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January 24, 2023
BBSQ and EU officials discuss national quality infrastructure advancements under Standby Facility project

An innovative project to develop a stronger national culture of quality for export development was the focus of a meeting this week between representatives from The Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality (BBSQ) and officials from the European Union (EU).

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August 18, 2021
RBDF on standby for Haiti sailings

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force remains on heightened alert should there be an influx of migrants to The Bahamas in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Haiti.

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March 26, 2020
Port Authority set to put medical facility on standby

THE Grand Bahama Bahama Port Authority has confirmed its intent to provide a medical facility on standby for COVID-19 cases here on the island, according to GBPA vice chairman Sarah St George...

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December 28, 2015
Club Land'or shop steward 'on standby' for trade dispute filing

Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) shop steward at Club Land'or Idamae Bromwell said she is "on standby" and hopes that the union will indeed file a trade dispute against the owners of the Paradise Island resort on Tuesday.

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September 13, 2011
Stop Living on Standby - and Save

In the early 1990s, the word standby entered our vocabulary in relation to personal computers or PCs. Before that, standby was something you did when you hoped to get on an overbooked flight. Those of us wishing to prove how computer savvy and hip we were often boasted "I left my PC on standby".

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March 12, 2024
WSC rebuilds Abaco network infrastructure with resiliency and redundancy, creating most advanced system in the Family Islands

The Water and Sewerage Corporation continues to rehabilitate, rebuild and/or upgrade the corporation’s network infrastructure on the island of Abaco, with resiliency and redundancy in the face of any potential future natural disaster at the core of its efforts.

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March 05, 2024
Abaco Hurricane Shelter ‘progressing’ despite inherited delays

The new, State-of-the-Art Hurricane Shelter and Community Centre currently under construction in Central Pines, Abaco, is scheduled to be fully completed by November 2024, despite some inherited delays.

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NEMA PRESS STATEMENT
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November 20, 2023
NEMA PRESS STATEMENT

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) urges residents across the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands to remain vigilant and exercise caution throughout the weekend in the wake of Tropical Storm Watches having been discontinued for what was known as Potential Tropical Cyclone Twenty-Two.

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July 13, 2023
WSC signs $9 mil. in contracts for piped water in Exuma

The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) signed two contracts yesterday totaling just over $9 million to extend piped, potable water to hundreds of residents of Little Exuma, Alexander and Barraterre, Exuma for the first time and to provide major water supply improvements in George Town. During a press conference at WSC's head office on University Drive, ...
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July 07, 2023
Summary Report North Andros BPL Power Station Fire Loss Impacts To WSC Operations

Introduction

At or around 3 am on the morning of June 5, 2023, the Bahamas Power and Light power plant located in San Andros, North Andros caught afire and was completely destroyed. Electrical power in North Andros has been terminally affected.

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