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Providence Basketball Classic heats up on day 2

The Providence Basketball Club moved into day two of its holiday tournament yesterday featuring 16 of the top senior boys’ basketball programmes throughout the island nation.Hosted at the DW Davis Gymnasium, the tournament continues at 1pm today.Aqui

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Students lose math fear via web-based learning

The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) has been using Internet-based learning systems to reduce the fear of mathematics among its students. The subject has always been daunting for Darian Smith. Since high school, he always struggled w

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Rolle fails to make the cut

It wasn’t so much the windy conditions as it was her putting that made it difficult for Bahamian exemption player Georgette Rolle to improve on her performance as she ended up at the bottom of the 108-player field at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classi

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World’s best lady golfers ‘Pure as Silk’ in Classic

A mainstay on the Bahamas’ sports tourism calendar for the immediate future, the Ladies Professional Golfers Association (LPGA) Pure Silk-Bahamas Classic is set to tee off in just over two weeks featuring the best 120 female golfers in the world.

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84-year-old woman strangled to death

THE death of an 84-year-old woman who was found at her home about two weeks ago has been classified as a homicide by strangulation.

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Volleyball: Vixens and Intruders 2-0 in best-of-5 series

BOTH last year’s defending champions Scottsdale Vixens and National Fence Intruders won the first two games of the New Providence Volleyball Association’s best-of-five championship series at the DW Davis Gymnasium.

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Wildcats top Bahamas 85-61 in Big Blue debut

The Bahamas’ national select squad gave the Kentucky Wildcats all they could handle through 30 minutes, but the visitors separated themselves late in the second half to win their Big Blue Bahamas Tour debut.The Wildcats won 85-61 last night in front

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85-year-old clings to floating refrigerator to survive Dorian

VIRGINIA Mosvold held on to a refrigerator for two days, bobbing up and down in water that nearly covered her face after Hurricane Dorian flooded her family’s home in Grand Bahama in early September.

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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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ACE Diabetes Expo helps the community 'get on track' to better health

MORE than 400 Bahamians came out to support the second annual ACE Diabetes Get On Track Expo last Saturday.

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Jonquel Jones and Liberty get set to face Mystics

Jonquel Jones and the New York Liberty wrapped up one of their best regular seasons in franchise history and will now battle against the seventh-seeded Washington Mystics tonight to start their postseason run.

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SuperGreen Solutions: Seeing the light with solar AC

Think about your home. What is the single biggest consumer of power? What is the biggest part of your electricity bill? Since you read the title of this article, I am going to go out on a limb and guessed you said “my air conditioning”.

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Acing organic skincare

As Jessica Greene was shopping in preparation for the birth of her son, she was horrified to discover how many baby products contained not only harmful chemicals but also ingredients believed to cause cancer in some cases. Following this troubling revelation she started to research and got to work creating natural skincare products for her newborn, everything from baby wash and shampoo to wipes.

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Sky Bahamas bounces back with 'exceptionally good Christmas'

A LEADING domestic airline said that it is coming off an “exceptionally good Christmas” with load factors averaging as high as 85 per cent for the period, and its CEO reiterating calls for the government to rethink its decision to levy 15 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT) on domestic air transportation.

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Jonquel Jones is the MVP frontrunner in EuroLeague

Jonquel Jones’ double double streak recently came to an end but she remains the frontrunner to claim another MVP award this season.

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Wilfred Baitho Augustave

Wilfred Baitho “Grand Daddy” Augustave, 85 a resident of Fleming Street & formerly of Port-Au-Paix, Haiti, died at PMH on March 5, 2018. He is survived by his children: Rosemarie Augustave, Gensel Dorcely, Bettie Dorcely, Bernecile & Tony augustave, Janette …

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Isaac Rolle

Isaac “Heavy” Rolle age 85 years of Silver Pine Lane Off Marshall Road and formerly of Black Point South Andros, died today Wednesday July 4th 2018. He is survived by his sons: Terrence and Gardell Rolle; Daughters; Hazley Blatch, Valerie …

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JOHN ALEXANDER DARVILLE

Funeral Service for the Late JOHN ALEXANDER DARVILLE; age 85 yrs. Of Geriatric Hospital Fox Hill. Service will be held on Friday, 2nd May 2014, 11:00 a.m. at Rock of Ages Funeral Chapel, Pinedale & Wulff Road. Officiating: Pastor Hugh …

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Oral Davis

Death Notice Oral Davis, 85 a resident of #73 Avacardo Street, Pinewood Gardens, died at his residence on 24th July, 2017. He is survived by his wife: Altamae Davis; 3 daughters: Vernell Roker, Precious & Leandrea Davis; 11 sons: James …

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EULA ROLLE

Death Notice for EULA ROLLE, 85 of Strachan’s Alley, off Kemp Road, died at her residence on Sunday, August 20, 2017. She is survived by five sons: Bertram, Elvis, Kevin and Keith Rolle and Phillip; Two sisters: Century and Elder …