FNM Government Continues to Drives BEC to a Disastrous Collapse

Nassau, Bahamas - Enclosed is a

Press Statement by

The Progressive Liberal Party.

Fred Gottlieb resigned as of
December 31st 2009 ten months after making the bold prediction of
coming within $1-2 mill of their "break even" goal for BEC financial
year end of September 30th, 2009.

Jr. Minister Phenton Neymour recently told parliament that BEC's loses
for the year ending September 30th 2009 was s...

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The hidden facts about BEC that contributed to its current broke status

Nassau, Bahamas - The following is a press statement by Bradley Roberts, National Chairman, the Progressive Liberal Party:

The
Progressive Liberal Party is once again demanding that Hubert Ingraham,
Minister Earl Deveaux and Jr. Minister Phenton Neymour come clean on
BEC.

 

When
the FNM came to power in May 2007, they found a thriving, expanding
Bahamas Electricity Corporation, which ...

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Roberts press statement on 'Broke Status' of BEC

Nassau, Bahamas - Enclosed is a Press Statement by

Bradley B Roberts National Chairman Progressive Liberal Party.

The FNM Government Hid the
Indisputable Facts that Contributed to the 'Broke Status' of BEC, Which
They Dare Not Blame on the PLP

The Progressive Liberal Party is once again demanding that Hubert
Ingraham, Minister Earl Deveaux and Jr. Minister Phenton Neymour come
clean on BEC.

Wh...

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BEC to slash 2010 losses to 5-10m

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) is expecting to slash its per annum loss from $30 million in 2009 to between $5-$10 million for the recently completed financial year to end-September 2010, its chairman has told Tribune Business, before returning to profitability in 2011.

Michael Moss told this newspaper that while the 100 per cent state-owned C...

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The Bs - BEC and BTC

Dear Editor,
I read in the papers this morning (Monday) that the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) is to slash their losses from $30 million to between $5 and 10 million this year and Cable and Wireless wants to downsize the personnel at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) by a third before buying the company. Is this all a bad dream or a joke?
BEC has among the highest electricity r...

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Letter: BEC, BTC and bad dreams

EDITOR, The Tribune.

I read in the paper this morning (Monday) that BEC is to slash their loss from $30 million to between $5 and 10 million this year and Cable and Wireless wants to downsize the personnel at BTC by a third before buying the company. Is this all a bad dream or a joke?

BEC has among the highest electricity rates in the world and they still make a loss. This means we continue ...

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Frustrated with BEC

Once again I find myself asking the same question all over again. Will someone in the government please stand up for the helpless consumer in this Bahamaland? Or will it remain business as usual whereby the little man, who by circumstances beyond his control, still finds himself falling through the cracks in "the system"?
Survival of the fittest now pretty much defines life in The Bahamas as many ...

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Bahamas Chamber of Commerce & BEC Present...

Wednesday 14th April 2010  8:30 AM

The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce, along with BEC, invites you to participate in their next informative and interactive workshop on the topic ?HR Strategies: Being compliant with Employment Legislation?

Cost: $190/chamber and BEC members; $240/non chamber and BEC members.

Start Time: April 14th at 8:30am
End Time: April 14th at 4:00pm
Where: British Colonial Hilton Hotel.

For more infor...

Blaze at BEC power plant compound

By ALISON LOWE

Tribune Staff Reporter

alowe@tribunemedia.net

LOUD explosions rocked mainland Abaco on Friday night when a bush fire spread to the Bahamas Electricity Corporation's Marsh Harbour power plant compound, setting alight drums filled with used oil and posing a threat to the islands' power supply.

The power station blaze came after days of wild fires raging in pine forests on the main...

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BEC Give Donation To All Saints Camp

THE Bahamas Electricity Corporation ended the year on a high note with a substantial gift to the All Saints Camp.

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