Call For Off-duty Officers To Be Armed

In the aftermath of a police officer being shot six times over the weekend, the Police Staff Association (PSA) plans to once again press the government and the hierarchy of the Police Force to allow all officers to be armed when off-duty.

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Superwash spends 70K after rooftop blaze

Nearly $70,000 has been spent to revive Superwash's Gibbs Corner and West Avenue location to get it up and running, after that location experienced an early morning fire.
The blaze destroyed the building's roof two months ago. However, the company's president, Dionisio D'Aguilar, said the store was operational weeks after the fire.
"In that time, the damaged roof was repaired. It's not in the best...

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D'Aguilar: BEC must introduce prepaid system

Converting the Bahamas Electricity Corporation's (BEC) billing system from postpaid to prepaid will not only alleviate its receivables problem, but assist in energy conservation and decrease operational costs, according a former BEC board member.

Dionisio D'Aguilar, president of Superwash, highlighted to Guardian Business the urgency for BEC to implement a prepaid system like its telecommunicat...

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NEMA assesses damage after reported tornado in Abaco

Three families were displaced after a reported tornado touched down in Murphy Town, Abaco, on Thursday and ripped off portions of roofs, tore down power and phone lines and turned over cars.
A team from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) headed by NEMA Director Captain Stephen Russell flew to Abaco yesterday morning for an aerial and land assessment of the damage.
NEMA officials recei...

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2009 Visionary Business Leaders & Entrepreneurs Conference

Seasoned business leaders and financial experts including The Hon. Zhivargo Laing, Minister of State for Finance; Mr. Jerome Gomez, Fund Administrator of The Bahamas Entrepreneurial Venture Fund and a principal in the chartered accounting firm Baker Tilly Gomez; Mr. Dionisio D?Aguilar, Immediate Past President of The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and President of Super Wash Laundromat and Chairman o...

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Inconsistency at Customs hits energy efficient firms

BAHAMIAN suppliers of energy efficient equipment and technology are ?finding it very difficult to function? because of the inconsistent treatment their imported products receive from the Customs Department, a former Chamber of Commerce president said yesterday, with some shipments allowed in duty-free and others charged the full 45 per cent.

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Visionaries? Anastasia Stubbs presents Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette with ?live the vision? series!

In a continuing effort to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of The Bahamas, Visionaries Wealth Management & Business Show Executive Producer and Host, Anastasia Stubbs recently paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Honourable Brent Symonette at his office on West Bay Street. Stubbs presented the Deputy Prime Minister with a personal copy of Live ...

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ROADS COMPENSATION 'SMOKE AND MIRRORS'

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

A LEADING businessman yesterday said there was "no Christ way on God's green earth" that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) would be able to fully compensate every business affected by the New Providence Road Improvement Project (NPRIP) if they won the Government, arguing that all political parties were "selling a dream".

Dionisio D'Aguilar, president o...

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