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July 24, 2014
'Big fall out' for automotive sector with no duty drop

The automotive industry is likely to experience a "big fall out" with the introduction of value-added tax (VAT), one of its major players has argued. The statement came after the government decided to leave vehicles off the small list of imported goods which will see duty reduced to coincide with the introduction of the tax in 2015.
Rick Lowe, operations manager at Nassau Motor Company, said that ...

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October 20, 2011
Cayman Automotive Receives Their First All-Electric Wheego LiFe

Atlanta - WHEEGO ELECTRIC CARS , a U.S. manufacturer of all-electric cars, today announced that Cayman Automotive of the Cayman Islands will receive their first Wheego LiFe this week. "We will unveil the highway-ready Wheego LiFe at the Chamber of Commerce Business Expo starting October 20th," said John Felder, CEO of Cayman Automotive.

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March 26, 2024
BUSINESS BOOST: Six Bahamian entrepreneurs receive funding from OWN Bahamas

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Six (6) Bahamian entrepreneurs have received over $80,000 in funding, courtesy of OWN Bahamas powered by the IL Cares Foundation. The grants, intended to boost Bahamian businesses, were given to Taste Da Flava, Automotive Programming Solutions, Printable, Pure Flava, Street Smart and Happy Healing Home Care. In his congratulatory remarks, OWN Founder [...]

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January 29, 2024
Samsung’s ‘AI for All’ Vision Unveiled at CES 2024

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. shared its vision for how artificial intelligence (AI) technology will enable people to experience their devices more intuitively and conveniently than ever before. Presenting these ideas at a press conference at CES® 2024, Samsung teamed up with key partners to outline the technology behind this vision and how new products and services use AI capabilities to make li...

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November 02, 2023
IT WAS WORTH IT: Pintard defends former administration's decision on Wärtsilä engines

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) constructed Station A at a 35 percent reduced cost over similar-sized power plants, according to Opposition leader Michael Pintard, who defended the company's purchase of seven engines from Wärtsilä in 2019. A Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) report providing a review of Station A, which housed the [...]

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September 29, 2023
Court upholds convictions, sentence of Abaco businessman on drugs, firearms charges

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld the convictions and four-year sentence handed to an Abaco businessman convicted of drugs and firearms offenses. Charles Bodie, a tow truck driver and a mechanic, was arrested on October 7, 2022 at his business on the SC Bootle Highway in Central Abaco. Bodie lives at the same location. ...
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February 20, 2020
BTVI Auto Graduate Follows His Passion

After two years of studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of The Bahamas (UB), Jahlil Johnson decided to shift his approach to his dream career, and enrolled at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI)...

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Transforming lives
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August 28, 2023
Transforming lives

Princeton Boston is a graduate of Doris Johnson Senior High where auto mechanics was an elective for him. He entered the gates of Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) in 2010 and, by summer of the following year, he had earned a certificate in auto mechanics.

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September 23, 2011
Deleveaux: 18 have died so far this year in fires

Eighteen people have died as a result of fires in the past nine and a half months - eight more than the number of people killed by fire during 2010.
Director of Fire Services Superintendent Jeffrey Deleveaux yesterday confirmed that seven men, four women, three boys and four girls died by fire so far this year, as compared to the 10 fire deaths recorded last year. Deleveaux said of the deaths this...

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March 03, 2022
University of The Bahamas and Akita International University Open Doorway for Immersive Learning

A mutual desire to enhance the educational experience and cross-cultural understanding of students and faculty undergirds a recently executed exchange agreement between University of The Bahamas (UB) and Akita International University (AIU) in Japan.

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