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September 02, 2015
On Freeport based Air Traffic Controllers

The Department of Civil Aviation has procured the agreement of the Grand Bahama Airport Company to pay overtime to Air Traffic Controllers at the Grand Bahama International Airport. The Company has agreed to pay the overtime on a retroactive basis less time previously taken off by Controllers in lieu of pay...

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August 20, 2014
Americans killed in plane crash were investors in Freeport

THE four Americans killed in a plane crash in Grand Bahama are all senior timeshare executives of Aqua Sun Investments Inc, a Florida timeshare corporation with major investment ties in Freeport...

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August 19, 2014
Four dead in 'horrendous' plane crash

FOUR people are dead after a US registered twin-engine Cessna 340 aircraft crashed in shallow waters five miles northwest of Freeport, Grand Bahama yesterday morning. The plane was inbound from Ormond Beach, Florida, when it went down around 10am...

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November 11, 2013
Four killed in GB plane crash

Four people believed to be Americans on a sightseeing expedition were killed after the small plane they were in on Sunday crashed into a marsh not long after take off...

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November 11, 2013
Four killed in plane crash

TWO women and two men died yesterday when their plane crashed into the sea seven miles off Grand Bahama...

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December 19, 2008
Emergency personnel trained in hazardous materials and rescue response

More than a dozen local first responders and rescue crews received four days of intense training in Freeport last week. Participants learned specialised skills to enable them to assess and respond to emergency situations.

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News Article
October 27, 2010
11-grade ambassador will tell pilots about The Bahamas

Khalia Carneigie, an 11th grade student of St. George?s High School, Freeport, Grand Bahama, has emerged as the winner of a video contest sponsored by the Aviation Department of The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism.

As winner of the contest Khalia will represent The Islands of The Bahamas at the upcoming AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) Summit Show and Convention, Long Beach, Califor...

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April 13, 2010
GB's weather observing system inadequate

The Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) at Grand Bahama International Airport, now being used in the absence of the Freeport Weather Department, is inadequate and not totally reliable without the human element, revealed a report into why a severe weather warning was not issued until after a deadly tornado touched down on the northern island.

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January 25, 2017
Save The Bays Chairman: ?Hottest Year on Record in 120 Years, Bahamas Facing Grave Danger, Cannot Afford to Delay Action on Climate Change?

On the heels of official news that the 2016 was the hottest year on record globally since weather record-keeping began in the 1880s, (www.edition.cnn.co), Save The Bays Chairman Joe Darville urged the nation?s leaders to act before up to 80% of the islands of The Bahamas...

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June 14, 2016
Cascarilla Forced to Return Fire While Patrolling Great Bahama Bank

The crew of Her Majesty?s Bahamian Ship (HMBS) Cascarilla was forced to return fire at a fishing vessel registered in the Dominican Republic at 8:00 p.m. Monday, June 13, 2016 after being fired upon (engaged) first by the crew of that vessel.

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