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'Most of New Providence has had electricty restored'
ELECTRICITY has been restored to most of Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s customers in New Providence since Hurricane Sandy, said Corporation Chairman Leslie Miller.
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Sea Bees meet is buzzing
WITH the season winding down, the Sea Bees Swim Club provided the local swimmers with another opportunity to qualify for the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s annual Royal Bank of Canada National Swimming Championship.
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'It's all about getting the job done'
AS THE sixth Bahamian to play in the Major League, Antoan Richardson has had an impact on the local sporting community. He joined the elite field that includes Ed Armbrister, Wilfred ‘Suggy’ Culmer, Tony Curry, Wenty Ford and Andre Rodgers.
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Aliv reaches out to help blaze victim
ALIV, as part of its duty to the community, stepped up to the plate to donate funds as well as necessary items which included clothes to 96-year-old Pinedale, Eight Mile Rock resident Doris Smith.Ms Smith is one of Grand Bahama’s oldest inhabitants w
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2,000 jobs go at Baha Mar
MORE than 2,000 Baha Mar employees have been made redundant effective today, according to a statement from the resort’s joint provisional liquidators.
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Sports Notes
THE New Providence Volleyball Association continued its regular season at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
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National Insurance benefits
EDITOR, The Tribune.
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38 set to be honoured as National Sports Legends
THE nation’s newest NBA star Buddy Hield, former Deputy Prime Minister Dr Cynthia “Mother” Pratt, Women’s NBA standout Jonquel Jones, and veterans like Leonard Boston Blackie Miller, Peter Gilcud, swim coach Andy Knowles and sports administrators like Sir Arlington Butler as well as the late Vince Ferguson are joined by the country’s only test cricketer Ivan Johnson in the 38 Sports Legends list as part of the country’s 43rd Independence Anniversary celebrations.
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DIANE PHILLIPS: Honestly, I’m all in a pickle
It’s possible that I slept through the last decade but highly unlikely so how else do I account for the fact that until Friday I never heard of the world’s fastest growing sport? Wonder if you have.
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BAAA to host Atlantis National Junior Track & Field Championships June 8-9
A LANDMARK year for the Bahamas at the junior track and field level looks to continue this weekend as the BAAA partne
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Drug years are where the decay started
I have read many letters in the press recently, some of which I can fully subscribe to, hence I hesitated to write one of my own. But certain events have now compelled me to write.
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Sports news in brief
THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) has confirmed that Iesha Shephard has been seclected to represent the Bahamas at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) 7th Regional Training Camp for players 13-and-under to be held in Tobago at the Shaw Park Tennis Facilities.
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Violet Delores Curry
Memorial Service for the late Violet Delores Curry age 77 years of Cox Street, Fox Hill will be held on Friday, December 5th, 2014 at 7:00pm at St. Anselm’s Romans Catholic Church, Bernard Road, Fox Hill. Officiating will be Deacon …
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Keith Oliver Dawkins
Funeral Service for the Late Keith Oliver Dawkins, aged 50 years of #17 Jerome Avenue, Pyfrom Addition, who died on Saturday, 14th May, 2016, will be held on Saturday, May 28th, 2016, 10:00 a.m. at Greater Bethel Cathedral, Faith United …
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GODFREY ALEXANDER FRANCIS
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR GODFREY ALEXANDER FRANCIS, 75 of Bullock’s Harbour, Berry Island, who died on Sunday, October 8th 2017, will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Church of God of Prophecy, East Street Tabernacle. Officiating will be Bishop …
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Dr. Ira Earle Farrington
Funeral Service for the Late Dr. Ira Earle Farrington, 86 years of #114 Eastern Road, will be held on Friday November 15th, 2013, 10:00 a.m. at St. Michael’s Methodist Church, Churchill Avenue, Boyd Subdivision. Rev. Dr. Philip A. Stubbs, Rev. …
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Winston Cooper
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mr. Winston”Gus” Cooper, M.B.E. Age 72yrs, a resident of Stapledon Gardens, will be held on Saturday, 11th January 2014, 10.00 am. at The Parish Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Stapledon Gardens, Officiating …
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Rose Marie Butler
Funeral Service for Rose Marie Butler, age 77 years, of Ernest and York Streets, formerly of Andros, will be held at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Shirley and Church Streets, on Monday January 20th, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be …
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How free was speech in the Seventies?
A READER of this column on The Tribune's website - Tribune242.com - commented that although he was "not a supporter of the PLP, at least their members are able to voice dissent. To not be able to do so," he wrote, "leads one down the slippery slope to a de facto dictatorship, which is where we unfortunately are as a country -- a dangerous cross roads indeed."
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Judge steps aside from MP's civil trial
A SUPREME Court judge has recused himself from hearing Fox Hill MP Shonel Ferguson’s civil trial after revelations that Official Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis is due to swear an affidavit in the matter, The Tribune can confirm.
