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Distillery opens for tours at Downtown Nassau Estate
THE Watling’s Distillery is now open for free tours at the Buena Vista Estate in Downtown Nassau.
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$100,000 loss for Atlantis as cruise ship turned away
THOUSANDS of enraged stop-over visitors demanded compensation after the cruise ship they were on was turned away from Prince George dock.
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A fresh look for Holmes Rock
REPAIRS and improvements were made to the Holmes Rock Primary school in Grand Bahama by the Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) and other sponsors.
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Chamber unveils new Board faces
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) will face some of the most pressing decisions in its history with familiar faces at the top and a slew of new directors following its recent annual general meeting (AGM) and election of officers.
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COVID - crime and choice
There were 73 people murdered in 2020, down from 95 person in 2019. This gives a homicide rate for 2020 of 18. 6 per 100 000. This is still considered an epidemic. According to United Nation, Homicide rate of 10 per 100 0000 or above is considered an epidemic.
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What drives the price of bitcoin?
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Traders of bitcoin are used to sharp price action, such as the one experienced during the first weekend of December, when the digital currency lost around 20 percent of its value.
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Cruise visitors bring $45M to Grand Bahama
FREEPORT – An estimated $45.8 million was spent by cruise visitors in Grand Bahama in 2011, according to a cruise visitor report released this July by the Ministry of Tourism’s Research and Statistics Department.
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Helen Louise Williams
Funeral service for Helen Louise Williams, age 95 years, of Eastern Estates, will be held on Tuesday August 7, 2018 at 10:30 a.m., at Holy Cross Anglican Church, Soldier Road. Officiating will be the Rev’d Canon Norman D. Lightbourne assisted …
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Ruth McKinney
Funeral Service for Ruth McKinney, age 95 of Miami Florida and formerly of Jacksonville, Florida who died in Miami on February 10th 2014 will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. at St. Bedes Catholic Church, Sutton Street off Kemp …
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Elaine Liverpool
Elaine Liverpool died peacefully at her home in the evening of Tuesday, 12th June, 2012 at age 95 Loving wife of Dr. J Alban Liverpool, who predeceased her, Elaine is survived by her son Ronald Liverpool and her, daughter, Camille, …
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Captain held after ‘threats to his crew’
POLICE are questioning a boat captain after his vessel was brought into New Providence on Sunday by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force for allegedly threatening his crew.
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Val Jeanne C Virgil
Funeral Service for Ms. Val Jeanne C. Virgil, age 95 years, a resident of Sheffield Road, Coral Harbour, will be held on Friday June 21st, 2019, 11:00 a.m., in the Chapel of Cedar Crest Funeral Home. Officiating will be Monsignor …
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All truss-ed out on Budget’s tax cuts
A Bahamian contractor yesterday warned that the Government’s decision to eliminate 20 percent duty on imported roof trusses will “put us out of business” in a segment that has kept his overall operation afloat.
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Darville tables new NHI Bill in Parliament
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville yesterday tabled the new National Health Insurance Bill 2022, which once passed will repeal the NHI legislation of 2016.
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Dorian 'totally destroys' 80% of fishing industry
Fishermen yesterday said Hurricane Dorian had “totally destroyed” 80 percent of the industry in Abaco and Grand Bahama amid uncertainty over how the government will aid recovery.“Eighty percent of the fisheries sector in Grand Bahama and Abaco is tot
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TA Thompson teachers sit out over state of school
THE majority of teachers at T A Thompson Junior High School staged a sit out at the school yesterday over inadequate working conditions.
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2017 Youth Games to be biggest held in its history
WITH more than 1,300 athletes from 70 countries expected in town July 18-23, the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) is shaping up to be the biggest held in its history.
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Romad Dean ends season in OSBA final four
ROMAD Dean and the Crestwood Lions finished the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association season as one of the top prep programmes in all of Canada.
