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November 04, 2023
Energy and Transport Minister commends partnership formed for provision of LNG Bunkering services

Minister of Energy and Transport, the Hon. Jobeth Coleby-Davis brought congratulatory remarks on Elnet Lightering and Eagle LNG Partners forging of a strategic alliance for expansion of LNG Bunkering Services in The Bahamas.

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September 19, 2011
BEC Chair says Lower Fuel Costs Coming

REDUCED load factors and increased energy production using Bunker C fuel should soon reduce the fuel charge component on Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) bills, its chairman told Tribune Business yesterday, helping to mitigate world oil price volatility.

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Developing industry
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July 05, 2023
Developing industry

In the years following the signing of the 1955 Hawksbill Creek Agreement, Grand Bahama quickly morphed from a poor fishing village to a thriving industrial hub.

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October 07, 2022
Construction of Renewable Power Generation Plant expected to decrease BPL’s fuel costs says Works and Utilities Minister

Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) is in the advanced stages of a plan with a private investor to construct a 60 MW photovoltaic renewable power generation plant in New Providence, which will result in a decrease in the company’s fuel costs and offer jobs for Bahamians. The Hon.

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February 12, 2015
Miller laments missed LNG opportunity, still hopeful

The Bahamian people have "suffered tremendously" from national indecision regarding liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the cost of electricity continues to be a burden, according to Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) Executive Chairman Leslie Miller.

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October 23, 2015
Christie says disaster models need review

Prime Minister Perry Christie acknowledged yesterday that Hurricane Joaquin has exposed weaknesses in the country's current disaster models and called for a complete review of that system.

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November 17, 2016
The coming revelation of a Trump presidency

The Donald Trump presidency is going to be a wild ride that will amaze, disgust, frighten and amuse many observers, likely on a weekly, if not nearly, daily basis.

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Hot mess
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October 17, 2016
Hot mess

The catastrophic failure of the power grid in New Providence is not simply explained.

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October 11, 2016
'Waves four feet high burst into my home'

RONALD Woodside was at home in his seaside house on South Beach Road with his parents on Thursday, when waves about "four feet" high burst into the building, forcing the family to flee to the second floor.

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July 08, 2016
A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW ON INDEPENDENCE: 43 years on and still we need to break the shackles

WHILST WE have accomplished much since our Independence in 1973, we continue to be a country that celebrates "flag independence", more so than what it means to be truly economically and socially diverse and self-determining.

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