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Crowley Adds a Saturday Sailing to its Bahamas Ocean Freight Service
Jacksonville, Fla. - To better meet growing demand in the Caribbean, Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services group has announced that it will now offer ocean-freight customers a second weekly southbound sailing from Port Everglades, Fla., to Nassau, Bahamas, starting Saturday, March 23.
CANCEL THE DEAL: Opposition condemns air freight terminal outsourcing arrangement
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Opposition has strongly condemned and called for the cancellation of a reported $25 million airfreight terminal outsourcing arrangement at Lynden Pindling International Airport, suggesting that it would impose an additional tax burden on Bahamians. "What is reported cannot be defended. It simply cannot be that the government has signed onto a [...]
FNM: Stop giving "sweetheart deals"
FNM: Stop giving "sweetheart deals"
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Michael Pintard has accused government of failing to undertake due process before granting a $25 million dollar contract to air freight management firm, JDL; he listed a number of major concerns on Tuesday afternoon regarding the deal. "They give 'sweetheart deals,' to particular persons that they have [...]
Major drug bust at container port
Major drug bust at container port
Police reported a major drug bust aboard an inbound vessel at the Arawak Cay Container Port early yesterday.
Money's tight - so more using stamps
Money's tight - so more using stamps
FALLOUT from the COVID-19 pandemic has caused people to tighten their purse strings, Super Value President Rupert Roberts has said, while noting "more and more" shoppers have been relying on the store's food stamps to shop.
Volunteers in Florida send supplies to help
Volunteers in Florida send supplies to help
LAST week, in a matter of only four days volunteers from Lend a Hand Bahamas in south east Florida collected supplies to fill a 40-foot shipping container to be sent over to The Bahamas to aid in the relief effort post Hurricane Matthew.
Notification Regarding Long Island Hurricane Relief
Notification Regarding Long Island Hurricane Relief
Please be advised that we have just completed a planning and relief meeting. This was a first meeting for us to determine an action plan to plot the way forward. Here is what was decided...
Atlantis & Partners Donate $58,500 to BNT
Atlantis & Partners Donate $58,500 to BNT
Atlantis recently spearheaded a $58,500 donation to The Bahamas National Trust (BNT), supporting the environmental nonprofit’s mission of managing and protecting the country’s National Park System.
Pintard urges PM to provide full disclosure on airfreight management arrangement
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Opposition leader Michael Pintard has urged Prime Minister Philip Davis to provide full disclosure on the purported airfreight management arrangement, citing "significant concerns." In a letter to Prime Minister Philip Davis, Pintard noted that questions have been raised in the House of Assembly, as well as the press reports concerning the alleged [...]
'Significant interest in Grand Lucayan'
'Significant interest in Grand Lucayan'
While stressing that he won't get into specifics until "the money is in the bank", Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper said yesterday there are three "very significant" parties interested in purchasing Grand Lucayan Resort in Grand Bahama, which the Minnis administration bought in 2018 and the Davis administration to date has struggled to sell off.