PAHO/WHO Launches its First Photography and Video contest on Complementary child feeding

The best photographs and videos that illustrate complementary child feeding among children 6 months to 2 years in the Americas will be awarded by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in the first ProPAN Photography and Video Contest.

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Govt eyes 'power barge' proposal

An international energy and infrastructure company has proposed a floating power plant solution to government that could revolutionize how this country generates its power. SGI Global Holdings Ltd, along with a Rwandan-based investment firm, are courting the Bahamian cabinet with...

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Twelve Families Impacted By Shantytown Fire

Twelve families were left sifting through the rubble yesterday after a fire at a southern New Providence shanty town left seven houses destroyed, three others damaged and one car completely torched.

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Business Leaders Look To Hedge Liabilities

Some of the country's top businessmen say between exorbitant operational costs and the volatility of the market, it is becoming increasingly difficult to operate in the private sector.

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Marshall Road Fire Still Burning

Police said last night they were still trying to extinguish a fire at the Marshall Road Derelict Vehicle Disposal site, but the blaze was contained in the northern section of the property.

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4 Twin Hills Road

• $ 1,342,000
• House
• Abaco, Bahamas
• Bedrooms : 2
• Bathrooms : 2.00
• Living Area : 1300 sqft
• Lot Area : 24900 sqft
  

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13 Shoreline Dubloon Road

• $ 495,000
• House
• Grand Bahama, Bahamas
• Bedrooms : 4
• Bathrooms : 3.00
• Living Area : 2700 sqft
• Lot Area : 26 acres

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GRAND BAHAMA RESIDENTS PREPARE FOR STORM

By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

FREEPORT - Grand Bahama residents were out in numbers yesterday, purchasing supplies in preparation for Hurricane Irene.

There were long lines at hardware stores, food stores and water depots as customers scrambled to get much-needed items before stocks ran out.

Plywood ran low at Kelly's Freeport Hardware Store and custome...

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Superwash sees 30,000 energy costs hike

Superwash has shelled out a whopping $30,000 more for their utilities during the first five months of 2011 than last year, with its president suggesting a BEC move to hedge would stabilize prices for struggling businesses.
"If the government could figure out how to remove the volatility from the cost of fuel I think it would be extremely beneficial to businesses," Dionisio D'Aguilar told Guardian ...

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250k energy costs rise causes '2011 'write off'

Superwash is set for a year-over-year $250,000 increase in energy costs based on expenditure so far, its president and former Chamber of Commerce chief, Dionisio D'Aguilar, said yesterday, as he admitted that despite slight sales increases he has "written off 2011" from a business perspective.

As a guest speaker at the Rotary Club of West Nassau, Mr D'Aguilar said that although signals are such...

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