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HURRICANE ANALYSIS: Westward shift in Matthew’s forecast track brings threat to Florida
Very dangerous Hurricane Matthew is maintaining Category 4 strength as it heads northwards at 6mph, and is already dumping potentially catastrophic rains on Haiti and the Dominican Republic as it moves towards the Bahamas.
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CBC U-16: Team Bahamas brings home the gold
BASED on the historic performance of the junior men’s national team at the recent Caribbean Basketball Confederation Under-16 Championships, the future looks bright for the country’s national team programme.
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Sky Bahamas enjoys summer with 85% load on relaunched route
SKY Bahamas said yesterday that it was seeing 80 to 85 per cent load factors on its recently re-launched Freeport-Fort Lauderdale route, highlighting what its chief executive described as a “very good summer” for the Bahamian-owned airline.
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Flying to a solution
The Minister recently announced that the biggest drag on Bahamasir’s profit was the high and increasing price of fuel, which he cited as approaching $85 per barrel. Even allowing for a jet fuel premium, can management be so dim as to buy fuel at such a huge margin over the present West Texas Crude quote of about $54, in a flat or even declining trend? That price has come nowhere near $85 since briefly in 2017.
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Court 'quashes' Commission probe into BISX firm's broker
The Securities Commission is appealing a court verdict that “quashed” its bid to assess the solvency of a BISX-listed company’s broker/dealer affiliate, which is embroiled in an ongoing $340 million fraud probe.
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Dorothy Marshall
Mrs. Dorothy “Doris” Marshall, age 95 years, of #101 Podoleo Street and formerly of Mangrove Cay, Andros, died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Thursday January 18th, 2018. She is survived by her: daughters: Donnamae Bodie, Helen Rolle, Louise Williams, …
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Salamise Dauphin
Salamise Dauphin age 95 of Granger St. and formerly of Port au Paix, Haiti died at her residence on Saturday November 24, 2018. She is survived by her daughter, Denise Dauphin; her son, Walker Dauphin; nine grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; …
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Emeritus Pembrooke Smith
Pastor Emeritus Pembrooke Smith, 95 yrs., a resident of Marigold Lane & formerly of Burnt Ground, Long Island, died at his residence on 29th August, 2015. He is survived by his 2 sons: Phillip & Stephen Smith; 3 daughters: Pastor …
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Edna Emmaline Wells
Edna Emmaline Wells, age 95 Of Grays, Long Island Died at her Residence on Saturday August 17th 2019 She is survived by her Children: Sayretta Turnquest, Angeline Turnquest, Delarece Adderley, Shirley Turnquest, Marina Taylor, Guildford Wells, Wayne Wells, and Kevin …
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Jones and Liberty topple defending champions in 38-point blowout win
JONQUEL Jones and the New York Liberty routed the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) defending champions, the Las Vegas Aces, in a 38-point blowout win.
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Jury shown images of aftermath of murder
A SUPREME Court jury yesterday was shown nearly five 100 images illustrating the aftermath of the murder of a web shop employee in Deadman’s Cay, Long Island.
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Kadeem Coleby signs with Al Manama for 37th GCC Clubs
JUST weeks after losing the league championship series, Kadeem Coleby was on the move once again and inked a deal with the team that most recently beat him as they prepare to vie for a top title in the Middle East.
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Resorts enjoy 'very good' Easter period
MAJOR Nassau/Paradise Island hotels yesterday reported “very good” business over the Easter weekend, with the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) receiving a “welcomed boost” from CARIFTA games.“All terminals were busy with passengers excited to
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Elias Joseph Rolle
Memorial Service For Patriarch Elias Joseph Rolle, 94 will be held on Friday, July 14th, 2017 at 7:00 pm at Our Lady of the Holy Souls Catholic Church, Deveaux Street by the Knights Of Columbus. Funeral Service For Patriarch Elias …
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Freda Baker, a familiar face at Baker & Sons
Freda Baker, co-owner with her sisters of A Baker and Sons, one of Nassau’s oldest businesses died on October 31. She was 94.
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Man accused of strangling his lover to death
A MAN appeared in Magistrates Court yesterday accused of killing his lover.
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Seven more deaths added to COVID toll
SEVEN COVID-19 related deaths have been recorded so far this month, according to the latest data released by the Ministry of Health and Wellness yesterday.
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Bahamasair suspends flights to Haiti’s capital
Bahamasair’s weekly jet service to Cape Haitien has been “leaving full every time” even though service to the country’s capital has been suspended from January 28, its managing director revealed yesterday.
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Rand Memorial Hospital 'yet to fully recover' from loss of staff after Dorian
THE Rand Memorial Hospital has yet to fully recover from the loss of physicians and nurses in specialty areas and hospital equipment.
