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Tennis ace Kerrie Cartwright gets WTA ranking
Although she didn’t make it to another final, Kerrie Cartwright wrapped up her two tournaments in Colombia by getting an Women's Tennis Association (WTA) women’s ranking.
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Honouring Billy Graham
ON Monday, February 19, The Nassau Guardian published a quote by renowned American evangelist Billy Graham. Interestingly, a few other Graham quotes appeared in that publication during the previous week.
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Knowles and Cougars on a roll in the World Series
Perez Knowles and his Columbus State Cougars have carried their momentum from the regional championships to the NCAA Division II World Series.
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Rand Memorial renovation work proceeding at 'record pace'
RENOVATION work at the Rand Memorial Hospital is proceeding at a “record pace”, with the cost estimated “well into the millions”, Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest said on Friday.
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‘Knowing your numbers’ is important for bladder health
November is National Diabetes Month in America. Many urological issues for both men and women are related to undiagnosed or poorly controlled diabetes, including urinary tract infections, kidney stones, urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, kidney failure and sexual dysfunction.
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Battle of the videostar
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FACEBOOK’S parent company, Meta (FB), has not had a bad year. Not every company can claim to have increased its sales by 37 percent in one year. The social networks, Facebook and Instagram, as well as the messenger, Whatsapp, generated almost $118bn following $86bn in the previous year. A good $29bn of that remains as profit.
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Kwasi Thompson highlights Grand Bahama projects under FNM govt
STATE Minister for Grand Bahama Senator Kwasi Thompson believes there has been significant progress made in Grand Bahama during the two years since the FNM government came to office on May 10.
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Johnson ready to act on disclosures, and says that shanty towns must not be ignored
MINISTER of State for Legal Affairs Elsworth Johnson insisted yesterday the country cannot continue to “pretend” that immigrant communities do not exist, while suggesting that dangers to residents abound in shanty towns because of a failure to enforce existing regulations.
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Truckers get 'The Heat' for national title shot
The Bommer G Truckers fell short of winning the Bahamas Softball Federation men’s national title last year. But this year, manager Perry Seymour has acquired the service of Edney “The Heat” Bethel, whom he’s hoping will enable them to give sponsor Bommer George one of the two titles at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex this weekend.
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CIBC Trust disclosures 12% of IRS 'volunteers'
US client disclosures by CIBC Trust Company (Bahamas) and its Cayman affiliate equal just 12 per cent of the number who have voluntarily disclosed accounts with their regional parent to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), it has been alleged.
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Memorable moments from 40 years of history
INDEPENDENCE, a new flag, a national anthem, Jumbey 73 - these are among the milestones as we continue out countdown to the 40th Anniversary of Independence with the first part of our flashback to 40 memorable independence moments.
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Power outage shuts private sector down
Businesses yesterday complained that the Bahamas Electricity Corporation’s (BEC) power outage forced them to close their doors for three-four hours, with some having to work late into the night on key documents.
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Six BAISS records broken on day 1
SIX meet records fell on day one of the 2014 BAISS Track & FIeld Championships and a pair of familiar foes have quickly emerged as the lone contenders yet again for this year’s title.
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Prince Charles witnessed last day as a British colony
PRINCE Charles enjoyed the Bahamas’ last day as a British colony, hosting a formal reception at Government House for dignitaries from 52 countries overseeing the end of over 300 years of British sovereignty.
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Minister’s cargo hub plans for GB airport
Establishing the city of Freeport as an air cargo transshipment hub could generate the extra income required to make its rebuild attractive to private capital and operators/developers, a Cabinet minister said yesterday.
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Bahamas softball in co-ed slow pitch cup tourney
THE Bahamas Government Departmental Softball Association, with a much beefed up national team, is heading to the 2018 World Baseball Softball Confederation’s Co-Ed Slow Pitch International Cup Tournament next week.And BGDSA president Dwaine Stevens i
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Youth fishing contest to help island's schools
FREEPORT – The Grand Bahama Shipyard has announced plans for its third annual Youth Benefit Fishing Tournament to raise funds that will help three government schools on the island.
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Romad Dean takes part in the Big Shots Prep Nationals with Adidas Grassroots Elite
WHILE prep basketball in Ontario, Canada, remains sidelined due to COVID-19 protocols, Romad Dean travelled to the United States to participate in the Big Shots Prep Nationals with Adidas Grassroots Elite.
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Florceta Nottage (née Rolle)
Funeral Service for the late Florceta Nottage (née Rolle), 84 years of #84 Sumner Street, Nassau Village and formerly of Deep Creek, South Andros, who died on Friday, 19th April, 2019, will be held at Living Faith Seventh-Day Adventist Church, …
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Minor leaguer Chisholm promoted to Single A-Advanced
IT has been a week of highlights for Bahamian minor league baseball players featuring promotions and career days at the plate for several players.Jazz Chisholm was promoted to Single A-Advanced and Anferee Seymour made a successful return from the di
