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Buddy and Kings rally from 21 points down, beat Ayton and Suns 114-103
PHOENIX (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 27 points, Nemanja Bjelica 19, Buddy Hield added 16 and the Sacramento Kings rallied from a 21-point deficit in the third quarter to beat the Phoenix Suns 114-103 last night.
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‘Don’t get giddy’ over beating deficit target
The Government was yesterday urged not to become “giddy” over beating its 2014-2015 fiscal deficit projections by almost 31 per cent, as the Prime Minister moved to return “the dividends from the successful Value-Added Tax (VAT) regime” to hard-pressed Bahamians.
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Airbnbs ‘choke off’ local rental market
Exuma’s Chamber of Commerce president yesterday warned that the island’s soaring vacation property success was “choking off” Bahamian access to affordable rental units.
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Knowles returns to inspire Wildcats
THE Sigma Wildcats saw the return of Linda Knowles in their line-up and now they are starting to live up to the hype as one of the female teams to watch in the New Providence Softball Association.
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Bahamas is most expensive Caribbean cruise location
The Bahamas is the most expensive Caribbean destination for the cruise ship industry, a newly-released survey revealing that it spent 78.3 per cent more in this nation than anywhere else in the region.
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Taxi union chief laments 80% Christmas decline
The taxi union's president yesterday lamented an 80 percent decline in Christmas business for his members compared to prior years with the festive season a "far cry" from pre-COVID earnings.
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$4.5m hall to accommodate 80 students in Grand Bahama
THE opening of the $4.5m Hawksbill Hall at the University of The Bahamas’ northern campus marks the transition of the Grand Bahama institution from a commuter campus to a residential one, providing accommodations for over 80 student residents. Dep
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Mary Ellen McKenzie
Funeral Service for the late Mary Ellen McKenzie age 78 years of Maze Court and formerly of Mars Bay, South Andros will be held on Saturday, November 18th, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Transfiguration Baptist church, Vesey and Market Streets. …
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Former PM Ingraham pays tribute to Warren Levarity
FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday saluted ex-Cabinet minister and Grand Bahama MP Warren Levarity, 82, who died on Sunday after a lengthy illness, as a patriot and someone who devoted his life to improving the Bahamas.
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Linkwood Linburgh Ferguson
MEMORIAL ANNOUCNEMENT Funeral Service for the late Reverend Linkwood Linburgh Ferguson Q.C.B.H.J.P age 82 years old of Cabbage Hill, Crooked Island will be held on Thursday December 20th, 2012 at 7:00pm at Annex Baptist Church, Wulff Road and Pinedale. Officiating …
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Learning experience for running trio
IT was quite a learning experience for the Bahamas’ three-woman team to the North American and Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Cross Country Championships over the weekend at the Manchester Golf Club, Mandeville, Jamaica.
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Bahamian funds defraud leading banks of $219m
A psychologist dubbed Germany’s ‘mini-Bernard Madoff’ and a co-conspirator have been accused by the US government of using Bahamas-domiciled hedge funds to defraud some of the world’s top banks out of $219 million.
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Jones and Sun in WNBA Finals 'do or die' tonight
One final game to decide the 2019 WNBA title with both the Connecticut Sun and Washington Mystics looking to win their first championship in the history of their respective franchises.Game five is all set for 8pm tonight at the Entertainment and Spor
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Edward Eugene Gardiner
Funeral Service for late Edward Eugene Gardiner age 88 years of St. Andrews Drive Blair Estates will be held on Friday April 13th, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Parish, Virginia Street. Officiating will be Rev’d …
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Anastacia Louise Fox
Death Notice for Anastacia Louise “Ann” Fox, age 88 years of Valentine Subdivision off Johnson Road, formerly of Whymm’s, Long Island, died at her residence on Monday October 17, 2016. She is survived by her sons: Keith and John Fox; …
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Amelia Eliza Deal
Amelia Eliza Deal age 88 of Pine Street, Pinewood Gardens and formerly of Millerton, Long Island died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Sunday January 22, 2017. She is survived by ten children, Geraldine Deal Symonette, Leeann Bain, Sandra Deal …
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Instructor training held
MORE than 80 people participated in a certified craft instructor training course yesterday.
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J Barrie Farrington overcomes three types of cancer
Tourism pioneer dedicated to living life to the fullest
IN the last five years, John Barrie Farrington, CBE, 82, has battled three different types of cancer. Today, all three are in remission.In an interview with Tribune Health, Mr Farrington discussed his “inordinate piece of good luck” and his experienc
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‘Shoulder’ hotel occupancies 5-10% pts higher than norm
Bahamian hotels are eyeing occupancies between five to ten percentage points higher than the norm for the industry’s slowest months, it was revealed yesterday, as it “nudges closer every day” to pre-COVID levels.
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Cruise tourists: 98% to endorse Nassau vacation
Some 98 per cent of cruise passengers who came ashore in Nassau/Paradise Island said they would recommend the Bahamas to friends and relatives, a Ministry of Tourism survey finding that those on Disney vessels spent an average $20 more than those travelling with rival lines.
