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May 12, 2016
DPM: BAMSI rebuilding still months away

More than a year after a male dormitory at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) was destroyed by fire, Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said yesterday rebuilding probably won't take place until after the start of the school year.

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March 06, 2016
DPM pledges to make all BAMSI contracts public

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works Philip Brave Davis says he will make all Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) contracts public "in due course".

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February 10, 2016
Chipman wants Major to intervene in BAMSI investigation

Nearly a year after the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) requested that the government provide information related to the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI), PAC Chairman Hubert Chipman said yesterday the PAC has not received "an iota" of information and called on House of Assembly Speaker Dr. Kendal Major to intervene.

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January 29, 2016
BAMSI will be completed by 39beginning of next school year39

The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) will be completed by the beginning of the next school year, Minister of Agriculture V. Alfred Gray said on Friday.

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December 01, 2015
BAMSI dorm delay 'shameful', says Turnquest

Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest said yesterday it is "shameful and unacceptable" that nearly a year after the male dormitory at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) was severely damaged by fire, the government has yet to identify a contractor to rebuild the dorm.

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March 09, 2015
FNM alleges BAMSI victimization

The Free National Movement (FNM) yesterday accused the government of victimization following the termination of two Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) employees in the last two weeks.

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March 06, 2015
BAMSI president promises 10K agriculture sector jobs

Former Director of Agriculture Dr. Godfrey Eneas yesterday stated that the country's agriculture sector would create 10,000 jobs as New Providence launches its Agribusiness Expo 2015.

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March 02, 2015
The BAMSI insurance controversy mustbe cleared up

Accusations of the nature and magnitude of those leveled by former Minister of Works Neko Grant last week are often dismissed as exaggerated or even far-fetched.

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June 15, 2016
Grant questions 12M BAMSI allocation

Former Minister of Works Neko Grant used his contribution to debate on the government's 2016/2017 budget to challenge the Christie administration on public spending in a number of areas, demanding to be informed, for instance, how $12 million budgeted for the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) will be spent.

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February 10, 2016
Rollins to DPM: Grow up and get real

Fort Charlotte MP Dr. Andre Rollins yesterday fired back at Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis over his "asinine" statement regarding Rollins' recent inquiries about "an apparent no-bid contract", awarded to a company partially owned by former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Minister Darrell Rolle to construct the female dormitory at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMS...

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