Small Town Folk

• Genre : Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
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There is a place... a place called Grockleton, wherein, high on a hill-top stands the lonely Beesley's Manor, governed by the villainous 'Landlord' and his lowly male counterparts (Pooch, Pike and the diesel-swilling Dobbin). Always on the look-out for new female company to help carry on the Beesley name, the Landlord keeps a watchful eye over Grockleton and anyone who dares to enter his land. Whe...

OIL LEAK INVESTIGATED - 20 MONTHS AFTER SPILL: DEPP to send team next week to probe Jan 2022 BPL issue

THE Department of Environmental Planning and Protection will start assessing a Bahamas Power & Light diesel spill in North Andros within a week, nearly 20 months after large quantities of oil reportedly leaked there.

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CONTAMINATION FEAR FROM BPL FUEL SPILL: North Andros residents concerned over health impact to groundwater

RESIDENTS fear the groundwater in Nicholls Town, North Andros, has been contaminated with diesel, potentially harming the community's health after a Bahamas Power & Light pipeline leaked large quantities of fuel.

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BPL CEO explains 'cutting of corners'

Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) CEO Shevonn Cambridge explained yesterday what he meant when he told The Nassau Guardian earlier this week that former BPL officials "may have cut some corners" in getting the power company's Station A plant at Clifton Pier online, leading to BPL's inability to optimize use of the seven Wartsila engines that were secured to ...
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CEO: New BPL engines not providing fuel savings

Bahamas Power and Light's (BPL) brand new engines were not installed as originally planned in 2019, and therefore have not been providing the fuel savings the utility and government had hoped, BPL Chief Executive Officer Shevonn Cambridge said yesterday. Cambridge was responding to media inquiries about the engines, that stemmed from comments made in the ...
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Govt hoping for deal with petroleum retailers by end of summer

Financial Secretary Simon Wilson told members of the media yesterday that the government hopes to finalize an agreement with the Bahamas Petroleum Retailers Association (BPRA) by the end of the summer, adding that talks have currently stalled.

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Discussions between government and petroleum retailers in "abeyance" says Financial Secretary

NASSAU, BAHAMAS- - Discussions between the government and petroleum retailers have come to a temporary halt according to Financial Secretary Simon Wilson. When asked about the state of those negotiations yesterday Wilson said, "I think those discussions are in abeyance. We have a proposal before them. They have a counterproposal before the government and I [...]

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Top research and development in the Caribbean

What are the top 10 leading territories for research and development in the Caribbean? No? Top five? How about three? Is it because the region doesn't need any research and development? That is strange because the most developed countries in the world also spend the most money on research and development. One would think that they ...
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BNSI - CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – APRIL 2023

The Bahamas National Statistical Institute is pleased to announce the release of its ConsumerPrice index, April 2023.

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Inflation rate surpasses October 2022 peak

In its latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, the Bahamas National Statistical Institute (BNSI) revealed that in April 2023, the inflation rate in the country surpassed what it was in the October 2022, when the CPI peaked at 120.07. The inflation rate increased by 0.6 percent in April 2023, when compared to March 2023, driving the ...
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