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February 03, 2016
BAMSI contract questioned

Fort Charlotte MP Dr. Andre Rollins last night challenged the government to say whether a contract for a building at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) was awarded to a former Cabinet minister who previously represented Andros.

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March 04, 2021
On the ground in Andros, mixed views on Forbes' decision

Mangrove Cay and South Andros MP Picewell Forbes was a “lousy MP” and it is time for the constituency to see a change, Karis Rolle-Davis, a resident of Calabash Bay, said yesterday.

But other residents said Forbes did his best and was at the mercy of successive administrations, which did little for the constituency.

Forbes announced on Monday that he will not run in the next election.

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April 24, 2016
19-year-old man stabbed to death in fight at Andros nightclub

A 19-year-old youth is dead after he was stabbed during fight at a nightclub in Andros early on Sunday morning.

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July 13, 2015
DPM Davis leads delegation on tour of BAMSI Bahamas Information Services

Farm Manager Everson Parks, far left led the delegation on a tour of the Bahamas Agriculture Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) in North Andros on Saturday, 11th July 2015...

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October 16, 2012
Andros To Grow Cocoa Beans

The Graycliff Chocolate Factory has partnered with a farm on Andros to produce locally grown cocoa beans, providing the basis of a truly Bahamian product.

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November 07, 2016
Roberts claims 'lies' told on Andros proposal

Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts yesterday decried what he called "misinformation" surrounding the Bahamas Embassy in China being authorized to further pursue a possible $2.1 billion agriculture and fisheries partnership with the Chinese.

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February 14, 2016
The curious case of the BAMSI contract

The company owned partially by former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Minister Darrell Rolle which received a contract for the female dormitory at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) was incorporated on April 30, 2013, a company search has revealed.

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February 07, 2016
Cronyism claims and BAMSI contracts

Former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Minister Darrell Rolle acknowledged over the weekend that a company that was awarded a contract for the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) was formed by his law office and he does have an interest in it, but he strongly rejected a claim by Fort Charlotte MP Dr. Andre Rollins that cronyism was involved in the award of the contract.

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April 25, 2012
North Andros Rally Remarks - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham

Less than two weeks before the general elections, PM Hubert A. Ingraham travelled to Freeport where, addressing FNM supporters, he outlined the Government's plan to continue to support the economic recovery of Grand Bahama and decried the PLP's 'Carnival' campaign .

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The BAMSI fiasco
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March 06, 2015
The BAMSI fiasco

It is deplorable for the Gold Rush administration and/or the lead contractor at the North Andros based BAMSI project to have allowed the required insurance coverage on a dormitory building to have lapsed due to nonpayment of the premium.

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