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June 07, 2022
Mystery rigs raise concerns

The appearance of five oil drilling rigs moored off Holmes Rock and Deadman's Reef, Eight Mile Rock, West Grand Bahama, has baffled residents and tourists for the past two and a half years. 

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May 13, 2022
Work begins on Carnival's GB port

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama - Carnival Cruise Line started construction on its $200 million cruise port in East Grand Bahama yesterday. The project is expected to result in 1,000 permanent jobs and hundreds of construction jobs on the island.

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June 08, 2011
GBPA hosts visiting British diplomats

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA) was the recent host of several British diplomats on island for a familiarization visit.? Led by former British High Commissioner to The Bahamas, Peter Young, the delegation participated in a land and sea tour of various facilities and a special luncheon was held in their honour.
Accompanying Mr. Young were, Simon Tucker, V...

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April 28, 2021
Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach reopening on Grand Bahama

The reopening of another Grand Bahama hotel property is expected to further rejuvenate the island’s ailing tourism industry.

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March 09, 2021
'See-saw' politics and the forgotten Grand Bahama

A 20-year cycle continues in The Bahamas, where we live in an old regime of “see-saw” politics, with Bahamians juggling between two parties possessing the same ideologies and almost identical in terms of substance.

I want Bahamians, and particularly Grand Bahamians, to realize that we have been fighting the same fight, voicing the same concerns, and pushing the same cause without results fo...

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October 22, 2019
Heads of Agreement signed for $64 million development of Medical University in Grand Bahama

Today the Government of The Bahamas signed a Heads of Agreement with Western Atlantic University of Medicine Ltd. for the establishment and operation of a University School of Medicine in Freeport...

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October 04, 2019
(VIDEO) The Fox Foundation Collaborates With The Buddy Hield Foundation to Bring aid to Grand Bahama

The Bahamas as a whole has been truly devastated by the Category 5 monster of a hurricane Dorian. The two islands mostly effected have been Abaco and Grand Bahama. Instantly after the storm the founder of the Fox Foundation Adrian Fox committed half of a million dollars towards hurricane relief. This very public act philanthropy set off a chain of events giving to the greater cause of...

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September 26, 2019
“We Will Rebuild Better Than Ever,” Says GB’s Minister of State

The signing of the Heads of Agreement for Carnival’s largest cruise port in the world on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 is a major step in the rebuilding process for Grand Bahama, said the Hon. Kwasi Thompson, Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister...

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May 10, 2019
New KMW Plaza Opens in Grand Bahama

Minister of State for Grand Bahama, Senator Kwasi Thompson says while doing business in Grand Bahama has its share of challenges, he’s moved by business owners who, despite the challenges, have continued to persevere...

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April 24, 2019
SBCD's First Pitch Night on Grand Bahama a Success

First Pitch Night held on Grand Bahama in conjunction with the University of The Bahamas...
First and second place winners received 10,000-dollars and 5,000-dollars, respectively, in grant funding...
SBDC continues to offer access to more opportunities for entrepreneurs throughout The Bahamas...

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