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Ruth Mavis Deveaux
Mrs. Ruth Mavis Deveaux, age 82 years of #728 East Street South and Formally of Kemps Bay, South Andros died at her residence on Friday 6th, November 2015. She is survived by Two (2) sons: Ray and Pastor Kenny Deveaux, …
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Austin Scavella
Austin Scavella, 80 yrs., a resident of #48 Dunmore Street West, died at PMH on 30th October, 2015.
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Amy Evangeline Lawson-Miller
Mrs. Amy Evangeline Lawson-Miller age 80 a resident of # 21 Baldwin Ave. and formally Westmoreland Jamaica , died at P.M.H on 3rd of November, 2015 She is survived by her Husband: Robert Miller, Eric Miller, DeAndra V. Cartwright Warren …
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TOUGH CALL: Floor crossing and the game of political musical chairs
POLITICS is a strange game in The Bahamas – full of “crazy per-sons”, as Holly laughs to Megan in the Coca-Cola commercial that plays endlessly on television.
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Neglecting our veterans
Seemingly until this year Remembrance Day was a must attend event on the calendar of our elected people and obviously the Veterans – not in 2015.
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‘High time’ GBPA is listed on BISX
An outspoken QC yesterday said it was “high time” the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) was returned to public ownership via a listing on the Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX), as concerns rise over Freeport’s “discombobulated” economy.
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Silence
In a late 1980s paper on the oppression of Indian women, “Can the Subaltern Speak’, postcolonial critic Gayatri Spivak declares that the subaltern woman is silent in the Indian context.
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Baha Mar: Minister confirms deal close
A SENIOR Cabinet minister in the Christie administration yesterday confirmed that stakeholders were close to finalising a deal to complete and open the $3.5 billion Baha Mar resort.
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Bran says he wants another chance in Bamboo Town
DNA Leader Branville McCartney yesterday urged voters in the Bamboo Town constituency to give him another opportunity to represent them, as he suggested that the current area representative Renward Wells has undermined their trust.
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Jonquel stars in George Washington win
GRAND Bahamian Jonquel Jones played a pivotal role as sophomore forward Kelli Prange scored a game-high 21 points to lead five Colonials in double figures as George Washington women’s basketball team cruised to a 95-47 exhibition win over Christopher Newport on Sunday afternoon at the Charles E Smith Centre.
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Farkas-Kerzner in deal for Baha Mar
ACCORDING to sources close to the negotiations, The Tribune has learned that a deal in principle has been struck for Baha Mar between Island Capital Group LLC, a private real estate merchant bank led by Andrew Farkas and partnered by hotel magnate Sol Kerzner, the Export-Import Bank of China and China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd.
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BEC: Restoring power to Crooked Island will take time
DESPITE having the necessary supplies and work teams already in place, restoring power to customers affected by Hurricane Joaquin on Crooked Island will take “some time” to complete, the Bahamas Electricity Corporation said on Friday.
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Lions take a bite out of COB Caribs
FLORIDA Memorial University Lions found a way to roar with a slim and a sizeable victory in their two-game series against the College of the Bahamas Caribs men’s basketball team.
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Video shows missing cruise ship passenger’s last moments aboard
A MAN who jumped onto a lifeboat on the side of a cruise ship clung to the edge of the tiny vessel for more than minute early on Friday as fellow passengers watched and screamed before he plunged into the ocean below, according to officials and video posted of the incident.
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US Coast Guard search for missing cruise ship passenger
THE US Coast Guard is searching for a man from Brazil who fell off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship near the Bahamas.
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Bertram Nathaniel Forbes
Funeral Service for Retired Local Constable Bertram Nathaniel Forbes, age 80 years, a resident of United Estates, San Salvador will be held on Saturday November 7th, 2015, 10:00 a.m. at St Johns Native Baptist Church, Meeting Street. Officiating will be …
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Grace Rozelda Pearce
Death Notice for Grace Rozelda “Rose” Pearce, age 82 years, of Sears Road, formerly of Marsh Harbour, Abaco, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Saturday October 31, 2015. Predeceased by her husband: W.H. Bumpsey Pearce; and her daughter: Deborah …
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Wilfred Edward Sweeting
Funeral service for Mr. Wilfred Edward Sweeting, 84 yrs., a resident of Hillside Estates & formerly of Deep Creek, Eleuthera, will be held at Southland Church of God, Soldier Road, on Monday 9th November, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will …
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Shirlean Clarke
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mrs. Shirlean Clarke, Age 64yrs, a resident of Fleming Street, will be held at Mount Calvary Cathedral Baptist Church, Blue Hill Road and Laird Street on Saturday, 7th November, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. …
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Gov’t Joaquin costs could exceed $56 million
Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday that the total cost to repair government buildings and infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Joaquin has been pegged at $56 million, although this could drop to $34 million depending on which option is chosen to repair Acklins’s roads.
