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Bahamas to host Aqua X World Championships
The Bahamas’ sports tourism product is set to expand with a new initiative by the Atlantis resort, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation, the Nassau/Paradise Island Promotion Board and P1 Aqua Cross (branded Aqua X) Racing.
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Bahamians take NCAA Division I basketball spotlight
A MATCHUP between a pair of Bahamians in a double overtime thriller highlighted the weekend of play in NCAA Division I basketball.
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Dean, Greene go head-to-head in Canada high school preseason
A PAIR of Bahamian prep basketball prospects went head-to-head with their respective programmes in Canadian high school preseason play. Romad Dean (Crestwood Prep) and Paul Greene (J Addison Prep) are both in their first year with their respective p
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Class of 2014 inducted into National Sports Hall of Fame
THE Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Class of 2014 was inducted into the National Sports Hall of Fame at Government House on Friday night.
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Charles Carter Grant II
Funeral Service for the late Charles Carter Grant II, aged 81 years of Hibiscus Beach Drive, Cable Beach, will be held on Friday, 11th November, 2016, 1:30 p.m. at St. Agnes Anglican Church, Baillou Hill Road. Fr. I. Ranfurly Brown …
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VADO SHERLIN BOOTLE SR
Funeral Service for MR. VADO SHERLIN BOOTLE SR. age 49 years of Murphy Town, Abaco will be held on Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.at Faith Walk Church of God, Cooper’s Town, Abaco. Officiating will be Bishop Samuel Cornish, …
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Outgoing High Commissioner looking forward to being involved in sports back home
By BRENT STUBBSSenior Sports Reporterbstubbs@tribunemedia.netLONDON: After spending the past four “wonderful” years of as the Bahamas High Commissioner to London, Ed Bethel said his only regret is that he will miss the 16th International Amateur Athl
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The drug lord years in the Bahamas
A FLOUNDERING economy in the 1970s left the country desperate and encouraged some within the leadership of the governing PLP to to make the conscious decision to partner with drug lords, Majority Rule MP Ed Moxey told The Tribune.
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Real Deal Shockers rout Cybots, 96-76
THE defending champions PJ Stingers and the league’s top team during the regular season, the Commonwealth Bank Giants, highlighted the opening weekend of the New Providence Basketball Association men’s playoffs at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
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landfill agreement with bidder '85% complete'
ENVIRONMENT Minister Romauld Ferreira said the New Providence Sanitary Landfill’s investment and management contract between the government and the selected bidder is 80 to 85 percent completed.
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PM: 40% of VAT money to deficit
Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday said 40 per cent of the $1.14 billion Value-Added Tax (VAT) revenues has gone towards reducing the deficit, as he gave an accounting designed to end the “grave and nonsensical misconceptions that revenues were being squandered”.
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David Nesbitt helps his team capture league title in Brazil
David Nesbitt and his club captured a league title in Brazil.Paulistano Sao Paolo closed out the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) finals with an 82-76 win over Mogi das Cruzes to clinch the best of five series 3-1.Nesbitt got the start but finished with ju
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Enid Inez Deveaux Cox
Enid Inez Deveaux Cox age 86 of Miami, Florida and formally of Nassau, died on 3rd February, 2017 in Miami Florida. She was predeceased by 3 Children: Simmin Bowe, Una Bowe Curtis and Daniel Cox Jr. Left to cherish her …
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Ruth Irene Smith
Death Notice for Ruth Irene Smith age 86 years, of Ridgeland Park West died at Princess Margaret Hospital on Friday September 06, 2019. She is survived by her daughters; Valderine Hepburn, Gail John, and Rhonda Higgs, her son: Derek Humes; …
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NCAA: Mikhail McLean suffers broken leg
IT WAS a bittersweet weekend for several Bahamian players in NCAA basketball with a major injury for one and key conference wins for others.
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Ayton helps Wildcats secure 88-82 win over Crimson Tide
THE Arizona Wildcats were locked into another close game down the stretch when they turned to their freshman phenom to deliver in the clutch. DeAndre Ayton made a pair of jumpers on consecutive possessions to help the Wildcats pull away for an 88-82 win over the Alabama Crimson Tide at the McKale Center in Tuscon, Arizona, on Saturday.
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16th anniversary celebrations of Prayer Grotto - Four days of fasting and breakthrough prayer
THE Commonwealth and Global Payer Grotto is celebrating 16 Years of prayer ministry to the nations. This quiet place of prayer, meditation and worship is the prayer ministry of Trinity City of Praise and is embedded in the hills of Nassau, overlooking the city.
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Sports Notes
AS the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology gets ready for the hosting of the first National High School Basketball Tournament this weekend in Grand Bahama, Ozzie ‘the Sports Insider’ Simon has released the rankings of the top teams.
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Atlantis: No policy preventing hiring of Baha Mar staff
WHILE job security remains uncertain for the more than 2,000 Bahamians employed at Baha Mar, an Atlantis executive said the resort would consider hiring staff of the $3.5bn project based on its needs.
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Garbage galore
This conflict issue and who owns what? Surely there is a simple remedy seeing that we signed-off on FACTA and we tell the Americans even our bed secrets. We amend the Company’s Act and require no more “nominee shareholders” and that all directors have to be shown on their corporate stationary.
