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AG: BPL needs 400MW in new generation plant

Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) needs more than 400 mega watts (MW) of new generation capacity to address a “dire” situation requiring between 60-80 percent of its existing plant to be replaced within five years.

Minister hails gift of two container farms

The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) yesterday received two container farms to be placed in North Andros and Eleuthera from Bahamas-based grower, Eden Farms.

BPL ‘shambles’: We pay now or pay later

The Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) “shambles” will only get worse the longer critical reforms are delayed, an ex-Chamber chairman is warning, as he added: “We pay now or we pay later.”

‘Most of BPL Plant obsolete in 5 years’

ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said 60 per cent of Bahamas Power & Light’s plant in New Providence and 80 per cent of its plants in Family Islands must be replaced in the next five years as engines reach the end of their useful life, a transformation that will cost almost $300m.

Where did govt shares in GBPA go?

The recent brouhaha between the government and the Grand Bahama Port Authority that has found its way onto the front pages of your newspaper reminded us of another controversial subject involving these two protagonists.

‘All-Bahamian’ $30m hotel gets conditional go-ahead

The Bahamian developer of a proposed $30m West Bay Street hotel was yesterday granted preliminary site plan approval for the project provided its “side setbacks” are increased to 15 feet.

‘One-stop solution’ to BPL woes re-floated

A “quick one-stop solution” for The Bahamas’ energy crisis was yesterday re-floated by a local attorney who argued it could resolve cost, reliability and environmental woes “within months”.

Apprenticeship initiative to get persons ‘off the streets’

The newly-launched apprenticeship initiative is designed to provide Bahamian companies with well-trained, certified employees at no cost to themselves as it bids to take persons “off the streets”.

PM: Women not equal? ‘y’all ruling us, man'

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis rejects the United States’ observation about how women are treated in The Bahamas.

Financial crimes rise 54% to five-year-high

Financial crimes reported to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) surged by 54 percent to 830 incidents in 2023 and representing a five-year high.

Financial crimes rise 54% to five-year-high

Financial crimes reported to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) surged by 54 percent to 830 incidents in 2023 and representing a five-year high.

Munroe suggested evidentiary hearings could expedite the legal process

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said an amendment to the Supreme Court Act can potentially facilitate evidentiary hearings to determine the admissibility of evidence before a trial.

East GB microgrids set to hire up to 50

Up to 50 workers will be hired for the proposed build-out of five solar microgrids designed to help “ease cost of living concerns” and entice former residents to return to Dorian-ravaged east Grand Bahama.

10 years of an undersea kingdom

THE Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Sir Nicholas Nuttall Coral Reef Sculpture Garden and Coral Nursery (CRSG) - a testament to a decade of unwavering commitment to marine conservation and environmental stewardship.

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