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Minister: $21m ‘overrun’ on key BPL investment

A Cabinet minister yesterday asserted that Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) key generation investment has suffered a $21m-plus “cost overrun” while failing to deliver the promised efficiencies and savings.

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Govt set on East Hill St for new Parliament

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said Cabinet has approved the creation of a new House of Assembly building, which will be located at the site of the old post office headquarters on East Hill Street.

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Softball Games prelude to Public Service Week

PUBLIC service workers enjoyed softball games at the Blue Hills Sporting Complex on Saturday morning in their leadup to full launch of their commemorative week.

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WORLD VIEW: Venezuela’s dangerous referendum - threatening peace and international law

FOR sixty years, from their entry into school, Venezuelans have been trained into believing that the Essequibo region of Guyana belongs to Venezuela. Consequently, regardless of the facts, this belief is ingrained in the Venezuelan psyche.

Contractors chief fears: ‘We’re often last choice’

The Bahamian Contractors Association’s (BCA) president says he does not have “much hope” local firms will win significant work on major upcoming projects, adding: “We’re often the last choice.”

Elite Girls Basketball League heats up

THE action is starting to heat up in the Elite Girls Basketball League.

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Jonquel ‘JJ’ Jones earns honours for October

Grand Bahama native Jonquel “JJ” Jones is The Tribune Sports’ Player of the Month for October.

Protect our access to our beaches

I thank you in advance for the space to address two issues that have dominated the headlines recently, that if not handled carefully can have devastating social consequences for this tiny island on which sits the capital of the country, financial and tourist-wise.

Constitution does not discriminate

Our Constitution does not discriminate between the genders so why do so many discriminate?

'Giant boost' as $600m transformational project launched at Grand Bahama Shipyard

A $600m transformational project, which will include two of the largest dry docks in the world, was launched at the Grand Bahama Shipyard on Friday, and was said to be a “giant boost” to the island’s economy, tourism and employment.

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Students have the recipe for success

Students displayed their culinary skills during the Bahamas Young Chef Culinary Competition.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: All is fair in love and hamburgers

WHILE the world is at war and innocent women and children are held hostage amidst growing fears of all-out global conflict, the lowly burger has become a hot potato in The Bahamas.

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ONE ELEUTHERA FOUNDATION: Regenerative agriculture - it’s a win-win situation

IN our day and age, we look around the world and see so many environmental problems, many of which seem unsolvable. It is rare to find a solution as simple and as impactful as the practice of Regenerative Agriculture.

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Bahamian developer in deal at Goodman’s Bay

A well-known Bahamian developer behind projects such as Balmoral, ONE Cable Beach and Aqualina is eyeing the imminent acquisition of a prominent Goodman’s Bay property.

Attorney loses appeal on ‘forged’ bank drafts

A Bahamian attorney yesterday failed to overturn the rejection of his “gross negligence” claim against Scotiabank (Bahamas) after two “fraudulent” bank drafts left his account overdrawn by $165,000.

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‘We’ll go to highest court’ to block Wendy’s from PI

Major developers and resorts last night told Tribune Business they are willing to take their campaign to block Wendy’s Paradise Island restaurant “to the highest level of the judicial system”.

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Elite Girls Basketball League back in action on Saturday

IN an effort to provide more opportunities for the high school players to improve their level of play before they head into international competition, Ryan Turnquest and a group of coaches have formed the Elite Girls Basketball League.

Illegality of abortion is dangerous

Some 85 years ago, a doctor in England examined a 14-year-old girl and determined that she was sufficiently developed physically to carry her pregnancy to term.

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FRONT PORCH: Bahamas govt needs to take climate change more seriously

JUST this week, a new international study was released finding that in the coming decades increased melting of the ice shelves of Western Antarctica is “unavoidable”. It is yet another warning to the global commons and world leaders. Sea-level rise may be even greater than previously thought.

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WSC consultant Butler-Turner says freak accident will be ‘comprehensively reviewed’

WATER & Sewerage Corporation consultant Loretta Butler-Turner said a freak accident that caused the death of a WSC employee last month would be comprehensively reviewed and the corporation has cooperated with the victim’s family.