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Michael Rudolph Hart

Funeral service for Michael Rudolph Hart, 53 a resident of Baillou Hill Road & Fleming Street, will be held at Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church, Deveaux Street, on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 1:45 p.m. Officiating will …

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Edith Moore

Funeral service for Edith Moore age 70 years of #21 St. Martin Road Golden Gates and formerly of South Caicos of the Turks and Caicos Islands will be held on Saturday March 25, 2017 at Christ the King Anglican Church …

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Leo Shamonte Rahming

Funeral Service for Leo Shamonte Rahming, aged 33 years of #32 Seaview Drive, will be held on Saturday 20th May 2017, 9:00 a.m. at St John’s Native Baptist Cathedral, Meeting Street, Bishop Carrington S. Pinder and other Ministers of the …

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Una Bowe Curtis

Last rites for Una Bowe Curtis aged 62 of Fifth Street and Robinson Road, Coconut Grove and formerly of Harts, Great Exuma will be held on Saturday at 10:00 A.M. at Christ The King Parish church, Ridgeland Park, West. Officiating …

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Dwight Andrew Trevor Smith

Funeral Service for the Late Dwight Andrew Trevor Smith, 53 years of Rugby Drive, Winton Meadows, will be held on Friday July 12th, 2013, 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church, Virginia Street. Rev’d. Fr. Dwight M. Bowe …

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Bahamasair partners with NFL Flag Bahamas

Bahamasair, the national flag carrier, is now officially on board with NFL Flag Bahamas and will sponsor Team Bahamas for the Pro Bowl Games scheduled for February 1-4 in Orlando, Florida.

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1,500 given vaccine in first few days

MORE than 1,500 people have received their first shots of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine since the country’s national vaccination programme was launched last week.

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Boat owners agree not to sail with PM Thunderbird

ALTHOUGH his PM Thunderbird received permission from the Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Renward Wells to sail in the Best of the Best Regatta this weekend, a number of the A Class boats said they won’t be at the starting line this weekend if Rev Dr Philip McPhee sails his boat.

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EDITORIAL: Trump under fire - and furious

Two relatively unploughed fields of battle have now opened in Washington, DC for America’s most adept media manipulator. While President Donald Trump’s public 2017 fights with critics and erstwhile friends were largely limited to TV and print media, the worlds of books and movies have now been added to the public frenzy that is the current US presidency.

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Do you want local government for New Providence?

THE government is conducting widespread consultation on the implementation of local government in New Providence. A national advisory committee was launched in April, according to a press statement, which explained the Minnis administration was hopi

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48 hours to go until plastics ban

WITH about 48 hours until the government’s single use plastics ban comes into effect, major companies in New Providence are still in the process of making final preparations for the fast approaching January 1 deadline.

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THE PRESS BOX: In COVID-19 pandemic, ‘Thank god for game replays on YouTube’

AS we continue to get through the COVID-19 pandemic, and things slowly return to normalcy, pro sports continue to remain sidelined, leaving sports fans with nothing of substance to fill the sports void.

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Marlins trade Gallen to D-backs for Jazz Chisholm

After spending the past four years with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Jazz Chisholm is moving closer to home with the Miami Marlins in a deal before Wednesday’s trade deadline that will allow him to join fellow Bahamian right fielder Anfernee Seymour on the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Double-A team.

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INSIGHT: 0.00000717% – That’s the chance of a tourist being a victim of crime here

Every year we have a circular discussion about the Travel Advisory issued by the US. State Department. It usually comes out in January, but because of the shutdown, it was just released. It is time we get off this hamster wheel once and for all.

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Call on corporate Bahamas to sponsor sloops

WITH the local sailing sloops getting a big boost over the weekend with the successful staging of the first Best-of-the-Best Regatta in Montagu Bay, one local sailing enthusiast is calling on corporate Bahamas to get more involved in sponsoring the boats to make the sport more viable for the owners and sailors.

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Tributes paid to Larry Smith

TRIBUTES have poured in for Larry Smith, the well-known columnist who died on Sunday, as his family announced his funeral will be held this Saturday at the Bahamas National Trust’s Retreat on Village Road. Former Tribune managing editor John Marquis

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UFC: Edwards suffers second straight loss

By RENALDO DORSETT

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Sports in brief

THE New Providence Volleyball Association continued its second playoff series at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Wednesday night as the Johnson’s Cherry Bombs swept the College of the Bahamas Lady Caribs 28-26, 25-17 and 25-22 to win the series 2-0 and advance to the ladies’ championship.

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Sports in brief

MARK Knowles will come out of a brief retirement this week when he plays in the men’s doubles match with Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt in the prestigious Wimbledon Grand Slam Tournament at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, England.

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Major League draft shows a bright future for Bahamians

WITH the drafting of three Bahamians into the Major League baseball over the weekend, the future looks bright for the Bahamas.