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February 23, 2018
Opposition to cemetery proposal grows

A proposal to create a cemetery on Bernard Road is being met with backlash from residents of the surrounding communities.

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February 23, 2018
Cemetery plan - over our dead bodies

AN online petition has been started to stop the creation of a proposed cemetery on Bernard Road...

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September 22, 2017
Commonwealth War Graves Commission praises Nassau War Cemetery

THE Commonwealth War Graves Commission on Friday, toured and commended the state of the much-improved Nassau War Cemetery following a multi-year restoration effort at the site.

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September 22, 2017
Today's soldiers clean up World War Two cemetery

THE military police section of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF), in a joint effort with the US Embassy Marine Corps, Bahamas Branch, spent this past Saturday sprucing up the country's World War Two Cemetery, which they recently adopted.

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September 08, 2016
Businessmen help to clean up cemetery

THE Pinder's Point Public Cemetery was given a much-needed clean up thanks to the financial contributions of two Grand Bahama businessmen with close ties to the community.

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May 04, 2016
Call to make war cemetery a national heritage site

AN international organisation has reached out to the Bahamas government in hopes of having the 72-year-old Nassau War Cemetery officially preserved as a heritage site, officials said yesterday.

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October 21, 2015
Joaquin unearthed skeletal remains at San Salvador cemetery

San Salvador Island Administrator Theophilus Cox said yesterday skeletal remains of a person who was buried at a cemetery on that island were unearthed by storm surges from Hurricane Joaquin.

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November 18, 2014
British Legions Service at Veterans Cemetery

British Legion Pre-Memorial Military Service and Parade at Veterans Cemetery, Sunday, November 9, prior to the Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Garden of Remembrance...

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November 21, 2012
Renovation For War Cemetery

More than $15,000 was invested in the renovations of the near 70-year-old Nassau War Cemetery that houses and commemorates more than 60 Commonwealth military dead of both world wars.

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November 20, 2012