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April 16, 2024
Opposition in Spanish Wells to shanty demolitions

SOME Spanish Wells commoners oppose the impending demolition of illegal shanty town structures either entirely or in part, arguing that the needs of people who were allegedly given permission to build on commonage land should be respected even if their structures are not legally built.

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March 20, 2023
Spanish Wells student new spelling bee champ

After a grueling competition that lasted 15 rounds, Wes Underwood, 13, an eighth-grade student at Samuel Guy Pinder All Age School in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera, was yesterday named the winner of the 26th Annual Bahamas National Spelling Bee (BNSB) Final Competition.

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July 28, 2021
Azaro Roker signs with Spanish basketball team Gipuzkoa

After his final collegiate year at St. Francis Xavier University (SFX) was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it did not stop Azaro ‘Big Z’ Roker from realizing his dream of playing basketball professionally. He signed a contract this past Monday to play for the Acunsa Gipuzkoa Basket in Liga Española de Baloncesto (LEB Oro) league in Spain.

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May 19, 2021
Crystal Cruises to remove Harbour Island from itinerary and add Spanish Wells

Crystal Cruises is preparing to remove Harbour Island as a destination on its seven-night all-Bahamas cruise and hopes to now call on Spanish Wells, the company told Guardian Business in a statement yesterday.

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May 14, 2021
Saunders, Las Rozas ready for Spanish Bowl

Bahamian professional American football player, Mavin Saunders and his team LG OLED Las Rozas Black Demons are set to play in the championship game of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano (LNFA), better known as the Spanish Bowl, tomorrow in Badalona, Spain.

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July 18, 2016
Defence Force Acting Commander and Operations Team Welcomed by Spanish Wells Community

The Spanish Wells community was pleasantly surprised with a visit by Captain Tellis Bethel, Commander Defence Force (Acting) and senior members of his Operations Command Team--Lieutenant Commanders Clarence Dean (Commander Operations) and Whitfield Neely (Squadron Commanding Officer). The surprise visit took place during the community's Annual Spanish Wells Festival on the Island last evening.

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June 06, 2016
'Mayor of Spanish Wells' dies after cancer battle

ABNER Pinder, former chief councillor of Spanish Wells and North Eleuthera, died yesterday in a Florida hospital after battling cancer.

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April 13, 2016
Spanish minister denies Bahamian link revealed in Panama Papers

SPAIN'S industry minister, Jose Manuel Soria, has denied his involvement in a Bahamian-based offshore company revealed by the Panama Papers, after two Spanish news outlets said they had documents proving he headed the offshore firm with his brother.

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March 03, 2016
NHI Secretariat concludes successful week of meetings in Eleuthera, San Salvador, Spanish Wells and Harbour Island

Public consultations regarding National Health Insurance (NHI) Bahamas were held this week in Eleuthera (Rock Sound and Governor?s Harbour), San Salvador, Spanish Wells and Harbour Island, to educate and engage residents about the modern, affordable and accessible healthcare system that NHI aims to deliver for Bahamians.

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November 09, 2023
Colombia: War Over Sunken Treasure

COLOMBIA - Colombian naval officials monitoring a sunken Spanish ship laden with treasure have discovered two other historical shipwrecks nearby, President Iván Duque has announced.

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