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Junior boys suffer third straight loss
FIBA UNDER-15 CENTROBASKET CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE Bahamas junior boys’ basketball team suffered their third straight loss at the FIBA Under- 15 CentroBasket Championships in Puerto Rico.
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Apple aims to school rivals with new iPad, education apps
Apple wants to play a more prominent role in education, but it isn’t willing to cut prices to make the grade.
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Patrick Ewing and Hoyas rout DeMarco and Bahamas 91-61
The Georgetown Hoyas were just a little too much for the under-sized Bahamas men’s national basketball team to handle. And it wasn’t any easier for the New Providence Basketball Association Select team as they got clobbered 135-60 by Memphis State Tigers.
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Tech Talk: April 13
• WHATSAPP is using a powerful form of encryption to protect the security of photos, videos, group chats and voice calls in addition to the text messages sent by its more than a billion users around the globe.
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Atlantis staff asked to take unpaid leave
ATLANTIS has asked staff at the Paradise Island resort and casino to either take two weeks unpaid leave or take earned vacation days due to the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hurt the tourism and travel industry.
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YOU GO GIRL: Teen author inspires her peers to pursue writing
It was a simple but powerful message 15-year-old children’s books author Sierra Blair delivered to the Library Cadets Programme: Writing is something anybody can excel in.
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Is the press against the PLP?
Myths are very hard to dispel, especially if they are deeply entrenched in the Bahamian culture. One commonly held myth which has been around since time immemorial is the view that the Press is heavily slanted towards the Free National Movement (FNM).
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Downtown Act additions to boost 'living city'
THE Downtown Nassau Partnership (DNP) is talking to the Prime Minister’s Office over additions to the City of Nassau Revitalisation Act, which would boost development along Nassau’s waterfront, its managing director saying: ”We want to create a living city”.
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DPM wants Long Island airport opening this term
The deputy prime minister yesterday said he “fully expects to cut the ribbon” for the opening of Long Island’s new international airport before the Davis administration’s term in office ends in 2026.
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CI Gibson Rattlers emerge as winners of Providence Basketball Tournament
The CI Gibson Rattlers, still riding a perfect season on the local scene although they are coming off two losses overseas, emerged as champions of their own Providence Basketball Tournament.
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DeAndre Ayton named to MaxPreps All-American First-Team
HE MISSED much of the season due to a lingering foot injury but it didn’t slow down Bahamian centre DeAndre Ayton from being recognised as one of the top sophomores in America.
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Bullard, Butler and Bobcats are off to 2-0 start
IN his sophomore season of college football, Michael Bullard looks to have a greater impact on the defensive backfield.
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D’Shawn Knowles’ RBI single lifts his team to 9-8 win
A PERFECT night for D’Shawn Knowles came complete with a storybook ending - a walk-off hit in extra innings.
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Ernest Arlington Culmer
Funeral Service for the late Ernest Arlington Culmer age 84 years of Savannah Sound, Eleuthera will be held on Saturday April 28th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Wesley Methodist Church, Savannah Sound, Eleuthera. Officiating will be Rev’d L. Carla R …
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Dretha Alexandria Smith Sands
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mrs. Dretha Alexandria Smith Sands Age 50yrs, a resident of Nicholl’s Town, North Andros will be held on Saturday June 2nd 2018, at 10:30 am. at Nicholl’s Town Gospel Chapel, North Andros, Officiating …
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Samuel Christopher Knowles
The late Mr. Samuel Christopher Knowles Age 66yrs, a resident of Lowe Sound, North Andros will be held on Saturday November 1st 2014, 10.00 a.m. at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Lowe Sound. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Iffill E. Russell …
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Jerome Devon Butterfield
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mr. Jerome Devon Butterfield Age 34 yrs, Formally of Hatchet Bay Eleuthera and a resident of Yamacraw Estates, will be held at, Mount Tabor Full Gospel Church, Pinewood Gardens, on Saturday November 22nd, …
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Alfred John Delancy
Funeral Service for Rev. Alfred John Delancy age 84 of Waterford Eleuthera, who died at his residence September 28th, 2015 will be held on Sunday 10:00 a.m. at Highway Church Of God Waterford Eleuthera. Rev. Dr. Carrington Pinder assisted by …
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Madgie Leanor Black
Funeral Service for Mrs. Madgie Leanor Black, age 84 years, of # 5 Monastery Park and formerly of Pleasant Bay, South Andros, will be held on Sunday, April 27th, 2014, at 1:00 p.m., at Hillview Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Tonique Williams …
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Brian Victor Gibson
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mr. Brian Victor “Boldie' Gibson Age 72yrs, a resident of #5 Pollen Close, Fox Hill, will be held at Hillview Seventh Day Adventist Church, Tonique Darling Williams Highway, on Sunday August 9th, 2015 …
