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April 08, 2013
Govt to Finish Repairs at Mayaguana Airport

Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin said yesterday she is getting advice on how her ministry can finish repairs at the airport in Mayaguana without interfering with the heads of agreement signed between the I-Group and the government.

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April 04, 2013
Tragic aviation accident in Mayaguana

In the early hours of this morning I was informed of an aviation accident in Mayaguana resulting in the tragic death of 3 people. I am advised that all 3 persons are residents of the island of Mayaguana.

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September 20, 2011
Mayaguana HOA to be Approved

The Government will recommend approval of a revised, amended and restated Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Mayaguana developers the I-Group, Guardian Business can confirm. Chairman of the Hotel Corporation of The Bahamas (HCB), Michael Scott, told this newspaper yesterday that while there were certain observations and qualifications to be met, the conclusion of cabinet was to approve the deal in prin...

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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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June 20, 2019
Global Ports Holding Gains Downtown and Festival Place Stakeholders Support

Executives of Global Ports Holding (GPH) hosted a series of government-endorsed stakeholder meetings recently to discuss...

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July 22, 2013
Bahamian production company works with ABC to deliver Good Morning America weather report from Bahamas

Local filmmaker, Neville Smith was hired by ABC, to shoot footage early Monday morning, July 22nd for an ABC Good Morning America weather report from The Bahamas with their weather anchor, Sam Champion.

Smith was assisted by Travon Patton and Gary Kevin Wong...

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June 26, 2013
Police probing how copper theft suspect escaped custody

Police launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the escape of a suspect who fled in a police vehicle after he was arrested and handcuffed earlier this week, Assistant Commissioner of Police Leon Bethell confirmed yesterday.

Police allegedly found the man stealing copper at Super Value's Carmichael Road warehouse on Monday morning. "We are investigating this matter from a few...

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June 17, 2013
The looming financial earthquake, pt. 1

"Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald

For centuries, Switzerland has basked in the radiance of its pre-eminence as a powerhouse of precision, reflected in its superlative chocolates, its world-renowned and impeccably crafted timepieces and its incomparable banking industry. Over the centuries, the Swiss have become bankers to the wo...

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April 12, 2013
Shepherd's Mart Stung by Robbery

The opening of Shepherd's Mart off Tonique Williams-Darling Highway has been pushed back another month after thieves raided the building's air conditioners.
According to Sandy Schaefer, the former principal of Robin Hood, the theft represents a loss of about $100,000.

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August 01, 2012
Team Bahamas Off To A Flyer

LONDON, England: After a full week?s rest in the games village, Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace woke up with an adrenaline rush that sent a shock wave through the Aquatics Centre this morning as the Bahamas began its competition at the 2012 Olympic Games.

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