1m facility 'frees' Bahamas Waste from 'petrol lords'

By NOELLE NICOLLS

Tribune Staff Reporter

nnicolls@tribunemedia.net

Bahamas Waste's $1 million investment in its biodiesel facility will help the BISX-listed company hedge against oil price inflation, which in years past imposed a $500,000 cost increase on it within six months.

The plant converts waste cooking oil supplied by companies such as Bamboo Shack, Burger King, McDonald's, KFC and Wend...

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Petrol retailers stop diesel sale

LOCAL petroleum retailers stopped the sale of diesel at all their locations yesterday.

The move forced the government to agree to meet with them on Monday with a view to address their diesel mark-up which, it is claimed, has not been increased for more than 30 years.

At a price of $4.54, retailers claim they are only making 19 cents on a gallon of diesel sold. This margin, they said, is unsustai...

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Predictions, Promises, Petrol and Protgs: Bringing Some Perspective to the 2012 Elections

This is probably the point at which my good Anglican
grandmother, now deceased, would probably be humming, "The Strife
is O'er." Admittedly, it's a funeral hymn and I imagine some might
assume I'm singing it for the Free National Movement. Honestly, I'm
just glad the election is o'er because now the real work can start.

I wanted to begin this piece by addressing what I
believed was the failu...

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Petrol giant achieves targeted growth

FOCOL Holdings Limited (FCL) saw a slight decrease in net income in the second quarter, but additions and improvements to the retail network should mean continued profitability for the petrol giant.
For the period up to January 31, marking the end of FCL's second quarter, net income and comprehensive income came in at $8.52 million, compared to $8.87 million in the previous year. The company attri...

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Beware of petrol scam

MOTORISTS are being warned to be vigilant when visiting the pumps after several people were allegedly scammed while getting petrol.

One woman, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Tribune she was robbed of her fuel money when visiting the Texaco StarMart on Robinson Road.

She said: "I pulled up at the pump and gave a guy in a red shirt and a black jacket the money for my gas. He opened my ta...

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Fuel In Cuba To Become Five Times More Expensive

CUBA - In response to economic challenges, the Cuban government announced a five-fold increase in fuel prices, with petrol rising from 25 to 132 pesos per litre starting February.

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Air Powered Car In India!

Tata Motors is ready to introduce Air Car - Will it be the next big thing? Tata Motors is taking giant strides and making history for itself. First the Land Rover/Jaguar deal, then the world's cheapest car, and now it is also set to introduce the car that runs on compressed air.

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FOCOL brings mobile payments to Shell stations

FOCOL has launched its Smartpass app, that allows for petrol purchases at Shell stations on New Providence without using cash or a credit card, the company's Chief Executive Officer Dexter Adderley said at the app's launch event.

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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

• Genre : Comedy, Drama, Music
• Rating :

Two drag queens and a transsexual get a cabaret gig in the middle of the desert.

Germany powers ahead in electric car sales growth – sales more than treble during the pandemic; Bahamas sees 133% increase

Germany has seen the world’s fastest growth in electric car sales of all major economies during the pandemic, with sales more than trebling to 194,000 cars in 2020, up from just 63,000 in 2019, shows a study of electric car sales worldwide by UHY, the international accountancy network.

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