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Amateur golfers take the spotlight in Cayman
THE 62nd Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships continued at the North Sound Golf Club in the Cayman Islands and several Bahamian golfers lowered their scores from the opening rounds.Team Bahamas includes nine golfers - Richard Gibson Jr, Pablo Nahmias
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'Highly efficient' Bahamas: OECD praises 85% tax mark
The Bahamas has been praised by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) for the “highly efficient manner” in which it deals with tax information requests, processing 85 per cent within six months of receipt.
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Tavario Miller and Zane Knowles in playoffs
Two Bahamian senior men’s national basketball team players got their postseasons off to successful starts.
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Buddy scores 13 in Kings' 105-99 win over the Magic
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Garrett Temple took over in the fourth quarter and led the struggling Sacramento Kings to a big win.Temple scored 19 of his career-high 34 points in the final quarter to lift the Kings to a 105-99 win over the Orlando Magic la
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FTX Bahamas demanding $9.15bn from US affiliates
FTX’s Bahamian liquidators are seeking to recover a total $9.15bn from the crypto exchange’s US entities with some 84 percent of this sum involving assets that were “misappropriated” prior to its late 2022 collapse.
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‘It’s bouncing back with a vengeance’
Tourism was yesterday said to be “bouncing back with a vengeance” with 13,000 cruise visitors expected in the week before Independence and Nassau’s mega resorts reporting occupancies of up to 90 percent.
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NHI: We’ll protect 90% of Bahamians by 2025
The National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is targeting a rapid expansion that aims to provide “more than 90 percent” of Bahamians with its basic primary care coverage by 2025.
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Dames sets target of fewer than 85 murder in 2019
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames has his sights set on a murder count that is below 85 by the end of this year. The minister’s goal, outlined yesterday outside of Cabinet, is more ambitious than the one in the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit r
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Paul Fitzgerald
Funeral Service for the Late Reverend Paul Fitzgerald, age 94 years of Harold Road, will be held on Saturday June 21st, 2014, 11:00 a.m. at Enoch Backford Auditorium, Carmichael Road. Pastor O. Humes assisted by other Ministers of the Gospel …
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Helen Elnora Thompson
Funeral Service for Helen Elnora Thompson, 94 a resident of Exuma Street & formerly of Knowles, Cat Island and Kinlock Yard, Exuma, will be held at Robinson-Morris A.M.E. Church, Ridgeland Park West on Saturday, October 28th, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. …
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Enza Russell
Funeral Service for Mrs. Enza Russell, age 94 years, of Sandy Point, Abaco, and formerly of Fox Town, Abaco, will be held on Friday, January 13th, 2017, 10:00 a.m., at Holy Spirit Anglican Church, Howard Street, Chippingham. Officiating will be …
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Gwendolyn Delcina Neely Simmons
Funeral service for Gwendolyn Delcina Neely Simmons, 94 yrs., a resident of #40 Knowles Drive, Faith Gardens & formerly of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, will be held at Transfiguration Baptist Church, Market & Vesey Streets, on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Officiating …
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Flags return to full mast tomorrow
THE country’s flags, which were flown at half-mast at home and at embassies around the world after the death of Sir Sidney Poitier, will return to full-mast on Saturday.
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Florceta Nottage (née Rolle)
Funeral Service for the late Florceta Nottage (née Rolle), 84 years of #84 Sumner Street, Nassau Village and formerly of Deep Creek, South Andros, who died on Friday, 19th April, 2019, will be held at Living Faith Seventh-Day Adventist Church, …
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Minor leaguer Chisholm promoted to Single A-Advanced
IT has been a week of highlights for Bahamian minor league baseball players featuring promotions and career days at the plate for several players.Jazz Chisholm was promoted to Single A-Advanced and Anferee Seymour made a successful return from the di
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VAT reassurance 'final impetus' for $100m expansion
PALM Cay’s chief executive yesterday said recent value-added tax (VAT) “assurances” by the Government had served as the “final impetus” to kick-start its latest $100m expansion.Rob Batchelor, Palm Cay’s chief executive, told Tribune Business that the
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2019 a record breaking year for tourism
LAST year was a “record breaking" one for tourism, with the country hitting the highest recorded number of stopover visitors in its history, according to the Ministry of Tourism’s Director General Joy Jibrilu. Speaking at a press conference at the B
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Regulators level NPBA series with 96-74 rout of Cybots
THE back and forth battle between the Mail Boat Cybots and Mr Ship It Freight Regulators continued over the weekend and set the stage for game five in their best-of-seven series in the NPBA Division I.
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Battle 4 Atlantis day 1 round-up: Wildcats and Jayhawks advance
THE 2013 Battle 4 Atlantis opened yesterday at Atlantis’ Imperial Arena with the Kansas Jayhawks and Villanova Wildcats advancing to the semifinals with wins in the opening session.
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Web.com PGA Tour Great Exuma Classic draws millions of eyes
MILLIONS of golf enthusiasts worldwide couldn’t keep their eyes off the Islands of the Bahamas this week as they gazed upon its pristine waters during the Web.com PGA Tour Great Exuma Classic.The event, which was held at Sandals Emerald Bay, is a mar