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Sherman Ferguson claims men’s title
SHERMAN Ferguson, the quiet slugger for the BTC Elite Warriors, has been named the New Providence Softball Association men’s batting champion.
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Health levy hits wages Jan 2020
THE proposed amendment to the National Health Insurance programme is expected to be enacted between April and July 2019, with employers making employee mandated contributions by January 2020, according to NHI Authority chairman Dr Robin Roberts.
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Christian Council denounces Carnival: 'Immodest costumes will lead to sins of the flesh'
THE government’s inaugural Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival has drawn more controversy, with the Bahamas Christian Council denouncing the “immodest” costumes for the planned event, saying the scant attire could lead to “fornication, promiscuity, rape incest” and other “sins of the flesh.”
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Sunshine Insurance names new executive
Sunshine Insurance (Agents & Brokers) has named 20-year industry veteran Dwayne Swaby as its vice-president of development.
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Charitable Nicolas
Funeral service for the late Charitable Nicolas age 35 years of #84 Lincoln Boulevard and formerly of Haiti, who died on 25th June, 2016, will be held on Saturday, 6th August, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., at Gospel Assembly Church of …
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William Alfred Lawrence Longsworth
Funeral Service for William Alfred Lawrence Longsworth age 84 of Sweet Holly Lane, Sandford, Florida and formerly of Belize City, Belize who died on Friday February 3, 2017 will be held on Saturday February 25, 2017 at Blue Hilll Gospel …
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Ingeritha Elizabeth Fox
Funeral Service for Ingeritha ‘Ritha’ Elizabeth Fox age 84 of Salt Pond, Long Island who died on May 28, 2017 will be held on Tuesday June 6, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Anglican Church, Thompson Bay, Long Island. …
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Eleanor Persis Cleare
Funeral Service for Eleanor Persis Cleare, 84 of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, passed away peacefully on Thursday, 3rd August, 2017, will be held at the Rock Sound Methodist Church, Rock Sound, Eleuthera, on Saturday, 19th August, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. The …
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Eleanor Persis Cleare
Funeral Service for Eleanor Persis Cleare, 84 of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, passed away peacefully on Thursday, 3rd August, 2017, will be held at the Rock Sound Methodist Church, Rock Sound, Eleuthera, on Saturday, 19th August, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. The …
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LOIS DELPHINE WILLIAMS
MRS. LOIS DELPHINE WILLIAMS age 84 years of Jones Town, Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama and formerly of Bottle Creek, Turks and Caicos died at the Rand Memorial Hospital, Freeport, Grand Bahama on Thursday, January 24, 2019. She is predeceased …
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Seeking those with a 'Golden Heart'
Sir Victor Sassoon Foundation prepares for gala ball
WITH its biggest fundraiser only weeks away, the Sir Victor Sassoon (Bahamas) Heart Foundation has now opened the nomination process for the Golden Heart Award.In preparation for the 54th Annual Heart Ball, where the award has been presented since 1
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Tobacco manufacturer eyes 55 'growing' jobs
A wholly-Bahamian owned cigarette and tobacco manufacturer plans to have its growing program on Andros at “full throttle” this summer, a move which is expected to create 50-55 direct and indirect jobs on the island.
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Sports Notes
THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Coaches (BAAC) is scheduled to hold the annual Bay Street Mile on Saturday.
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Philip Jack Josephs
Funeral Service for the Late Philip Jack Josephs, 90 years of #80 Churchill Subdivision, off Soldier Road, and formerly of Cape Haitian, Haiti, will be held on Saturday May 30th, 2015, 10:00 a.m. at the Church of the Most Holy …
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NAD sees 5% passenger traffic fall over Christmas
OUTBOUND passenger traffic from the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) into the US over the Christmas holiday period decreased 5 per cent year-over year, according to airport operator, the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD).
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Bahamian on board as boat intercepted
ALMOST 100 people, mostly from Haiti but including one Bahamian, who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days, according to the US Coast Guard.
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Maria Veronica Richardson
Funeral Service for the Late Maria Veronica Richardson, aged 96 years of #102 Teakwood Drive, Orangeburg, South Carolina and formerly of Nassau, Bahamas, who died on Friday, December 25th, 2015, will be held on Saturday, January 9th, 2016, 9:45 a.m. …
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It doesn’t add up
COVID19 entry regulation change
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Join the Movember awareness initiative
THE Tribune radio stations and the Rotary Clubs of The Bahamas have joined forces for a ‘Movember Bahamas’ initiative this month to raise awareness of prostate cancer, said to be the primary cause of death among older men.
