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May 13, 2014
BTC Donates to Build Mayaguana FireFighting Fleet

In a show of community support, BTC has pledged assistance to a committee aiming to increase the firefighting capabilities on the island of Mayaguana. The Mayaguana Fire Equipment Development Committee received a $3,000 donation from BTC to assist in acquiring new portable firefighting systems for each of the islands three settlements...

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April 08, 2013
Basic Safety and Mayaguana

The death of three people in Mayaguana last week was a tragedy. The residents were attempting to illuminate a runway for a medical charter. The plane struck the vehicles and two women and man were killed. The victims were identified as former Cabinet Minister Sidney Collie's mother, Edith Collie, his sister...

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April 05, 2013
The Free National Movement mourns the loss of life in Mayaguana

The leader of the Free National Movement, Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis expresses his deepest sympathies to the families, friends and loved ones of Edith Barnes-Collie, Enamae and Tim Polowick, on the painful and unfortunate occasion of their tragic deaths in Mayaguana on Thursday morning.

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July 22, 2011
The great Mayaguana land giveaway!

This column was originally published on July 6, 2010. The contribution to the 2010/11 budget debate by the Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate was one of the more egregious examples of neo-colonial claptrap by a Bahamian political figure in the nearly four decades after independence.

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January 23, 2023
PHA Signs Industrial Agreement with the BPSU

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) signed an Industrial Agreement with the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) at the Office of the Prime Minister on Monday, January 23, 2023.

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June 20, 2022
Squatters ordered off deforested land

As it cracks down on illegal deforestation, the government has given people who are unlawfully operating and living on a tract of cleared land in the Carmichael Road area 14 days to get off before authorities move in and take action, Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe said.

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May 27, 2022
Govt officially opens new Pinecrest subdivision

THE Davis administration officially opened the new Pinecrest subdivision on Friday, a move officials said was in keeping with the government's promise to provide more affordable homes to Bahamians.

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May 25, 2022
Ferguson sets sights on Labour Day parade return

OBIE Ferguson, Trade Union Congress president, announced yesterday his organisation's intention to resume their annual Labour Day parade after the previous two attempts were cancelled due to COVID-19 safety concerns.

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Hot mess
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August 14, 2019
Hot mess

In this March 2015 photo, Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis speaks to reporters outside the Bahamas Electricity Corporation's headquarters on Tucker Road, calling the power crisis a "PLP mess"...

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April 16, 2015
Mitchell: Consultations continue with Rolle

Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell advised yesterday that consultations continue with Bahamas Consul General to Atlanta Randy Rolle, who was arrested on April 3 in Bimini and subsequently released...

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