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April 23, 2014
Bahamasair's return to Mayaguana hailed as good news

The completion of the runway refurbishment at the Mayaguana Airport and the return of regularly scheduled Bahamasair flights there after a five year absence are significant milestones for the residents of that island and signal the resurgence of the Mayaguana economy, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts said in a statement yesterday...

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October 09, 2013
Ongoing woes for Mayaguana airport

Several Mayaguana residents used their vehicles' high beams to assist in the landing of a plane making an emergency medical flight on Sunday because half of the emergency solar lights at the runway were inoperable, The Nassau Guardian has learnt...

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April 09, 2013
I-Group: Runway Tragedy Not Political

The Ingraham administration's renegotiation of the I-Group's Mayaguana deal played no part in last week's tragic accident, which killed three people on a runway on that island, said I-Group representative Tim Haffner yesterday.

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September 05, 2011
Mayaguana on Cusp of Change

A restated and amended Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Mayaguana developers, the I-Group, is scheduled for presentation in Cabinet tomorrow, paving the way for works on the island's airstrip and construction of a boutique hotel. Updating Guardian Business on the status of the development, Chairman of the Hotel Corporation of The Bahamas (HCB), Michael Scott, said the venture will be worth between $3...

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September 20, 2011
Mayaguana HOA to be Approved

The Government will recommend approval of a revised, amended and restated Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Mayaguana developers the I-Group, Guardian Business can confirm. Chairman of the Hotel Corporation of The Bahamas (HCB), Michael Scott, told this newspaper yesterday that while there were certain observations and qualifications to be met, the conclusion of cabinet was to approve the deal in prin...

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September 08, 2017
Images from the island of Mayaguana from the passing of Hurricane Irma

First images coming in from the island of Mayaguana one of the Southern islands...

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September 12, 2016
Social Services Minister Griffin kicks off visit to Mayaguana with stops to Pirates Well/Abraham's Bay

Minister of Social Services and Community Development, the Hon. Melanie Sharon Griffin arrived in Pirate?s Well Friday for a three-day visit.

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September 19, 2011
'Watershed' Mayaguana Deal Backed

THE BAHAMAS was yesterday said to have experienced "a watershed moment" after the Government approved the revised Heads of Agreement for the I-Group's Mayaguana project, paving the way for a $24-$32 million investment in the development's first phase.

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April 22, 2014
Runway is completed at airport after fatal crash

FOR the first time in five years, Bahamasair will start making regularly scheduled flights to Mayaguana...

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April 05, 2013
'Truck Burned For More Than An Hour' With Three Inside

Having stood by helpless and in horror as the bodies of three of their neighbours burned for more than an hour, Mayaguanans are blaming yesterday's plane crash disaster on years of government neglect.

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