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MARION PRISCILLA SMITH-PRATT

Funeral Service for MRS. MARION PRISCILLA SMITH-PRATT, 66 a resident of Taylor Road Nassau Village, will be held on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017, 2:30 pm. at St Agnes Anglican Church, Blue Hill Road. Officiating will be Rev’d Fr. I Ranfurly …

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ART OF GRAPHIX: Getting better returns from video marketing

In the past, research showed the average person spent 84 minutes or more per day watching online videos, and this is only expected to increase in 2021. Facebook Live videos have become incredibly popular, especially gardening and cooking videos, with 88 percent of marketers reporting they offered a positive return on investment. Many businesses were using video as a marketing tool in 2020, and 92 percent of those marketers credited this medium as an important part of their marketing strategy.

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TOUGH CALL: What Bahamians are discussing on social media

SEVERAL recent posts on my Facebook page discussed topical issues and generated some interesting responses, which I share here.

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Sand Dollar rout Zulu Media 96-64, Cyber Tech top Mekaddish Millionaires 82-80

THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Wednesday night.

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Saunders starts at TE for the Seminoles in 29-24 victory

IT was something the Florida State Seminoles coaching staff had promised for weeks but it finally came to fruition in a rivalry game as Bahamian Mavin Saunders took on a bigger role in the offence.

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PM slams predecessor on $99m BTC deficit

Prime Minister Perry Christie has again slammed the former Ingraham administration for failing to provide the $39 million needed to cover the Bahamas Telecommunication Company’s (BTC) original pension fund deficit, arguing that this had caused the shortfall to balloon to $99 million.

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Jones wins with Foxes on return to Euroleague

Following the best WNBA season of her career, Jonquel Jones was back on the court and joined the Russian powerhouse UMMC Ekaterinburg Foxes for the second week of FIBA Women’s Euroleague.

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UPDATED: Police shocked by two murders on one night

Two men were murdered in separate incidents last night. In the first, a man was shot while driving his car and, in the second, a 22-year-old was gunned down by two men as he was out walking.

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Oil explorer: We’ve got tourism, fishing covered

A Bahamas-based oil explorer yesterday reassured that the insurance coverage for its first well will cover any tourism or fisheries losses “in the highly unlikely event” of any spill or environmental impact.

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Tributes paid to Doris Bullard at funeral

THE funeral of Doris Bullard, the oldest member of St Joseph’s Catholic Church on Boyd Road, took place yesterday, eight days after she died aged 99.

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Romad Dean commits to Fordham

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — Romad Dean returned home to officially end his recruitment and announce his collegiate decision.

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Agriculture policy to emphasise buyer links

Small Bahamian producers and livestock developers must have secure access to regional and international markets, the Minister of Agriculture said yesterday, adding that “connecting buyers to sellers” was central to the the Bahamas’ Agriculture Policy Programme (APP).

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Tourism deputy:Tourism ‘turning in the right direction’

Tourism is “turning in the right direction” with air arrivals at 85 percent of pre-pandemic levels.

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Jonquel leads her team to brink of FIBA qualification

Jonquel Jones has led Bosnia and Herzegovina to the brink of FIBA EuroBasket 2021 qualification after another pair of dominant performances in the latest window.

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Buddy scores 20 as short-handed Cavs get 90-82 win over Pelicans

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 26 points and the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers rallied for a 90-82 win over the New Orleans Pelicans last night.

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Roberts: PLP the only party with a plan to tackle crime

DESPITE this year’s murder count outpacing last year’s figure, Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Bradley Roberts said yesterday the PLP is still the only party with a plan to tackle this nation’s crime problem.