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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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Mayaguana Gets Visa Pre-Paid Cards/Acklins is the Final Stop

Officials of the Ministry of Social Services and Community Development and the Department of Social Services moved one giant step closer to ensuring that qualified recipients of the Department?s Food Assistance Programme throughout The Bahamas are in possession...

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Basic Safety and Mayaguana

The death of three people in Mayaguana last week was a tragedy. The residents were attempting to illuminate a runway for a medical charter. The plane struck the vehicles and two women and man were killed. The victims were identified as former Cabinet Minister Sidney Collie's mother, Edith Collie, his sister...

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Griffin Arrives in Mayaguana for Four-Day Official Visit

Minister of Social Services and Community Development, the Hon. Melanie Sharon Griffin arrived in Abraham?s Bay, Mayaguana, Friday, February 3, to begin a four-day official visit...

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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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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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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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Push is on to get prepaid cards into Mayaguana 'before Christmas'

Officials of the Ministry of Social Services and Community Development and the Department of Social Services will work closely with local vendors in Mayaguana and officials from the Bank of The Bahamas to ensure that qualified recipients of the Department?s Food Assistance Programme receive their Visa Pre-Paid Cards by December, 2016.

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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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