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Committee set up to advise on university president search
THE board of trustees of University of The Bahamas has appointed a Presidential Search Committee to establish the process by which the new institution’s president will be selected and hired.
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Junkanoo icon Anthony ‘Stick-A-Tone’ Johnson dies
THE sporting fraternity of softball and baseball as well as the junkanoo world is mourning the loss of Anthony ‘Stick-A-Tone’ Johnson. Johnson passed away last week. He joined the Saxons in 1967 and brought with him a group of men from Market Street called ‘The Lollipop Boys,’ who included Jay Fox, Katanga Johnson, Kenny ‘Mary’ Fox and KC Campbell.
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Downtown derelicts
For over ten years many of us have been staring at the decaying structures blighting eastern Bay Street, and agitating for their reconstruction, replacement, or demolition. Never seeing any action, our eyes now just glaze over as they scan the continuing dilapidation in the Zombie Zone.
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Forum discusses amendments to insolvency regime
The Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA Bahamas) has held its first roundtable discussion on proposed reforms to The Bahamas’ insolvency framework.
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MAYNARD: ROAD TO BE RENAMED FREEDOM FARM WAY
DURING the opening of the Freedom Farm Baseball League on Saturday, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Charles Maynard confirmed that the road from Yamacraw Road leading to the field will be renamed Freedom Farm Way. Mr Maynard, however, did not discl
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Work on London residence to cost Bahamas $247,000
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said the structural work on the Bahamas High Commissioner’s residence in London – which he claimed had been delayed for more than four years by the former government – will cost around $247,000 (£159,000).
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Coleby posts double double in Turkey debut
AFTER a strong preseason, Dwight Coleby made his 2020 debut in the Turkey Basketball League.
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WORLD VIEW: Cooperation, coercion and capitulation
ON March 12, the Council of the 28-nations European Union (EU) placed 15 small territories on a list of what it calls “non-cooperative jurisdictions”. What the EC considers these territories to be “non-cooperative” about reveals the raw exercise of power by the strong over the weak.
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Sports in brief
THE Junior Baseball League of Nassau is slated to host its first US Embassy/JBLN/MLB Baseball Skills Clinic October 30 to November 2 at the St Andrew’s Field of Dreams.
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Pansy Cynthia Chee-A-Tow
A funeral service for Mrs. Pansy Cynthia Chee-A-Tow age 86, of Paradise Island, The Bahamas, who died at her residence, on Wednesday, 26th September, 2012, will be held at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, West Hill Street, Nassau, on Thursday, 4th …
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MORE THAN 100K NOW VACCINATED . . . but confirmation of 20 more deaths shows COVID fight not over
THE Ministry of Health confirmed 20 additional COVID-19 deaths on the weekend, bringing the total to 557 to date.
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Joseph Thurston
Funeral service for Joseph Thurston age 86 years and a resident of #82 Lunar Boulevard Freeport, Grand Bahama will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday 26th, January 2019 at Agape House Pioneers Loop Freeport, Grand Bahama. Officiating will be …
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Giants v Cybots tonight
THE 2014 New Providence Basketball Association will again be decided between a pair of familiar foes, perennial contenders and the last two league champions.
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Baha Mar parties in ‘good faith talks’
A Cabinet Minister yesterday confirmed that the parties to the $3.5 billion Baha Mar dispute “appear to be negotiating in good faith”.
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Mary Pleasant Mackey
Funeral service for Mary Pleasant Mackey, 80 yrs., a resident of Nassau Village & formerly of Behring Point, Andros, who died on 21st April, 2012, will be held at Abundant Life Bible Church, Abundant Life Road, on Saturday at 11:00 …
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Nassau/PI resorts in New Year sell-out
MAJOR Nassau/Paradise Island resorts are predicting traditionally strong occupancies over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday period.
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‘I’m really excited for Jazz. Opening day is going to be really special’
WITH the passing of Edison ‘Ed’ Armbrister, retired outfielder Antoan Richardson has now assumed the elder statesmanship of the Bahamian Major League baseball fraternity.
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Giants at the double
The New Providence Basketball Association championship series continued in both Division I and Division II.
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Newbold appointed press secretary
THE Cabinet Office announced Thursday the appointment of Anthony Newbold as press secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister.
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PM hails good first day of negotiations in China
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday said the first day of Baha Mar meetings in China were “good” but warned that a “very, very serious situation” would result if the relevant parties cannot secure an agreement today.
