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LANDMARK $600M AGREEMENT SIGNED TO REVITALIZE GRAND BAHAMA SHIPYARD FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR CHARGED WITH DEATH OFPHILLIP ADDERLEY
 
The government signed a Heads of Agreement with Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International on Thursday.  This agreement marks the approval of a long-planned project to expand and revitalize the Grand Bahama Shipyard, with a $600 million investment dedicated to the construction of new drydocks and improvements to the facilities in Freeport.  This expansion will position the shipyard to feature the largest floating dock ship repair facility in the Western Hemisphere by 2026, significantly boosting the island's economy.

LANDMARK $600M AGREEMENT SIGNED TO REVITALIZE GRAND BAHAMA SHIPYARD

The government signed a Heads of Agreement with Carnival Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International on Thursday.  This agreement marks the approval of a long-planned project to expand and revitalize the Grand Bahama Shipyard, with a $600 million investment dedicated to the construction of new drydocks and improvements to the facilities in Freeport.  This expansion will position […]

Mario Bannister

FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR CHARGED WITH DEATH OFPHILLIP ADDERLEY

Police Prosecutors charged Mario Bannister, former ManagingDirector of Clifton Heritage National Park this week for acting as an accessory to themurder of 36-year-old Phillip Adderley, by providing a vehicle to the accusedkillers.Twenty-eight year old Christian Napier and 26-year-old Donte Riley werecharged with killing Adderley whose body was found on August 15th, 2024,stabbed to death in […]

Update on Police Manhandling School Boy

22 September 2023

BY DESTINY JOHNSON A video that circulated on social media of two police officers manhandling and hittinga 15-year-old male student of CV Bethel High School resulted in one of the officersbeing placed before the Police Tribunal.The video which circulated nearly two weeks ago sparked national outrage from manyBahamians.In the video, one officer is seen hitting […]

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FNM Chairman Dr. Duane Sands

Sands Slams Davis Admin 2 Years In Office

22 September 2023

By Licec BastianOn the heels of the Progressive Liberal Party celebrating its two-year anniversary asthe ‘New Day’ Government of The Bahamas, Opposition chairman Dr. Duane Sandsslammed Prime Minister Philip Davis and his administration’s governance.On Sunday, during the PLP’s anniversary service at Mount Tabor Church, PrimeMinister Davis touted his administration’s accomplishments since coming to office in […]

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FNM Deputy Leader questioned over Beaches and Parks contracts

22 September 2023

Deputy Commissioner of Police Leamond Deleveaux has confirmed that the police have begun aprobe into irregularities at the Public Parks and Beaches Authority for the period leading up tothe 2021 elections.The Deputy Commissioner made it clear that the investigation is not targeting anyone inparticular. However, he also confirmed that Free National Movement Deputy Leader ShanendonCartwright […]

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BTVI partners with Algonquin College

22 September 2023

BY DESTINY JOHNSON The Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation’s series of Global Sales and MarketingMissions to Canada has yielded positive results as The Bahamas Technical and VocationalInstitute (BTVI) along with Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada has signed a letter of intentfor partnership between the two organizations.President of Algonquin College Claude Brule’ said the agreement […]

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Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

PM calls on UN to take action on blacklisting PM Slams OECD & EU Actions As Arbitrary

22 September 2023

By Licec Bastian During the Group of 77 (G77) plus China Summit in Havana, Cuba last week, Prime Minister Philip Davis slammed both the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU) for its actions in blacklisting Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like The Bahamas and called on the United Nations […]

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BTVI partners with Algonquin College

22 September 2023

BY DESTINY JOHNSON The Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation’s series of Global Sales and MarketingMissions to Canada has yielded positive results as The Bahamas Technical and VocationalInstitute (BTVI) along with Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada has signed a letter of intentfor partnership between the two organizations.President of Algonquin College Claude Brule’ said the agreement […]

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New Energy Minister Says Light Bills Soon Lowered BPL informed URCA fuel charges have peaked

22 September 2023

By Licec Bastian In October 2022, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) announced an initiative to increase its fuel charge to reflect the rising cost of fuel and to clear some of the outstanding debt it owed on prior fuel purchases. But that will soon come to an end as the power giant has informed the […]

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Photographed at the City Club of Chicago this week are from left: Mr. Leon Lundy, Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister; Hon. Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Emanuel Welch, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives; Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis; His Excellency Wendall Jones, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States; and Mr. Michael Fountain, Honorary Consul for Chicago.

“PRIMED FOR EXPANSION”

15 September 2023

A Stable And Receptive Environment Promoting The Bahamas before a large number of Chicago business leaders on Monday, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Philip Davis said “our beautiful archipelago is a stable and receptive environment for doing business — one that is getting better every day.” In his remarks at the City Club of […]

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Prime Minister the Hon. Philip Davis this week welcomed the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency Mokgweetsi E.K. Maisi.  The President and his delegation arrived in Nassau on Tuesday for a State Visit to The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

BOTSWANA PRESIDENT ON STATE VISIT TO THE BAHAMAS

15 September 2023

Prime Minister the Hon. Philip Davis this week welcomed the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency Mokgweetsi E.K. Maisi.  The President and his delegation arrived in Nassau on Tuesday for a State Visit to The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

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Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

PM Davis Calls On U.S To Reconsider On Climate Matters PM Responds to U.S Climate Envoy

15 September 2023

By: Licec Bastian United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC), John Kerry shot downthe suggestion that the U.S could pay “climate reparations”. In fact, when he testifiedat a House of Foreign Affairs Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee hearing onthe State Department’s climate budget back in July this year, Mr. Kerry, based oninternational media outlets, exclaimed: […]

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