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August 20, 2019
Reprieve as BPL avoids load shedding

NEW Providence residents and businesses got a temporary reprieve from power woes Tuesday as Bahamas Power & Light avoided load shedding throughout the day.

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July 08, 2019
Load shedding to continue for rest of week

LOAD SHEDDING will continue this week in New Providence as beleaguered Bahamas Power and Light attempts to get more assets online, according to Executive Director Patrick Rollins.

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June 19, 2019
Low passenger load factor continues to plague Bahamasair

Despite an increase in passenger counts, Bahamasair is still operating at cripplingly low cabin loads, which according to Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar...

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September 21, 2021
Two deny having loaded pistol

TWO men who denied having a loaded pistol were yesterday sent to prison pending a bail hearing.

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August 11, 2019
Heastie: We cannot guarantee load shedding will not take place

Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) is "sitting on the edge", according to BPL CEO Whitney Heastie, who admitted today that the electricity company could offer no guarantees that load shedding would not continue. Heastie said the company has "no wiggle room or spare capacity"...

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August 09, 2019
Load shedding hurting tourism

While Bahamians continue to endure long hours of load shedding across New Providence, visitors staying in some of the country’s major luxury resorts on the island are not faring any better, Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) President Carlton Russell said yesterday.

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August 09, 2019
BHTA president: Airbnb properties must 'carry their load' on taxation

The vacation home rental market, particularly Airbnb, needs to carry its load by way of taxation and promoting The Bahamas in the same ways the hotel industry does, Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) President Carlton Russell asserted yesterday.

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July 08, 2019
BPL announces load shedding schedule for Monday

AS load shedding continues in New Providence, Bahamas Power & Light released a schedule of anticipated power cuts for Monday evening...

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July 03, 2019
Energy reinforcements coming from Freeport as load shedding continues

AS he apologised on behalf of the government for Bahamas Power and Light's failure to offer uninterrupted service, Acting Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest revealed that generators from Grand Bahama are on the way to Nassau to assist with the continuing generation shortfall.

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News Article
April 16, 2019
Load shedding hits New Providence again

Only a week after Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) Chairman Donovan Moxey said BPL was not expecting any load shedding this summer, island-wide load shedding began on New Providence yesterday. The power outages began at 9:52 a.m., and power was restored throughout all the affected [...]

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