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Poachers fined $20,000 a man
THE captain and crew of two Dominican vessels caught poaching in Bahamian waters late last week were charged in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
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'Tourism industry won't recover until June 2021'
JAMAICA’s former tourism minister projects the tourism industry won’t recover from the COVID-19 crisis until June 2021 and will see 80 percent recovery only by winter of next year.
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Costs, costs and more costs to bear
Well the Camelot celebrations are all over…$’000’s spent on hats…wonder how much Tax arrears the 1000 chosen owed the Treasury had enough to embellish themselves but.....
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Taxi union chief’s fear for hundreds of drivers
Hundreds of taxicab drivers could potentially be left jobless at month’s end, the Bahamas Taxicab Union’s (BTCU) president fears, with the 80 percent holding leased plates most at risk.
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Zip-line 'buccaneer' in approvals push
The Bahamian investor behind a proposed Arawak Cay ‘zip line’ attraction yesterday encouraged the Minnis administration to provide the necessary approvals for it to proceed and expand the tourism offering.
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Victory for Valley Boys
THE Valley Boys recovered from a humbling fifth place finish on Boxing Day to win their fourth consecutive New Year’s Day Junkanoo parade, according to unofficial results announced last night.
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Exchange control delays $35m GB Power offering
Grand Bahama Power Company’s (GBPC) planned $35 million capital raising has been delayed again, this time by the need to obtain exchange control approval from the Central Bank of the Bahamas, Tribune Business understands.
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Community Outreach Centre in need of assistance
ON NOVEMBER 25, 2012, St David’s Methodist Church in Grand Bahama honoured the longest serving local preacher within the Methodist Church in the Bahamas and in the Caribbean, Evangelist Lloyd Fuller Quant. Evangelist Quant has been serving the church for more than 80 years as a local preacher, ever since 1934.
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1,000 scholarships available at BTVI
THE government, through the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute, is offering 1,000 scholarships to students enrolled in full-time programmes inclusive of preparatory, certificate, diploma and associate degrees.Named The Bahamas Be Your Own Bos
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Cornish posts career highs, one of Seawolves' leading scorers
JARON Cornish has excelled in recent weeks in an increased role with the Stony Brook Seawolves and after a series of career highs, has become one of the team’s leading scorers on the season.Cornish is second on the team on the team in scoring at 11.1
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Stephen St. Clair Forde
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mr. Stephen St. Clair Forde, age 89 of Ford Close and formerly of St. Michael Barbados, will be held on Saturday February 10th, 2018 at 11:00a.m. at St. Gregory’s Anglican Church, Carmichael Road. …
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Real Property tax reforms can ‘double’ revenues to $200m
The Government has been advised that it could double real property tax collections to almost $200 million per year through better enforcement and ensuring all eligible properties are on the roll, a Cabinet minister has disclosed.
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COLEBY EARNS ANOTHER TRIP TO BIG DANCE IN MIDDLE EAST
NEW club, same result for Kadeem Coleby as he earned another trip to a championship series in the Middle East.
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Charitable Nicolas
Funeral service for the late Charitable Nicolas age 35 years of #84 Lincoln Boulevard and formerly of Haiti, who died on 25th June, 2016, will be held on Saturday, 6th August, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., at Gospel Assembly Church of …
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William Alfred Lawrence Longsworth
Funeral Service for William Alfred Lawrence Longsworth age 84 of Sweet Holly Lane, Sandford, Florida and formerly of Belize City, Belize who died on Friday February 3, 2017 will be held on Saturday February 25, 2017 at Blue Hilll Gospel …
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Ingeritha Elizabeth Fox
Funeral Service for Ingeritha ‘Ritha’ Elizabeth Fox age 84 of Salt Pond, Long Island who died on May 28, 2017 will be held on Tuesday June 6, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Anglican Church, Thompson Bay, Long Island. …
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Eleanor Persis Cleare
Funeral Service for Eleanor Persis Cleare, 84 of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, passed away peacefully on Thursday, 3rd August, 2017, will be held at the Rock Sound Methodist Church, Rock Sound, Eleuthera, on Saturday, 19th August, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. The …
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Eleanor Persis Cleare
Funeral Service for Eleanor Persis Cleare, 84 of Rock Sound, Eleuthera, passed away peacefully on Thursday, 3rd August, 2017, will be held at the Rock Sound Methodist Church, Rock Sound, Eleuthera, on Saturday, 19th August, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. The …
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LOIS DELPHINE WILLIAMS
MRS. LOIS DELPHINE WILLIAMS age 84 years of Jones Town, Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama and formerly of Bottle Creek, Turks and Caicos died at the Rand Memorial Hospital, Freeport, Grand Bahama on Thursday, January 24, 2019. She is predeceased …
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Jonquel Jones named WNBA Eastern Player of the Week
JONQUEL Jones of the Connecticut Sun and Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks were yesterday named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week respectively, for games played June 12-18.
