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Receivers set aside $3m for Baha Mar preferential claims
Baha Mar’s receivers have set aside $3 million to pay potential preferred creditors of 17 companies that formed the ownership structure created by original developer, Sarkis Izmirlian.
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US seeks $95m over Freeport prescription drug 'scheme'
THE US government is seeking $95 million from a Canadian citizen charged with using a Freeport-based pharmacy, licensed by the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA), to export and sell illegal prescription drugs to US citizens.
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Inner Wheel making masks to meet demand
WITH the government now ordering people to wear face masks when they leave their residence to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, members of the Inner Wheel Club of East Nassau has started to make them.
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Making face masks to help workers
WITH the government now ordering people to wear face masks when they leave their residence to help stop the spread of COVID-19, members of the Inner Wheel Club of East Nassau have started to make them. “When it became clear that wearing a mask, even
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In the NPBA, Stingers rout UB Mingoes, Stampers top Eagles Nest
THE PJ’s Stingers stung the University of the Bahamas Mingoes 87-69 and the Triple K Stampers stomped past the Leno Eagles Nest 97-94 as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
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$2bn current deficit not so problematic
The Bahamas’ annual $2 billion current account deficit is “not as fickle” as many outsiders think, a former finance minister yesterday pointing out that this was traditionally balanced by foreign capital inflows.
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Can Bay Street survive ‘til cruise ships return?
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar has questioned whether Bay Street can “hold on” for the return of the cruise ship market, which is the lifeline of businesses down town.
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Leonard Neely
Leonard Neely age 99 years of Congo Town, South Andros died at his residence on Monday, January 25th, 2016. He is survived by his daughter: Melrose Neely; 8 grandsons: Rudolph, Elvin, Leonard, Ricardo, Fred, Hubert, Dale and Renaldo Neely; sister: …
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Ann Priscilla Sutherland
Ann Priscilla Sutherland age 99 years of Monastery Park and formerly of Turks and Caicos died at the Princess Margaret Hospital on Monday, August 10th, 2015. She is survived her sons: Noel Lloyd, Ronald Sutherland, Christopher Rahming and William Pratt; …
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Rosalee Davis
Death Notice Rosalee Davis, 99, died at her home on Saturday, may 19, 2012. She's survive by her grandchildren Brenda, Austin (Oscar) & Rodney Albury, Nieces Ivy Knowles, Katherine McPhee & Enid Fernander, Nephew Kenneth Fernander. Adopted grandchildren Bertha-mae & …
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Alden Ritchie
Alden Ritchie, 99 of Talbot Street and formerly of Deadman's Cay, Long Island died on Friday March 1, 2019. He is survived by his son, Craig Ritchie(Alva); daughter, Anita Kemp(Kevin); grandchildren, Sherone, Kevin and Lashante Kemp, Reisha, Khadijah, Ciara and …
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Man admits forging U.S. currency
A 25-year-old man was fined $6,000 for forging Bahamian and American dollar bills to purchase items from two businesses last week.
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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.
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Man accused of series of armed raids
A 20-year-old man was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with robbing nine people of more than $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise in the last six months.Edward Colebrooke, also known as “EJ”, stood before Chief Magistrate Joyann F
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S&P’s higher deficits on VAT ‘uncertainties’
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has agreed that there are “indeed uncertainties” surrounding Value-Added Tax (VAT) implementation, and is less optimistic than the Government in projecting a 3 per cent fiscal deficit for 2015-2016.
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MAGNOLIA WRIGHT
Funeral Service for the late MAGNOLIA WRIGHT age 95 years of #18 Leeward Road and formerly of Little Harbour, Mangrove Cay, Andros will be held on Saturday, March 26th, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Theodora …
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And now for the weather on Mars, courtesy of new NASA lander
And now for the weather on Mars: NASA’s newest lander is offering daily reports on the red planet’s frigid winter.
