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January 24, 2013
MP Makes Claim on BEC Cleaning Contract

East Grand Bahama MP Peter Turnquest claimed yesterday the government terminated a contract with Frank Hanna cleaning company to clean the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) and awarded a higher contract to a company owned by a relative of a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) senator.

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August 02, 2011
BEC Chairman explains fuel charges in electricity bills

FREEPORT - As Bahamian consumers continue to see a rise in their electricity cost, BEC chairman Michael Moss discussed the distinction of a fuel charge imposed by BEC and a fuel surcharge imposed by the Grand Bahama Power Company.

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December 07, 2012
70,000 Gallons Of BEC Fuel Spills

An estimated 70,000 gallons of fuel has spilled into the ground from a Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) fuel storage facility for the Rock Sound, Eleuthera, power station, BEC confirmed last night. The fuel spill was discovered around 9 a.m. Tuesday, officials said, but it was not made public before yesterday.

"...Our preliminary findings suggest that a check valve was tampered with and th...

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March 17, 2013
Bid to Oust Secretary-general of Union amid BEC Concerns

As the Bahamas Electricity Corporation takes steps to correct its foundering financial position through measures that will greatly affect staff, one of the company?s union executives is embroiled in conflict. Stephano Greene, President of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU), told The Tribune...

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October 02, 2008
Government makes good on promise to Grand Bahama Power Company customers

The Government will cause all disconnected residential Grand Bahama Power Company consumers to have their electricity restored, and will, as it did for Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) consumers, cause the fuel surcharge to be limited for some 15,000 consumers on Grand Bahama, Minister of State for Finance the Hon. Zhivargo Laing announced in parliament Wednesday.

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October 21, 2015
CCC Calling for a 25% Reduction in the Fixed Electricity Rate

The Island of Grand Bahama is meant to be a place where businesses are profitable, where people are prospering, a place where all can experience the Bahamian dream.

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September 04, 2015
Pintard: enough blame to go around for bad GBI leadership

Grand Bahamians may be split on who to blame - the central government or the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA)

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August 20, 2014
Bahamas Stripping To Establish Regional Manufacturing Plant in West End, Grand Bahama

The Bahamas Striping Group of Companies (BSGC) is in the embryonic stages of acquiring crown land in West End...

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January 21, 2013
Another Oil Spill Impacts Grand Bahama

Minister of the Environment and Housing Kenred Dorsett confirmed yesterday that an oil spill occurred off the Bahamas Oil Refining Company (BORCO) in Freeport Harbor, Grand Bahama.

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August 16, 2012
Christie And The PLP, 100 Days Later

While Prime Minister Perry Christie has boasted that his administration has exceeded the 100-day benchmarks set out in its Charter for Governance, the implementation of some of the promises are difficult to gauge because of their subjectivity.

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