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August 02, 2019
Fishermen reject closed season

GRAND Bahama fishermen and vendors yesterday rejected arguments for a closed conch season, telling The Tribune such a move would seriously impact their livelihood...

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July 24, 2019
Goombay Summer Festival In Freeport Is A Hit For Travel Agents

Authentic Bahamian cultural activities, including the Goombay Summer Festival, were a big hit for a recent group of Florida and Georgia travel agents who visited Freeport, Grand Bahama for a familiarization trip...

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October 10, 2017
DPM says East End Communities are Ecological Dream Come True

In officially opening the 45th Annual Conch Cracking Festival in McLean?s Town, during the National Heroes Day Holiday, October 9, 2017 Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, and Member of Parliament for East Grand Bahama, the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest remarked that places like McLean?s Town remain an ecological dream ? a paradise by many standards...

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April 05, 2017
Save The Bays, West End Eco-Fishing Camp Association, 4Ocean Lead Massive Volunteer Clean-up, Haul 1,160 pounds debris per day

Volunteers from Save The Bays, West End Eco-Fishing Camp Association (WEEFCA) and 4Ocean stooped, scooped, piled, packed and hauled away 1,160 pounds of debris from the beaches and mangroves of West End, Grand Bahama April 1, which exceeded their projected amount of 1,000 pounds...

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A new normal
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November 01, 2016
A new normal

Keith Cooper, a 59-year-old businessman, who with his wife, Linda, owns West End Ecology Tours, bent down and picked up a small sewing kit out of a pile of debris, dusted it off and put it into his pocket as if he had found a cherished family memento last Wednesday.

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October 14, 2016
Star Hotel depicts West End's crisis

The Star Hotel, standing across from the water on the main street in West End, is a tilting monstrosity, far removed from its substantive historic past.

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September 02, 2016
Construction to start on zip-line as Pirate's Cove project nears finish

THE water theme park at Pirate's Cove on Taino Beach west is 90 per cent complete and work on the second phase will begin in the next couple of weeks with construction of Grand Bahama's first zip-line.

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March 20, 2015
GB Minister Tours New Junkanoo Village and Museum

Minister for Grand Bahama, the Hon. Dr. Michael Darville on Thursday visited the Junkanoo Village and Museum and observed the progress of Freeport?s newest attraction, the brainchild of Junkanoo enthusiast Fred Black and his partner Rashad Amahad, located on Yellow Pine Street, directly across the street from the Grand Bahama Millwork Building...

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June 23, 2014
GB Aragonite mine project branded a 'job killer'

Local government official says East End proposal would destroy prized fishing grounds that have sustained entire communities for generations...

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April 01, 2014
Easter Break by the Beach: Grand Lucayan, Bahamas Announces

Holiday Weekend Activities for the Whole Family. Families searching for a warm weather getaway over the Easter break need look no further than Grand Lucayan, Bahamas.

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