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October 02, 2014
Workers were unpaid since August robbery

V ALFRED Gray, MP for MICAL, admitted yesterday that government workers in Mayaguana have not been paid since August, but said the Treasury refused to release the salaries until the island "tightened up its security"...

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July 22, 2013
Bahamian production company works with ABC to deliver Good Morning America weather report from Bahamas

Local filmmaker, Neville Smith was hired by ABC, to shoot footage early Monday morning, July 22nd for an ABC Good Morning America weather report from The Bahamas with their weather anchor, Sam Champion.

Smith was assisted by Travon Patton and Gary Kevin Wong...

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April 23, 2014
Bahamasair's return to Mayaguana hailed as good news

The completion of the runway refurbishment at the Mayaguana Airport and the return of regularly scheduled Bahamasair flights there after a five year absence are significant milestones for the residents of that island and signal the resurgence of the Mayaguana economy, Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts said in a statement yesterday...

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February 07, 2017
Mayaguana Gets Visa Pre-Paid Cards/Acklins is the Final Stop

Officials of the Ministry of Social Services and Community Development and the Department of Social Services moved one giant step closer to ensuring that qualified recipients of the Department?s Food Assistance Programme throughout The Bahamas are in possession...

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April 08, 2013
Govt to Finish Repairs at Mayaguana Airport

Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin said yesterday she is getting advice on how her ministry can finish repairs at the airport in Mayaguana without interfering with the heads of agreement signed between the I-Group and the government.

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February 06, 2017
Griffin Arrives in Mayaguana for Four-Day Official Visit

Minister of Social Services and Community Development, the Hon. Melanie Sharon Griffin arrived in Abraham?s Bay, Mayaguana, Friday, February 3, to begin a four-day official visit...

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October 09, 2013
Ongoing woes for Mayaguana airport

Several Mayaguana residents used their vehicles' high beams to assist in the landing of a plane making an emergency medical flight on Sunday because half of the emergency solar lights at the runway were inoperable, The Nassau Guardian has learnt...

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April 09, 2013
I-Group: Runway Tragedy Not Political

The Ingraham administration's renegotiation of the I-Group's Mayaguana deal played no part in last week's tragic accident, which killed three people on a runway on that island, said I-Group representative Tim Haffner yesterday.

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September 05, 2011
Mayaguana on Cusp of Change

A restated and amended Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Mayaguana developers, the I-Group, is scheduled for presentation in Cabinet tomorrow, paving the way for works on the island's airstrip and construction of a boutique hotel. Updating Guardian Business on the status of the development, Chairman of the Hotel Corporation of The Bahamas (HCB), Michael Scott, said the venture will be worth between $3...

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September 12, 2016
Push is on to get prepaid cards into Mayaguana 'before Christmas'

Officials of the Ministry of Social Services and Community Development and the Department of Social Services will work closely with local vendors in Mayaguana and officials from the Bank of The Bahamas to ensure that qualified recipients of the Department?s Food Assistance Programme receive their Visa Pre-Paid Cards by December, 2016.

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