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News Article
December 28, 2011
Road project frustration major story in 2011

It was a bumpy ride in 2011, fraught with numerous diversions and delays, all as a result of the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP).
The project dominated headlines in 2011.
In September, members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Assembly started a probe into how public funds were being spent on the project.
The Nassau Guardian later learned that the PAC found the...

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News Article
December 28, 2011
Road Project Frustration Major Story In 2011

It was a bumpy ride in 2011, fraught with numerous diversions and delays, all as a result of the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP).
The project dominated headlines in 2011.

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News Article
November 29, 2011
ATLANTIS TAKEOVER 'A LITTLE DISCONCERTING'

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

Private sector leaders yesterday said the new Atlantis owner's long-term intentions were critical for the well-being of its 8,000 employees and the wider Bahamian economy, a former Chamber president telling Tribune Business he found it "a little disconcerting" that this nation's largest resort was now controlled by a finance company.

Emphasising that he ...

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November 15, 2011
Debt Servicing Costs Up 4.5 pts In Three Years

Many Bahamian businesses are expressing concern that New Providence's roadworks will leave them "hard pressed" to enjoy the Christmas sales performance they are used to, a former Chamber of Commerce president yesterday saying there was "real pressure" for the major roads to be opened by the first week in December.

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News Article
November 15, 2011
'Hard Pressed' Pressed Xmas Concern On Roadworks

Many Bahamian businesses are expressing concern that New Providence's roadworks will leave them "hard pressed" to enjoy the Christmas sales performance they are used to, a former Chamber of Commerce president yesterday saying there was "real pressure" for the major roads to be opened by the first week in December.

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News Article
November 08, 2011
Energy Monopoly Claim Is 'HOGWASH'

A LEADING businessman said yesterday that while net metering and net billing would be a good idea to facilitate renewable energy, power plants were still necessary during peak consumption hours.

"I think it would be good, it would provide another mechanism by which people can offset these substantial energy costs they have," Dionisio D'Aguilar, head of the Superwash laundromat chain and former...

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October 28, 2011
ARMED ROBBERY TRIAL NEARS CONCLUSION

By LAMECH JOHNSON
ljohnson@tribunemedia.net

THE Supreme Court trial of two men charged with the attempted armed robbery of a laundromat last year is nearing completion.
Prosecution and defence attorneys in the trial of Roderick Strachan and Raymond Pratt Jr are expected make their closing submissions this afternoon following the testimony of a doctor.
Strachan, who is represented by Calvin Seymou...

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News Article
October 21, 2011
DNA not ready to govern

I would like to comment on the ongoing saga surrounding the leader of the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) and Member of Parliament for Bamboo Town, Branville McCartney.?

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October 05, 2011
Floods call drainage system into question

As thousands of people took to the streets yesterday for the morning commute, many had to contend with more than just gridlock. Great seas stood in the way as the city's drainage system once again struggled to keep up with the demand.
Cars plowed through the flooding, sending wakes high into the air. Some motorists were stranded in the middle of the road from stalled engines.
Dionisio D'Aguilar, p...

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October 03, 2011
SUPERWASH SALES DROPPED 40 AT ROADWORKS PEAK

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

A LEADING businessman yesterday said sales for his impacted outlets slumped by 40 per cent at the New Providence Road Improvement Project's peak, telling Tribune Business the main Argentinean contractor "made a mistake" in not hiring more Bahamian supervisors and sub-contractors.

Dionisio D'Aguilar said that while the top-line at his Superwash laundroma...

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