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November 10, 2016
Grand Bahama welcomes first cruise ship since Matthew

Grand Bahama welcomed the first cruise ship, Carnival Valor - with some 3,281 passengers at Freeport Harbour on Monday, November 7 - since the passage of Hurricane Matthew on October 7.

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Grand Lucayan, Sold
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March 03, 2020
Grand Lucayan, Sold

The Government of The Bahamas sold the Grand Lucayan on Monday, March 2, 2020 to a partnership between Royal Caribbean International and ITM (Bahamas Port Investments Ltd.), which is expected to make a $250 million investment between the hotel and the redevelopment of the cruise port...

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October 02, 2008
Government makes good on promise to Grand Bahama Power Company customers

The Government will cause all disconnected residential Grand Bahama Power Company consumers to have their electricity restored, and will, as it did for Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) consumers, cause the fuel surcharge to be limited for some 15,000 consumers on Grand Bahama, Minister of State for Finance the Hon. Zhivargo Laing announced in parliament Wednesday.

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October 09, 2019
Nearly 600000 Meals Served Royal Caribbean Continues Feeding Commitment through Churches Homes for the Aged in Grand Bahama

Nearly Six Hundred Thousand Meals and Three Thousand Pallets of Supplies Provided by Cruise Line For Victims Since Hurricane Dorian Struck The Bahamas...

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February 22, 2019
GB Residents Urged to Take Advantage of the Opportunities of the Opportunities

Grand Bahama’s economic season is changing, said Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson, on Thursday, February 21 at the official opening of the Grand Bahama Business Outlook...

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January 29, 2018
Small business license fees in the GB Port area may soon change

Small business license fees may soon fall in line with the rest of The Bahamas, said Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson on Friday...

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December 06, 2016
Duty-free Concessions Poised to Stimulate Economic Growth in East and West Grand Bahama

As Grand Bahamians continue to rebuild their lives following destruction caused by Hurricane Matthew in October of this year, a government program is poised to make the island?s restoration a much smoother prospect.

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November 09, 2016
Grand Bahama Welcomes First Cruise Ship Since Hurricane MAtthew

Grand Bahama welcomed the first cruise ship, Carnival Valor, with some 3,281 passengers at Freeport Harbour on Monday, November 7, 2016, since Hurricane Matthew on October 7.

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August 04, 2016
PM Christie announces business initiatives for Grand Bahama

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie said in the House of Assembly, on August 3, 2016, that his Government?s recent review of the expiring tax concessions granted under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement (HCA) 1955 and related matters had afforded his Government the opportunity -- after wide consultation with the public, the Grand Bahama Port Authority Limited (?GBPA?), an...

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August 03, 2016
Grand Bahama (Port Area) Investment Incentives Bill 2016 by Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie

In my extensive Communication to this Honourable House on May 9, 2016, I indicated that for some two years my Government has been giving intensive consideration to the expiring tax concessions granted under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement (HCA) 1955 and related matters.

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