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Police may assist in beach patrols
TRANSPORT and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said officials are discussing using police and Royal Bahamas Defence Force officers to assist her ministry in patrolling beaches and enforcing the rules of the water sports industry.
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Prayer Grotto celebrates 20 years of being ‘a monument of hope’
The Trinity City of Praise is celebrating 20 years of leading nation-wide prayers to save The Bahamas and its people. The anniversary event for Trinity City’s Prayer Grotto takes place this Friday at 7.30 pm at the sanctuary on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway.
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Norma Angela Dillet-Allen, M.B.E.
A funeral service for the late Norma Angela Dillet-Allen, M.B.E., aged 86, of Johnstone Avenue, Stapledon Gardens, Nassau, The Bahamas, who died peacefully at her residence, on Saturday 26th May 2018, will be held at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, …
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Theresa Ann Lee
Funeral service for Theresa Ann Lee, age 86 years, of Blair Estates, will be held on Saturday June 16, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. at Faith Temple Ministries International, Pine Barren Road. Officiating will be Pastor Carlos Thompson assisted by other …
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MABLE NIXON
Funeral Service for the late MABLE NIXON age 86 years of Berry Avenue, Yamacraw Beach Estates and formerly of Mars Bay, Andros will be held on Saturday, January 17th, 2015 at 10:00am at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, Wulff Road. Officiating …
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Leonard Elliott Saunders
A funeral service for the late Mr. Leonard Elliott Saunders, age 86, of Coral Harbour, Nassau The Bahamas, who died at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Shirley Street, Nassau, on Sunday, 14th February, 2016, will be held at Graveside in Woodlawn …
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SAMUEL ALPHONSO COOPER
Funeral Service for the late SAMUEL ALPHONSO COOPER aka "Daddy Fonz", age 86 years of Pinder's Point, Grand Bahama will be held on Saturday, February 27th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Pinder's Point. Officiating …
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Carol Lightfoot
Funeral service for Mr. Carol Lightfoot, 86 yrs., a resident of United Estates, San Salvador & formerly of East Street, will be held at Kemp Road Ministries, on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Ivan F. Butler …
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Agnes Mae Lowe
A funeral service for Agnes Mae Lowe of High Vista age 86 years, will be held at Bible Truth Hall West Avenue off Collins Avenue on Thursday May 23rd, 2013 at 2:00pm. Brother Greg Roberts assisted by Brother Charles Kemp …
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BAHAMAS 'LESS CORRUPT THAN THE US'
By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is less corrupt than the United States, according to a report released yesterday. Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks countries based on "their perceived levels of public
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BAHAMAS REPORTED TO BE LESS CORRUPT THAN THE US
By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is less corrupt than the United States, according to a report released yesterday. Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks countries based on "their perceived levels of public
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BAHAMAS REPORTED TO BE LESS CORRUPT THAN THE US
By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is less corrupt than the United States, according to a report released yesterday. Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks countries based on "their perceived levels of public
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BAHAMAS REPORTED TO BE LESS CORRUPT THAN THE US
By DANA SMITH dsmith@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is less corrupt than the United States, according to a report released yesterday. Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranks countries based on "their perceived levels of public
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Monthly VAT pay plan’s ‘disservice’ to small business
The Government was yesterday urged to postpone plans to make at least some quarterly and monthly filers pay Value-Added Tax (VAT) monthly, a well-known consultant describing this as “an injustice and disservice” to small businesses.
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Atlantis’s 4.5% Xmas rate rise beats hotel norm
Atlantis has seen a “quite substantial” 4.5 per cent year-over-year increase in average daily room rates (ADRs) for the upcoming peak Christmas/New Year season, a growth rate exceeding industry norms.
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IDB: ‘Greater efforts’ needed from Central Bank on inflation
“Greater efforts” will be needed from the Central Bank of the Bahamas to contain and monitor the inflationary impact from Value-Added Tax (VAT) and other structural economic changes, a multilateral lender has warned.
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‘Slow death’ fears if spend cut too deep
A small business advocate yesterday voiced fears the sector will suffer “a slow death” if Bahamians cut back too much on spending after the Prime Minister’s inflation warning, adding: “We don’t want to frighten people.”
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Over half of unemployed jobless for 12 months
More than half of unemployed Bahamians have been jobless for a year or more, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report warning that labour productivity had also declined between 2000 and 2007.
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Hotel union aims to close ‘four of five’ this summer
The hotel union’s president yesterday said it is targeting “by summer’s end” to conclude negotiations on at least four of five outstanding industrial agreements in a bid to ease “tremendous pressure” on workers.
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Holy Week: Prayer Book provides rites and services
FOR the last week of Lent and the week before Easter, in which the events in the last week of Jesus’ earthly ministry are remembered, the Prayer Book provides special services for readings. The week begins with Passion Sunday, traditionally called Palm Sunday, with its blessing of palms and procession, followed by a reading of the passion narrative from one of the synoptic Gospels.
