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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 […]

Body Found in Car Trunk

18 July 2019

Police in Grand Bahama are investigating the discovery of a female body found in a vehicle.  According to police, on Wednesday shortly after 8 a.m., police were called to a business establishment on East Beach Drive where the body of a female with stab wounds was discovered in the trunk of a vehicle.  Emergency medical […]

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Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review – Esteemed Around The World

17 July 2019

Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review It’s not an everyday occurrence to discover an individual who has pulled himself up by his bootstraps to achieve phenomenal success with a business that’s still breaking barriers, still achieving firsts, and still innovating fifty years later. What does it take? How did he achieve it all? And how can we […]

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Burnt Body Pulled from House Blaze

17 July 2019

The charred remains of a man were pulled from the rear of a Sunlight Village home engulfed in flames on Tuesday morning.  “Three minutes after receiving this information, units had arrived and met heavy flames coming from the top rear section of this single story structure,” Fire Director Chief Superintendent Walter Evans said.    “Officers […]

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Hotel Unions to Discuss Outstanding Issues

17 July 2019

Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) head into a meeting today with the Bahamas Hotel and Restaurant Employers Association (BHREA) in hopes of bringing some resolution to outstanding issues.  Darren Woods, BHCAWU president, gave The Bahama Journal little information on the meeting as he said a gag order has been placed on the […]

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Taskforce to Tackle NIB Delinquents

17 July 2019

A National Insurance Board (NIB) Taskforce has been established as NIB goes after employers who are still non-compliant with bringing their employees contributions up-to-date. Nicola Virgil-Rolle, NIB director, told The Bahama Journal that NIB inspectors are seeking out those employers who are still in arrears. “Over the process, what we’re doing now is making contact […]

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DNA Demands No Confidence Vote in Gov’t

17 July 2019

The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) is demanding opposition members and backbenchers to team up and put forward a vote of no confidence in the government at the next sitting of the House of Assembly. The DNA’s demands follow the controversy surrounding the government’s decision to relocate the General Post Office to the Town Centre Mall. […]

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Alleged Drowning in Eleuthera

17 July 2019

Police are investigating an alleged drowning in Eleuthera that left a man dead on Tuesday.  According to police, shortly before 6 p.m., a group of young men were walking along the water’s edge in Hatchet Bay, Eleuthera, when they decided to jump into the water.  Police said one of the men, when he surfaced, called […]

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Liberty CEO’s Comments ‘Unacceptable’

17 July 2019

Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister Pakesia Parker-Edgecombe said she is “deeply disappointed and disturbed by the distasteful and insulting comments” made by Liberty Latin America CEO Balan Nair, which are also unacceptable.  Liberty Latin America is the parent company of Bahamas Telecommunication Company (BTC) and according to Parker-Edgecombe, Nair’s comments contained […]

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‘Remove Liberty from BTC’ – Mitchell Tells PM

17 July 2019

Following what he called “derogatory and derisory” comments made by Liberty Latin America CEO Balan Nair about Bahamians employed at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and their work ethic, Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell wants Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis to stand up and tell Nair to leave The Bahamas. BTC is a subsidiary […]

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Racially Insulting Voice Note under Investigation

16 July 2019

Minister of Works Desmond Bannister has ordered an investigation into Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) Director Bennet Minnis’ viral voice note, which circulated on social media, spewing racial and homophobic slurs at members of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP). Yesterday, Mr. Bannister confirmed that the matter has been brought to his attention after there were […]

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