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ROLLING THE DICE WITH OUR LIVES: COVID cases leap 200% as Sands warns: we’re ‘gambling at our peril’
FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands has said the country continues to “gamble” with COVID-19 “at our peril” as the Ministry of Health reported 79 new infections on Tuesday.
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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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NPBA: Rockets cut down Giants 92-79, Regulators earn 78-77 win over Shockers
THE Sun Oil Rockets and the Leno Regulators pulled off the New Providence Basketball Association’s doubleheader on Monday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
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‘Satellite meetings’ on Baha Mar continuing
The parties to the $3.5 billion Baha Mar dispute were yesterday said to be participating in “satellite meetings”, as talks seeking to achieve a commercial resolution to the impasse continued.
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Gov’t: Remobilisation ‘imminent’ at Baha Mar
The Government believes talks between Baha Mar’s Chinese stakeholders will lead to an “imminent remobilisation plan” and the project’s re-opening “in the shortest possible timeframe”.
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Man held after rape attack on US tourist
POLICE have a 26-year-old man in custody in connection with the alleged rape of an American tourist over the weekend.
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‘Only time’ will vindicate Gov’ts Baha Mar plan
The Opposition’s deputy leader yesterday argued it was too early to determine if the Government’s Baha Mar ‘winding-up’ strategy had been “vindicated”, adding that “only time will tell”.
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Baha Mar liquidators meet with creditors
Baha Mar’s joint provisional liquidators yesterday confirmed they were already meeting with some of the development’s more than 3,000 Bahamian creditors, briefing them on “progress to-date” and their goals.
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Wilchcombe aims to promote the ‘true identity’ of Bahamian culture in Carnival
TOURISM Minister Obie Wilchombe declared that the number one aim of the inaugural Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival is to promote the “true identity of Bahamian culture”. He said he is “not at all concerned” with any negative issues surrounding the festival.
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GRAND Bahamian Jonquel Jones had another big night as the No.24 George Washington women’s basketball team picked up its 17th straight win with an 87-52 rout of Revolutionary Rival George Mason in Atlantic 10 action at the Patriot Center on Saturday.
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The final insult to Edmund Moxey
EDITOR, The Tribune
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Tech Talk: April 13
• WHATSAPP is using a powerful form of encryption to protect the security of photos, videos, group chats and voice calls in addition to the text messages sent by its more than a billion users around the globe.
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Baha Mar fails to gain control of legal claim
SUPREME Court Justice Ian Winder yesterday dismissed a petition Sarkis Izmirlian’s Granite Ventures filed as part of its process to get the Supreme Court to require Baha Mar’s Deloitte & Touche receivership team to surrender control of a $192m legal claim the company has against China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC).
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Youth Flag Football League debut in Winton Saturday
THE profile of flag football continues to increase in the country and a new initiative will now focus on youth development.
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John Baptiste Edgar
Funeral Service for the late John Baptiste Edgar age 76 years of Edgar’s Close, Gladstone Road will be held on Saturday April 21st, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at All Saints Anglican Church, Joan’s Height, South Beach. Officiating will be Father …
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Kevin Enrico Bethel
Funeral Service for the late Kevin Enrico Bethel age 58 years of Adderley Terrace, Faith Avenue North will be held on Saturday, January 12th, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Bahamas Faith Ministries International, Carmichael Road. Officiating will be Dr. Dave …
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Ricardo Godfrey Clarke
Funeral Service for Ricardo Godfrey “Ricky George Green Big O” Clarke, age 56 years, Resident of #42 Seven Hills, will be held on Saturday January 26th 2017, at 1pm at Church of God Pentecostal, Coopers Terrance, Kemp Road, officiating Bishop …
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Sharon Jacquline Brennen
Funeral Service for Sharon Jacquline Brennen, age 64 of Canterbury Park, Price Charles Drive, will be held on Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 10: 45 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Boyd Road. Officiating will be Monsignor Alfred Culmer. Interment …
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Police Officer 762 Charles Jackson Scavella Sr
Funeral Service for former Police Officer 762 Charles Jackson Scavella Sr. age 66, a resident of of #5 Columbus Way, Freeport, and formerly of Gregory Town, Eleuthera, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 23rd, 2018 at Shiloh …
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Javano Donovan Stuart
Funeral Service for Javano Donovan Stuart age 25 of Banton Ave., South Beach will be held at Church of God, Church Of God, East Street and Lilly Of The Valley Corner, on Saturday 9th, June 2018 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating …
