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TWO NEW MAJOR INVESTMENTS (BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT BOOM) GOVERNMENT SIGNS $55 M LOAN AGREEMENT FOR NORTH ELEUTHERA AIRPORT
 
BAHAMAS INVESTMENT FORUM IN WASHINGTON, DC --  Photographed above are some the participants of the first Bahamas Business and Investment Forum in Washington, DC organized by The Embassy of The Bahamas. From left to right are Senator Barry Griffin; Central Bank Governor John Rolle; Senator Quinton Lightbourn; Senator Michael Halkitis, Minister of Economic Affairs; Barbara Feinstein, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; The  Bahamas Ambassador to the United States His Excellency Wendall Jones; The Hon. I. Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Investments; Ambassador Chet Neymour; Consul General Washington Patrick Adderley; Consul General New York Leroy Major; and Michael Fountain, Honorary Consul Chicago.

TWO NEW MAJOR INVESTMENTS (BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT BOOM)

The Deputy Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, I. Chester Cooper has announced that the government will execute heads of agreements this month for more than $1billion of new investments in major touristic developments. It is understood that these projects are slated for Paradise Island and Cable Beach. Mr. Cooper made the announcement […]

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GOVERNMENT SIGNS $55 M LOAN AGREEMENT FOR NORTH ELEUTHERA AIRPORT

Shenia RobertsJournal Staff Writer Prime Minister Philip Davis and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and AviationChester Cooper visited the island of Eleuthera on Monday to sign a $55 million dollar loanagreement with the Saudi Fund for Development to facilitate updates to North Eleuthera’s airportterminal.The updates to North Eleuthera International Airport have been long […]

GOV’T SENDS MESSAGE ON LANDFILL

29 March 2019

The President of United Sanitation Henry Dean says  that the government has finally decided to trust Bahamians with the huge project of the management of the New Providence Landfill. Mr. Dean  was the guest speaker yesterday at the Rotary Club of West Nassau’s meeting held at the Poop Deck Restaurant in Sandyport and  gave a presentation […]

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Dame Janet Bostwick Received At Buckingham Palace

29 March 2019

The first woman elected to the House of Assembly in The Bahamas, Janet Bostwick received her appointment as Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, at an investiture at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.   Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, officiated at the ceremony.   “I am both humbled and honored […]

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Realtors Disappointed in Lucayan Deal

29 March 2019

President of the Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) Christine Wallace-Whitfield blasted Lucayan Renewal Holdings yesterday  for ignoring local professionals and using a foreign firm to list the Grand Lucayan Hotel and Port Lucaya. In a press release she said,“there are more than 700 licensed real estate professionals in The Bahamas, many with firms that have […]

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APPROACH LOI WITH CAUTION, SAYS PLP

28 March 2019

The Progressive Liberal Party  says  the announcement of the Letter of Intent on the purchase and development of the Grand Lucayan Hotel and the promises made by the Government should be approached  with caution. In a Press  release yesterday, the Chairman of the Party, Senator Fred Mitchell said, “when there is genuinely good news for […]

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NEW DEAL FOR GRAND LUCAYAN WINNING BIDDERS SIGN LOI FOR PURCHASE

28 March 2019

Lucayan Renewal Holdings  Limited  yesterday  signed  a Letter of Intent with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) and the ITM group to begin exclusive negotiations for the purchase of the Grand Lucayan resort at a price of $65 million, and the redevelopment of the Freeport Harbour. In a release from Lucayan Renewal Holdings Ltd, the firm […]

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T.A Thompson Students Grief- Stricken

28 March 2019

More details coming to light about Tuesday’s after school brawl  that left a 9th grader dead and two other teen boys in the hands of the police. Based on information police turned over to Education Minister Jeffrey Lloyd, 15-year-old TA Thompson student Pierre Louis of Wilson Track was walking home in the Pitt Road area […]

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STIFFER PENALTIES FOR TRAFFIC OFFENCES

28 March 2019

The government yesterday pushed ahead with changes to the Road Traffic Act. Those changes  include  stiffer penalties for drivers using communication devices while driving and for those caught without their licenses. Leading off the debate in the House of Assembly, Transport Minister Renward Wells  said, “ these changes  include  requiring the immediate production of a […]

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World Purple Day Recognized At St. Anne’s Primary School

28 March 2019

Lacey Huyler is a student of St. Anne’s Primary School. Her mom became aware  that she had epilepsy when she was only four years old. She said she has seizures and many times she does not remember what happens after she has one. It’s hard to have  happy sometimes, but she knows that her family […]

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PHA AMBULANCE SERVICES ENHANCED

28 March 2019

A red letter day in health-care yesterday  as  the public health system became the first in the region to introduce the ZOLL X (10) Series Cardiac Monitor and ZOLL Auto Pulse. The emergency medical technology which comes with a price tag of almost four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) is expected to significantly improve the delivery […]

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“Teachers Taken For Granted,” Says Education Director

28 March 2019

The  Director of Education, Marcellus Taylor says “as a society on the whole, we often take our teachers for granted. Addressing a Press Conference for the Teacher of the Year Awards yesterday at the Church of God of Prophecy on East Street, Mr Taylor said, “ we rarely consider how fortune we are that God […]

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