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Gov’t told: ‘Nationalise’ Port Authority shares
An outspoken QC has urged the Government to speedily “nationalise” the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA), arguing: ‘We’re dealing with a $100 billion, not $3.5 billion, investment here.”
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Doctors fear ‘minimum’ 25% cost rise with NHI
Doctors fear the Bahamas will be left with “a dysfunctional health system” if the Government forges ahead with National Health Insurance (NHI), as the current model is plagued by funding shortfalls and threatens to increase their costs by “a minimum” 25 per cent.
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Saunders starts at TE for the Seminoles in 29-24 victory
IT was something the Florida State Seminoles coaching staff had promised for weeks but it finally came to fruition in a rivalry game as Bahamian Mavin Saunders took on a bigger role in the offence.
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Bahamas must offer more to increase cruise yields
The Minister of Tourism says that while cruise passenger spend in the Bahamas has increased, this nation must offer more visitor experiences to increase per capita yields.
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Christie the modern Caesar
The decision of Prime Minister Perry Christie to announce his intentions of running again for the leadership position of the PLP at the party’s imminent convention while at a recent event in North Andros, the site of the highly touted Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute or BAMSI, was a stroke of genius.
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Bahamas is most expensive Caribbean cruise location
The Bahamas is the most expensive Caribbean destination for the cruise ship industry, a newly-released survey revealing that it spent 78.3 per cent more in this nation than anywhere else in the region.
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Myetta Turnbull Rolle
Funeral service for Myetta Turnbull Rolle, 84 a resident of 38B Comfort Street & formerly of St. Mary, Jamaica, will be held at Golden Gates World Outreach Ministries, Carmichael Road, on Saturday, 10th October, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will …
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Leroy Watson Thompson
Funeral Service for Mr Leroy Watson Thompson, age 82 years, a resident of Rose Street, Fox Hill , will be held on Saturday October 6th 2015, 10:00 a.m., at Mount Carey Union Baptist Church, Fox Hill Road. Officiating will be …
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James Edward Pinder
Funeral Service for the Late James Edward Pinder, aged 91 years of #22 Maylasia Way, Elizabeth Estates and formerly of Sandy Point, Abaco, will be held on Saturday October 10th, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at St. Martin’s Anglican Church, Sandy Point, …
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Melrose Flossie Williams
Funeral service for the late Melrose Flossie Williams, affectionately called “Rose” aged 80 years of Sandilands Village and formerly of Cockburn Town, San Salvador, who died on 21st September, 2015, will be held on Saturday, 10th October, 2015, at 11:00 …
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INEZ IRENE SMITH
Funeral Service for MATRIARCH INEZ IRENE SMITH age 82 years who died on Thursday, September 24th, 2015 will be held on Saturday, October 10th, 2015 at 11:00am at Carmichael Bible Church, Carmichael Road. Officiating will be Deaconess Sharon Williams, assisted …
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Victor Nelson Claridge
Funeral service for Victor Nelson Claridge, age 80 years of Marigold Farm Road, will be held on Friday October 9, 2015, at 11:00a.m., at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, Kemp Road. Officiating will be The Right Rev. Bishop Laish Z. Boyd …
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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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RUTH NAOMI MORLEY-CASH
THE LATE RUTH NAOMI MORLEY-CASH age 84 years of Lower Bogue, Eleuthera formerly of George Town Exuma died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on 6th October, 2015 at 6 am. Her memories are forever in the hearts of her husband: …
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IMF slashes Bahamas 2015 growth to 1.2%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday slashed the Bahamas’ 2015 economic growth forecast to just 1.2 per cent, further “widening the gap” with the 7 per cent rate it says is needed to slash this nation’s near-14 per cent unemployment rate in half.
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82-YEAR-OLD WOMAN STABBED IN HER HOME
AN 82-year-old woman is fighting for her life in hospital after she was stabbed multiple times with a screwdriver during a home invasion in Harbour Island early on Monday morning.
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Bahamians rise to the challenge as one people
IT IS said that in every cloud there is a silver lining. The only silver that we can find in the cloud that has hovered over these islands since Thursday is the spirit of the Bahamian people.
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‘I cried out to god and prepared to die’
ANITA Collie Pratt “cried out to God” and then prepared herself to die inside her home as Hurricane Joaquin relentlessly beat down on Acklins, leaving a path of destruction. And just as she had accepted this fate, Ms Pratt heard knocks on her door from three rescuers who had to wade through chest high water to remove her from the submerged home.
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Bahamians unite to help those in need
IN LESS than 48 hours, HeadKnowles, a private social media group, has raised over $20,000 and collected tons of food, water and clothing for the southern islands of the Bahamas that were completely devastated during the passage of Hurricane Joaquin.
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Devastated: Crooked Island residents describe battle against floods
IN THE aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin, residents of Crooked Island have been describing having to rip through sheetrock with their children in their hands, fighting to reach the ceiling of their home to escape chest high floods.
