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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.
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Public demand for vaccine ‘flattened’
DEMAND for the COVID-19 vaccine has flattened in The Bahamas even as more doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab could arrive in the country as early as today, according to Ed Fields, deputy chair of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee.
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Salem Union in 12-10 victory over Golden Gates Native
SALEM Union pulled off the biggest upset so far in the Baptist Sports Council’s 2013 Coca-Cola Softball Classic, securing a 12-10 walk-off victory over the defending champions Golden Gates Native at the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.
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'Call for PM's resignation for ignoring people's voice'
THE decision by the government to disregard the vote against legalising the numbers industry in The Bahamas sets a dangerous precedent and is a move that can ultimately imperil our democracy, Majority Rule era MP Ed Moxey told The Tribune.
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NPBA: Giants rout the Shockers 95-65, Regulators hold off Pros 93-90
THE Commonwealth Bank Giants, taking off from where they left before the Christmas break, was clicking on all cylinders as they routed the JD’s Seafood Shockers 95-65 at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Saturday night.
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80 test positive for TB exposure
MORE than 340 people living in two shelters for Hurricane Dorian victims have been screened for tuberculosis - 80 of them with positive skin tests, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands yesterday.
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Lathaniel Bastian posts his second double double in three games
LATHANIEL Bastian recorded his second double double in three games and his sixth of the season for the Angelo State Rams men’s basketball programme.
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A massive U-turn in China
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Having maintained a strict zero- COVID policy for almost three years, the Chinese government had become a prisoner of it. The strategy was designed to address the low vaccination rates of the elderly population (80 million people aged 80+ years are not vaccinated and 44% of the population did not receive the third dose, this percentage rising to 60% among people aged 80+ years). And, although studies in Hong Kong comparing CoronaVac with BioNTech’s vaccine have not been conclusive, the Chinese government did not seem to have much confidence in the degree of immunity provided by their own vaccines.
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Sports Notes
THE Baptist Sports Council is scheduled to continue its 2015 Softball Classic in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex this week.
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THE New Providence Oldtimers Softball Association is slated to return to action over the weekend of November 7-8.
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Countdown to the Heart Ball
THE countdown is on for the Sir Victor Sassoon Heart Foundation’s 52nd Annual Heart Ball.
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Scientists shocked by foot-long sea creature in Bahamian waters
SCIENTISTS at the Cape Eleuthera Institute received the shock of their lives when they discovered that the teeth marks that almost gnawed through the cables of an underwater camera system belonged to a massive woodlouse.
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Rodnell Glamour Smith
Funeral services for the late Rodnell Glamour affectionally called “Lal” Smith age 78 yrs of Driggs Hill, Andros, Bahamas will be held on Saturday August 25th, 2018 at St. Luke’s Baptist Church, Driggs Hill Andros at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will …
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Jack Sands
Last rites for Jack Sands aged 51 of Mangrove Cay, Andros will be held on Saturday at 10:00 A.M. at Annex Baptist Cathedral, Wulff Road and Pinedale. Officiating will be Apostle Mitchel Jones assisted by Other Ministers of the Gospel. …
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Theodore Francis Sealy
Funeral service for Theodore Francis Sealy Age 67 of West Palm Villas, West Bay Street who died at his residence on Wednesday December 17, 2014 will be held on Tuesday December 23, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Bahamas Faith Ministries …
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Anna Jane Ambrister-Thompson
Funeral Service Anna Jane Ambrister-Thompson age 71 years and a resident of Fox Town, Abaco will be held on Saturday 3rd, May, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Zion Baptist Church, Fox Town Abaco. Officiating will be Pastor Edd Ambrister assisted …
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Dorothy Campbell-Glicio nee Sands
Funeral Service for Dorothy “Aunt Doppy” Campbell-Glicio nee Sands, age 68 years of Eastwood Estates formerly of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, who died at Princess Margaret Hospital on Monday July 6, 2015, will be held at Faith Temple Church of God, …
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SYLVIA MARIE MUNROE
Funeral Service for the late SYLVIA MARIE MUNROE age 68 years of Andros Avenue East will be held on Saturday, January 7th, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at Abundant Life Bible Church, Abundant Life Road. Officiating will be Co-Pastor Gil Maycock …
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Verdell Sarah Bullard
Funeral service for Verdell Sarah Bullard, 85, a resident of Washington Street & formerly of Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera, will be held at Trinity City of Praise, Tonique Williams Darling Highway, on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Apostle Ed …
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Doris Elizabeth Poitier
Funeral service for Mother Doris Elizabeth Poitier, 97, of West & Brougham Streets, who died on 10th August, 2012, will be held at Bethel Baptist Church, Meeting Street, on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. Officiating will be Pastor Timothy Stewart. Interment …
