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News Article
September 29, 2016
BPL rental generators not online

The additional 40 megawatts of rented power generation at the Blue Hills Power Station is available, but is not servicing customers because of ongoing civil work at the site, according to Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) Corporate Communications Manager Arnette Ingraham.

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September 23, 2016
PM: Register Abaco second homes and rental villas

Prime Minister Perry Christie yesterday demanded that Abaco entrepreneurs ensure the nearly 800 second homes and rental villas on Abaco registered with the Ministry of Tourism are licensed and pay license fees and taxes.

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September 21, 2016
New BPL rental generation online

An additional 40 megawatts of rented power generation came online at Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) on Sunday, according to BPL Corporate Communications Manager Arnette Ingraham.

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News Article
September 16, 2016
Rental generators 'should bring end to outages this week'

AFTER a summer plagued with blackouts, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) officials stressed yesterday the rental generators imported from overseas will be in place by the end of this week, hopefully bringing an end to frequent power outages in New Providence.

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News Article
September 16, 2016
Rental generators 'should bring end to outages this week'

AFTER a summer plagued with blackouts, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) officials stressed yesterday the rental generators imported from overseas will be in place by the end of this week, hopefully bringing an end to frequent power outages in New Providence.

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News Article
September 16, 2016
Rental generation to alleviate outages

The long anticipated 40 megawatts of rental generation will be fully operational by the end of this week and are expected to alleviate power outages in New Providence, according to officials at Bahamas Power and Light (BPL).

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News Article
September 08, 2016
Correction - NAD and car rental leases

IN A story (Rental cars hit at 'too high' fees, Tribune Business, September 1) it was reported that the Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD) was not prepared to meet the current rental car concessionaires at Lynden Pindling International Airport over proposed lease rate increases.

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News Article
September 08, 2016
Ingraham: Rental generation to alleviate blackouts

Nearly four months after Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) officials contended that the company may have to bring in more rented power to address summer demand and prevent rolling blackouts, the 40 megawatts of rented power generation have yet to be installed, amid swathes of New Providence experiencing escalating outages over the last few weeks.

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News Article
August 16, 2016
Rental generators arrive to end load shedding

THE first set of rental generators secured for Bahamas Power and Light have arrived and Bahamas Electrical Workers Union President Paul Maynard said the utility provider will no longer be load shedding.

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News Article
February 22, 2011
Commercial rentals on the rise

The number of upcoming real estate projects could lead to a rise in commercial rentals, with the head of the Bahamas Real Estate Association (BREA) optimistic that those properties will be more desirable this year.

President of BREA Patricia Birch told Guardian Business last week that despite a subpar 2010 in regards to commercial real estate rentals, she thinks 2011 will take a turn for the be...

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News Article
August 20, 2015
Rental Homes in The West continue to move

New corporate and International Organization Relocations to New Providences supports continual growth in the rental market. Western New Providence continues to hold the interest of new International and domestic residence alike...

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News Article
August 20, 2015
Minnis: I told the PHA to end rental

Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis said last night that while he was minister of health he advised the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) to stop renting from his company, but he said the PHA continued to rent the Stat Care building.

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News Article
August 04, 2015
Home away from home - why vacation rentals are growing in popularity

Tina Bain looks at the benefits of vacation rentals for property investors and for those who wish to holiday like they mean it.

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News Article
June 17, 2015
Airbnb shows other destinations above Bahamas in rental demand

The Bahamas fits snugly in the middle of 22 regional destinations rated by popular lodging rental website airbnb on the basis of available rental property listings.

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News Article
January 01, 2015
No VAT on long-term residential rentals

In a move that will likely please local realtors, the latest value-added tax (VAT) guidance for land and property has removed the tax from long-term residential rentals.
The exemption, which was announced in guidance documents released just three days before the implementation of VAT, answered one of the sector's lingering questions surrounding the tax. Previous guidelines had stated that any rent...

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News Article
October 28, 2014
Scooter rental agent gets year in prison for drug possession

A scooter rental agent was on Monday sentenced to 12 months in prison for having 23 grams of marijuana with intent to supply.
Police arrested Renato Zhavargo Russell, 38, of Ross Corner, on October 25 at Festival Place because he matched the description of a suspect, the court heard.
The officers found 10 packages of marijuana with a combined weight of 23 grams in a red pouch that was around Russe...

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News Article
August 17, 2023
Vacation rental listings firm reveals data trends

Premier Listings Group (PLG), a luxury vacation rentals and real estate listings company which launched last year, has published an analysis of vacation home rental trends for The Bahamas for the period July 2022 to July 2023, that gives tourism stakeholders valuable information on vacation rental trends, the company said in a statement about the data. ...
The post Vacation rental listings fi...

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News Article
January 24, 2014
Local Boat Rental Business sports BahamasLocal.com T Shirt and Logo

Local entrepreneur Lyndon Stubbs, owner of Coral Reef Boat Rental, enjoys renting his fleet of boats to tourists and locals alike. It so happens that Mr. Stubbs believes so much in the marketing powers of BahamasLocal.com that he not only has partnered with them, but also advertises their services to his local and visiting clients by wearing a T shirt that sports the BahamasLocal.com?s logo...

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News Article
August 31, 2013
Second home rentals should pay tax

Dear Editor,
With the recent letter sent out to second homeowners on Eleuthera, an old debate has been given new life.
There are those who don't want to "offend" the second homeowners who are seen to bring money to the islands in the form of tourism, but this hotel guest tax is passed on to the guest, which is then passed on to our community.
The amount of rooms now available for rent via the seco...

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News Article
April 26, 2013
Sands Pushes Rental Market at Outlook

Governer's Harbour, Eleuthera - The head of Eleuthera's Chamber of Commerce is calling vacation rental properties a crucial part of that island's economy, and in many cases, it has made up for the decline in the hotel industry. Thomas Sands, a well-known businessman on the island, noted that the...

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