Local contracts surpass 110M at Baha Mar

Bahamian companies have been awarded more than $110 million in contracts since Baha Mar broke ground just over one year ago - and more work is on the way.
Local labor will be a "major focus" during the construction of the 200,000-square-foot convention center, according to Tiger Wu, vice president of China Construction America.
The giant complex, seen as a corporate hive in the rising $2.6 billion...

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A New Way To Shine: Nassau Window Cleaners Launched

Nassau, Bahamas -

Nassau
Window Cleaners launches as the
first company in The Bahamas to offer a window cleaning service that uses 100%
pure water and a 'reach and wash system' without the need for ladders or
scaffolding.

The
water pole-fed cleaning system can wash windows up to 45ft high without the
operator ever having to leave the ground.
By using 100% pure water the best window cleaning resu...

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It takes a village to build Baha Mar

Baha Mar has always produced an impressive list of numbers.
Billions of dollars are being spent on this colossal resort rising in Cable Beach. Thousands of Chinese workers will be shipped in for construction. And 14,000 Bahamians have found employment since groundbreaking, including direct employment and spin-off jobs, according to the company.
But behind the steel gates is more than a constructio...

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BIFF 2011 Presents: Face to Face

• Genre : Drama
• Rating :

Face to Face is adapted from a play by Australian playwright, David Williamson, which is in turn based on the transcripts from actual conflict resolution sessions. Wayne, a young scaffold construction worker, rams into the back of his boss’ car in a fit of anger at being sacked. Rather than going straight to court, he opts for a community conference to discuss the events that led to such a viole...

Baha Mar to close old West Bay Street within week

By this time next week, motorists will no longer have the option of skipping the Bahamian Riviera and cutting through Cable Beach.
Instead, the rerouted West Bay Street will come into force over the next several days as Baha Mar development ramps up.
The move signals, in a sense, the firm beginning of the $2.6 billion mega resort's physical boundaries.
Robert Sands, Baha Mar's senior vice presiden...

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Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Celebrations

Saturday 5th November 2011

Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 ? 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries, belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

Fawkes was born and educated in York. His father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic. Fawkes later...

BTC On Target For Flagship Store Opening

BTC officials announced today they are on target for a December 1 opening of the company's new flagship store at the Mall at Marathon, a 6,500-square foot facility they pledge will transform doing business with the telecom company.

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