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March 11, 2015
Sixth 6th Annual Join me on the Bridge a Huge Success

Special Guests and High School Students Shine at International Women?s Day Celebration...

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May 23, 2014
Callenders Names New Grand Bahama Partner

Callenders & Co, the country?s oldest law firm, announced the appointment of its newest partner today, civil litigator Jacqueline H. Banona. Ms. Banona practices in Grand Bahama...

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May 15, 2013
?Ride The Wave? To Grand Lucayan, Bahamas And Get Credit For The Journey

Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas ? May 15, 2013 ? No matter which way guests arrive, be it riding a wave by boat or by a quick direct flight from the nearby mainland, Grand Lucayan, Bahamas wants its travelers to get the most out of their journey. As the closest major Caribbean meetings resort to the United States, located just 55-miles off the coast of Florida, Grand Lucayan?s Ride the Wave Package o...

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May 02, 2013
Grand Lucayan to Host Intimate Meet-and-Greet Dinner and Concert, 45 Percent Off Rates for Birthday Bash Weekend Event

Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas ? Alison Hinds, Barbados? own ?Caribbean Queen,? will bring a high-energy Birthday Bash Weekend to Grand Lucayan, Bahamas May 31-June 1. Hinds? contagious Caribbean beats will be felt throughout the resort during an eventful Caribbean birthday weekend celebration.

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March 04, 2013
Grand Bahama Shipyard Releases Mid-term Report On 2012/13 Year

Freeport, Grand Bahama -- Graham Couser, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the Grand Bahama Shipyard, released a mid-term report on the yard's 2012/13 season and was optimistic for the balance of the year and the continued quest to be a 'one-stop shop' shipyard.

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December 21, 2012
Miss Grand Bahama Prepares To Leave For Colombia

Freeport, Bahamas - Miss Grand Bahama 2012, Kristie Farah is preparing for the Miss International Coffee Beauty Contest.

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February 16, 2012
BTC's Newly Renovated High Rock Store Marks Second Grand Bahama Re-Opening in Three Days

2 New BTC Stores in 3 Days -- Member of Parliament for High Rock Kenneth Russell prepares to cut the ribbon on BTC's remodeled High Rock store February 13. It was the second BTC store in Grand Bahama to re-open in three days after rebuild and transformation.

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December 14, 2011
Miss Grand Bahama prepares for Colombia

Miss Grand Bahama is Preparing for Celebration Miss International- Coffee Beauty Contest Saturday January 2nd - 8th, 2012. Miss Grand Bahamas Keriann Stuart is busy getting in shape, physically and mentally at the YMCA fitness gym with her personal trainer/ committee member Charmaine McNab.

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December 14, 2011
Students Assist Children's Home

Instead of spending a regular Saturday morning either swimming, playing soccer or vegging out in front of the television, nine-year-old Tenniya Martin joined over 200 of her peers in the first Turkey Trot fun run and walk event in an effort to raise funds for the Grand Bahama Children's Home.

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November 09, 2011
Amateur Boxing Set For GB Return

BOXING IS BACK: Grand Bahamian boxing coach Terry Goldsmith, pictured, said that amateur boxing is on its way back in Grand Bahama. Bi-monthly bouts are expected to begin at the YMCA Gymnasium this month.

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August 14, 2011
Casting Call for Upcoming Film Project on Grand Bahama

Keen i Media is now casting for a humourous, feel-good fiction film project to be shot in Grand Bahama in March 2012 with an accomplished U.S. film director. There are some paid and some non-paid acting possibilities for a small number of supporting, extra and background roles. Producers are looking for healthy, fit, passionate, clean-living, radiant actors of all ages and ethnicities; film/stage/...

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July 06, 2011
Grand Bahama Port Authority Walks for Independence

Official activities commemorating the country's 38th Independence Anniversary kicked off with a Fit Nation Fun Walk/Anything on Wheels Race & Health Screening in Grand Bahama on Saturday past.

Walking in this year's event was last year's largest group winner, The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA).? Led by company vice president, Ginger Moxey, GBPA employees walked proudly behind their...

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June 24, 2010
Enthusiasm building for 2010 Independence Celebrations

Come July 10th The Bahamas will observe its 37th anniversary as an independent nation and on Grand Bahama Island every effort is being made to sensitize Bahamians on this most important part of the nation's history.

