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FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Pre-Qualifiers: Team Bahamas finishes with undefeated record
THE Bahamas senior men’s national basketball team finished the FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Pre-Qualifiers for Group A with an undefeated record and will advance to the next round in November.
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MILDRED GENEVA SANDS
Funeral Service for the late MILDRED GENEVA SANDS age 88 years of Gardens Hills #1 will be held on Saturday, August 15th, 2015 at 10:00am at St Francis Xavier Cathedral, West Street. Officiating will be Monsignor Alfred Culmer assisted by …
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Bahamian abroad rests after years of noble service
ALTHOUGH the loved ones of Edwin Percival Minnis are sadden he will not spend Christmas or any other day with the family, a smile will always surface on their faces when they reflect on the life he lived and the precious memories he left behind.
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Man faces court over death of 11 Haitians in boat sinking
AN Abaco man who allegedly owned a boat used in a human-smuggling operation that ended up with 11 of its 28 passengers dead was brought to court yesterday. However, 43-year-old Alphonso "Carpo" Ed
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Eric Alexander Williamson
Funeral Service for Eric Alexander “Swaby” Williamson age 76 of Hospital Lane and formerly of St. Catherine, Jamaica who died on September 27, 2018 will be held on Saturday October 27, 2018 at 10:00 a.m at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, …
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Esther Maria Carter
Funeral service for Esther Maria Carter, 85 a resident of Ridgeland Park East & formerly of Kew, Turks & Caicos Island, will be held at Bethel Baptist Church, Meeting Street, on Saturday 30th July, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will …
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sports inbrief
BASKETBALL GSSSA FINALS THE Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) best-of-three championship series is slated to begin at the Kendal Isaacs gym on Thursday. In the junior girls division at 4pm, the H O Nash Lions are scheduled to take on
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sports inbrief
BASKETBALL GENEVA RUTHERFORD GIRLS' TOURNEY RESULTS from day one of the HOYTES 2012 Geneva Rutherford Girls National Basketball Classics in Grand Bahama are as follows: Jr Girls: Temple Christian def. Catholic High 30-23. Sr Girls: Tabernacle def. Centr
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Jacqueline Elizabeth Barry
Funeral Services for Jacqueline Elizabeth Barry, age 81 of #2 Davis Street, Oakes Field will be held on Friday January 31st, 2020 at 11:00am at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Boyd Road. Officiating will be Monsignor Alfred Culmer, assisted by …
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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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General Post Office demolition underway
DEMOLITION of the General Post Office at East Hill Street began yesterday as part of efforts to modernise the downtown area.
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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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Broker 'optimistic' doctors' captive issues resolved
Broker 'optimistic' doctors' captive issues resolved By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor A Bahamas-based insurance executive is "optimistic" that differences with the regulator over a captive insurer providing coverage to 70-80 Bahamian physicians
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Men’s national basketball team players take spotlight
POSTSEASON basketball continues for several Bahamian senior men’s national team players in their respective leagues throughout Europe and South America.
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51 new cases as surge goes on
NEW Providence recorded a new single-day record of 51 confirmed COVID-19 cases yesterday.
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Grant and Thunderwolves headed to Ontario University Association semi-finals
LEASHJA Grant and her Lakehead Thunderwolves are headed to the Ontario University Association semi-finals.