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Bahamas Showcase: Catamounts get 66-64 win over Norsemen

THE University of Vermont Catamounts made history, becoming the champions of the initial Bahamas Showcase with a 66-64 victory over the Northern Kentucky Norsemen.Most valuable player Trae Bell-Haynes, who finished with 19 points, canned the game-win

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Inaugural Bahamas Showcase set for this weekend

EIGHT of the mid-tier men’s NCAA Division One basketball teams are in town to participate in the inaugural Bahamas Showcase this weekend at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.

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Fresh fruit for pupils thanks to food charity

HANDS For Hunger is a local non-profit known for its food rescue and delivery. The organisation collects fresh and canned food items from businesses and restaurants around New Providence and delivers that food to various distribution agencies which t

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Rev. Dr. Ralph Russell, JP, MBE

Memorial / Funeral Service For Rev. Dr. Ralph Russell, JP, MBE, 98 of Russell Town, Eight Mile Rock, will be held on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Eight Mile Rock. Officiating Pastor Michael …

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Brackets released for inaugural Islands of the Bahamas Showcase

THE brackets have been released for the inaugural Islands of the Bahamas Showcase and a stacked field of recent NCAA Tournament participants are slated to compete.Eight elite mid-major NCAA Division programmes will participate in the early season tou

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Financial Bowling League

THE top scorer in Financial Bowling League competition last night was Greg Taylor of Strike Force with a 244 high game and a 579 high three game set. The runner-up was Sammie Symonette also of Strike Force with a 227 second high game and a 547 secon

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Businesses face ‘major supply chain disruption’

Bahamian businesses were yesterday warned to brace for “significant supply chain disruption”, with no freight vessels arriving at Nassau until possibly “late next week”.

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Fishermen Rescued at sea after engine problems

THANKS to joint efforts of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and local fishermen, two fishermen are grateful to be alive today after being missing for several hours when their 17-foot white Boston whaler developed engine problems.The men left to go fis

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Bd Global Sports to host ‘Islands of the Bahamas showcase’

The Bahamas continues to be an attraction for major NCAA basketball and another event will be added to a stacked schedule this fall.

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Charlton wins 60m final, UB athletes in Fred Wilt Open

THE Purdue Boilermakers, led by Devynne Charlton, had a rare treat on Saturday as they welcomed the University of the Bahamas to West Lafayette, In- diana, for their first indoor track and field meet at Lambert Field- house.

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Bahamas Great Abaco Classic tops the Web.com leaderboard

THE Bahamas Great Abaco Classic is high on the Web.com leaderboard with several PGA golfers raving about their experience at the event.

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GOLF: Great Exuma, Abaco Classics all set

THE sports tourism sector continues to garner attention from the international golf community with a pair of new events planned to join the schedule.

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CIBC's $100,000 gift to hurricane relief

RELIEF and recovery efforts for those most affected by Hurricane Matthew received another boost yesterday with a $100,000 donation from CIBC FirstCaribbean to the Bahamas Disaster Relief Fund.

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Solomon’s celebrates customers in a healthy way

In celebration of the 26th anniversary of Solomon’s Super Centre, staff at the food store hosted their fourth health fair as a way to “give back” to its loyal customers.

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Alice Preneita Johnson

Funeral Services for Alice Preneita Johnson, age 58 of Watlins Street, The Grove and formerly of Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera who died on September 10th 2016 will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at New Bethany Baptist Cathedral, Key West …

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Monica Jessiemae Ferguson

Funeral Service for Ms. Monica Jessiemae Ferguson, age 63 years, of Bougainvillea Blvd, and formerly of Dunmore, Long Island, will be held on Saturday, July 16th, 2016, 11:00 a.m., at United Christian Church, United Way, Flamingo Gardens. Officiating will be …

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Freeport ‘FLIPs’ over mega hardware store

Freeport business owners fear they will be “wiped out” by a new mega hardware store that is allegedly owned by the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) new foreign partners.

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Trevor Lamont Campbell

Funeral service for Trevor Lamont Campbell, 21 a resident of Lightbourne Street, Yellow Elder, will be held at New Destiny Baptist Cathedral, Baillou Hill Road, on Saturday, 27th February, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Apostle Delton D. Fernander, …

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Three plead not guilty to $24,000 worth of food

THREE men were granted $5,000 bail in Magistrates Court on Friday after pleading not guilty to theft of more than $24,000 worth of food from a major distribution company.

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Insurers hold back data after poor quality of NHI consultation

DISAPPOINTED with the quality of consultation between itself and the government, the Bahamas Insurance Association has decided not to share key industry data about the nature of health insurance in the Bahamas with the Christie administration as the date for National Health Insurance registration nears.