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Leaks blamed as rationing continues
A YEAR and a half after agreeing to pay a foreign company more than $80 million to reduce water losses, the Water and Sewerage Corporation is now experiencing a “significant” increase in leakage, general manager Glen Laville admitted yesterday.
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Bahamian basketball players take global spotlight
BAHAMIAN basketball players in various leagues across the globe continued their seasons following the winter break and head toward the postseason.The trio of Bahamians in French Basketball’s Pro B Division had varying results and places in the standi
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Irma hits 80% of Bahamas’ marina market
Bahamian marinas are concerned that Hurricane Irma’s strike on Florida could impact 80 per cent of their market, although most reported no storm-related damage themselves.
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Baha Mar admits to no redundancy cash
Baha Mar has admitted it “does not have sufficient cash” to pay its 2,400 employees due compensation should it have to make them redundant, as its $80 million financing facility has been blocked - at least for the moment - by Government and Chinese opposition.
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Sand Dollar High Flyers even the series 1-1
AFTER a tough loss to the Leno Regulators last week Thursday, the Sand Dollar Imports High Flyers evened the series 1-1 in a 86-63 blowout win.
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Wins for the Elite Ballers, Sand Dollar Lady Flyers
THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association hosted a pair of games on Saturday at the DW Davis Gymnasium with the Elite Ballers and the Sand Dollar Lady Flyers prevailing.
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MLB icon Hank Aaron dies at the age of 86
SOME memories are worth cherishing, especially one when reflecting on the passing of persons who have impacted their lives.
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Ayton and the Suns end skid with 115-111 win over Buddy and Kings
PHOENIX (AP) — Kelly Oubre Jr matched his career high with 26 points, including a one-handed rebound jam with 11.1 seconds to play, and the Phoenix Suns snapped a six-game losing streak, rallying from a 21-point deficit to beat the turnover-prone Sacramento Kings 115-111 last night.
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PM tours construction site
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis and Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar toured the Goldwynn boutique hotel construction site on West Bay Street yesterday. Construction on the $120 million project has resumed after a temporary stop due to COVID-19
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NHI $1,000 cost 'not pulled from out of thin air'
THE National Health Insurance Authority’s (NHIA) chairman yesterday defended the $1,000 premium costing for its basic package, arguing it had not been “pulled out of thin air”.
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Stingers beat Cybots, 82-80
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at AF Adderley Gymnasium over the weekend. A series of games were played.
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The day Ed Moxey’s ‘vexation was yucked up’
THERE was much discomfort in the official pews at the state funeral on Friday of Edmund Spencer Moxey when Anthony “Ace” Newbold recalled with sarcasm how “our leaders said Edmund was ambitious and had to be stopped and punished – and so they did… and our leaders were all honourable men.”
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Eric Charles Thompson
Funeral service for the late Eric Charles Thompson age 86 years of Bartlett’s Addition, Johnson Road, and formerly of Oasis Street, Five Pound Lot, who died on 14th February, 2015, will be held on Saturday, 28th February, 2015, at 11:00 …
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Eloise Lucene Cargill-Wilmott
Mrs. Eloise Lucene “Deli” Cargill-Wilmott age 86 years of #145 Bamboo Blvd., South Beach Estate, and formerly of Calabash Bay, Andros, died at her residence on Sunday, November 2nd, 2014 Precious memories will linger in the hearts of her relatives …
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Neville Robert Nixon
Funeral Service for Neville Robert Nixon age 86 of Ferdinand Drive Regency Park and formerly of Little Farmers Cay, Exuma will be held on Saturday May 21, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Grace Community Church, Palmetto Village. Officiating will be …
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Sidney Roston Valentine Burrows
Funeral Service for Sidney Roston Valentine Burrows, age 86 years of Shirlea Road, will be held on Friday November 4, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Central Gospel Chapel, Dowdeswell Street. Officiating will be Pastor Allan Lee assisted by Brother Brentford …
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Lady Zoe Maynard dies, aged 92
FRIENDS and family are mourning the death of Lady Zoe Maynard, wife of former Deputy Prime Minister Sir Clement Maynard, who died peacefully at home yesterday, aged 92.
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A massive U-turn in China
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Having maintained a strict zero- COVID policy for almost three years, the Chinese government had become a prisoner of it. The strategy was designed to address the low vaccination rates of the elderly population (80 million people aged 80+ years are not vaccinated and 44% of the population did not receive the third dose, this percentage rising to 60% among people aged 80+ years). And, although studies in Hong Kong comparing CoronaVac with BioNTech’s vaccine have not been conclusive, the Chinese government did not seem to have much confidence in the degree of immunity provided by their own vaccines.
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Popeyes to add 80 jobs with new site
Popeyes Bahamas is investing more than $2 million to launch its second restaurant on Carmichael Road before year-end 2016, a move that is expected to create 80 jobs.
