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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 […]

AG Hits Back at Dame Joan

13 March 2017

Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson was present at the groundbreaking of the second phase of the pointe this weekend and took the opportunity to speak to reporters and address comments made by Dame Joan Sawyer last week. The former President of the Court of Appeal, said there is much confusion over how the judgment of […]

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2 Killed Over The Weekend

13 March 2017

Police in the capital are investigating two separate incidents that left two men dead and two women in hospital over the weekend. In the first incident, officials in Bimini were called to a shooting incident on Saturday that left a 21-year-old man dead. According to reports, shortly before noon, officers responded to a South Bimini […]

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LBT criticizes government shelter provisions

09 March 2017

Refuting claims that provisions made at the Kendal Isaacs gym were not conducive for residents of Jubilee Gardens, Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin says all of the individuals taken in since Sunday evening have been adequately taken care of. The comments came following a public lashing by Leader of Opposition Business Loretta Butler Turner. “They […]

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International Womens Day

Mural Signing to Recognize Women

09 March 2017

With people around the world celebrating International Women’s Day in various forms of orchestrated strikes to raise an awareness of the importance of women, locally the day was touted as a major success as the Department of Gender and Family Affairs celebrated the day with the signing of a mural outside of the House of […]

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McCartney: Minnis Is a Liar

09 March 2017

DNA Leader Branville McCartney calling his former Cabinet colleague a “Liar”, after the Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis claimed that Mr. McCartney requested 16 seats in a proposed effort of a mass opposition alliance.   “I didn’t ask for 16 seats. I don’t know where Dr. Minnis got that from,” Mr. McCartney said […]

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Roberts: Investigation Needed Into FNM Disposal Projects

09 March 2017

Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts is challenging Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis to investigate “the apparent waste” of $33.5 million which was earmarked for a solid waste disposal project in New Providence during his term in government. “The FNM borrowed $23.5 million from the Inter-American Bank and used $10 million […]

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NIB Signs New Agreement

09 March 2017

An expired agreement with The National Insurance Board (NIB) and Public Managers Union (PMU) was renewed yesterday at NIB Headquarters. While the cost of a Performance Management System geared at enhancing employees’ productivity and performance could not be disclosed, NIB Chairman Felix Stubbs says the system will form the basis of employees’ annual appraisals. “This […]

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Feed Contamination Possible Cause Of Pig’s Death

08 March 2017

A report is to be expected in the near future on the feed that may have killed more than half a dozen famous swimming pigs in Exuma. Initial reports placed the blame on the inability for the pigs to digest sand, according to Agriculture Minister V. Alfred Gray. However, farmers, he said, have brought about […]

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AG: US Report Is Inaccurate

08 March 2017

Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson reiterated the government’s position regarding claims by the US State Department regarding the state of human rights in the country as she called the report inaccurate. Her comments came while speaking to reporters outside of Cabinet yesterday. “The government objects to the numerous inaccuracies in that report, there are many untruths […]

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AG Lashes Izmirlian

08 March 2017

In the midst of critics creating the notion that Baha Mar will not meet the projected opening date this April, Attorney General Allyson Maynard Gibson yesterday sought to dispel that idea. One such critic is the resort’s Former Developer Sarkis Izmirlian, who in a release accused the government of making the multi-billion dollar property seem […]

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