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Laing: Roadworks compensation will vary
March 24, 2012
Laing: Roadworks compensation will vary
Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing said while the government intends to compensate business owners who were negatively impacted by the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP), people should not assume that they will receive checks.
"It's not only a matter of a check in your hand," he told The Nassau Guardian recently. "The assessment that we are doing is to make a determination a...
Roadwork-hit businesses 'need more time'
March 22, 2012
Roadwork-hit businesses 'need more time'
ONE week is not a practical amount of time for businesses to collect information and documentation to assess the damage caused by the road improvement project, according to a Coconut Grove Business League representative.
March 21, 2012
Roadwork hit firms: 'It's never too late to do the right thing'
By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Business Reporter
nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net
THE Government's plans to provide assistance to businesses impacted by the New Providence Road Improvement Project was hailed as a good move yesterday, with Coconut Grove Business League (CBGL) spokesman, Ethric Bowe, telling Tribune Business: "It's never too late to do the right thing."
Speaking after Prime Minister Hube...
Warm response to survey of roadwork-hit businesses
March 22, 2012
Warm response to survey of roadwork-hit businesses
THE government's survey for businesses adversely affected by the ongoing road work has been greeted "very warmly", according to Ministry of Finance officials.
Roadworks aid is 'genuine effort'
March 22, 2012
Roadworks aid is 'genuine effort'
Montego Bay, Jamaica - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham allayed concerns of possible fraud or bureaucratic cobwebs stemming from the proposed compensation for businesses impacted by the roadworks.
March 21, 2012
Commencement of New Providence Roadwork Project Business Impact
NEW PROVIDENCE ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
COMMENCEMENT OF ROAD & INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS
BUSINESS IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE
March 21, 2012
Commencement of New Providence Roadwork Project Business Impact
Nassau, Bahamas
- Beginning Wednesday, 21st
March 2012, the Government will commence execution of the Road &
Infrastructure Works Impact Questionnaire. Ministry of Finance personnel will visit business
establishments throughout New Providence on corridors and their connecting side
streets impacted by the New Providence Road and Infrastructure Improvement Project.
Business establishments which ar...
The truth about the New Providence roadworks
March 19, 2012
The truth about the New Providence roadworks
There has been so much discussion regarding the House of Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP) that this week we would like to Consider This... exactly what does that report have to say and what conclusions should we draw from it regarding the governance of the Free National Movement (FNM), both past and future.
In publishing its rep...
March 15, 2012
Ex-BCA chief says 15m to Bahamians for roadworks 'low'
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
A FORMER Bahamian Contractors Association (BCA) president yesterday said the 13.7 per cent of work sub-contracted out to Bahamian firms on the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP) "stuck out" as relatively low, and called for "mandatory" local joint venture participation on future such projects.
Describing the project's projected 36.28 per cen...
IDB: 13M 'RETROACTIVE' TO STOP ROADWORKS SHUTDOWN
March 13, 2012
IDB: 13M 'RETROACTIVE' TO STOP ROADWORKS SHUTDOWN
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
AN ALARMED Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is providing $13 million in retroactive financing to prevent a "cash flow shortfall" from bringing the New Providence Road Improvement Project to a temporary halt, as this would leave Nassau's roads in a "worse" condition than when the project began.
A report on a proposed $65 million IDB loan, necessary t...
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