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Judith Ann Robinson, 49
Judith Ann Robinson, 49
Funeral Service for Judith Ann Robinson, 49 of Freetown Lane who died on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 will be held on Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 11:00a.m. at Pilgrim Baptist Temple, St. James Road. Officiating will be Bishop E. Randy Fraser M.Ed., J.P. assisted by Other Ministers of Religion. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Garden Cemetery, Soldier Road.
Precious Memories will forever live in th...
Helen Ruth Burns, 75
Helen Ruth Burns, 75
Funeral Service for Helen Ruth Burns, 75 of St. James Road who died on Monday, August 9, 2010 will be held on Friday, August 20, 2010 at 11:00a.m. at Pilgrim Baptist Temple, St. James Road. Officiating will be Bishop E. Randy Fraser M.Ed.,J.P. assisted by other Ministers of Religion. Interment will follow in Southern Cemetery, Spikenard and Cowpen Roads.
Precious memories will forever live in the...
FNM OBSERVES 18TH ANNIVERSARY
FNM OBSERVES 18TH ANNIVERSARY
By KRYSTEL ROLLE
Guardian Staff Reporter
krystel@nasguard.com
The Free National Movement yesterday observed its 18th anniversary since being elected to govern in 1992, renewing its commitment to fulfill promises made to the Bahamian people to improve the quality of life for all.
"Today we are facing severe economic headwinds,"Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said as he addressed the attendants of th...
FNM Leader Addresses Anniversary Church Service
FNM Leader Addresses Anniversary Church Service
Nassau, Bahamas - Free National Movement Leader the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham addresses those in attendance
at the Party's 18th Anniversary Church Service held at the Mt. Pleasant
Green Baptist Church on Thursday, August 19, 2010...
PM THANKS PUBLIC ON ANNIVERSARY OF FNM'S FIRST ELECTION VICTORY
By PAUL G TURNQUEST
Tribune Staff Reporter
pturnquest@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham marked the 18th anniversary of the FNM's first victory in a general election by rallying the party's supporters at Mt Pleasant Green Baptist Church last night.
Giving thanks to the Bahamian people, Prime Minister Ingraham also expressed his appreciation to the public for entrusting his party w...
Immigration appeal 'may become joke'
Immigration appeal 'may become joke'
THE government's appeal for all illegal immigrants to leave the country must be "substantive" or it will become a "joke", Bishop Simeon Hall warned yesterday.
Brent Symonette, acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, recently ordered all illegal immigrants residing in the Bahamas to voluntarily leave the country or face immediate deportation.
However, Bishop Hall, senior pastor of ...
(VIDEO) Tynia Gaither Wins Silver in Singapore!
(VIDEO) Tynia Gaither Wins Silver in Singapore!
SINGAPORE - On August 21st, 200m runner Tynia
Gaither of Freeport Grand Bahama, won the Silver medal at the Inaugural
Youth Olympics in Singapore, making history for The Bahamas!
Gaither,
who will enter grade 12 at Osceola High School in Florida, ran 23.68sec
from lane six, having run 24.09sec to win her first round heat.
Nigeria's Florence Ndikura Nwake won the Gold medal ...
Bishop wants fewer lawyers in Parliament
Bishop wants fewer lawyers in Parliament
By STAFF WRITER
Guardian News Desk
A leading Baptist bishop is calling on voters to reduce the number of attorneys elected to Parliament.
"It is time for the country's electorate to help in reducing the number of lawyers we have in our Parliament, and allow more persons from the ordinary walks of our society to participate in our national debate,"said New Covenant Senior Pastor, Bishop Simeon Hal...
Bishop Simeon Hall speaks out against electing lawyers to Parliament
By TANEKA THOMPSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
tthompson@
tribunemedia.net
BAHAMIAN voters should throw their support behind "ordinary" members of society instead of continuously electing lawyers to the halls of Parliament, said Bishop Simeon Hall.
The senior pastor of New Covenant Baptist Church reasoned that lawyers - many of whom profit from the "present culture of criminality" - cannot be expec...
Free National Movement Celebrates The Party's 18th Anniversary
Free National Movement Celebrates The Party's 18th Anniversary
Tuesday's murder victim identified
Tuesday's murder victim identified
Police yesterday identified 27-year-old Tinaj Omar Newbold as the man who died in hospital on Tuesday, more than a day after he was shot in the head.
