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Ed Bethel

And then there were three. On Monday, March 13, the media profession in The Bahamas lost a giant of a journalist and broadcaster, Mr Ed Bethel.

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Cruise port 90 percent completed and expected to be ready for May completion

THE new Nassau Cruise Port is more than 90 percent completed, according to its chief executive officer Michael Maura who said the port’s opening remains on schedule for the last week of May.

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Texas A&M Aggies capture inaugural Island Relays

GRAND Bahama — Veteran coach Pat Henry remembers his last trip to The Bahamas in October to participate in the homegoing service for his former Olympic sprinter Shavez Hart. This time, he was in a more celebratory mood as his Texas A&M Aggies captured the inaugural Island Relays over the weekend.

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GB to Abaco power cable ‘doable’ but more needed

THE Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce president says supplying power from the island to Abaco via an undersea electricity cable is “doable” but more details are required on the initiative.

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FINCO chief: 95% of local transactions done digitally

RBC FINCO’s top executive says Bahamians are beginning to embrace a digital future with 95 percent now conducting their financial transactions electronically.

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Sand Dollar High Flyers even the series 1-1

AFTER a tough loss to the Leno Regulators last week Thursday, the Sand Dollar Imports High Flyers evened the series 1-1 in a 86-63 blowout win.

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Texas A&M Aggies lead Island Relays Bahamas

GRAND Bahama: After the first day of competition, Texas A&M Aggies have surged in front in the two-day Island Relays Bahamas at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex.

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Ground broken on $15m solar farm project

LUCAYA Solar Power Ltd. officially broke ground on its $15m solar farm project in Freeport on Friday.

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GBPA signs $15m solar farm deal

A $15M SOLAR farm will be constructed on Grand Bahama, making it the first of its kind in The Bahamas.

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DPM: ‘Three credible offers’ for Lucayan

Three “credible offers” to acquire the Grand Lucayan resort are presently being studied, the deputy prime minister said yesterday, as he and others touted $1bn worth of investments being “in the pipeline” for Grand Bahama.

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Port chief eyeing Abaco power cable connection

The Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) president yesterday suggested running an electricity cable between his island and Abaco as a way to “stabilise” electricity costs and bring rates down.

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Some MPs have not yet disclosed

TWO weeks after the March 1 deadline, Public Disclosure Commission chairman Bishop Victor Cooper said officials are still waiting for some parliamentarians to complete their filings.

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Island Relays Bahamas Spring University Track & Field Invitational this weekend in Grand Bahama

ALL six of the universities from the United States of America are now in Freeport, Grand Bahama to participate in Island Relays Bahamas Spring University Track and Field Invitational this weekend at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex.

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Gov’ts Central Bank debt soars 85% on IMF SDRs

The Government’s controversial borrowing of IMF special drawing rights (SDRs) reversed five years of decline by causing its net debt to the Central Bank to soar by 85.4 percent to $805.6m.

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‘Good morning, I’m Ed Bethel’

“Silence! Silence? In this house”,

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BASRA appeals for duty exemption on boating safety equipment

AFTER seeing so many lives needlessly lost at sea, a Grand Bahama BASRA official is calling on government to allow for safety equipment to be imported duty free for Bahamian boaters.

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Tributes paid for iconic journalist Ed Bethel

TRIBUTES continued to pour out for veteran journalist Eldred “Ed” Bethel yesterday, with the Free National Movement and Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas remembering the media legend.

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Gas station operator’s relief faith ‘now 120%’

A gas station operator yesterday said his faith was now “120 percent” restored over the Government’s intention to provide relief for the sector’s plight following Monday’s meeting with the Prime Minister.

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FACE TO FACE: Reuben ‘Ruppa Pumpum’ Deleveaux, a legendary Bahamian drummer

HAVE you ever heard a Bahamian conch shell blown like a true horn, filled with melodic notes?