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Payoute drives away with Chances Games’ top prize

Payoute drives away with Chances Games’ top prize

Chances Games continues to reward its customers through raffles and other giveaways. The latest winner of the gaming house raffle was Carey Payoute (seated in the new car). Also pictured are Karen Wilson, Chances’ Freeport Branch Marketing Director; Darlene Culmer, Vice President of Jarol Investments Ltd. and Whitfield Bain, Sales Manager, Quality Auto Sales.

Jarol Investment Limited, trading as Chances Games continued on its trend of giving back to its patrons and by extension, the wider community of Grand Bahama, when it again partnered with Quality Auto Sales and Services to raffle a brand-new car, this time a 2018 Suzuki Swift. On Tuesday, October 24 at the Jarol Investment…
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GB business persons show interest in funding, consulting opportunities

GB business persons show interest in funding, consulting opportunities

In this file photo Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance K. Peter Turnquest, and Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Works Iram Lewis each addressed participants of the two-day Small Business Funding Opportunities & Consult with Entrepreneurs Town Meeting at the Foster B. Pestaina Center enlightening all to strategic plans to restore, revitalize, revolutionize and rebrand business and entrepreneurship in Grand Bahama.

Over 325 Grand Bahama small business owners and entrepreneurs attended a two-day Funding Opportunity & Consult Town Meeting organized by the Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture in conjunction with the Ministry for Grand Bahama at the Foster B. Pestaina Center on Thursday and Friday of last week. A cadre of veteran business professionals provided…
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Aliv Tip Off Basketball Classic scheduled at St. George’s Gym

Aliv Tip Off Basketball Classic scheduled at St. George’s Gym

TIP-OFF CLASSIC NOW ALIV – The GBSSAA 24th Annual Tip-Off Basketball Classic is now powered by Aliv. Wayne Smith, center, receives the check donation from Aliv Media and Community Champion Talia Wildgoose, left. He also receives a donation and from food sponsors, Domino’s who was represented by Store Manager Gary Diem. (PHOTO: SHAYNE STUBBS)

The day for basketball fans on the island has finally arrived. The Grand Bahama Secondary School Athletic Association’s 24th Tip-Off Basketball Classic, sponsored by Aliv, is on tap for the St. George’s Gymnasium, beginning today and continuing until October 31. Organizers expect non-stop action among the high schools that are entered. For years the tournament…
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Commercial banks lambasted by local veteran businessman

Commercial banks lambasted by local veteran businessman

Ambrose Gouthro 

On the heels of the Consumer Affairs Division of the Ministry of Labor announcing its intent to address the additional charges/fees being applied by commercial banks, a veteran Grand Bahama businessman has leveled harsh criticisms at the financial institutions regarding their questionable service. A businessman in Grand Bahama since the 1960s, Ambrose Gouthro, normally a…
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