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CR Walker Knights, Tigers take early lead after day 1
THE 25th Annual GSSSA Track and Field Championships got underway yesterday in a return to the format with both junior schools and senior schools competing simultaneously.
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Coleby honoured, Munnings named Player of the Week
It was a week of commemorative achievements for two of the Bahamas’ top collegiate basketball players as the NCAA regular season enters its final week.
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‘it is the highest level game I have officiated thus far in my career’
CHRISTIAN Wilmore continues to set new milestones for Bahamian basketball referees and continues his progression through the FIBA ranks at some of the organisation’s most prestigious events.
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Bodies in bathtubs
WHEN anyone is declared dead on Cat Island they are stuffed into a body bag, placed in a bathtub and blanketed with ice to slow the process of decomposition, The Tribune has been told.
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Honouring Billy Graham
ON Monday, February 19, The Nassau Guardian published a quote by renowned American evangelist Billy Graham. Interestingly, a few other Graham quotes appeared in that publication during the previous week.
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Progress along the waterfront
IT seems the leadership of Ed Fields something might now happen along the Nassau Harbour waterfront.
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Remembering Sir Durward, a national hero
THE Bahamas lost a great citizen on Saturday when Sir Durward Knowles passed away at age 100. So much has been written about the man known affectionately as “Sea Wolf” in the days since and in the year of celebrations leading up to his 100th birthday that you might think it would be hard to add anything more. Yet such was the mark of the man that the more you know, the more there is to know; the deeper you dig, the greater his spirit shines; the more records you realize he holds, the better you understand that Sir Durward was far more than a sports hero. He was a national icon, the father figure for a nation eager to find a symbol of all that is good.
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Troubled Arizona loses 98-93 to Oregon
AMID controversy, Bahamian collegiate basketball star DeAndre Ayton produced one of his best games of the season, but his Arizona Wildcats fell short in their bid to claim a share of the PAC-12 regular season title.
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EDITORIAL: Broadcasting sector on verge of collapse
DESPITE the warnings on August 4, 2004, of then Cabinet Minister Obie Wilchcombe that “while government had 50 applications for additional broadcast licences for New Providence, it would have to proceed very carefully, if at all, as the market is overcrowded.” That was 14 years ago,
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Secretary should not be signing
IS there no one in the Office of the Prime Minister or the Attorney General’s Office who can advise that the Cabinet Secretary has no signing authority on behalf of Government and all documents - MOU’s - Heads of Agreement she may sign are worthless as are all those in the past from Kerzner forward.
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GB Power invests $8min solar battery storage
GRAND Bahama Power Company is investing $8 million in constructing a battery storage facility before year-end, as it moves to introduce utility-scale solar and other renewable energies.The utility monopoly, in response to Tribune Business’s questions
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Minister of Health opens GB Family Medicine conference
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands opened the first Grand Bahama Family Medicine Conference held at the Pelican Bay Resort on Thursday for physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
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Concern for Aliv's funding
IN March 2017, ALIV raised an astonishing $60m from investors, twice the amount they were looking for. That they require more money now, less than a year later, suggests that something has gone badly wrong.
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Bahamas 0-3 after 96-63 loss to Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic caught fire from beyond the arch in the second half and, in particular, during a third-quarter run where they took control for good en route to a win in the latest World Cup qualifier.
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Esrum Campbell Pinder
Funeral service for Esrum Campbell Pinder, 58 a resident of #83 Wilton Street & formerly of Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera, will be held at Bethel Baptist Church, Meeting Street, on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. Officiating will be Rev. …
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Merlene Merlita DeCosta
Funeral service for Matriarch Merlene Merlita DeCosta, 91 a resident of Churchill Ave. & formerly of Chester’s, Acklins, will be held at St. John’s Native Baptist Cathedral, Meeting Street, on Friday, February 23, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be …
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Stephen Cleophas Munroe
Funeral service for the late Stephen Cleophas Munroe age 52 years of Cascarilla Street, Pinewood Gardens and formerly of Blanket Sound, Andros will be held on Saturday, February 24th, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at New Covenant Baptist Church, East West …
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Evangelist Joyce Deveaux
Evangelist Joyce Deveaux Age: 73 years Service held at: BAHAMAS FAITH MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL The Myles E. Munroe Diplomat Center Carmichael Road, Nassau, N. P., The Bahamas SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2018 AT 10:00 AM Officiating: Pastor Neil Hamilton Assisted by: Other …
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Pearlean Forbes Lawrence
Funeral Service for Pearlean Forbes Lawrence age 91 of Pinewood Gardens and formerly of Pure Gold, Andros who died on February 13, 2018 will be held on Sunday February 25, 2018 at 12:00 noon at Hillview Seventh Day Adventist Church, …
