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Sunshine Insurance Marathon Bahamas - Full Marathon Results

Junkanoo Beach - Nassau, Bahamas January 15, 2012 Overall Male Winner Overall FirstName LastName Country Age 10K 21K 30K GunTime NetTime Pace 1 Bryan Huberty USA 33 36:41 1:16:56 1:51:12 2:42:53 2:42:53 6:13 Overall Female Winner 3 Angela

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The importance of understanding blood pressure - know your numbers

Are you suffering from high blood pressure? In the Bahamas, it’s an epidemic silent killer. A 2006 healthy lifestyle initiative led by the government noted that approximately 21 percent of the Bahamian populace had hypertension. And according to a 2012 PAHO report, the number one cause of death in the Bahamas between 2006 and 2009 was related to hypertensive disease with 688 deaths.

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Atlantis targeting $130m investment by end-2018

Atlantis’s top executive yesterday revealed that the Paradise Island destination resort is likely to invest a further $130 million to upgrade its amenities by 2018 year-end.Howard Karawan, its president and managing director, said “north of $80 milli

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Governor pledges to tackle private sector’s ‘pain spot’

The Central Bank’s governor yesterday pledged to tackle the “pain spot” suffered by many Bahamian companies over the difficulties encountered in opening bank accounts.

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What future for little-used Ayton?

DEANDRE Ayton played sparingly in his Phoenix Suns’ worst playoff loss in franchise history which prompted many to revisit a lingering and unresolved contract negotiation between the team and its former no.1 overall pick.

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$1.4m in applications seeking to utilise Hurricane Matthew exigency order

THE government has received almost $1.4 million in applications submitted by persons seeking to utilise the exigency order declared in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, Minister of National Insurance and Labour Shane Gibson said yesterday. The 180-day exigency order, declared effective from October 7, allows residents affected by the storm to import certain items into the country duty and tax-free. It only covers New Providence, Grand Bahama, the Berry Islands and North and Central Andros.

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THE New Providence Oldtimers Softball Association continued its divisional playoffs in the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreation Grounds over the weekend.

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THE Bahamas Amateur Cycling Federation is scheduled to hold its annual Bertram ‘Cowboy’ Musgrove Tour De New Providence Cycling Classic over the weekend of October 30 to November 1. The event is designed for competitors in the level 1 for male, level II, level III and level IV for men and women.

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THE Rising Star Youth Baseball & Softball Development League, with a wish to recognise the pioneers of both sporting disciplines on Grand Bahama, will show its respect for their efforts during a dinner at Le Chateau on the Green, Freeport, on Saturday, November 28.

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THE Baptist Sports Council has announced that its 2015 volleyball classic will be held at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday, October 31.

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Student Run Marathon Bahamas features more than 20 teams

IN an effort to engage student athletes in the fight against cancer and promote healthy lifestyles through competition, Scotiabank will once again partner with Sunshine Insurance for its seventh annual Race Weekend.

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Union chief considers end to compulsory gratuities

THE concept of 15 per cent gratuity automatically being paid to some workers needs to be “reassessed,” said Trade Union Congress President Obie Ferguson.

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Golden Gates pound St John's 13-3

BOTH Golden Gates and St Paul’s stepped their game up as the Baptist Sports Council kicked off its 2014 Coca-Cola Softball Classic postseason play in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday night.

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Marathon Bahamas: Bank awards student relay winners

CONTINUING its effort to engage student athletes in the fight against cancer, Scotiabank awarded its student relay winners in the sixth annual Sunshine Insurance Race Weekend.

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Over 170 entries for Bahamas Carnival song competition

IT HAS taken Bahamian artists just eight weeks to write more than 170 songs for entry into the Bahamas Carnival Song Competition, and tomorrow is the day we finally find out who won the contest and the $20,000 cash prize.

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Motorsport mania

Team Bahamas is poised to make history for the local development of the sport when they compete in the 2022 International Automobile Federation (FIA) Motorsport Games.

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Sunset Pilot Club makes history in Grand Bahama

THE Sunset Pilot Club of Grand Bahama has made history as the first chartered co-ed Pilot Club on the island.

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Jane Walkine

Funeral Service for the late Jane Walkine age 67 years of Yellow Elder Gardens will be held on Saturday July 7th, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Stapledon Gardens. Officiating will be Archdeacon Mark Fox assisted by …