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VAT fuel waiver beat households target
AN estimated 79,000 households have benefitted from the Minnis administration’s concession that eliminates value added tax on Bahamas Power and Light bills under $300.
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Otis Raymond Albury
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mr. Otis Raymond Albury Age 47 yrs, a resident of Hatchet Bay Eleuthera , will be held on Saturday June 1st 2019, 11:00 am. at St. Catherine of Sienna Roman Catholic Church, Hatchet …
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Colina profits rise, cautious over VAT
Colina Holdings Bahamas yesterday reported another profitable quarter in 2013, with operational performance yielding a period-over-period increase in total premium revenue and an $11.7 million growth in the asset base.
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Insurance faces 'significant strain' if rates cut again
The Bahamian insurance industry will be placed under “significant strain” if there is a further cut in the Prime interest rate, with one underwriter also said to require “recapitalisation”.
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Deadline drawing near for duty exemption in aftermath of flooding
THE National Emergency Management Agency has reminded those who suffered losses as a result of the severe flooding on May 22 that the deadline for submitting duty exemption forms is Wednesday, August 28.
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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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D’Aguilar: Health visa has worked for nation
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar has defended the government’s use of the travel health visa saying it has “worked well” for the country.
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Concern at fishing plan
WHEN I wrote my last letter (November 1, 2016), expressing my concern for the increased Chinese influence, I was not aware of the information that has surfaced regarding the proposed 10,000 acres of farm land in North Andros.
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Disney: ‘We’ve struck right tone’ on Eleuthera project
Disney Cruise Line’s president yesterday asserted the cruise line had “really struck the right tone” in balancing economic development with conservation at a Lighthouse Point project it hopes to start this year.
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Last surviving colonial governor dies, aged 101
THE last surviving British colonial governor of the Bahamas has died in England at the age of 101.
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Offshore sector 'reverses' decline via 12.6% growth
The Bahamas’ international banking industry had “reversed” the recession-induced balance sheet contraction by 2011, growing assets by 12.6 per cent that year.
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Insurers say many claims over floods
INSURANCE companies reportedly have “a lot of claims coming in” following severe flooding across New Providence, according to industry insiders.
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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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Latest delay in family dispute
THE legal dispute between the millionaire Weissfisch brothers experienced another setback yesterday as the matter was adjourned to a date to be announced by the Court of Appeal.
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Caroline Althea Bain
Funeral service for Caroline Althea Bain, 88 a resident of Garden Hills #3 & formerly of Rum Cay, will be held at Grace Community Church, Palmetto Ave., Marathon, on Saturday January 27, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Pastor …
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Charles Edward Rolle
Funeral Service For Charles Edward "Jessie" Rolle, 88 a resident of Tyler Street South and formerly of Old Bight, Cat Island will be held on Saturday December 20th, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Wesley Methodist Church, Baillou Road and Chapel …
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Captain Geoffrey Gordon Brown
Funeral service for Captain Geoffrey Gordon Brown, of Camperdown, Nassau, The Bahamas, who passed away at Doctors Hospital,on Monday, February 29, 2016 at the age of 88, will be held at Ebenezer Methodist Church, East Shirley Street, Nassau, on Saturday, …
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Madeline Louise Barr
Funeral Service for Madeline Louise Barr age 88 of Foxdale and formerly of Pompey Bay, Acklins who died on March 18, 2016 will be held on Wednesday March 30, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Fox Hill …
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Anastacia Louise Fox
Funeral Service for Anastacia Louise “Anna” Fox, age 88 years of Valentine Subdivision off Johnson Road, formerly of Whymm’s, Long Island, will be held on Saturday October 29, 2016, at 10:00a.m., at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Fox Hill Road. Officiating …
