Bahamas back on top! Mission Catwalk Clean Sweep for David and Theodore

This week was deemed the most difficult week for Mission Catwalk
contestants. With only eight hours placed on the singer sewing room
clock and a surprise same day runway show. Our group of design favorites
got first hand knowledge of being push to the max.

As designers gathered around their cutting tables, show host Keneea
Linton-George presented each designer with five yards of white cotton....

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Bahamas back on top! Mission Catwalk clean sweep for Theodore and David

This week was deemed the most difficult week for Mission Catwalk
contestants. With only eight hours placed on the singer sewing room
clock and a surprise same day runway show. Our group of design favorites
got first hand knowledge of being push to the max.

As designers gathered around their cutting tables, show host Keneea
Linton-George presented each designer with five yards of white cotton....

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Thieves, vandals target businesses as Sandy passes

Inclement weather brought on by Hurricane Sandy wasn't the only cause of property damage in New Providence.
Commanding officers of the Northeastern and Central Divisions, whose districts include the business areas of Palmdale and Bay Street, reported several break-ins during the passage of the storm.
According to Superintendent Theophilus Cunningham, the head of the Northeastern division, someone ...

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Police name man shot dead

By LAMECH JOHNSON

THE police have identified the man shot killed on Thursday night as 30-year-old Kyle Smith of Sunshine Park.

It is reported that he was sitting on the steps of the 'Get With It' fabric store on Sunrise Road along with a group of people shortly after 9pm, when a man wearing dark clothes got out of a white Honda armed with a high powered weapon.

Police said the gunman fired seve...

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Home Fabrics denies Androsia sale claims

The Androsia fabric company is claiming the sale of a batik material with a "Bahamian" design by a well-known fabric store has "dramatically affected" their operations, with staff hours at its Andros factory allegedly reduced as a result.

Jeff Birch, president of Androsia, said the move by popular fabric retailer, Home Fabrics, has limited Androsia's ability to grow in recent years.

However,...

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Fabric Shops

Sales beginning to rise ahead of school return

LOCAL businesses say they are beginning to see sales ramp up as customers shop for supplies in anticipation of the opening of schools in the coming weeks.

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Jerlea: Felt like I was on cloud nine

As Jerlea Adderley was being acknowledged as among the top two finalists for primary school student of the year, the 10-year-old was between looking at her mother Leandra Kelly trying to determine if she was crying - which she was - and thinking about what she was going to eat when she got home after ...

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Jerlea Adderly claims coveted title

Jerlea R.L. Adderley is the 26th Bahamas Primary School Student of the Year. The Sts. Francis & Joseph Catholic Primary School sixth-grade student with a 3.95 grade point average (GPA) was awarded the coveted Bahamas Primary School Student of the Year Foundation (BPSSYF) title and a $7,000 scholarship, over the weekend.

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Fashion Students Sew Uniforms for Fire Victims

When Apryl Burrows was approached to have her Fashion Design students assist in making uniform skirts for two sisters who lost everything in a house fire on Acklins Island, she immediately sprang into action.

Ms. Burrows, who is Chair of Fashion at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) was approached by Associate Vice President of Fund Development, Alicia Thompson for assistance...

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