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Keeping Roads Up To Standard After Excavations
Keeping Roads Up To Standard After Excavations
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The wet weather woes may be behind us for now but after the rain comes potholes. The ministry assured residents that they are working aggressively to address the vexing issue.
Arrest warrant issued for man accused of excavating Crown land
A magistrate on Monday issued an arrest warrant for a contractor accused of illegally excavating Crown land and causing an estimated $500,000 in damage after he failed to show up for his arraignment. Prosecutors say 73-year-old Ronald Miller committed the crimes between January 2019 and August 2022 on Crown land, off Carmichael Road. Miller was summoned ...
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Excavation underway in search for 'buried treasure'
Excavation underway in search for 'buried treasure'
By PAUL G TURNQUEST
Tribune Staff Reporter
pturnquest@tribunemedia.net
EXCAVATION has began on Fortune Hill in San Salvador, where locals believe a vast fortune of buried treasure has remained hidden for hundreds of years.
Having recently been granted the rights to carry out such works, sources on the island have confirmed that the reported owner of the land, Dorothy Black-Beal, has already fl...
'Buried treasure' land claimant wants excavation stopped
Vernay Gilbert, one of the claimants to a plot of land in San Salvador under which pirate treasure is rumoured to be buried, called on Dorothy Black-Beal to stop all excavation efforts.
Ms Gilbert said she feels her childhood friend Ms Black-Beal is being given bad advice by "persons that surround her."
Appeal for lobby against dredging, excavation and development at Bell Island
By MEGAN REYNOLDS
Tribune Staff Reporter
mreynolds@tribunemedia.net
CONSERVATIONISTS are calling for Bahamians to lobby against dredging, excavation and development of Bell Island in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park as plans submitted by owner the Aga Khan are considered by government.
But former Exuma councillor Henry Rolle argues the development should go ahead as it could benefit employment...
Favourable assessment for Exuma dredging, excavation plans
By MEGAN REYNOLDS
Tribune Staff Reporter
mreynolds@tribunemedia.net
APPROVAL of plans to dredge 8.8 acres of sea bed and excavate sand and rock at Bell Island in the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park is anticipated following a favourable Environmental Impact Assessment.
Plans submitted by the Island of Discovery Limited, understood to be the billionaire Islamic leader the Aga Khan, propose excavati...
Excavation begins of purported Lucayan remains in Long Island
A multi-sectoral team of researchers and scientists has begun the tedious work of excavating ancient remains buried in the sand dunes of Clarence Town, Long Island.
Excavation Begins on Purported Lucayan Remains in Long Island
A multi-sectoral team of researchers and scientists has begun the tedious work of excavating ancient remains buried in the sand dunes of Clarence Town, Long Island. The remains are believed to be those of Lucayans who inhabited the islands between 600 AD and the 1500s.
Group stops Abaco developer's excavation
Group stops Abaco developer's excavation
A group of concerned citizens has sought to block excavation of land by a developer in Treasure Cay, Abaco, in light of evidence that the area may be a site of historic significance.
The Abaco Defenders banded together to stop the clearing of land on private property that may be the remains of Carleton settlement, the first Loyalist settlement in Abaco.
The group approached the operating bulldozer...
WSC: Island-wide excavations in Feb.
WSC: Island-wide excavations in Feb.
New Providence can expect more than 3,000 excavations over the coming year as the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) seeks to repair chronic leakages.
Following last year's signing of a 10-year, $83 million contract with Miya, an Israeli firm specializing in the repair of water infrastructure, the plan appears to be full-steam ahead. Excavation and repair crews should begin "in earnest" around F...