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July 14, 2023
St. Lucia: Vat Amnesty On Building Materials

ST. LUCIA - St. Lucia's Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre, has tabled a resolution in the parliament to provide economic relief to the public with the removal of VAT on select building materials.

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November 01, 2019
Rotary Clubs Of Grand Bahama Distribute Building Materials In East End

Rotary Clubs of Grand Bahama organised several convoys into East Grand Bahama, distributing much-needed building materials to residents to help rebuild homes in those devastated East End settlements...

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September 29, 2022
BCA president offers strategies to reduce cost of building materials

Building and renovating property under the pressures of high inflation could be alleviated by sourcing and purchasing all of the needed material from far-flung countries and allowing months for it to arrive before beginning the building process, Bahamian Contractors Association President Leonard Sands suggested yesterday, contending that this method could save a builder 25 to 30 ...
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November 01, 2019
Where are our new building materials

DISPLACED residents who lost their homes in Hurricane Dorian are frustrated that building materials have not yet been distributed by NEMA to help them start reconstruction in East Grand Bahama.Some residents are staying in accommodations provided by

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February 19, 2016
NEMA sends building materials to Hurricane Joaquin impacted islands on new HMBS Lawrence Major

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) shipped the first set of building supplies to start the re-building phase on three family islands impacted by Hurricane Joaquin last October. The supplies are being transported via the Royal Bahamas Defence Force vessel the HMBS Lawrence Major, on its maiden voyage to San Salvador, Long Island and Crooked Island.

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February 18, 2016
NEMA ships building materials to Hurricane Joaquin impacted islands on New HMBS Lawrence Major

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) shipped the first set of building supplies to start the re-building phase on three family islands impacted by Hurricane Joaquin last October. The supplies are being transported via the Royal Bahamas Defence Force vessel the HMBS Lawrence Major, on its maiden voyage to San Salvador, Long Island and Crooked Island.

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May 08, 2012
Wilson: Cost of building materials 'going through the roof'

Property prices are not expected to come down anytime soon, according to the president of the Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA), as the cost of materials have "gone through the roof" over the past year.
Franon Wilson said property owners in The Bahamas are still clutching onto the appraised value of their homes. He told Guardian Business that the prices on the market are not always realistic...

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June 26, 2014
Gray: Potter's Cay Dock vendors still owe nearly 200K

Nearly two years after the government introduced a campaign geared towards collecting outstanding lease payments from Potter's Cay Dock vendors, Agriculture Minister V. Alfred Gray yesterday revealed that they still owe nearly 200,000 collectively.
Last year Gray threatened to shut down the businesses of vendors who were not making lease payments.
Following an audit conducted in 2012, it was revea...

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April 11, 2024
Town Planning Committee seeking further information from Paradise Island Yacht Club developers

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Town Planning Committee believes additional information is required from the developers proposing the renovation and expansion of the Paradise Island Yacht Club before deciding on their application, according to its Chairman attorney Keenan Johnson. Johnson confirmed to Eyewitness News that the committee has not reached a Decision regarding the application submitted [.....

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September 05, 2023
NGO gets more funding to extend post-Dorian aid

The SBP team, which has repaired 624 homes since Hurricane Dorian in 2019, is able to continue its mission of assisting Central and East Grand Bahama residents after receiving new funding.  "To date, our non-government organization has invested more than $12 million through our various recovery programs on Grand Bahama and Abaco," said SBP's Executive ...
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