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Sylvia Elizabeth Taylor
Funeral Service for Ms. Sylvia Elizabeth “Siah” Taylor age 82 years a resident of #74 Palm Beach Street will be held on Saturday August 8th, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., at St Barnabas Anglican Church, Baillou Hill and Wulff Roads. Officiating …
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Stanley Oswald Anthony Isaacs Sr
Funeral Service for the Late Stanley Oswald Anthony Isaacs Sr., aged 84 of #116 Eastern Road, will be held on Friday August 7th, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, West Hill Street. Monsignor Simeon Roberts assisted by other …
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Beulah Gibson-Sands
Death Notice for Beulah Gibson-Sands, age 84 years of Lyon Road, formerly Mason’s Bay, Acklins, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday August 4, 2015. She is survived by her children: Ruthlee Saunders, Lynn Thurston, Leah Mather, Vincent Gibson …
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Bahamas All-Stars fall to the North Florida Ospreys, 102-84
The University of North Florida Ospreys got their trip to the Bahamas off on a positive note with a 102-84 win over
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Gov’t ‘definitely’ beat first $150m VAT goal
Value-Added Tax (VAT) “definitely” generated more than the $150 million net revenue increase targeted for the 2015 first half, a top official yesterday revealing that June’s compliance rates matched those for the first quarter.
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Izmirlian ally urges: Chinese must budge
A key Sarkis Izmirlian ally yesterday urged Baha Mar’s $2.45 billion lender to negotiate a resolution with the project’s principal, even though he is unlikely to make any further financial concessions himself to resolve the Baha Mar dispute.
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Bahamas stifles Barbados, 92-46
Following an opening game loss, the Bahamas bounced back in dominating fashion to even their win-loss record thus far at the 2015 FIBA Centrobasket Under-17 Championship for Men.
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How many days to November 2015?
How many days to November 2015, when this Government insists Baha Mar can be opened by?
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‘Bad’ bank loans decline by $102m
Total commercial bank ‘bad loans’ fell by more than $100 million during the 2015 first half, although much more remains to be done to restore this key indicator to pre-recession levels.
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Memorial services to remember two ‘cultural giants’
YOUTH, Sports and Culture Minister Dr Daniel Johnson yesterday outlined plans to memorialise the life and work of two of the country’s most renowned “cultural giants” - entertainer Franklyn “Count Bernadino” Ellis and Junkanoo pioneer, Brian “Sir Boldy” Gibson.
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Baha Mar granted leave to appeal bankruptcy ruling
A SUPREME Court judge yesterday granted leave for Baha Mar attorneys to appeal his previous decision not to recognise the mega resort’s ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the Bahamas.
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Bodybuilders eager to compete under Joel Stubbs’ leadership
WITH a new executive board in place, more competitors are making their way back on stage to compete in the Bahamas Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation’s National Bodybuilding Championships.
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Wrecked vehicle ban has ‘domino effect’
Bahamian auto body repairers yesterday said the Government’s decision to ban wrecked vehicle imports was already having “a domino effect” across the industry, with hundreds of thousands of dollars being ‘held up’ as a result.
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BBF’s Summer of Thunder basketball exhibition underway at Kendal Isaacs
THE Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder got underway this weekend with the first in the exhibition series hosted at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.
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BREAKING NEWS: Baha Mar given leave to appeal Bahamian bankruptcy ruling
A SUPREME Court judge has granted leave for Baha Mar to appeal his previous ruling not to recognise its ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the Bahamas.
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Wells and Rose finish in tie with Jamaica for trophy
A FIFTH overall finish for Team Bahamas was highlighted by an historic performance from the senior members of the team which ended a drought that lasted more than two decades.
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FINA Worlds: Burrows ends up 32nd overall in 50m butterfly
IN his opening event at the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Elvis Burrows left the Kazan Arena with an historic first place finish in his heat of the men’s 50 metre butterfly on Sunday as he got the Bahamas’ five-member team off to a splash.
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Chinese backed on Baha Mar Chapter 11 dismissal bid
Baha Mar’s Chinese partners yesterday received backing from another creditor in their bid to dismiss the developer’s Chapter 11 case, on the grounds that it is now “virtually impossible” for the $3.5 billion project to re-organise under the Delaware court.
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Attorney ‘distraught’ over Freeport review openness
An ex-Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) attorney was “distraught” after the Government’s withholding of a report by its international consultants left him unable to properly contribute to the debate on Freeport’s future.
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Wells, Rose lead race for trophy
HEADED into the final day of competition at the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships, one pairing of Team Bahamas will attempt to cling to their position atop the leaderboard while others face an uphill climb toward contention.
