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Body found after blaze hits building
POLICE in Grand Bahama found human remains in a wooden structure that was destroyed by fire yesterday morning.Shortly after 1am, police from the Fire Department were called to a building fire in Pinedale, Eight Mile Rock on I-95 corner where they met
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St John's and St Paul's advance
ST John’s and St Paul’s have advanced to the Baptist Sports Council’s 2013 Coca-Cola Softball Classic’s best-of-three championship series that is scheduled to be played in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.
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‘40 percent of work permits are jobs Bahamians can do’
LABOUR Director Robert Farquharson believes 40 per cent of the 12,000 work permits issued this year relate to jobs Bahamians can fill.
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High quantity of chemical odours detected near Pinder's Point
AN electric nose analysis in the Pinder’s Point area of Grand Bahama earlier this year revealed the presence of chemical odours that were high compared to European standards, Cabinet Press Secretary Anthony “Ace” Newbold said yesterday. Residents of
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Minnis to create unit "to deliver" on govt promises
THE Minnis administration will establish a Deliverables Unit to help the government make good on its promises of “good governance and accountability”. In yesterday’s press briefing, Press Secretary Anthony “Ace” Newbold announced the creation of the
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Man jailed for six months for threatening to kill
A 38-year-old man was jailed for six months after he admitted threatening to kill a woman, dishonestly receiving stolen appliances and damaging a man’s car. Sanjay Cooper was accused of dishonestly receiving a fridge, blower, AC unit, microwave and
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Macedonia Baptist teams beat neighbourhood rivals
MACEDONIA Baptist Church co-ed and men’s teams both won their games over their neighbourhood rivals, St Paul’s Baptist, as the Baptist Sports Council continued its 2014 Softball Classic in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex last night.
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Bahamas Baseball Federation marks 10th anniversary
THE Bahamas Baseball Federation continues the celebration of its 10th anniversary with the highlighting of a decade of successful accomplishments. The Federation continued its series of little
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Activist presents documentary to House speaker
FORMER Member of Parliament and cultural activist Edmund Moxey presented his documentary "The Price of Being a Man: The Ed Moxey Story" - which tells the story of the creation Jumbey Village and the quiet revolution that followed - to Speaker of the House Alvin Smith at the House of Assembly yesterday.
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Eddie Ford: ‘We lived like brothers’
AS they began their trek towards playing professional baseball in the United States in 1967, Eddie Ford recalled how he spent a lot of time with the late Edison Armbrister.
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WNBA MVP Jonquel Jones designated as core player
THE Connecticut Sun have placed the core tag on reigning WNBA MVP Jonquel Jones, weeks ahead of what is expected to be a busy 2022 free agency period.
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Sports Notes
THE Bahamas Association of Athletic Coaches (BAAC) is scheduled to hold the annual Bay Street Mile on Saturday.
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Buddy Hield sinks a career-high 46
Bahamian Buddy Hield had a career night on Monday but it wasn’t enough as the No.2 ranked Oklahoma Sooners fell victim to top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks 109-106 in triple overtime as they had their perfect winning season snapped at the Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Tourism standards must ‘runneth over’
The Bahamas must improve its customer services and ‘value for money’ standards if the tourism industry is to remain competitive, an Atlantis executive said yesterday.
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SPORTS NOTES
THE Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools is scheduled to complete its regular season for softball starting at 4pm today and on Tuesday at the various schools that have to play make-up games,
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Barbara Mae Woodside
Funeral Service for the late Barbara Mae Woodside age 57 years of Sarah Street, Robinson Road will be held on Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 at 10:00am at Trinity “City of Praise”, Tonique Williams Darling Highway.Officiating will be Apostle Ed & …
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Temporary closure of cabbage beach access for stairway repairs
OFFICIALS at Atlantis yesterday confirmed the “temporary closure” of the main public access path to Cabbage Beach, as the resort looks to repair a collapsed stairway.Senior vice president of public affairs Ed Fields said the resort thought it best to
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Ayton, Coleby share similar homecoming experiences
THE Bad Boy Mowers 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis featured its traditional field of elite NCAA Division I programmes but it also served as homecoming experiences for DeAndre Ayton and Dwight Coleby.