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January 31, 2016
The United Bahamian Party's platform

"A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life."
- John Stuart Mill

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January 14, 2016
Solutions to make our Bahamas great again

Dear Editor,
I have formulated 21 solutions to problems that to make our Bahamas great again. I appreciate that space is limited, so in this letter I will share only the first five.

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August 30, 2015
GBPA must end 'selective' oversight, Smith urges

While the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) has recently committed to expanding its regulatory oversight over the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC), a local Queen's Counsel has charged the Port Authority to live up to its mandate as the local administrative authority and put an end to the "hypocrisy" of selective oversight.

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August 13, 2015
Invitation to the Great Bottle Boat Race and Ice Cream Social

The Grand Bahama Sailing Club (GBSC) invites the public to come and watch the last graduation of the Summer Camps, the Great Bottle Race and an Ice Cream Social to celebrate the end of the most successful Summer Sailing Programme at GBSC..

GBSC Junior Instructor Bootcamp (JIB) Kids have been collecting thousands of plastic bottles all summer which are being turned into two craft which will race...

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July 28, 2015
Junkanoo Carnival creates Economic Empowerment for Bahamians

High ratings across the board from consumers
Lessons learned for 2016 staging. Following the success of the inaugural Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, the Bahamas National Festival Commission...

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March 30, 2015
DPM: Alternative energy for reverse osmosis

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works Philip Brave Davis acknowledged at The College of The Bahamas' World Water Day 2015 celebration that sea level rise threatens to destroy major groundwater resources in The Bahamas, and lauded the Samoa Pathway - adopted in 2014 as a means to manage water resources and related ecosystems.

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January 22, 2015
Task Force please with VAT Implementation

Since its implementation on January 1st, most businesses have been compliant and have successfully implemented Value Added Tax (VAT) to assist with reducing the government deficit...

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October 26, 2014
GBCC unveils award nominees

The Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce recognized businesses and business persons who have demonstrated commitment to community building at the fifth annual Business Excellence Awards Ceremony, held on Saturday, October 25 at the Regency Theatre.
These prestigious awards are designed to honor outstanding Grand Bahamian businesses and executives. Nominations closed a few weeks ago, with several busin...

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March 05, 2014
Freeport girl guides and rangers go camping

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- The 4th Freeport girl guides and rangers completed a successful camp the weekend of February 28-March 2. The twenty-one girls and their leaders camped out in the beauty of Williamstown Beach. Despite the cold on the first night, the guides and rangers enjoyed themselves with wide games, nature walks, patrol games and great food.
As always the Grand Bahama community was ve...

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December 19, 2013
Government to reduce garbage collection costs by '500k a year'

The government will save $500,000 through a number of measures being initiated by the Department of Environmental Health Services (DEHS), according to Minister of the Environment and Housing Kenred Dorsett, who yesterday confirmed the reassignment of garbage collection contracts to a variety of private companies.
Dorsett's comments on government initiatives in the area of garbage collection come a...

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