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FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Pre-Qualifiers: Team Bahamas finishes with undefeated record
THE Bahamas senior men’s national basketball team finished the FIBA World Cup 2023 Americas Pre-Qualifiers for Group A with an undefeated record and will advance to the next round in November.
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Player dies after collapsing on field
By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Fans and members of the New Providence Old-Timers Softball Association (NPOSA) suffered a big shock when versatile player Kent Forbes collapsed during
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Power outage shuts private sector down
Businesses yesterday complained that the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) power outage forced them to close their doors for three-four hours, with some having to work late into the night on key documents.
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Bowleg to coach Team Bahamas in AmeriCup Qualifier
MARIO Bowleg will return to the sidelines to coach the Bahamas Basketball Federation men’s national basketball team when they travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico, to take on the United States of America and Puerto Rico in the third and final leg of the FIBA 2020 AmeriCup Qualifier.
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NPBA: Stingers close out year with two straight wins
THE PJ Stingers closed out the year by winning two consecutive games on the final weekend of regular season play for 2016 in the New Providence Basketball Association.
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Carnival ‘spruce up’ for 50% passenger growth
A senior Carnival executive yesterday said the cruise giant plans to “spruce up” Princess Cay, adding that the Eleuthera-based private island needs “quite a bit of love”.
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Bahamas 'rises from captives extinction'
The Bahamas has “risen from extinction” in captive insurance, a leading industry player said yesterday, with this nation’s growth rate over the past three years “exceeding any other jurisdiction”.
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FTX chief’s $460m deal with Bahamas fund firm
FTX’s US chief yesterday unveiled a $460m settlement with a Bahamas-based fund manager that received hundreds of millions of dollars in the months leading up to the crypto currency exchange’s collapse.
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Lowering the prostate cancer risk
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has registered that 200 Bahamian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, and that number is likely underestimated, as several Bahamian men seek prostate cancer screening and treatment abroad and they are often not captured in local statistics. WHO data showed that 249 men died of cancer in the Bahamas in 2018 and 80 of those men died of prostate cancer.
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Lowering the prostate cancer risk
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has registered that 200 Bahamian men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, and that number is likely underestimated, as several Bahamian men seek prostate cancer screening and treatment abroad and they are often not captured in local statistics. WHO data showed that 249 men died of cancer in the Bahamas in 2018 and 80 of those men died of prostate cancer.
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World War veterans boycott Remembrance Day service
WORLD War II veterans boycotted the annual Remembrance Day event at Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday over a dispute about seating arrangements and their continued frustration with the government’s failure to raise their pension.
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Government appoints parole/re-entry steering committee
THE government has appointed a Parole and Re-entry Steering Committee whose task will be to propose a policy framework for a parole system and interventions for the seamless reintegration of past offenders into Bahamian society.
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Marine conservation workshop focused on regulation
THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force, in collaboration with the Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation, held a closing ceremony on Friday for its second annual law enforcement marine conservation workshop.
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Elizabeth Fowler-Colebrook
Funeral Service For Mrs. Elizabeth Fowler-Colebrook Age 95 Yrs Of Jacaranda Street & Formerly Of Blanket Sound, Andros will be held at the Church of God of Prophecy, Soldier Road on Saturday, 13th September, 2014 at 11.00 am. Officiating will …
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Ayton has 28 points, 12 rebounds in 129-124 loss to Pelicans in overtime
THE Phoenix Suns are mired in a losing streak, but Deandre Ayton continues to enjoy one of his best statistical stretches for the season.
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MARY ESTELLE MCDONALD
Funeral Service for MARY ESTELLE MCDONALD aged 95 years of Palmetto Avenue and formerly of Stanyard Creek, Andros who died on Friday, January 10th 2014 will be held on Saturday, January 25th, at 11:00am at Mount Pleasant Green Baptist Church …
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Rodney Rico Joseph Dormeus
Funeral Service for the late Rodney Rico Joseph Dormeus , age 36 years, will be held on Saturday February 8th 2014 at Victory Chapel, Minnie Street off Wulf Road at 11:00a.m. Officiating will be Senior Pastor and Teacher Dr. Antoine …
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Eva Georgianna Smith
Funeral Service for Eva Georgianna Smith, age 95 years, of No. 18 Oxford Avenue, formerly of Simms, Long Island, will be held on Saturday November 24th, 2012 at 11:00 a.m., at Blue Hill Gospel Chapel, Baillou Hill Road South. Officiating …
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Carolyn Irene Pratt
Funeral service for the late Carolyn Irene Pratt age 95 years of #9 Ranfurly Drive, and formerly of Burnt Ground, Long Island will be held on Saturday, August 31st, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, Kemp Road. …
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Another day, another glitch causing trouble at BPL
BAHAMAS Power and Light said a “technical issue” at its Blue Hills Power Station led to power cuts in eastern New Providence on Wednesday night.