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June 15, 2010
Pelican Bay hosts Swedish National Team

The Swedish National Handball Team has chosen Pelican Bay at Lucaya, Grand Bahama, as the destination for a training camp from June 13-18, a first for the island. The 40-strong team will combine a series of hard workouts and weight training in the gym under the leadership of Coach Errol Bodie while also taking the opportunity to tour Grand Bahama and experience what it offers.

Team Handball is ...

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December 28, 2023
RBPF announces road closures ahead of 2024 New Year’s Day Junkanoo Parade in GB

The Royal Bahama Police Force has announced a number of road closures that will come into effect on Monday, January 1, 2024 as final preparations are being made for the much anticipated New Year’s Day Junkanoo Parade.

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June 03, 2009
GB Power gives Bahamian students a head-start with co-op program

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- In this time of economic uncertainty, now more than ever, companies are searching to make an investment when hiring.

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March 09, 2016
PharmaChem issues a Corporate Challenge for the Dogs Day Half Marathon

Dog Days Half Marathon race organisers, Siobhan Antoni-Bates and Nikki Waugh, are excited to announce that PharmaChem Technologies have joined them as a Platinum Sponsor and have issued the corporate companies of Grand Bahama to a Dogs Day Half Marathon Challenge for 2016!

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July 19, 2022
Govt pleased with progress toward closing Grand Lucayan deal

The 60-day due diligence period for the agreement Lucayan Renewal Holdings Ltd. entered into with Electra America Hospitality Group for the purchase of the Grand Lucayan resort at a cost of $100 million has been extended beyond the July 9 deadline as Electra has a right to another 15 days, according to LRH Chairman Julian ...

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July 06, 2021
Police force goes cashless in Grand Bahama

AFTER going cashless in New Providence, the Royal Bahamas Police Force has extended the initiative to Grand Bahama and will no longer accept cash from citizens.

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March 03, 2020
YMCA Report on Effects of Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane Dorian smashed into Grand Bahama on September 1st, 2019 with sustained winds of 185 mph, torrential rains and relentless flooding, causing70% of the island to become submerged. The horror hung over the island for a seemingly interminable 40 hours, the slowest moving hurricane ever. It swept away houses, killed an unknown number of people, devastated the landscape, spilled oil from stora...

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June 14, 2019
Put Your Skates on for Summer Fun in Freeport

Way back in 1735 a young man called John Joseph Merlin, thought it would be a ‘grand idea’ to create shoes with wheels on, so he could crash a party while playing the violin. Merlin thus became the creator of Roller Skating...

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June 11, 2018
Sabor Wows Foodies with new Wednesday waffle Event

A new concept is delighting the palates of ?foodies? across Grand Bahama Island. The brain child, of Sabor?s Head Chef Emmanuel Smith, the concept combined the culinary duo of Wine and Waffles with a dining experience...

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February 23, 2017
Who can beat GB Power, at the Dogs Challenge

Winners of last years Dog Days Half Marathon Event, the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC), are looking to take home the trophy again this year at the March 25th event!...

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September 07, 2016
Resort offers back to school giveaway

Children receiving back to school gifts courtesy of Castaways Resort teaming up with fitness trainer Alice Williams.

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September 06, 2016
100 students benefit from Castaways, MBS partnership

A large number of Grand Bahamians received a good workout and school supplies on Saturday (September 3) at the Aerobathon and Back-to-School Giveaway held at Castaways Resort and Suites in collaboration with Mind, Body and Soul Fitness.

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September 06, 2016
Xanadu still up for sale asking price of 30M

Grand Bahama's Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina is still for sale, with an asking price of $30 million.

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August 18, 2016
Groups offer support ahead of school year

TWO local organisations have donated much needed supplies and food to the Grand Bahama Children's Home just in time for the new school year.

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May 23, 2016
'Yes Bahamas' marchers take to the streets in Freeport

MOTHERS, fathers and children participated in a "Yes Bahamas" march in Freeport on Saturday morning in support of the four Constitutional Amendment Bills on gender equality which will be voted on in the June 7 referendum.

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April 11, 2016
Christie silent on MSC port authority purchase rumor

Prime Minister Perry Christie has declined to confirm or deny reports that shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) -- the largest customer of the Freeport Container Port (FCP) and one of the largest shipping companies in the world with 480 container vessels alone -- has made an offer to buy the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA).

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April 04, 2016
Local businesses come together for 'Dog Days' Health Expo

The Second Annual 'Dog Days' Half Marathon race and Health Expo will be held this Saturday, April 9th, and is shaping up to be fit and healthy.

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