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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 […]

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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 […]

NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER UNDERSCORES NEW THREATS

30 April 2018

“We are safer today than we were yesterday, but the threats of tomorrow are different”,  said National Security Minister Marvin Dames. In  an  address at the CEO Network conference,  Mr. Dames mentioned that illegal arms trafficking generates approximately $1 billion annually, cocaine generates an estimated $85 billion and human trafficking an estimated $23 billion annually. […]

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BISHOP HALL COMMENDS POLICE

30 April 2018

The police are getting high marks from a Baptist Bishop,  Reverend Doctor Simeon Hall Pastor  who  has applauded the police for the reduction in murders so far this year. He said, “I commend the Minister of National Security The Honorable Marvin Dames and the Commissioner of Police Mr. Anthony Ferguson for this significant step in […]

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PUBLIC HEALTH STEPS UP VACCINATIONS

30 April 2018

The Department of Public Health offered vaccinations in the Marathon Mall this weekend.  Nurse Joyanne Cartwright, a nurse at the Gambier Clinic, told the Journal  why it is important for children to keep up-to-date with their shots.  She said, “some people feel that it makes you sick or that there is some conspiracy behind it, […]

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LOCAL DOCTOR HONORED FOR SERVING COMMUNITY

30 April 2018

In an effort to prove that there a still good individuals left in the world, Minister of State for Grand Bahama J. Kwasi Thompson honored a local doctor for his 22 years of giving back to the community.  Dr. Malik Kavala is best known for serving lunch to the elderly in Grand Bahama.  He came to […]

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Officers Graduate After Grueling Training

30 April 2018

A grueling training program that starts  bright and early at 4:45 each morning paid off for 80 police and customs officers. On Friday morning these officers graduated from the Police Training College’s School of professional development. For two weeks, the group soaked up classroom instructions, presentations, physical fitness, control tactics and firearm certification and according […]

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One Eleuthera Foundation celebrates 7th Annual Earth Day

30 April 2018

On Saturday, April 21st , at the Centre for Training & Innovation (CTI), Rock Sound, One Eleuthera Foundation (OEF) and its partners staged, its 7 th Annual Earth Day Fest under the theme “Plastic Free Paradise”.  The week leading up to Earth Day was filled with an explosion of related activities beginning April 17th. These […]

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PM REVEALS PLANS FOR ANDROSIANS

30 April 2018

Prime Minister, Dr. Hubert Minnis, on Friday visited Andros where he shared plans to set up an office there, as well as what the government has in store for young Androsians. “For young people we would be establishing an entrepreneurship programme [with] five million dollars a year put aside for young people in The Bahamas. […]

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‘Look What We Come To’

30 April 2018

The Clifton Review    The Clifton Review is a tri-weekly column that examines the question of the Clifton project along with the evolution of the war between two billionaires. We covered the start of this war with articles describing the battle over easement rights, the mysterious burning of a home, the blocks to rebuilding, and countless questionable court […]

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“Either Very Dumb Or Very Dangerous”

27 April 2018

The Clifton Review The Clifton Review is a tri-weekly column that examines the question of the Clifton project along with the evolution of the war between two billionaires. We covered the start of this war with articles describing the battle over easement rights, the mysterious burning of a home, the blocks to rebuilding, and countless […]

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OPEN THE ECONOMY

27 April 2018

Chief Financial Officer of PharmaChem Technologies, Kevin D. Seymour  is  trumpeting  the numerous benefits the country stands to reap from becoming a full member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). “What I think [is] the WTO is going to open up and liberalize our market places; I think we have been sheltered for a very […]

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