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October 23, 2012
GB Auto Sales 'Totally Dead

Car dealers in Grand Bahama are gearing up for this year's auto show with a renewed sense of urgency and purpose.

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September 27, 2012
GBG: Oil Recovery Plant Approved

The Grand Bahama Group Limited (GBG) and its partners have secured a leasehold interest in Freeport to construct a hydrocarbon recovery plant (HRP) as early as November.

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March 30, 2012
(VIDEO) Bahamian attorney Maurice Glinton discusses the significance and misunderstanding of the Hawksbill Creek agreement (Part1)

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - The Bahamas Weekly is pleased to present herewith an engaging?interview with Grand Bahama attorney-at-law,Maurice Glinton as he discusses the Hawksbill Creek Agreement signed August 1st, 1955; the agreement? has a 99-year lifespan that expires in 2054. TheHawksbill Creek Agreement was made between the Government of the Bahamas and Mr Wallace Groves to establish a ci...

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January 03, 2012
GB Shipyard Booms from New Trend

Grand Bahama Shipyard has seen a significant rise in business in the last year, as the cruise industry reduces orders for new vessels and instead opts for repairs and upgrades.

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March 16, 2010
GB company closing, says power company acting like 'gangsters'

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama - In a letter to the people of Grand Bahama, part-owner of two Freeport factories accused the Grand Bahama Power Company
of acting like gangsters ? overcharging, intimidating and bullying customers.

Steve Howes, a partner in Fenestration and Glass Services (fenestration definition here) said he deeply regretted the decision to leave The Bahamas but felt the company had n...

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May 01, 2024
L’Elmo Di Ottone: The feel and taste of Italy

L’Elmo Di Ottone, the newest Italian restaurant in Grand Bahama, brings the flavours and ambience of Italy to diners whose palettes crave culinary variety.

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January 21, 2020
Ministers Pintard and Lewis Re-launch Backyard Farming Program in GB Schools

The Bahamas imports about millions of dollars worth of food annually, according to Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, the Hon. Michael Pintard. He said: “We have the opportunity through import substitution to change that. Import Substitution means that many of the things we are importing we can substitute through [local] production.”...

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February 20, 2015
The opening of the IDB Caribbean Governors Meeting

President Luis Alberto Moreno, Honourable Ministers, IDB Governors from The Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Jamaica, Guyana, Mr. Warren Smith, the President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), senior IDB staff, public officers, members from the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce, Ladies and Gentlemen: Good morning!...

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December 05, 2016
Kelly's wins case against Customs Dept.

A judgment released last week and received by the media yesterday revealed that the Supreme Court of The Bahamas made a ruling against the Customs Department in a six-year-old case that found the country's chief revenue earner engaged in "enforcement actions" against a Grand Bahama retailer that were "arbitrary, unreasonable and contrary to law".

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