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Kayak tour firm wins top award
GRAND Bahama’s Kayak Nature Tours – which provides thrilling tour excursions to many cruise passengers - was recently named the Top Tour Operator of the Year in the region by Carnival Cruise Lines.Kayak Nature Tours continues to provide not only uniq
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Cleaning up a sacred space
SCORES of ‘Atlanteans’ armed with rakes, shovels and wheelbarrows, braved the rainy weather to help clean up and refurbish the Sacred Space at Blake Road. Entitled “Welcome, “ the space was originally created in 2007 when Bahamian artist and sculpto
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Team Delta victorious in RBDF's 2nd Annual Commodore's Bowl Flag Football Tourney
TEAM Delta dominated and held on to beat Team Bravo during the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s 2nd Annual Commodore’s Bowl Flag Football Tournament at the T.A. Robinson Stadium last Friday. Coached by Petty Officer Crevin Anderson, Team Delta went int
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Bahamas strikes for the gold in CARIFTA water polo
TEAM Bahamas continues to establish its position as a regional powerhouse in CARIFTA water polo and captured three medals at the event for the second consecutive year.
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Willis Ferguson
Homegoing service for the Late Willis Ferguson, age 92, a resident of James Street, Hillside Park Estates, will be held on Saturday 27th July 2019 at 10:00am at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, East Shirley Street. Officiating will be Rev. Father …
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Shipyard helping West End schools
The Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) is using funds raised from its annual fishing tournament to help schools in the western parts of Grand Bahama.
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I was a victim of police harassment
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Youth Benefit Fishing Tournament
THE Grand Bahama Shipyard holds its fourth annual Youth Benefit Fishing Tournament tomorrow at the Grand Bahama Yacht Club.
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Bahamian Internet chief meets US lawmakers
A Bahamian Internet business has spent the past week in Washington, D.C.in a bid to influence international internet policies.
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PM announces commission to create new festival
PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday announced the formation of a National Festival Commission, charged with the conceptualisation of the new “Carnival-style” festival.
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Film to highlight life on Cay
SHOWCASING the beauty and biodiversity of an island is not easy to do in under 15 minutes, but this is the job that Matt McCoy of Loggerhead Productions did while working with the Bahamas National Trust and National Audubon to create a spectacular short film about these cays and tidal creeks that are usually only seen by fishermen frequenting the Joulter Cays.
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Wilson Sporting Goods Company donates volleyballs and basketballs
THE Simpson Penn and Willie Mae Pratt Centre for Boys and Girls respectively got a much-needed boost to their athletic programme on Wednesday, thanks to a donation from Wilson Sporting Goods Company.
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Open house at Lyford Cay School
THE Lyford Cay International School is holding an open house on Saturday, November 30, at 2pm at the school campus in Lyford Cay.
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80% conch drop threatens lives of 9,000 fishermen
THE livelihoods of more than 9,000 Bahamian fishermen and their families are under threat from the 80 per cent conch population decline since the 1980s, it has been revealed.An Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report, accompanying a $500,000 pro
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Bahamian farm eyes 1.4m herbs in $60m joint venture
A Bahamian hydroponic producer and its US partner last night revealed they will invest $60m in developing a 71,000 square foot facility able to grow “300 times more food” than a traditional farm.
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BPC faces $400k extra daily costs if drilling halted
Bahamas Petroleum Company's (BPC) chief executive is alleging it will incur extra costs of up to $400,000 per day if activists succeed in persuading the Supreme Court to halt its exploratory oil drilling.
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Environmentalists 'not only oil drilling voices'
A Cabinet minister yesterday said environmentalists are “not the only voice in the room” when it comes to determining whether The Bahamas should permit oil exploration in its waters.Romauld Ferreira, minister of the environment and housing, said the
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Elliott Gene Sawyer
A funeral service for the late Elliott Gene Sawyer, age 63, of Abaco, The Bahamas, who died on Thursday, 19th November, 2015 in West Palm Beach, Florida, will be held at Full Gospel Assembly, Treasure Cay, Abaco, on Saturday, 5th …
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Buddy Hield on John R Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 list
NAMED at the midseason mark as one of college basketball’s top prospects, Buddy Hield survived another round of cuts as the list of finalists for the prestigious award is dwindled down.
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‘WE’RE GETTING THE JOB DONE’: Attorney General hails conviction rate of almost 90 percent
THE conviction rate for serious offences has increased to almost 90 percent despite the challenges brought on by the global pandemic, Attorney General Carl Bethel said yesterday.