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More than 1,600 evacuees in New Providence shelters
MORE than 1,600 people are in emergency shelters in New Providence, according to the National Emergency Management Agency, as Hurricane Dorian’s decimation forced 4,800 people to be evacuated to the capital.
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COVID collapse sparked rare $1.7bn ‘dual deficit’
Tourism’s “collapse” at COVID-19’s peak “exposed the fragility” of The Bahamas’ current economic model by producing rare twin goods and services trade deficits worth a combined $1.7bn.
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Giants rout high flyers in NPBA season opener
THE New Providence Basketball Association tipped off its 2019-20 season Saturday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium with a championship rematch in Division II.
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Tribune publisher to be honoured
EILEEN Carron, the publisher/editor of The Tribune, is to be recognised for “more than 50 years of dedicated and courageous work at The Tribune” this month by the Bahamas Press Club at its first awards ceremony to honour pioneers in the field of journalism and mass communications in the country.
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Jonquel Jones leads the Sun to preseason victory
IN her return to the WNBA, Jonquel Jones showed flashes of the dominance expected to come this season for the Connecticut Sun.
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Bernice Johnson
Funeral Service for the Late Bernice Johnson, 94 years of Soldier Road and formerly of James Cistern, Eleuthera, will be held on Saturday September 6th, 2014, 11:00 a.m. at Ebenezer Methodist Church, Shirley Street. Rev. Godfrey Bethell will officiate. Interment …
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Dillis Alvara Wilson
Funeral Service for the Late Dillis Alvara Wilson, aged 94 years of Royal Palm Street, Culmersville and formerly of Farmer’s Cay, Exuma, who died on Sunday, December 27th, 2015, will be held on Saturday, January 16th, 2016, 10:00 a.m. at …
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Reginald Lorenzo Sands
Funeral Service for the Late Reginald Lorenzo Sands, 94 years of Jean Street, Gleniston Gardens and formerly of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, will be held on Saturday December 27th, 2014, 11:00 a.m. at Bethel Baptist Church, Meeting Street. Rev. Dr. Timothy …
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Wilfred James Thompson
Funeral Service for late Wilfred James Thompson age 94 years of Labour Street, Haste Street will be held on Saturday, February 28th, 2015 at 11:00am at Transfiguration Baptist Church, Market and Vesey Streets. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. Stephen E. …
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Irene Olive Kluge (Nee Simpson)
Irene Olive Kluge, 94 (Nee Simpson) On the morning of September 5th, 2015, Olive passed away peacefully at her home off West Bay Street. She was born on December 10th, 1920 in the small country town of Dungannon, County Tyrone, …
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Lorraine Margaretta Curry
Funeral Service for Lorraine Margaretta Curry age 94 of Cedar Harbour, Abaco who died on October 10, 2017 will be held on Saturday November 11, 2017 at 11:00 am at The Church of God of Prophecy, East Street Tabernacle, East …
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Tribune Radio names group sales manager
The Tribune Media Group has appointed Vanessa Mott as sales manager for all the stations that come under Tribune Radio Ltd (Radio House).
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Coleby grabs season high 19 rebounds in win, Knowles cans 16 in loss
THE race for the final playoff spot in Turkey’s Turkish Basketball First League with both Dwight Coleby and Zane Knowles looking to secure spots for their respective clubs.
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Acting Chief Justice given full role at last
THE Cabinet Office yesterday confirmed Chief Justice Stephen Isaacs has been formally appointed to the substantive post after months of speculation.
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UPDATED: Teenager is first murder of year
Police are investigating after a man died following a shooting on Market Street on New Year’s Day.
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Jones posts another double double, Sun beat Mercury
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Jonquel Jones had 15 points and 14 rebounds for her 11th double-double this season, and the Connecticut Sun beat the short-handed Phoenix Mercury 68-62 last night for their sixth straight win.
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The undefeated
DICK Anderson remembered it as clear as day. When you go through a perfect season, how could one forget.
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Gov’t ‘exhausts’ 95% of deficit projection
The Government used up 95 per cent of its projected 2015-2016 full-year deficit within the first five months, the Chamber’s chairman arguing this shows the Bahamas cannot escape its fiscal predicament via new taxes alone.
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Auto dealers: Sales ‘20% higher’ if we had supply
Bahamian auto dealers yesterday said industry-wide sales would be “20 percent higher” than the actual 159 year-over-year increase for 2022 to-date if vehicle supplies matched pre-COVID levels.
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‘They wanted Gov’t to buy the Grand Lucayan twice’
The Grand Lucayan’s ex-chairman yesterday said the Government would “effectively have been buying the hotel a second time” had it agreed to Royal Caribbean and ITM Group’s demand it finance 95 percent of the $50m purchase price.
