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Firstena L Hepburn
Mrs. Firstena L. Hepburn Age 94 A Resident of Black Village died at PMH, February 29th 2020 She is suirvived by her Children: Eric Hepburn Jr., William Hepburn Sr., Margaret Hepburn McKay, Leonie Hepburn Buchanan, Brenda Hepburn, Frances Hepburn, Michelle …
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WEDNESDAY UPDATE: One newly confirmed case of COVID-19
The Ministry of Heath reported on Wednesday that there is one newly confirmed case of COVID-19 in The Bahamas.
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Six boxers ‘war ready’ for Olympic qualifiers
The Amateur Boxing Association of the Bahamas will be sending off a six-member team today to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to compete in the first round of the qualifications for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Knights win senior track and field title
THE CR Walker Knights pulled off another Government Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships title at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium on Friday.The Knights, who joined the AF Adderley Fighting Tigers, who won the junior divisional crown
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More 94 says Bodie suspended, but not terminated
IN the wake of reports from controversial talk show host Ortland Bodie Jr that he had been “terminated” by officials at More 94.9 FM, the radio station’s management yesterday denied the company fired him, saying he “was suspended from his usual duties as host” until internal matters could be resolved.
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Galanis: Flat $100 Business Licence fee is ‘mistake’
A prominent Bahamian accountant yesterday urged the Government to reconsider its proposal to reduce all Business Licence fees to a flat $100 rate, arguing that such a move would “fly in the face” of achieving equality in taxation policy.
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Stella Maris already at 80% Christmas occupancy
Long Island’s Stella Maris resort is already posting 80 per cent occupancy levels for the Christmas/New Year holidays, its general manager saying that apart from cut-off tree stumps “no visitor would realise a hurricane came through here”.
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Bahamas suffers cruise tourism spend flat-line
Total cruise passenger spending in Nassau and Freeport has flat-lined over the past three years, a newly-released industry survey revealed yesterday, even though per capita yields are up 27.8 per cent.
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Water Corp supplier sees silver lining despite $2.5m fall
The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s main supplier yesterday said it sees a ‘silver lining’ in the leak prevention programme that caused a $2.5 million year-over-year reduction in its Bahamian subsidiary’s revenues.
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Tourism competition is not a guessing game
The performance of only five of the 14 independent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are recorded in the 2015 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum.
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Cobb ends school blitz at HO Nash
AFTER spending the past week in town providing some tips to our high school students on making “positive choices” in their lives, former National Football League player Michael Cobb returned to the United States.
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Ministry to empower youths to make positive choices
FOR the second consecutive year, Sports World Ministry is bringing its Go Positive Tour to the Bahamas.
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Final results in - but analysis raises questions over accuracy
REFERENDUM results from Fort Charlotte, Fox Hill, Marathon and Sea Breeze – the remaining four undisclosed constituencies from Tuesday’s vote – were released to the public yesterday, with all four adhering to result trends already set earlier this week.
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Alex Cooper signed by Bengals as an undrafted free agent
ALEX Cooper didn’t hear his name called during the three days of the NFL Draft, but the Eleuthera native didn’t have to wait very long after to learn of his new opportunity to make an NFL roster.
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Gas stations hope for industry ‘modernising’
Gas station dealers are hoping the Government will either agree to a margin increase or “modernising” the industry’s structure, with a solution agreed before the 2022-2023 Budget is unveiled in just over three weeks’ time.
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Gas station dealers mulling shut down
Gas station dealers are mulling a sector-wide shutdown this month amid growing concern about the ability of the industry’s fixed price controlled-margins business model to cope with a variety of cost increases.
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Gretel Hynes
Funeral Service for Gretel Hynes age 81 affectionately called “Grammy” of Malcolm Road and formerly of Lowe Sound Andros and Freeport Grand Bahama, who died at her residence February 2nd will be held on Sunday 11:00 a.m. at Berea Seventh …
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Evelyn Gertrude Minnis
Funeral Service for the late Matriarch Evelyn Gertrude Minnis age 81 years of Fresh Creek, Andros and formerly of Merton Ave. off Farrington Road will be held on Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 at 9:45 am at St. Joseph Catholic Church, …
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Edgecombe Jr, 18, has impressive showing at home
HOMECOMINGS are usually quite memorable, but for Valdez ‘VJ’ Edgecombe Jr, his return home to the Bahamas as one of the top ranked high school boys’ basketball players in the United States was extra special.
