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Kingdor National Parkinson Foundation making moves in the Bahamas
AS with any other non-profit organisation, the Kingdor National Parkinson Foundation relies heavily on the generosity of others. To thanks its sponsors as well to continue to raise awareness of Parkinson’s disease, the foundation recently hosted a meet and greet.
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Police Commissioner wants public outcry on guns
POLICE Commissioner Ellison Greenslade yesterday said he was “very concerned” that the country’s “terrible” murder rate has reached triple digits this year as he criticised the lack of public outcry over the volume of illegal weapons on the streets.
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Resort’s business down 80% via 15 year amenity loss
A Freeport timeshare resort is blaming the loss of “about 80 per cent” of its business on the 15-year failure of successive Royal Oasis owners to live up to their access and amenity provision obligations.
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NCAA Football: Opening wins for Bahamian players
THE NCAA football season officially kicked off this weekend with a trio of Bahamian student athletes in action during opening day wins for their respective universities.
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Death of man, 64, now classed as a homicide
THE country’s murder count for the year now officially stands at 100 - after police yesterday classified the death of a man, whose family believes was beaten and robbed before he died in hospital last week, as a homicide.
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Alicia Maria Valerio Stockdale
A memorial service for Alicia Maria Valerio Stockdale, 80 yrs., a resident of Bel Air Estates, Carmichael Road & formerly of Grand Turk, will be held at Christ the King, Anglican Church, Ridgeland Park West, on Saturday, September 5th, 2015 …
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Althea Ernestine Lightbourne-Conliffe
Funeral Service for the Late Althea Ernestine Lightbourne-Conliffe, aged 84 years of #57 Hay Street West, will be held on Saturday September 5th, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at St. Agnes Anglican Church, Baillou Hill Road. Fr. Neil Nairn assisted by other …
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Isaac Arthur Moss
Mr. Isaac Arthur Moss age 82 years, a resident of Miami Street and formerly of Old Bight Cat Island. Died on Friday 28th, August 2015 at His Residence. Mr Moss was predeceased by his sons Philip and Steve Moss. He …
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Stanley B Pinder
Final rites and burial for Bishop Stanley B. Pinder aged 80 years will be held on Saturday September 5, 2015 at The Cathedral of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church at 11am. Officiating will be His Grace Bishop Neil C. Ellis …
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SAMUEL SIMEON ADDERLEY
Funeral Service for age SAMUEL SIMEON ADDERLEY age 82 will be held on Saturday September 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at East Gospel Chapel # 83 East Street, Offacting will be Pastor Thomas Roberts assisted by other ministers . Internment …
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FNM: It’s time for Nottage to be replaced
FREE National Movement Chairman Michael Pintard yesterday called for Prime Minister Perry Christie to replace National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage over his uninspired and lethargic response to mounting crime.
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College football season kicks off today
EACH week, the organising committee of the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl will update college football fans on both conferences which will field teams to the second edition of the bowl, hosted December 24.
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Roberts: PLP the only party with a plan to tackle crime
DESPITE this year’s murder count outpacing last year’s figure, Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts said yesterday the PLP is still the only party with a plan to tackle this nation’s crime problem.
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Bank asset returns decline below 1%
Bahamian commercial banks have seen their collective return on assets slump below 1 per cent due to the ‘bad loan’ crisis, which has seen them turn increasingly to Government bond investments.
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Bahamas granted downgrade break
Baha Mar will “only start weighing” on the Bahamas’ creditworthiness should it remain unopened by the 2016 second half, something that would prompt Moody’s to slash next year’s GDP growth forecast by up to a full percentage point.
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Bahamas has ‘best VAT in the world’
A leading food retailer said the Government eliminated the Value-Added Tax (VAT) “nightmare” by drastically reducing the proposed exemptions, adding: “We have the best VAT in the world.”
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Man steals ambulance and crashes it into house
POLICE are on the hunt for a man who stole a Public Hospitals Authority ambulance and crashed it into two vehicles before slamming into a home Saturday night.
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National crime address ‘an insult to bahamians’
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has branded National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage’s national address on crime as “inconsiderate, lacking depth and eons too late.”
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Nottage's national crime address 'an insult to Bahamians' says Minnis
FREE National Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has branded National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage’s national address on crime as “inconsiderate, lacking depth and eons too late".
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A Comic’s View: Strange bedfellows, Damian’s downer and the PM out of tune
THE American essayist Charles Dudley Warner once said “Politics makes strange bedfellows” and, based on events this past week, we can thank our politically promiscuous lawmakers for truly bringing this quote to life.
