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Short end of the stick
June 21, 2017
Short end of the stick
Early last year, we revealed in this space that a company owned partially by former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Minister Darrell Rolle, which received a contract for the female dormitory at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI, was incorporated on April 30, 2013, just in time to land a BAMSI contract.
Dr. Andre Rollins, at the time MP for Fort Charlotte, questioned what ...
May 23, 2017
Lloyd: Ministry of Works to no longer be in charge of school repairs
The Ministry of Works will no longer be in charge of public school repairs and instead a separate body of resources will be formed specifically for the Ministry of Education, said Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd.
"One of the things that has happened in the past is that most of the contracts for school repairs or even school construction was done through the Ministry of Works," said Lloyd yeste...
Doctors Hospital gets top honor
July 23, 2010
Doctors Hospital gets top honor
On Wednesday, Doctors Hospital became the first hospital in the Caribbean to achieve international accreditation from Joint Commission International (JCI), a worldwide leader in improving the quality of healthcare.
JCI is the global arm of the US-based Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the same body that certifies over 18,000 hospitals in the US.
March 31, 2017
Cancer Centre receives international accreditation for another three years
The Cancer Centre of The Bahamas is pleased to announce that it has been accredited for a further three-year term by the American College of Radiation Oncology Accreditation (ACRO Accreditation).
Since 1995, ACRO Accreditation has offered a voluntary accreditation program to radiation oncology practices interested in a professional peer review process to ensure the highest quality of care. The obj...
PM Christie, Griffin, break ground for multipurpose Centre for Adults with disabilities
May 30, 2015
PM Christie, Griffin, break ground for multipurpose Centre for Adults with disabilities
Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry Gladstone Christie and Minister of Social Services and Community Development the Hon. Melanie Sharon Griffin, ?broke ground? for a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose facility for post school-age children with disabilities...
Report reveals Matthew's financial impact on GB
November 09, 2016
Report reveals Matthew's financial impact on GB
The impact of losses incurred across Grand Bahama's industrial and tourism sectors as a result of Hurricane Matthew were revealed in a financial damage assessment report on properties and companies owned by Hong Kong-based investment holding company Hutchison Whampoa.
Prime Minister Perry Christie's Communication on the Grand Bahama (Port) Investment Inventives
November 07, 2016
Prime Minister Perry Christie's Communication on the Grand Bahama (Port) Investment Inventives
In my Communication to Parliament last week, I introduced the Grand Bahama (Port Area) Investment Incentives (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the context of measures and incentives for the recovery of Grand Bahama economy following the massive devastation of Hurricane Matthew.
'Deficiencies open Urban Renewalto potential fraud'
November 06, 2016
'Deficiencies open Urban Renewalto potential fraud'
A $1 million allocation for an urban agriculture program under the government's Urban Renewal initiative "died on the vine" and was redirected elsewhere, according to testimony provided to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by Urban Renewal Commission Co-Chair Algernon Allen, who was unable to account for how the funds were redirected.
November 06, 2016
Report: Urban Renewal quantity surveyorwas not qualified
The lead quantity surveyor for Urban Renewal's Small Home Repairs (SHR) program, who was tasked with issuing certificates of completion on hundreds of homes repaired under the program, testified before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) during its probe of the program that she was not qualified and was no more than a "rubber stamp" for the project.
Urban Renewal Plans to release report on PAC
November 04, 2016
Urban Renewal Plans to release report on PAC
URBAN Renewal Co-Chairs Algernon Allen and Cynthia "Mother" Pratt were on the defensive yesterday in the wake of the Public Accounts Committee's damning report into the programme, with one of them revealing that there were plans underway to produce another report aimed at discrediting the work of the PAC.
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