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Bahamian players in U Sports spotlight
IT was an active weekend for Bahamian basketball players at Canada’s top-tiered U Sports level and in the Canadian College Athletic Association.Azaro Roker has thrived in a more prominent role early in the season for the St FX X-Men.Roker stuffed the
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Baker's Bay alone a $1bn Dorian loss
Dorian-related insurance losses are “heavily skewed” towards Abaco with one resort development potentially accounting for $800m to $1bn worth of claims by itself. Charles Johnson, a Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) council member, told the annual
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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS - 'Summer of Thunder': Providence Storm get win over North Carolina
IT WAS certainly not what North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams expected when he brought one of the most storied programmes in NCAA history to the Bahamas for a pair of exhibition games at the “Summer of Thunder.”
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Munnings advances to league final, Knowles returns after ruling
TRAVIS Munnings and his Portuguese club advanced to the league final while Zane Knowles and his Bulgarian club received a favourable ruling in arbitration to keep their playoff hopes alive.
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Dorian 'totally destroys' 80% of fishing industry
Fishermen yesterday said Hurricane Dorian had “totally destroyed” 80 percent of the industry in Abaco and Grand Bahama amid uncertainty over how the government will aid recovery.“Eighty percent of the fisheries sector in Grand Bahama and Abaco is tot
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Rose hits the court running
LJ Rose had a debut to remember and made an immediate impact on his new club.
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Brewery's concern on VAT 'price disruption'
Commonwealth Brewery has pledged to avoid “severe price disruption” to its Bahamian manufacturing and import operations from Value-Added TAX (VAT), its managing director warning that the reform needed “careful management”.
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GB Power raises reduced light bill estimate to 95%
Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) yesterday said it was “confident” that the number of residential customers set to experience reduced electricity bills in 2016 had increased to 95 per cent, with some in line for “close to 7 per cent” decreases.
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Rookie guard Buddy dishes out his season high 5 assists
With All-Star forward Anthony Davis sidelined for the first time this season, Buddy Hield and the remainder of the supporting cast for the New Orleans Pelicans gave a valiant effort but again fell short and dropped to 2-10.
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Rockets are NPBA Division 1 champions
THE Discount Distributors Rockets celebrated with a three-game sweep of the New Providence Basketball Association men’s division one championship series, dethroning the Commonwealth Bank Giants.
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Joan Albury-Pinder
Funeral Service for the late Joan Albury-Pinder age 84 years of Chattanooga TN, and formerly of The Bahamas, will be held on Friday, May 11th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary the Virgin, Virginia Street. Officiating will be Fr. …
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Tabelitha Miller
The late Ms. Tabelitha Miller Age 92yrs, a resident of Carmichael Road and formerly of Deep Creek Eleuthera, will be held on Saturday July 5th 2014, 1.00 p.m. at Alpha and Omega Faith Church, Carmichael Road. Officiating will be Reverend …
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Beulah Gibson-Sands
Death Notice for Beulah Gibson-Sands, age 84 years of Lyon Road, formerly Mason’s Bay, Acklins, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday August 4, 2015. She is survived by her children: Ruthlee Saunders, Lynn Thurston, Leah Mather, Vincent Gibson …
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Louverture Charite
Funeral Service for Louverture Charite age 84 affectionately called “Shorty” a resident of Rock Sound Eleuthera and formerly of St. Louis Du Nord Haiti, who died at his residence August 9th, will be held on Saturday September 10th, 2016 at …
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Bernard Rolle Sr
Mr. Bernard Rolle Sr. age 84 years of Old Bight, Cat Island and formerly of Third Street, The Grove died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Saturday August 24th 2019. Mr. Rolle was predeceased by his children: Cassandra Rolle and …
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‘Buddy’ Hield scores 22 for Kings in loss to 76ers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid got back to playing the kind of game he expects from himself and nothing like the worst game of his career two nights prior.
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sports inbrief
RUGBY CUCKOOS ARE CHAMPIONS THE Cuckoos continued their dominance this season with a 17-15 victory over Baillou to win the Bahamas Cup finale at Winton rugby pitch Saturday. Back in January, Cuckoos defeated Baillou 44-10 to clinch the Nassau Cup Trophy.
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Hoop moves: 'Kino' to new club, Smith signs in France, Coleby re-signs in Japan
SEVERAL Bahamian pro basketball players inked new deals with their respective clubs this offseason.Jaraun “Kino” Burrows will move to a new club in France, while Kentwan Smith signs in France for the first time and Kadeem Coleby re-signs for another
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Police chief: Something must be done with criminals who have served time
THE FATE of criminals who have already served their time should play an integral role in the fight against crime, according Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade.
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Focus on the future
WHEN asked what he would like to be when he grows up, FOCUS student Caleb Mahalland doesn’t miss a beat: “I want to be the Prime Minister. FOCUS will help me reach my goal.”