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CAPTAIN Luther Miller
Funeral Service for the late CAPTAIN Luther Miller age 79 years of Robinson Road will be held on Saturday, June 23rd, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Southwest Cathedral Church of God, Carmichael Road. Officiating will be Pastor Donnie Storr assisted …
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Nolan Stanley Hanna
Funeral Service for the late Nolan Stanley Hanna age 88 years of Pine Tree Drive, Coral Lakes will be held on Saturday June 23th, 2018 at 1:45 p.m. at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Boyd Road. Officiating will be Monsignor …
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Kenneth Dayward Kemp
Funeral service for Kenneth Dayward Kemp, age 80 years, of Cable Beach, will be held on Friday June 22, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., at The Church of the Most Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Trinity Way, Stapledon Gardens. Officiating will be …
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Foulkes: Web shop job cuts unfortunate
A DAY after web shop Asure Win said it will close 11 locations and layoff about 50 workers, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes described impending staff cuts from the sector as “unfortunate”, but said there are several factors contributing to the closure of gaming houses aside from a tax increase.
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TECH TALK
• Apple is trying to drag the US’s antiquated system for handling 911 calls into the 21st century. If it lives up to Apple’s promise, the iPhone’s next operating system will automatically deliver quicker and more reliable information pinpointing the
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Bahamas delegation heads to NBA draft for Deandre
MINISTER of Youth, Sports and Culture Michael Pintard, will head a Bahamian delegation to Brooklyn, New York for the National Basketball Association (NBA) 2018 Draft where Bahamian Deandre Ayton is expected to become the number one pick.The draft wil
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Regulators exploring regime for blockchain
Bahamian financial regulators are exploring the creation of appropriate regulatory regimes for the emerging blockchain technology and cryptocurrency sectors.Their efforts come as The Bahamas hosts industry leaders, financiers, block signers and miner
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FACE TO FACE: My father, the hero
WHEN I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to participate in the filming of a Hollywood movie right here in Nassau. Gerard Depardieu was the main actor – a French father who took his daughter, played by Katherine Heigl, on vacation to The Bahamas
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Web shops ‘taking advantage of workers’
THAT Island Luck employees were seemingly threatened with a loss of pay if they failed to attend Thursday’s protest is a “blatant, naked attempt to take advantage of poor people”, Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday.
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Burrows with history makers
Jaraun “Kino” Burrows and his Fos-Sue-Mur Provence Basketball Byers closed their season with a history-making milestone.
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Woman dies as car crashes into barriers on Munnings Rd
A WOMAN was killed yesterday morning when her burgundy 2013 Hyundai Elantra collided into road barriers on Munnings Road.Paramedics pronounced her, Garvanisha Anastasia Carey, dead on scene after attempting to revive her.The death prompted fresh crit
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Web shop pay cut threat over anti-VAT demo
Island Luck employees were seemingly threatened with the loss of a day’s pay if they did not attend yesterday’s anti-VAT and gaming tax protest in Rawson Square.
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NHI will cost you $15-$80 a month
THE government is “revamping” National Health Insurance to focus more on catastrophic care with the introduction of the BahamaCare Plan and expects a contributory plan of $15 to $80 per month to fund it.
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D’Aguilar: We will be flexible
TOURISM and Aviation Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said the government will be flexible with web shop taxes, adjusting its new sliding scale scheme if it proves too onerous.
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Govt deals: 2/3 of firms need 'personal contacts'
Two-thirds of Bahamian businesses have needed to use “personal contacts” to close or speed-up government deals, showing why “red tape” and corruption are among the country’s top woes.A Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) s
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Edwin Burrows
Funeral service for Edwin Burrows, 80 a resident of Congo Town, Andros, will be held at Mt. Pleasant Green Baptist Church, Quakoo & East Streets, on Saturday June 16, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Wesley Thompson, …
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Prince Albert Stuart Duncombe Whyms
Prince Albert Stuart Duncombe Whyms, aged 80 years of 3rd Street, The Grove and formerly of Long Bay Cay, Andros, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Friday, June 1st, 2018. He is survived by one (1) Son: Devon Stuart; …
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Family Islands urge: ‘tax web shops to the hilt’
Family Island businessmen yesterday urged the government to “tax the web shop industry to the hilt” because it has left many communities “in shambles”.
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Baseball leagues reunite under one umbrella
Now that they are back together under one umbrella, the Bahamas Baseball Association is set to host the National Baseball Championships next weekend in Grand Bahama.And the association has confirmed that all of the affiliated leagues have confirmed t
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Web shops face 'year of famine' on 'sweet spot'
Web shop operators may have to endure “a year of famine” to find the industry’s taxation “sweet spot”, a Cabinet Minister yesterday urging: “Let the Bahamian people be the judge.”Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, called on the sev
