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July 22, 2011
The great Mayaguana land giveaway!

This column was originally published on July 6, 2010. The contribution to the 2010/11 budget debate by the Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate was one of the more egregious examples of neo-colonial claptrap by a Bahamian political figure in the nearly four decades after independence.

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January 23, 2023
PHA Signs Industrial Agreement with the BPSU

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) signed an Industrial Agreement with the Bahamas Public Services Union (BPSU) at the Office of the Prime Minister on Monday, January 23, 2023.

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June 28, 2022
Davis says govt will 'hold the line' on NIB increase

AN increase in National Insurance Board contributions will not come off the table until the Davis administration decides whether or not to accept the recommendations of experts regarding the sustainability of the NIB fund, Prime Minister Philip "Brave" Davis said yesterday.

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May 18, 2022
Potter's Cay vendors given access to repair supplies

AGRICULTURE, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs Minister Clay Sweeting yesterday said Potter's Cay Dock vendors affected by a fire last year were provided with letters to access supplies to rebuild their stalls.

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Hot mess
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August 14, 2019
Hot mess

In this March 2015 photo, Free National Movement Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis speaks to reporters outside the Bahamas Electricity Corporation's headquarters on Tucker Road, calling the power crisis a "PLP mess"...

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June 20, 2019
Global Ports Holding Gains Downtown and Festival Place Stakeholders Support

Executives of Global Ports Holding (GPH) hosted a series of government-endorsed stakeholder meetings recently to discuss...

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October 27, 2014
CEO Leon Williams- Leadership should Factor Strongly in HR Management

BTC Chief says CEOs want leaders who push the envelope HR. BTC?s CEO Leon Williams knows what he wants from his HR team and he was happy to give his view on the matter to HR professionals and other attendees at the recent Bahamas Human Resources Development Association 25th Anniversary Forum in Nassau...

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August 06, 2013
Sports program deserves top priority treatment

There was a time when sports organizations got by without government grants. Sports leaders of the day, 40 years ago and further back, got their programs going and motivated the respective athletes by organizing fund-raising events and soliciting from Corporate Bahamas...

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July 22, 2013
BAIC: 'Aggressive' initiative leads to rise in rent payments

The Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) has seen a nearly 50 percent increase in rent collections following an "aggressive" eviction initiative, according to its executive chairman.

Arnold Forbes revealed to Guardian Business that the corporation has seen quite an increase in collections both in the park and its facility on Paradise Island...

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June 20, 2013
Bell raises alarm on state of prison

The population of Her Majesty's Prisons has swelled well beyond 1,500 and the overcrowding problem is actually worsening crime, as the institution breeds and eventually "unleashes animals" back into society, according to Minister of State for National Security Keith Bell.
Bell said problems with overcrowding add to the "significant challenges" at the prison.
"Maximum security is built to hold 22...

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