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FACE TO FACE: The best decision of Paul Thompson’s life
IT was a spur of the moment decision that changed the trajectory of his entire life. He was 23 years old when he saw an ad in the Trinidad Guardian recruiting young men for the Police Force in The Bahamas. He read it and immediately knew it’s what he wanted to do. Now, at age 95, retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Rupert Thompson still says it was the best decision he made in his entire life.
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Doctors’ contact concern
THE Bahamas Doctors Union has called on the Ministry of Health to create a clear strategy that highlights the role it wants doctors to play in the country’s COVID-19 response, warning that a failure to do so could result in a devastating economic and health fallout for the country.
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GSSSA volleyball: Games start at 4pm daily
AFTER waiting for the officials to be paid for their services from last year, the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association finally got its 2019/20 calendar year off and running with volleyball this week at various venues starting at 4pm. The
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Briland: Cruise tourism ‘disaster waiting to happen’
More than 99.4 percent of existing and potential Harbour Island visitors have made it “crystal clear cruise tourism is a disaster waiting to happen” for the destination, a hotelier warned yesterday.
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Customs regulations changes to clamp down on gun smuggling into the Bahamas
NEW Customs regulations could clamp down on illegal smuggling of items like guns, State Minister for Finance Michael Halkitis said on Friday.
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New Customs rules to 'clamp down on gun smuggling'
NEW customs regulations could clamp down on illegal smuggling of items like guns, State Minister for Finance Michael Halkitis said on Friday.
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Gov't urged to remove planning 'bottlenecks'
A well-known contractor yesterday urged the Government to identify and alleviate the “bottlenecks” in the planning and approvals process, particularly for single-family homes, claiming that such projects were pumping money directly back into the the economy.
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Public school attendance is down four percentage points since last year
THE public school attendance rate is at 91 percent this year, according to Acting Education Director Dominique Russell.
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Raptors roar ahead
THE CH Reeves Raptors seem to be well on their way to tightening their stranglehold on the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s (GSSSA) Junior High Track and Field Championships.
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LEANNA ROLLE
Funeral Service for the late MATRIARCH LEANNA ROLLE age 95 years of Victoria Blvd., East Street and formerly of Rolle Town, Exuma will be held on Saturday, August 13th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Zion South Beach Baptist Church, Zion …
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Sybil Forbes
Funeral Service for Mother Sybil Forbes, 95 of Ferguson Court , Nassau Village and formally of Kemps Bay Andros died on December 20 ,2016 will be held at Living Faith Seventh Day Adventist Church , Old Trail Road , on …
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Lezera Olevia Ann Butler
Funeral Service For Lezera Olevia Ann Butler, 95 a resident of #9 Timothy Lane, Fox Hill, & formerly of Wemyss Bight, Eleuthera, will be held at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Fox Hill Road, on Saturday 22nd July, 2017 at 10:00 …
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Alwilter Jane Bain
Memorial Service for Alwilter Jane Bain, age 95 years, of Melvern Road and Maize Court, formerly of Harbour Island will be held on Friday November 30th, 2012 at 11:00 a.m., at Christ the King Anglican Church, Ridgeland Park West. Officiating …
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Viola Gibson
Funeral Service for the late Ms. Viola Gibson age 95 years old of Finlayson Street and formerly of Major’s Cay, Crooked Island will be held on Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at 1:45pm at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Boyd Road. Officiating …
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Work to repair hurricane damage to begin
By KHRISNA VIRGIL kvirgil@tribunemedia.net CONSTRUCTION of 13 homes destroyed in the southeastern Bahamas during hurricane Irene will soon begin as building supplies worth $400,000 were shipped to contractors late last evening. Yesterday, NEMA director C
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Ayton scores 24 in loss to Clippers
PHOENIX (AP) — Paul George scored 39 points and the Los Angeles Clippers held on to beat the Phoenix Suns 112-107 last night after nearly blowing a 31-point lead in a matchup of two of the Western Conference’s top early season teams.
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Sports in brief
THE New Providence Volleyball Association continued its regular season at the DW Davis Gym on Wednesday night.
