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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 […]

Ash Questioned Over Freeze Order

09 October 2019

Key witness Jonathan Ash took the stand for the sixth day to continue cross examination by lead defense attorney Keith Knight, QC, who questioned him about the freeze order issued by the government on his bank account. The lead defense asked Ash if he was able to conduct business after the order was issued.  Ash […]

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$318 Million Energy Efficient U.S. Embassy

08 October 2019

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new $318 million United States Embassy was held yesterday and the energy efficient facility is expected to be completed in 2023. Attending the ceremony was Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis who said the new facility will reside on a five acre site and serve as a symbol of the long […]

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Man Stabbed to Death

08 October 2019

Police are investigating a stabbing incident which left a man dead on Sunday.  According to police, shortly after 9 p.m., a man was on East Street in the vicinity of Bahama Avenue, when he got into an altercation with two other men, who stabbed him about the body, before getting into a pink Nissan March […]

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Man Charged with Three Counts of Murder

08 October 2019

Eduardo Carey, 40, was charged in the Magistrate’s Court on Monday with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder in four separate shootings. In handcuffs and shackles, Carey turned to the crowd standing outside court and said, “I ain’t charge for that.” The crowd was made of up his alleged victim’s family […]

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Ash Accused of Dishonesty

08 October 2019

Another day of contractor Jonathon Ash being accused of dishonesty by telling the court that the $250,000 in bribes he paid to Deborah Bastian was for former Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson. Citing Ash’s police statement in court, lead defense attorney Keith Knight, QC, read, “Bastian said she needed $250,000 and I told her she got […]

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Police to Strictly Enforce New Traffic Regulations

08 October 2019

The new traffic regulations became effective yesterday and Chief Superintendent Craig Stubbs warned motorists that police will strictly enforce those regulations, which made it illegal to use cell phones while driving. Stubbs told The Bahama Journal that there were no major concerns with motorists yesterday concerning the new regulations and it will take police about […]

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UTEB Calls UB Back to Bargaining Table

08 October 2019

The Union of Tertiary Educators of The Bahamas (UTEB) has been without a bargaining agreement for almost three years and is now calling on the University of The Bahamas (UB) to return to the bargaining table with them. UTEB President Daniel Thompson said yesterday that UTEB has been out of an industrial agreement since 2017 […]

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‘Immigration Policy Racist?’

07 October 2019

With many questions arising about immigration and the repatriation of illegal immigrants following Hurricane Dorian, former Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson questioned whether the country’s immigration policy is racist. “How could it be fair to round up and deport people who have been for 10, 15, 20 years living and working amongst us?” Maynard-Gibson said in […]

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PLP Demands Death Toll Disclosure – Eight More Missing in Abaco

07 October 2019

While the official hurricane death toll is 61 and police confirmed that eight more people are missing in Abaco, Progressive Liberal Party Leader (PLP) Philip Davis made a demand yesterday for the government to reveal the real death toll. “We also urge the prime minister to disclose fully the death toll from the hurricane,” Davis […]

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‘Turf War Fuels Fox Hill Crime’

07 October 2019

Former Fox Hill Member of Parliament Fred Mitchell revealed on Friday that the recent murders in the area stem from a turf war. Mitchell spoke to Bahama Journal about the two separate shootings in the community, which occurred two hours apart and insisted that Fox Hill is not a hotbed for crime. “It seems that […]

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