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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 […]

‘Remove Politics from Independence’

08 July 2019

With the country’s 46th Independence anniversary on the horizon, former Progressive Liberal Party cabinet minister V. Alfred Gray wants to bring an end to the politicization of Independence Day in The Bahamas, as he said it does more harm than good.  “Unless the leadership of the FNM and the PLP come together and bring this […]

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Man Shot on Gibbs Corner

08 July 2019

Police are investigating a shooting incident that has left one male hospitalized. According to police, shortly after 10 p.m. on Saturday, a man was walking on Gibbs Corner when he was approached by an armed man who shot him before running away.  Paramedics transported the injured man to hospital, where he is listed in stable […]

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Helicopter Black Box Recovered- Crash Victims Identified

08 July 2019

The Air Accident Investigation Department confirmed yesterday that the flight and data records, black box, for the helicopter which crashed last week off Grand Cay, Abaco have been recovered. According to AAID, the flight and data records will be shipped to the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington D.C. for analysis.  The aircraft, which crashed […]

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Two Men Shot in GB

08 July 2019

Two men were shot on Sunday in Grand Bahama. According to police, shortly before 4 a.m., police were called to a business establishment on East Sunrise Highway where it was reported that a lone gunman opened fire hitting two males.  One of the males sustained injuries to the upper body and the other to the […]

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Small Business Contracts Promised

08 July 2019

Moving forward, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said the government will focus on ensuring that smaller companies have access to contracts that were previously monopolized by larger companies. Dr. Minnis made this comment following his return from the Caribbean Community’s 40th annual Heads of Government Meeting in St. Lucia. “The only way smaller companies can […]

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Nygard’s Golden Jubilee Review – Nygard’s Early Successes Created A Domino Effect

08 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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How Nygard Gets It Right

05 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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PHA Investigates Breach of Patient Confidentiality

05 July 2019

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) has launched an investigation after patient information appeared on a social media site early this week in connection with an incident in New Providence on June 30, 2019. The authority can now confirm that the investigation’s initial findings indicate that the patient information was not released by Judy Terrell, PHA […]

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Pastors Host Montel Heights Healing Service

05 July 2019

Pastors in the Montel Heights community came together last evening for a service of healing following Sunday morning’s mass shooting that left 17 people injured.  The Bahama Journal caught up with Pastor Michael Ferguson, of International Fellowship Church of God, who has been pastoring in the community for some 29 years.  He said, “The idea […]

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Two Women Shot in GB

05 July 2019

Police in Grand Bahama are investigating a shooting incident that has left two females with non-life threatening injuries.  According to police, on Thursday shortly after 2 a.m., police were called to the East Sunrise Highway area, where it was reported that a male armed with a firearm shot two females.  They both sustained injuries to […]

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