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BUSINESS BITES: Two Huberts with different visions
The disputed future of the Grand Lucaya Hotel complex is more than a business debate. It could well mark the opening political shot for control of the FNM. Incumbent Prime Minster Hubert Minnis and predecessor Hubert Ingraham have each visibly tied his flag to a radically different solution for the hotel’s continued viability - and the future of Grand Bahama.
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Bahamas beaten by Puerto Rico
Team Bahamas was on the receiving end of a 45 point rout in the opening game of the 2018 Centrobasket Women’s Championship.The senior national women’s basketball team made their tournament debut in a 95-50 loss to the host country last night at the C
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BTC revenue revival after 10k client loss
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) owner is targeting a 2018 second half turnaround for its slumping top line, after it lost another 10,400 mobile customers due to “competitive intensity”.Balan Nair, Liberty Latin America’s (LiLAC) chief
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INSIGHT – The future of healthcare is here now: be bold
Picture this: you have just been in a car accident. You’re lying on a gurney in the ambulance, sirens blaring as they rush you to the hospital. There’s a family member in the ambulance who’s grasping your hand, terrified. The paramedic asks: “Are you allergic to any medications? Has anyone in your family ever had a bad reaction to their medicine? Have you ever had trouble with anaesthesia?” He’s looking at you and glancing at the family member as he asks. What do you say? Can your family member answer his questions?
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Sun blazing hot as Jones heads for the playoffs
Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun will enter the WNBA Playoffs as one of the league’s hottest teams.
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New club, new country as Kentwan heads to Denmark
Bahamian pro basketball player Kentwan Smith is on the move again as he signed with a new club in a new country to continue his career.
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Executions and the word of God
It is commonly accepted among Christians and a lot of non-traditionalists, that if an individual takes the life of another without legal justification, he/she must in turn be executed by the state. This is the law of God Himself as laid down in the Bible. This eons-old concept of an eye for an eye forms the very basis of most jurisprudence thesis universally.
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Public service
TEN, fifteen, twenty years. That’s the amount of time it takes for some hardworking, dedicated public servants to receive their first promotion.
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Healthy Van Hutchinson Jr eager for Knights return
After playing much of last season recovering from an injured ankle, Van Hutchinson Jr is healthy and eager to return his Niagara Knights to the top of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association.Despite the injury setback, the 6’5” guard averaged 16.9
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Desilien Marcelin
Funeral Service for Desilien Marcelin age 65 affectionately called “Oxy” a resident of Golden Isles Road and formerly of Cape Haiti, who died at the Princess Margaret Hospital June 29th, will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday August 18th, 2018 at …
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Eric Sands
Eric Sands, 88 yr.s, a resident of Pleasant Bay, South Andros, died at PMH on Friday, May 10, 2018. He is survived by his 4 sons: Patrick & Stanley Sands, Maxwell & Adrian Smith; 9 daughters: Angela Ferguson, Patsy Francis, …
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FLORENCE DELEVEAUX-ANDERSON
FLORENCE DELEVEAUX-ANDERSON age 91 years of #23 Soursop Street, Pinewood Gardens passed at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday, August 14th, 2018. She is survived by her Daughters: Betty (Mae) Brown, Gloria McPhee, Sheralyn Anderson, Joan Anderson, Claudibelle (Pinky) Farquharson …
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Palm Cay picks Amedu
Palm Cay has announced the expansion of its sales team with the appointment of 34-year-old Bahamian-born Ahmahl Amedu.Amedu, is a successful restaurant manager with a track record of identifying opportunities and bolstering sales at a trio of restaur
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Let perfection be . . . leave Lighthouse Point alone
Some things are perfect just the way they are, even when we don’t understand why they are the way they are.
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Wildcats end Bahamas tour with 4-0 record
The winningest programme in men’s college basketball history recently completed its second foreign tour in the Bahamas hoping that the early tests will set the tone for the team to fulfill the lofty expectations of the preseason rankings.
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Isnord heads to Connecticut for 2018-19 season
Wilkenson “Kenny” Isnord continues to boost his recruitment stock this offseason and is now headed to an elite prep school programme this fall.
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Hooping by the Park ‘a tremendous success’
The inaugural Hooping by the Park Basketball Tournament, held over the Emancipation holiday weekend at Freedom Park in Fox Hill, was termed a tremendous success by organiser Jabari Wilmott.
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Straight answers on BPL bidding
I have in front of me an article by Natario KcKenzie of November 21, 2017…BPL studying nineteen bids from power generators.
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INSIGHT: Nothing’s changed - second class citizens in our own country
SHOULD we really be surprised by how quickly the government acquiesced to the threats made by the Lyford Cay Association? A letter obtained by local media last weekend that was penned by the association’s chairman, Henry Cabot Lodge III, expressly indicated that homeowners in the exclusive community would sell and leave The Bahamas. These threats were made as a result of what Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest called an “unintended impact” of changing the property tax laws.
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Revisiting port authority past
The following letter was written to Fred Sturrup, Editor Freeport News, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas.
