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July 28, 2008
$10 Stamp Tax On All Shipments

The government moved yesterday to tab on a $10 stamp tax to all freight shipments entering the country, from food to furniture to computers ? the last item supposedly "tax free".

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May 13, 2011
Southern Androsians take advantage of Govt helping hand

By GENA GIBBS

ABOUT 100 Southern Androsians welcomed the Government's helping hand to help reduce their light bill. They accepted their share of the 270,000 free government-issued compact florescent lamps (CFLs) as part of the Ministry of the Environment's National Energy Policy initiative called "30/30 by 2030."

The programme is also supported by Local Government and helps to applying energy ef...

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October 18, 2010
BEC rate increase having impact

By INDERIA SAUNDERS
Guardian Business Reporter
inderia@nasguard.com
A government decision to approve a 5 percent rate increase at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation(BEC)-coupled with typically higher energy consumption during the summer months-is impacting electricity bills in homes and businesses.
It's something business leaders say speak to the need for government-led initiatives promoting bett...

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October 18, 2010
­BEC rate increase having impact

By INDERIA SAUNDERS
Guardianâ Business Reporter
inderia@nasguard.com

A government decision to approve a 5 percent rate increase at the Bahamas Electricity Corporation(BEC)-coupled with typically higher energy consumption during the summer months-is impacting electricity bills in homes and businesses.
It's something business leaders say speak to the need for government-led initiatives promo...

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The Easter Experience
News Article
April 20, 2011
The Easter Experience

By Angela Palacious

THE Easter Vigil is a service that is full of drama. It is a time when all of the symbols of our faith come alive with new meaning.

We arrive in the dark to revel in the element of surprise. We watch and wait for our personal experience of the well known fact that God is doing a new thing. Just as the bulbs send forth shoots, and eggs crack open on their schedules, so will li...

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April 05, 2011
Tasks for the month of April

This is one of the busiest months of the gardener’s year as spring flowers will begin to show their summer beauty and the fruit trees and shrub blossoms will provide additional color in the garden.
Flowers and bulbs: Continue to remove faded blooms and fertilize spring bulbs. Plant summer bulbs such as tuberous begonias, dahlias and caladiums. Apply fresh mulch to control weeds, transplant ...

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New plants from old
News Article
March 22, 2011
New plants from old

By Gardener Jack

Plants employ many forms of propagation - seeds, corms, bulbs, rhizomes, suckers, etc. - but the one that allows replication of shrubs needs a little human input. A cutting taken from a mature shrub will readily root and one parent plant can provide many independent offspring.

Just about all stems and branches of shrubs and small trees have nodes or growing points. Above ground ...

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