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Contractor for $90m prison complex named
Contractor for $90m prison complex named
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said the contractor for the new corrections and related facilities is Walker's Industries -- though the bidding process for the project remains unclear.
Blockchain firm partners with Eleuthera development on real estate tech
Enterprise blockchain company Ubitquity has partnered with Bertram Village on Eleuthera to provide three Web3 real estate products and services, that include non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and record keeping on the blockchain.
NEW PRISON COST RISES BY $50M: Changed proposal sees price more than double for correctional facility
NEW PRISON COST RISES BY $50M: Changed proposal sees price more than double for correctional facility
THE Davis administration has expanded its construction plans for the Bahamas Department of Corrections, moving from just a $40m high-medium security facility to what National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said would be a $90m "correctional institution, administrative, housing and medical facility".
Nygard denies stem cell plans, but govt lacks key documents
Peter Nygard has hit back at claims that he has engaged in environmental degradation while denying any plans to construct a stem cell facility on his Nygard Cay/Simms Point property.
In a statement issued on Friday, the fashion mogul was said to "simply want to rebuild and restore his home that was destroyed in a devastating fire in 2009".
"Recent media reports regarding efforts to rebuild Nygard ...
Fighting for her pride and joy
Fighting for her pride and joy
Waynesha Symonette, 30, knows all too well the importance of her three-year-old daughter receiving the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination as soon as she is able to. Symonette was 27 years old at the time with a months-old daughter, Anteya Goodman, when she learned devastating news that she had stage three cervical cancer. Her only thought ...
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Continuing the good fight
Continuing the good fight
Insufficient funds forced Zakiya Butler to have to postpone much-needed radiation treatment which she needs to stunt future growth of a tumor she has been battling since 2017. But Butler said she could not have received better news to jumpstart the year after learning that the $55,000 co-pay she had been quoted for radiation treatment ...
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Doctors Hospital begins construction on $20 million Freeport hospital
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Doctors Hospital Health System (DHHS) has announced that it has started construction on its new $20 million medical facility in Freeport. Doctors Hospital has reached an agreement to secure the use of the First Commercial Centre for the purpose of establishing a new 25-bed state-of-the-art hospital on the island. The building [...]
PM: VAT rate adjustment yields nearly $24 mil for first half of fiscal year
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Philip Davis KC yesterday said VAT receipts grew by nearly $24 million for the first half of the fiscal year 2022/2023. During his address in Parliament on the mid-year fiscal results, Davis said that his administration's decision to reduce the Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate from 12 percent to 10 percent [...]
The Processing And Repatriation Of Economic Migrants And Irregular Entrants Into The Bahamas
The Processing And Repatriation Of Economic Migrants And Irregular Entrants Into The Bahamas
Communication To The House Of Assembly On The Processing And Repatriation Of Economic Migrants And Irregular Entrants Into The Bahamas By The Honourable Keith Bell, M.P. Minister Of Labour And Immigration
18TH JANUARY 2023
The Processing And Repatriatiation Of Economic Migrants And Irregular Entrants Into The Bahamas
The Processing And Repatriatiation Of Economic Migrants And Irregular Entrants Into The Bahamas
Madam Speaker, I wish to begin by thanking the Almighty God for allowing me the opportunity to stand in this Honourable Place once again on behalf of the wonderful people of Carmichael and Bahamians everywhere.Madam Speaker, just over a year ago, I accepted an invitation from the member for Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador, the Hon. Prime Minister to join his Cabinet as the Minister with respo...