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October 17, 2022
Cecil Cooke Memorial Junior Regatta set for this weekend

The 9th Annual Cecil G. Cooke Memorial Junior Regatta is set to be held in the Montagu Bay this coming Saturday and Sunday. A great display of junior sailing is expected this weekend. The event was initiated in 2014 by Cooke's daughter Sandra Cooke, to honor her father who was one of The Bahamas' greatest ...
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October 04, 2022
State Memorial Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for our Late Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II

A State Memorial Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for our Late Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II was held at Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday, October 2, 2022.

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October 03, 2022
Cabinet Office Press Release - State Memorial Service for Late Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II

The Cabinet Office advises the general public that a State Memorial Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance of our Late Sovereign Queen Elizabeth the Second will be held on Sunday, 2nd October, 2022 at Christ Church Cathedral, George Street, Nassau, New Providence at 4:00 p.m.

A Procession of all Law Enforcement Agencies and Parliamentarians will precede the Church Service, departing Rawson Squ...

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September 12, 2022
Memorial for Dr Julia Wershing

A MEMORIAL mass was held in Madison, Nebraska, this morning for Dr Julia M Wershing, 89, who died in Madison, on Tuesday at the Arbor Care Centre in Madison.

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September 05, 2022
Memorials placed for 26 victims of Hurricane Dorian

TWENTY-SIX memorial markers for the Hurricane Dorian victims who lost their lives in East End, Grand Bahama, were officially unveiled on Saturday during memorial ceremonies held on the third anniversary of the storm.

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September 05, 2022
DPM leads a delegation at Hurricane Dorian wreath laying and memorial ceremonies in Grand Bahama

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism,Investments and Aviation, the Hon. Chester Cooper headed a delegation ofministers, senators and parliamentarians who assembled at the fourdesignated sites in East Grand Bahama on Saturday, September 3, 2022 topay homage to the victims of Hurricane Dorian and show their support tothose still grieving.

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August 26, 2022
Watson dismisses criticisms over Dorian memorial events 

Office of the Prime Minister Press Secretary Clint Watson yesterday dismissed criticisms after Facebook messages between him and a Hurricane Dorian survivor on Abaco were widely circulated.  "This a national press conference," Watson said when asked about the messages. "I don't want to address something as frivolous as that. If I inbox somebody regarding their concerns and questions...

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August 23, 2022
Hurricane Dorian Memorial Week provokes mixed reactions

Since announcing a week of activities to mark the third anniversary of Hurricane Dorian, which tore a destructive path across Abaco and Grand Bahama, the government has come under fire from residents, some of whom took to social media to express their displeasure over Hurricane Dorian Memorial Week events being held on New Providence, which was not impacted by the storm.

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August 22, 2022
Memorial concert won't ease suffering of hurricane victims

Dear Editor, The government of The Bahamas recently announced that it will observe a week-long memorial to commemorate the passage of the deadliest hurricane to have made landfall in the modern Bahamas. I pondered whether I should say something publicly, and the decision I arrived at was, no. This was changed after many friends and ...
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August 16, 2022
Memorial for Haitian migrants 'by end of month'

Consultant Louby Georges says officials are hopeful that by the end of the month a memorial will be held for the Haitian migrants who died in a human smuggling incident last month when the boat they were on capsized.

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