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Communication by the Prime Minister on the Impact of Hurricane Matthew
I rise to report to The House on the impact of ‟Hurricane Matthew‟, the 13th named storm of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Fortunately, the majority of our Family Islands sustained no major damage. This was a relief, particularly for those islands which were impacted last year by Hurricane Joaquin...
Freeport conserving water, focusing on food supply and city reboot
Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) President Ian Rolle has outlined a rigorous schedule of activities for the authority's foreseeable future to get the city of Freeport back up and running in the wake of the havoc wrought by Hurricane Matthew.
A sustainable Nassau
A sustainable Nassau
The results of months of planning and international cooperation between Austrian students and College of the Bahamas students, along with investment from the International Development Bank (IDB), the plans by the Sustainable Nassau Urban Lab were launched on Friday 29 July, 2016, at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas.
Call for effective national system of local government, pt. 1
Although both major political parties have pledged to put public power in the hands of Bahamian communities, through local government, about 70 percent of the Bahamian population living in New Providence have no organized structure or resources, apart from a vote once every five years, to make decisions about matters which affect their communities - from issues of safety, environmental stewardship...
Residents of the Marathon Community Team up to Keep Marathon Clean, Green and Pristine
Dozens of Marathon residents joined forces this past Saturday to support a community clean up initiative coordinated by Member of Parliament for the area, The Honorable Jerome Fitzgerald.
Keeping The Bahamas clean for a cause
Keeping The Bahamas clean for a cause
Over the first quarter of this year, the Bahamas Waste team has worked hard to live up to the motto on its latest truck '"Service above self", which honors Rotary in The Bahamas.
Keeping The Bahamas Clean for a Cause
Keeping The Bahamas Clean for a Cause
Over the first quarter of this year, the Bahamas Waste team has worked hard to live up the motto on their latest truck ?Service Above Self? which honours Rotary in The Bahamas.
Bahamas Waste hit by 20-25 fuel costs surge
Bahamas Waste hit by 20-25 fuel costs surge
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
Bahamas Waste's managing director yesterday told Tribune Business the company's short-term prospects would be "a whole different kettle of fish" if it won either of its two bids for landfill management and residential garbage collection, adding that its fuel costs had already risen 20-25 per cent year-over-year.
Expressing hope the BISX-listed waste coll...
Bahamians must invest in Bahamas, resort owner urges
Bahamians must invest in Bahamas, resort owner urges
Family Island communities and prospective investors cannot afford to wait on the central government to "come to the rescue" and meet the out islands' vast infrastructural needs to encourage economic development, a Bahamian resort owner yesterday warned.
Wilchcombe: Video disappointing, but might be a wake up call
Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe yesterday expressed his disappointment in the satirical infomercial on downtown Nassau created by Joseph Oster and Casey Gill, a Disney Cruise Line employee, but suggested it was a wake up call for The Bahamas.