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Entry regulations
As part-time residents of Nassau we are hoping that your difficult entry rules will soon be changed. We have been attempting to come to our Bahamas property for months but there is so much red tape and difficult, expensive and time consuming measures to complete.
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Hilda Ernestine Bosfield
Funeral service for the late Hilda Ernestine Bosfield age 95 years of #49 Isabella Blvd. and formerly of Havana, Cuba will be held on Saturday, June 8th, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Holy Cross Anglican Church, Highbury Park off Soldier …
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The marine world revealed on BREEF anniversary stamps
THE Bahamas Postal Service has released a set of colourful marine-themed commemorative postage stamps to mark the 20th anniversary of the Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation.
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Bianca ‘BB’ Stuart fails to reach long jump final
BEIJING, China — As one of the more seasoned jumpers in the world, Bianca ‘BB’ Stuart was hoping for a little more than she did in the qualifying round of the women’s long jump at the 15th IAAF World Championships.
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'BB' Stuarts best leap not good enough for final
LONDON, England — This wasn’t the way national long jump record holder Bianca ‘BB’ Stuart wanted to make her Olympic Games debut.
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84-year-old woman strangled to death
THE death of an 84-year-old woman who was found at her home about two weeks ago has been classified as a homicide by strangulation.
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Thelma Hilda Strachan
Funeral Service for Thelma Hilda Strachan, 91 years of Marathon Road and formerly of Ragged Island, will be held on Saturday June 23rd, 10:00 a.m. at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Shirley Street. Rev’d. Fr. Crosley Walkine will officiate. Interment will …
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NPBA PLAYOFFS: Eagles Nest, Rockets in the win column
THE Leno Eagles Nest stunned the Aliv Bucket and the Discount Distributors Rockets knocked off the Leno Regulators as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its first round playoffs at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
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Police chief concern over bail decisions
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said police are looking forward to a good year working with legal officials with a view of taking individuals off the street who continue to offend and get bail.
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Heat's Chris Bosh out indefinitely
MIAMI (AP) -- Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat were relieved by the diagnosis. It's the prognosis - or lack of one - that's a source of worry now. And suddenly, the Indiana Pacers may be even more of a threat. Bosh strained a lower abdominal muscle in Game 1
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Greater power to protect witnesses
THE government passed the Criminal Evidence Witness Anonymity Amendment Bill yesterday to allow for witness identities in criminal proceedings to be shielded and only revealed in screening by a magistrate, magistrate panel or judge in a bid to clamp down on acts of witness tampering.
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‘I’m really excited for Jazz. Opening day is going to be really special’
WITH the passing of Edison ‘Ed’ Armbrister, retired outfielder Antoan Richardson has now assumed the elder statesmanship of the Bahamian Major League baseball fraternity.
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Giants rout the Mingoes 107-87
KEMSY Sylvestre scored off the opening tip for the University of the Bahamas Mingoes to put them up 2-0 on the Commonwealth Bank Giants. It was the only time the Mingoes’ led in the game against the undefeated team in the New Providence Basketball A
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PM hails good first day of negotiations in China
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday said the first day of Baha Mar meetings in China were “good” but warned that a “very, very serious situation” would result if the relevant parties cannot secure an agreement today.
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Cabbage Beach access row ‘about property rights, not birthrights’
THE relocation of the dozens of Cabbage Beach vendors upset over the closure of an access point to the popular Paradise Island property is not the responsibility of the landowners but the government, according to Atlantis’ Senior Vice-president of Public Affairs Ed Fields.
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Public demand for vaccine ‘flattened’
DEMAND for the COVID-19 vaccine has flattened in The Bahamas even as more doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab could arrive in the country as early as today, according to Ed Fields, deputy chair of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committee.
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Salem Union in 12-10 victory over Golden Gates Native
SALEM Union pulled off the biggest upset so far in the Baptist Sports Council’s 2013 Coca-Cola Softball Classic, securing a 12-10 walk-off victory over the defending champions Golden Gates Native at the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday.
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'Call for PM's resignation for ignoring people's voice'
THE decision by the government to disregard the vote against legalising the numbers industry in The Bahamas sets a dangerous precedent and is a move that can ultimately imperil our democracy, Majority Rule era MP Ed Moxey told The Tribune.
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'Music to my ears' WTO 95% unlikely
Super Value’s principal yesterday said it was “music to my ears” to hear the government’s WTO chief negotiator state The Bahamas is almost certainly not joining under this administration.Rupert Roberts, who has vehemently opposed becoming a full Worl
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Former parliamentarian Bruce Charles Braynen laid to rest
A state recognised funeral was held Thursday for former parliamentarian Bruce Charles Braynen at St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church on Thursday. He was laid to rest in the church's cemetery.