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November 01, 2017
URCA introduces Rebranded, Rebuilt and Redesign Website

The Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) has launched its brand new website ? one that executives promise is more user-friendly and gives a greater representation of the company?s mandate to ?Improve Lives Through Effective Utilities Regulation? as the company continues to expand...

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October 23, 2017
Pavilion Designed by University of The Bahamas Students becomes Benchmark at Expo 2020 Dubai IPM in the UAE

An aerial view of the conceptual design for the Expo 2020 Dubai Bahamas Pavilion with the theme, ?One Country ? The Islands Of The Bahamas...?

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October 11, 2017
Trophy Design for 2017 BIFF Awards

PASSION TALENT STYLE...Designed by Astengo de Lama...BIFF 2017 FILM LINE UP...

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September 18, 2017
Climatic design in homes

Houses in The Bahamas must respond to a hot sun, cool breezes and hurricanes. In the "old days" they were designed using elements that made living in them easier than it is today. They were cooler inside, and therefore more comfortable, and they could be prepared to respond to an oncoming hurricane quickly and easily, unlike today's "modern" Bahamian houses. Is there a reason houses must be less a...

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September 13, 2017
Minister suggests design oversight led to Baha Mar evacuation

Minister of Tourism Dionisio D'Aguilar said yesterday it was "unfortunate" that Baha Mar had to evacuate all of its guests as Hurricane Irma threatened The Bahamas. He suggested design oversight in the positioning of the resort's convention center may have led to the decision made by the resort.
Days before the Nassau Airport Development (NAD) company closed the Lynden Pindling International Airpo...

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June 12, 2017
Designed for the hurricane season

Every year, between June and November, several hurricanes visit the Caribbean. The number may vary year to year, but the inevitability of their arrival is a fact of life with which the people of the Caribbean have lived forever.
Those who design buildings in the Caribbean have traditionally acknowledged this feature of their existence, and despite the differences in styles, have made the response ...

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June 09, 2017
Fred Mitchell has designs on PLP leadership

Dear Editor,
Please allow me to respond to former PLP Cabinet minister Fred Mitchell. Former Cabinet minister Fred Mitchell -- it rolls so sweetly from the pen, I hope that I will forever be able to refer to Fred Mitchell as 'former'.
To have Fred Mitchell go after the FNM is of course fair game, but I was somewhat surprised to see Mitchell lash out at FNM supporters, since any politician worth hi...

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November 18, 2015
Urban Design Lab launched in Nassau

The government of The Bahamas, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), The College of The Bahamas (COB), and the Vienna University of Technology (UTV) convened the Urban Design Lab (UDL) in Nassau in order to deploy participative methodologies that allow for the integration of residents' visions in the formation of proposals for neighborhood revitalization.

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March 20, 2017
Education Minister Tours Construction of School in Grand Bahama Specially Designed for Hurricane Capacity

Minister of Education, Science and Technology the Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald on Monday toured construction of the new Holmes Rock Junior High School site in West Grand Bahama...

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