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April 11, 2024
American couple rebuild after Hurricane Dorian devastated their Guana Cay retirement home

AMERICANS Norvell and Mark Slezycki went on an emotional roller-coaster after Hurricane Dorian swept away their dream retirement home in Great Guana Cay, Abaco.

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April 11, 2024
American couple rebuild after Hurricane Dorian devastated their Guana Cay retirement home

AMERICANS Norvell and Mark Slezycki went on an emotional roller-coaster after Hurricane Dorian swept away their dream retirement home in Great Guana Cay, Abaco.

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May 09, 2023
Int'l Bazaar's African and Asian sections come down

Demolition of the abandoned, burnt, derelict buildings in the International Bazaar continued last week with two of the once popular shopping sections - African and Asian - being torn down.

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April 08, 2011
Electricity disconnected at old folks home

When nighttime falls, unlike most residences on New Providence, the Golden Age retirement home on Bernard Road remains cloaked in darkness, leaving its aging residents and those who care for them unable to perform basic functions.
The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) disconnected its power supply for non-payment Wednesday afternoon, reportedly without warning.
Golden Age manager Dr. Enid Capr...

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March 24, 2020
Coronavirus: Spanish army finds care home residents 'dead and abandoned'

Spanish soldiers helping to fight the coronavirus pandemic have found elderly patients in retirement homes abandoned and, in some cases, dead in their beds, the defence ministry has said...

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March 21, 2017
Trade options and the Commonwealth

Before the end of this month, Britain's prime minister, Theresa May, will invoke article 50 of the European Treaty, starting a process that will lead to the UK leaving the European Union (EU) in 2019.
This is because, irrespective of the informal private conversations that British ministers have had in recent months with all trade and development partners, including the Caribbean, the process has ...

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December 31, 2015
Rufa 'angry and shocked' by immigration treatment

BRUNO Rufa - a Canadian who has adopted Freeport as his retirement home - says he is "angry and shocked" at how he is being treated by Bahamas immigration officials.

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July 24, 2015
Grand Bahama Port Authority volunteers improve homes and lives of Freeport's elderly in major service initiative

FREEPORT, The Bahamas -- Several Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) employees braved the torrid heat last Saturday to make some major improvements to five local retirement homes. The initiative served as part of the company's ongoing effort to make a valuable impact on the community, and involved four volunteer groups completing a variety of repair jobs at senior citizen homes across the city of F...

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July 24, 2015
GBPA volunteers improve the homes, lives of Freeport's elderly

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama - Several Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) employees braved the torrid heat last Saturday to make some major improvements to five local retirement homes.

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July 23, 2015
Grand Bahama Port Authority volunteers improve homes & lives of Freeport's elderly

Several Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) employees braved the torrid heat last Saturday to make some major improvements to five local retirement homes. The initiative served as part of the company's ongoing...

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