 increase in vehicle imports highlighting the “over-saturated” market’s woes.
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Minnis hits out over spike in murders in October
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis expressed concern about the number of murders in October compared to September, even though the country remains on a path to record the least number of murders for any year since at least 2010.
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UPDATED: Police find body of dead man in street
Police are seeking the public's help after a man was found shot dead on Peach Street and Montrose Avenue on Sunday.
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D'Aguilar slams Baha Mar buyer
FORMER Baha Mar Director Dionisio D’Aguilar declared yesterday that the recently announced prospective buyer of Baha Mar, Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, is “unsuited to invest in The Bahamas”.
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WORLD VIEW: Is the US making a stick to beat its own back over banking?
Caribbean governments have rightly focused on the severe consequences for their countries of the withdrawal of correspondent banking relations from regional banks by international banks, particularly those located in the United States.
