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October 25, 2014
Bahamian actor Bert Williams recognized as a 'pioneer' in American film

NEW YORK, New York -- The first Bahamian actor ever to be captured on film is being recognized as a pioneer during a five-month long exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City.
Bert Williams is a name that is etched in the sands of time.
The late Nassau-native is one of few black men in the late 1800s and early 1900s who maintained a successful film and music career.
With pa...

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March 31, 2016
Former Bahamasair pilot pays tribute to aviation pioneer Edward Franklin Albury Sr.

AVIATION pioneer, Edward Franklin Albury Sr, has been described as "the man that started it all" by long-time friend Thomas Bethel Sr.

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February 22, 2016
Pioneer farmer Levarity Deveaux to be honoured at Agribusiness Expo 2016

Farmer Levarity Deveaux will be honoured as a pioneer of farming in The Bahamas during the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources Agribusiness Expo 2016 to be held at the Expo site on Gladstone Road, March 9-13, 2016 under the theme ?Progressing Towards Food Security: Our Food, Our Future, Our Bahamas.?

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February 19, 2016
Pioneer farmer Levarity Deveaux to be honored at Agribusiness Expo 2016

Farmer Levarity Deveaux will be honoured as a pioneer of farming in The Bahamas during the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources Agribusiness Expo 2016 to be held at the Expo site on Gladstone Road, March 9-13, 2016 under the theme ?Progressing Towards Food Security: Our Food, Our Future, Our Bahamas.?

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January 13, 2016
Top job for soccer camp pioneer

One of the hard-working architects of Grand Bahama?s famed annual soccer camps has been given a top job with the international Olympic movement.

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January 12, 2016
Top job for soccer camp pioneer

One of the hard-working architects of Grand Bahama?s famed annual soccer camps has been given a top job with the international Olympic movement.

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December 21, 2015
New Museum of Grand Bahama to celebrate the island's explorers, pioneers and settlers

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama --- The new historical Museum of Grand Bahama will be located in the former Shannon Country Club building on Magellan Drive, at the entrance to the Garden of the Groves. It is expected to become an important source of history and information about the island. It is intended to be a centre of interest and activity as it celebrates the explorers, pioneers and settlers of Grand...

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November 09, 2015
Major to pay homage to boxing pioneer

The Meacher Major Boxing Club is looking to pay homage to one of the pioneers of boxing in The Bahamas this month, when it hosts the first ever Ray Minus Jr. Amateur Boxing Tournament.

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June 23, 2011
Bahamian Hip Hop pioneer Manifest says Sean Kingston's crash is a good lesson to the youth about faith

Bahamian hip hop artist Manifest took time out of his press briefing promoting an upcoming album to wish Sean Kingston a speedy recovery following a jet ski crash that nearly took his life.

Nassau, The Bahamas - Bahamian prince of positive hip hop, Lavard 'Manifest' Parks is calling Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston's accident and recovery a reminder that life can change in an instant and ...

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November 04, 2015
Bahamas Press Club to honour media pioneers in black tie event

NASSAU, The Bahamas - It was a red letter day Tuesday, November 3, 2015 when executives of The Bahamas Press Club 2014 announced plans to honour pioneers in the field of journalism and mass communications in the country.
During a press conference in the Exuma Room at the British Colonial Hilton, Anthony Newbold, President of The Press Club deemed it "a Red Letter day for us - for you and me, and a...

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