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NAD sees 5% passenger traffic fall over Christmas
OUTBOUND passenger traffic from the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) into the US over the Christmas holiday period decreased 5 per cent year-over year, according to airport operator, the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD).
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University of the Bahamas Mingoes rout island game pros 89-70
COACH Baccus Rolle said he knew sooner or later his University of the Bahamas Mingoes would explode against the Island Game Pros. He just didn’t know when.
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Club Med: Over 75% of workforce returns
Club Med's general manager yesterday revealed that more than 75 percent of the resort's staff have returned to work at the property despite its near three-year shutdown due to COVID-19.
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US seeks $95m over Freeport prescription drug 'scheme'
THE US government is seeking $95 million from a Canadian citizen charged with using a Freeport-based pharmacy, licensed by the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA), to export and sell illegal prescription drugs to US citizens.
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PORT IPO HOLDING $1,150 MAXIMUM
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net MORE than 95 per cent of share subscriptions in the Arawak Port Development Company's (APD) $10 million initial public offering (IPO) were from individual investors, with subscripti
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Inner Wheel making masks to meet demand
WITH the government now ordering people to wear face masks when they leave their residence to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, members of the Inner Wheel Club of East Nassau has started to make them.
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Making face masks to help workers
WITH the government now ordering people to wear face masks when they leave their residence to help stop the spread of COVID-19, members of the Inner Wheel Club of East Nassau have started to make them. “When it became clear that wearing a mask, even
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Bahamas Showcase: Catamounts get 66-64 win over Norsemen
THE University of Vermont Catamounts made history, becoming the champions of the initial Bahamas Showcase with a 66-64 victory over the Northern Kentucky Norsemen.Most valuable player Trae Bell-Haynes, who finished with 19 points, canned the game-win
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Lola Iona Sawyer
Funeral service for the late Lola Iona Sawyer age 85 years of Man O War Cay, Abaco will be held on Saturday, January 11th, 2020 at 11:00 am at Man-O-War Church of God, Abaco, Bahamas. Officiating will be Darrell Pinder, …
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Man accused of stealing pouch
A 30-year-old man was remanded to prison after he was accused of trying to steal a woman’s money pouch.
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Jonquel Jones reflects on her standout season
JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun fell one game short in their historic run toward a WNBA Championship, but the fourth year forward has established herself as one of the premier players in the league with her standout season.Jones averaged 19.2 p
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‘No complaints’ on 72% profits decline
Bahamas First’s chief executive was yesterday “not complaining at all” despite a 72 per cent fall in total comprehensive income for 2016, driven by a one-third increase in net claims stemming from Hurricane Matthew.
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MAGNOLIA WRIGHT
Funeral Service for the late MAGNOLIA WRIGHT age 95 years of #18 Leeward Road and formerly of Little Harbour, Mangrove Cay, Andros will be held on Saturday, March 26th, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Theodora …
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And now for the weather on Mars, courtesy of new NASA lander
And now for the weather on Mars: NASA’s newest lander is offering daily reports on the red planet’s frigid winter.
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Open house at Lyford Cay School
THE Lyford Cay International School is holding an open house on Saturday, November 30, at 2pm at the school campus in Lyford Cay.
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Adell Leona Moss Butler
Funeral service for Adell Leona Moss Butler, 91 a resident of Union Village, will be held at The Annex Baptist Church, Wulff Road & Pinedale, on Saturday 21st May, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Apostle Mitchell Jones, assisted …
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Esthermae Gilbert Fife
Funeral service for Esthermae Gilbert Fife, 91 a resident of Myrtle Avenue & formerly of New Bight, Cat Island, will be held at Greater Chippingham Church of God, Eden & Rosebud Streets, Chippingham, on Saturday 4th June, 2016 at 11:30 …
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84 new cases and three more deaths as surge continues
EIGHTY-FOUR additional COVID-19 cases were recorded on Wednesday along with three more deaths.
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Unwise to suggest Nassau is getting safer
There are times Ministers and senior officials when they will be well advised not to comment as usually what they say comes to bite them hard. Between the PM’s statement copied by the Asst Commissioner of Police and the Minister that it was safer in Nassau can only be described as stupid.