Bahamians elected to prestigious religious posts
Bahamians elected to prestigious religious posts
The
Bahamas is in line for powerful religious conferences to be held here
since the election of Bahamians to top posts within the Progressive
National Baptist Convention.
Rev. Timothy
Stewart, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church, was elected 2nd
vice president of the PNBC - the highest post ever attained within
the convention by a Bahamian. At the same time, Bishop Simeon
Hall was electe...
Pinewood Urban Renewal teaches students about personal hygiene and safety
Children of the Pinewood community were given lessons in personal hygiene along with free school supplies and street-smart safety tips to help them avoid violence, on August 26 at the Fellowship Baptist Church.
sports inbrief
sports inbrief
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THE Baptist Sports Council is scheduled to hold a meeting 10am Saturday at the National Cycling Track, Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.
Teams are urged to have two representatives present at the meeting for all churches interested in participating in the Barron Musgrove/Roy Colebrooke Cycling Classic (scheduled to start September 18) and the Rev Anthony Carro...
1st Annual Elkin R Storr Memorial Hymn Festival
1st Annual Elkin R Storr Memorial Hymn Festival
By ALESHA CADET
Tribune Features Writer
TO commemorate their 48th anniversary, the members of the Mt Moriah Baptist Church, Farrington Road, are coming together on September 12 to hold the 1st Annual Elkin R Storr Memorial Hymn Festival.
The event will take place at the Mt Moriah Church starting at 4pm. Members said Dr Storr, who passed away in August 2004, served three times as interim pastor ...
Raymond Bastian, 35
Raymond Bastian, 35
Funeral service for the late Raymond Bastian, 35, of Robertha Drive, Ridgeland Park, will be held on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at Ebenezer Mission Baptist Church, Charles Vincent Street at 2:00 p.m. Officiating will be Bishop Rev. Dr. Elkin Symonette, assisted by other Ministers of the Gospel. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road.
Left to cherish fond memories are his parent...
Cleveland Clevy Eugene Weir, Jr., 41
Cleveland Clevy Eugene Weir, Jr., 41
Funeral Service for Cleveland "Clevy" Eugene Weir, Jr., 41, of Fowler Street, will be held on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. Bethel Baptist Church, Meeting Street. Officiating: Pastor Timothy Stewart, assisted by: Other Ministers of the Gospel. Interment: Lakeview Memorial Gardens, John F. Kennedy Drive.
Left to cherish his memories is his: mother: Marcia Weir; grandmother: Mrs. Madge ...
Prudence Laura Strachan Greene, 71
Prudence Laura Strachan Greene, 71
Funeral service for the late Deaconess Prudence Laura Strachan Greene, 71, of The Bluff, South Andros, who died on August 27th, 2010, will be held on Saturday, September 11, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., at St. Paul's Baptist Church, Bernard Road, Fox Hill. Officiating will be Rev. Dr. J. Carl Rahming, assisted by other Ministers of the Gospel. Interment follows in Woodlawn Gardens Cemetery, Soldier Road.
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Rotaract's Community Service project at the GB Red Cross Centre - Preparing for 'Meals on Wheels'
Rotaract's Community Service project at the GB Red Cross Centre - Preparing for 'Meals on Wheels'
Freeport, Grand Bahama - The Grand Bahama Red
Cross Centre will be relaunching its 'Meals on Wheels' Program this
week. In preparation for this, members of The Rotaract Club of
Freeport, as well as the Interact Club of Sunland Baptist Academy took
time this past Saturday (September 11th) to ensure that all food
service vessels and utensils were cleaned and ready to be used in time
for the program'...
Dencil Wesley Barr Sr., 74
Dencil Wesley Barr Sr., 74
Funeral Service for the late Mr. Dencil Wesley Barr Sr., 74, of Lumumba Lane and formerly of Stanyard Creek, Andros, Bahamas will be held on Saturday, September 18th, 2010 at 11:00am at Zion Yamacraw Baptist Church, Yamacraw Road. Officiating will be Bishop Charles Gardiner, assisted by Pastor Dwayne Wright . Interment will follow in Woodlawn Gardens, Soldier Road.
Left to cherish loving memories...