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Edward F Albury
Edward F. Albury passed away peacefully at a hospital in British Columbia, Canada on February 24th,2016. He was 85 years old. He will be sadly missed by his children; Lorraine Irvin of Florida, Adelle Ryland of South Carolina, Lily Sawyer …
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Adriel Hutcheson
Retired Chief Police Inspector Cardinal Adriel Hutcheson age 85 years of #82 Ashley Road, Ridgeland Park East and formerly of Alice Town, Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday, February 9th, 2014. He is survived by …
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Lerlean Ruthmae Cox
Lerlean Ruthmae Cox, Aka “Flour Cake Lady/Dookie Lady” age 85 of Snug Corner, Acklins and formerly of Mason’s Bay, Acklins died at Princess Margaret Hospital on Tuesday, October 1st, 2019. She is survived by her 9 Daughters: Peralee Knight, Florence …
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Tribune Poll: 85% want press to cover Cuban detainees case
The press should be allowed to attend the hearing of the marines in the Cuban detainees case, according to voters in the Tribune242.com poll.
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Tech issues stall new betting tax
Bahamian gamblers will enjoy a two-month reprieve from the budget’s twin five percent levies because they are “not as easy and straightforward” to implement as the government thought.
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BPC 'halt' rejected over losses pledge absence
The Supreme Court refused to "stay" Bahamas Petroleum Company's (BPC) exploratory oil drilling because its opponents failed to give "a cross-undertaking" to cover potential losses from such delay.
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Breezes High Flyers top Aliv 95-86
THE New Providence Basketball Association got its best-of-five semi-final playoffs started at the AF Adderley Gymnasium over the weekend and there were no surprises in the outcome of the games played.
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Sports Notes
THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action on Monday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium with the College of the Bahamas Caribs and the PJ Stingers winning the double header. While the Caribs stunned the Double R Services Cleaners 81-63, the Stingers out-scored the Island Game Pros 101-95.
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VAT 'recipe for disaster' with no Contractor Bill
A Bahamian contractor said yesterday that levying 7.5 per cent Value-Added Tax (VAT) on the sector without first passing the Contractors Bill would be a “recipe for disaster”, telling Tribune Business: “We are in no manner, shape or form prepared for this.”
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BAIC: 95% OF INDUSTRIAL PARK TENANTS IN DEFAULT
By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net NINETY-FIVE per cent of tenants at the Bahamas Agriculture and Industrial Corporation's (BAIC) Soldier Road Industrial Park are delinquent on rental payments, the park's manager has
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BAIC: 95% OF INDUSTRIAL PARK TENANTS IN DEFAULT
By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net NINETY-FIVE per cent of tenants at the Bahamas Agriculture and Industrial Corporation's (BAIC) Soldier Road Industrial Park are delinquent on rental payments, the park's manager has
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BAIC: 95% OF INDUSTRIAL PARK TENANTS IN DEFAULT
By NATARIO MCKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net NINETY-FIVE per cent of tenants at the Bahamas Agriculture and Industrial Corporation's (BAIC) Soldier Road Industrial Park are delinquent on rental payments, the park's manager has
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That's a lame excuse, says union chief
BAHAMAS Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson released a statement yesterday dismissing Education Director Marcellus Taylor’s “lame excuse” as to why 100 newly recruited teachers are still at home waiting to be employed and assigned to public sc
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Ida Rebecca Johnson
Funeral Service for Ida Rebecca Johnson, age 89 years, of Comfort Homes, Pinewood Gardens, will be held at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, Kemp Road, at 11:00a.m. on Saturday January 10, 2015. Officiating will be The Rev’d Fr. Oswald E. Pinder …
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Kenneth Seaton Fraser
Memorial Service for the Late Kenneth Seaton Fraser, aged 89 years of #111 Mt. Pleasant Village and formerly of Ottawa, Canada, will be held on Monday October 26th, 2015, 1:00 p.m. at New Providence Community Centre, Blake Road. Pastor Matthew …
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‘NPBA action is fantastic’
University of the Bahamas Mingoes open new year with big victories
WITH the return of the New Providence Basketball Association action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium, the University of the Bahamas Mingoes and the Rockets opened the new year with big victories.
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Heat beat Cavs
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) -- Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, LeBron James added 24 against his former team and the Miami Heat tuned up for a long road trip by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-91 on Tuesday night. Chris Bosh finished wit
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Central Bank ease ‘won’t open mortgage avenue’
The Central Bank’s recently-unveiled regulatory easing is unlikely to “open up a new avenue of mortgages” being issued to Bahamian home buyers, a senior banker said yesterday.
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MORE THAN 100K NOW VACCINATED . . . but confirmation of 20 more deaths shows COVID fight not over
THE Ministry of Health confirmed 20 additional COVID-19 deaths on the weekend, bringing the total to 557 to date.
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Gov’t securities issue 63% oversubscribed
Institutional investors are likely to be left disappointed after the last Bahamas Government Stock (BGS) issue for the 2014-2015 fiscal year was more than 63 per cent oversubscribed.
