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January 22, 2013
Ministry of Transport and Aviation issues statement on oil spill in Freeport Harbour

On Sunday 20 January 2013, at approximately 5:06 am, the MT ?Butterfly? was moored at BORCO?s Jetty No. 8 receiving bunker (diesel fuel) from the bunker barge ?Smit Inesita?, when sometime thereafter oil was discharged into the marine environment. The discharge fell into the water between the tanker and the barge. It was reported that approximately 210 gallons of diesel oil was discharged into th...

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January 21, 2013
Oil Spill Statement By Bahamas Ministry Of Transport Aviation

Nassau, Bahamas - The following is a Statement by the Ministry of Transport and Aviation on the oil spill in Freeport Harbour: On Sunday 20 January 2013, ?at approximately 5:06 am, the MT "Butterfly" was moored at BORCO's Jetty No. 8 receiving bunker (diesel fuel) from the bunker barge "Smit Inesita", when sometime thereafter oil was discharged into the marine environment. The discharge fell into ...

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August 08, 2011
Clean-Up Underway After Oil Spill

Clean-up efforts along the southern shore of Pinder's Point are underway following an oil spill in the area on Sunday. While BORCO has claimed no involvement, the oil company dispatched a clean-up crew to assist with environmental mitigation.

Men wearing blue hazmat suits and gloves were seen in the area since Sunday, pouring a yellow-coloured substance on the oil-stained rocky shoreline. The H...

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April 27, 2018
Second Business Expo in GB

Small businesses in Grand Bahama will have the opportunity to meet with three companies at the Business to Business Expo on Thursday, April 26, to learn of existing and upcoming business opportunities...

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March 07, 2023
Minister Moxey says Grand Bahama has come a long way in 18 months

Minister for Grand Bahama, Ginger Moxey told Parliamentarians that a new hospital with an Oncology Center, in Grand Baham, is on its way with ground to be broken in the coming weeks.

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February 22, 2019
GB Residents Urged to Take Advantage of the Opportunities of the Opportunities

Grand Bahama’s economic season is changing, said Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson, on Thursday, February 21 at the official opening of the Grand Bahama Business Outlook...

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January 30, 2019
Prime Minister reveals aggressive agenda for Grand Bahama's Economy

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis shared with the Bahamian people that he is pleased with the jobless rate in Grand Bahama, as that northern island is tapped to become the country’s technology hub...

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December 17, 2018
Minister Thompson: 'Significant Progress has taken place in GB in 2018'

One of the visions of the Free National Movement Government for Grand Bahama in 2018 was to help place the island on a path of economic recovery, and then move it towards financial growth...

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March 06, 2015
Grand Bahama Business Outlook held at the Grand Lucayan Resort

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am delighted to have been invited to Grand Bahama to participate with Joan Albury
and her team at Counsellors, together with a cross-section of the business community
in another Grand Bahama Business Outlook...

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March 06, 2015
Prime Minister paints bright future for Grand Bahama

With increased tourism numbers and a half-billion dollar planned investment by existing businesses on the island, the future for Grand Bahama is bright, said the Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie when addressing the Grand Bahama Business Outlook at Grand Lucayan on Wednesday...

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