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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 […]

Layoffs at Baker’s Bay

22 October 2019

Layoffs at the Baker’s Bay Ocean and Golf Club in Abaco occurred on Monday, according to Director of Labour John Pinder, who admitted that he is concerned over the matter which took place as the island recovers from Hurricane Dorian.   Not sure of the exact number of workers laid-off, Pinder revealed that the government […]

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Judge Restricts Doctors

22 October 2019

Supreme Court Justice Ian Winder handed down his ruling yesterday, restricting junior doctors from conducting a future strike. Winder’s order said, “The Bahamas Doctors Union (BDU) whether by itself, its officers servants and agents, forthwith or until further order be restrained from contravening sections 76 and 83 of the Industrial Relations Act by organizing or […]

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Pilots Survive Plane Crash

21 October 2019

Two pilots survived a plane crash last Friday, which occurred in waters near Old Fort Point, New Providence. According to the Air Accident Investigation Department (AAID), at approximately 4:30 p.m. a DC3 aircraft registration N437GB declared an emergency due to left engine failure and crashed in the ocean a short time thereafter.  The two pilots […]

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‘More Breast Cancer Research Needed’

21 October 2019

As breast cancer statistics in The Bahamas remain frightening, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said there is a great need to establish more robust machinery for local breast cancer research. In 1999, the incidence of breast cancer in The Bahamas measured 32 out of 100,000 women. In 2014, 62.9 percent of 100,000 Bahamian women […]

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Minister of Tourism, Aviation & Bahamasair Dionisio D'Aguilar gives his contribution in the House of Assembly yesterday.

Abaco Airport Workers Walkout

21 October 2019

Security officers at the Leonard M. Thompson International Airport in Marsh Harbour, Abaco walked off the job on Saturday. Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar told The Bahama Journal yesterday that the security officers walked off the job because of poor working conditions at the airport following Hurricane Dorian. “I’m led to believe that […]

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Gov’t Refutes OHCHR Immigration Comments

21 October 2019

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to comments made by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and advised that due process was followed to determine whether an immigrant has the right to be in The Bahamas before deportation was considered.  According to the ministry, all illegal migrants, irrespective of their origin, […]

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PM Assesses Abaco

Sandbank Shantytown Cleared – PM Assesses Abaco Cleanup Progress

21 October 2019

Following the prime minister’s weekend trip to assess the progress of the government’s cleanup plan for Abaco, the Office of the Prime Minister confirmed that debris in the Sandbank shantytown has been cleared. The government is executing its clean-up plan on Abaco through the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of the Environment and Housing, […]

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Police Search for Armed Robbery Suspects

21 October 2019

Police are seeking assistance in identifying and locating two men responsible for an armed robbery which occurred last Thursday.  According to police, shortly after 7 p.m., a juvenile male was walking on Carmichael Road, when he was accosted by a man armed with a sharp object, who robbed him of cash and an iPhone, before […]

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Illegal Firearms Recovered

21 October 2019

Police in New Providence recovered several illegal firearms in separate incidents.  In the first incident, shortly before 10 p.m. on Friday, Central Detective Unit officers acting on intelligence conducted a search of an abandoned building on First Street Coconut Grove, where they discovered a .9 millimeter pistol with two rounds of ammunition. No one was […]

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Man Stabbed Hospitalized

21 October 2019

Police are investigating a stabbing incident that occurred on Friday, which left a man with injuries.  According to police, shortly before 12 a.m., a man was in the area a business establishment George Street, off Bay Street, when he was attacked by another man armed with a sharp object, who stabbed him about the body.  […]

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