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MATRIARCH CLEARNEESE BOWEN-HIGGS
Funeral Service for MATRIARCH CLEARNEESE “MAMA BOWEN” BOWEN-HIGGS, age 86 years of Heritage Subdivision, Freeport, Grand Bahama and formerly of Clarendon, Jamaica will be held on Sunday, February 10th, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at Freeport 7th Day Adventist Church, Gambier …
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Ruth Irene Smith
Funeral Service for Ruth Irene Smith, age 86 years of Ridgeland Park West, will be held on Saturday September 21, 2019 at 10:00a.m. at Christ The King Anglican Church , Ridgeland Park West. Officiating will be The Venerable G. Kingsley …
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Charles Mingo
Funeral Service for Charles Mingo “Chinka”, 86 Service Held at Tarpum Bay Seventh Day Adventist Church, Tarpum Bay, Eleuthera, Bahamas on Sunday, December 01, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. Officiating: Pastor Manasseh Simms. Moderator: Bro. Kevin Tinker. Interment: Tarpum Bay Public …
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Nicholas Vernon Saunders
Funeral Service for the late Nicholas Vernon Saunders “Nicky”, aged 52 years, of Smith Street, Chippingham, will be held on Friday December 13th 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Johnson Park Seventh day Adventist Church, Farrington and Johnson Park Roads. Officiating …
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Shavaul Butters makes NCAA Division I debut
SHAVAUL Butters made his long awaited NCAA Division I basketball debut with the Texas Rio Grande Valley after injuries derailed the start of his collegiate career.
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Whylly, Goodman & Hurricanes win ACAA title
A PERFECT regular season continued with a perfect run through the playoffs for the Holland College Hurricanes as their Bahamian pipeline led the way to their seventh consecutive Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball title.
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Two men and a dog saved from cripple sailboat
TWO elderly men and their dog who set sail for Grand Bahama were rescued after their crippled sailboat went adrift for seven days then ran aground on a Florida beach.
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Rolle fails to make the cut
It wasn’t so much the windy conditions as it was her putting that made it difficult for Bahamian exemption player Georgette Rolle to improve on her performance as she ended up at the bottom of the 108-player field at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classi
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IAN FERGUSON: Entreprenurial ideas for Bahamians in ‘17
At the beginning of each New Year, dreamers begin to formalise their plans, and stretch themselves to realise their goals. One goal that seems to occupy the minds of millions, and perhaps billions, of people throughout the world is that of entrepreneurship. People love the thought of owning and operating their own business. Despite the 90 per cent ‘fail’ rate for such start-ups, many Bahamians remain willing to assume the risk of engaging in sole proprietary enterprise.
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Skills worry over $732m Agency ‘3 months away’
The Government’s Central Revenue Administration (CRA) has hired 75 per cent of its target staff, and anticipates being operational in “less than three months”, amid concerns over whether all its recruits have the necessary tax enforcement skills.
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Legislate to keep expired industrial deal terms in place
A former hotel union leadership contender yesterday urged the Government to “legislate” that expired industrial agreements, particularly their terms and conditions, remain in effect until a new deal is sealed.
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Inflation jumps five-fold to back PM’s warning
The Central Bank yesterday revealed that annual inflation for the year to June 2022 increased almost five-fold compared to the previous 12 months to give a stark indication of the cost of living crisis facing many Bahamian families.
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Gov’t eyes jet ski safety crackdown
The Government is eyeing a safety crackdown on jet ski operators that could result in the industry having to sign up to and abide by a ‘code of conduct’, it was revealed yesterday.
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‘Rapid improvement’ desired over Water Corp’s $22m debt
The Water & Sewerage Corporation’s main BISX-listed supplier says it expects to see “a rapid improvement” in the $21.7m debts owed to it by end-September 2021.
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Oil explorer: ‘Funds fled’ after activists launched challenge
The Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) was forced to seek additional funding for its Perseverance One well after “funds fled away from us” due to the legal challenge launched by environmentalists.
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Tourism restart 'more important' than jobless benefits extension
The hotel union's president yesterday said the industry's re-opening, and easing of the 14-day mandatory quarantine, are "more important" to workers than the unemployment benefits extension.
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Gaming $101m income boost 'very difficult to replace'
Web shop advisers have warned that the $101m in annual salary income generated by the sector will be “very hard to replace” if the budget’s tax hikes result in mass lay-offs.A June 2018 report by the Oxford Economics consultancy, commissioned by the
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Deficits 'thing of the past' if oil explorer succeeds
Oil exploration success would make The Bahamas’ fiscal deficits “a thing of the past”, a former Cabinet minister is arguing, with the benefits felt before a single barrel is pumped.James Smith, pictured, a Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) director, to
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Wake up! 'There will be no tourists'
A Cabinet minister yesterday urged Bahamians to “grasp the simple yet inconceivable reality that there will be no tourists” visiting this nation for at least two to three months.Dionisio D’Aguilar, pictured, minister of tourism and aviation, sought i
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Construction re-open averts 'complete halt'
The Bahamian construction industry would have "come to a halt within a week to 10 days" had the Prime Minister yesterday not relaxed COVID-19 restrictions on hardware stores being able to open. Robert Myers, head of the Caribbean Group of Companies,
