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FACE TO FACE: Ginny’s been peddling the recycling message for years - and it pays off
Bahamians throw away more than $1.5 million worth of aluminium cans each year – cans that could have been recycled and that could have brought money back into the country. With that amount of waste going into the landfill, being strewn across beaches, ending up in the sea and becoming litter on roadsides we have every reason to want to do something about it.
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Use the lights we already have
LIGHTING up Fish Fry... easy, the Minister of Agriculture needs to speak to the Minister of Transport and allow agriculture to use the spanking brand new tall aluminium LED lights, some six-eight of which were installed at the refurbished Traffic Inspection location at Ft Charlotte.
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Disrepair of roads a disrespect to residents
I rent Nissan Xtrail SUVS here in South Eleuthera. Just today I rented a customer a SUV. Not more than an hour driving south, my customer called reporting having dropped in a pothole and he got a flat tyre. As a result, the customer damaged the aluminium rim and had to abandon the vehicle just south of Rock Sound, Eleuthera. Sir, your constituency.
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Non-profit's $50k UN grant to grow recycling work
A Bahamian non-profit organisation has won a $50,000 United Nations (UN) grant that will finance construction of a prototype recycling depot and enable it to salvage different materials.
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Cans for Kids down for the recycling cause
NON-PROFIT organisation Cans for Kids (CFK) is making major moves in the Bahamas as they promote the recycling of aluminium cans.
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GB Shipyard lauds 'very successful' cruise season
Grand Bahama Shipyard has described its now-closed cruise ship ‘repair season’ as “extremely successful”, having docked 16 ships, a number that is set to increase to 17 for 2012-2013.
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Boat in Exuma explosion ‘poor quality’
THE Exuma tour boat that exploded in 2018 leaving an American woman dead and several others injured was made of poor-quality aluminium and had no insulation in its wiring which likely caused the fire after it came in contact with fuel, a police officer testified yesterday.
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Air layering
Air layering By Gardener Jack Many shrubs and small plants can be propagated by cuttings but others, particularly trees, are resistant to rooting in the ground. The answer in many cases is to use an old technique that originated in India called gootee a
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Air layering
Air layering By Gardener Jack Many shrubs and small plants can be propagated by cuttings but others, particularly trees, are resistant to rooting in the ground. The answer in many cases is to use an old technique that originated in India called gootee a
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Rolle 'was left in a cell to die'
AARON Rolle was severely beaten and left in a cell to die because he did not receive proper medical treatment, Christina Galanos told the Coroner’s Court yesterday.
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EDITORIAL: FREE TRADE AND WTO MEMBERSHIP
IT is said economists rarely agree about either the theory or practice of their chosen subject. Two of them studying the same data may come up with vastly different judgments, since their fundamental philosophy and approach may vary. Some will favour government intervention in monetary and fiscal policy while others will believe in free-market economics.
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Manufacturer: Duty removal puts ‘5% of gross’ back into firm
A well-known manufacturer yesterday said eliminating the 10 per cent duty rate levied on the sector would put the equivalent of “5 per cent of gross sales” back into his business, a sum that could mean the difference between survival and death for some firms.
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Bahamas in COP27 panel on tourism climate change
THE Bahamas last week participated in talks on how tourism-based economies can mitigate and adapt to cliate change at the United Nations (UN) COP27 conference,
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Artist presents sculpture to mark tenth anniversary celebration of NAD
THE Nassau Airport Development Company was presented with a sculpture by Bahamian artist Dede Brown for its tenth anniversary as operators of Lynden Pindling International Airport.The Vantage Airport Group unveiled its official plaque dedicating the
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Law forces some scrap dealers out
By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Business Reporter nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net NEW legislation governing the scrap metal industry has proven to be too onerous for at least one dealer who has quit the business, telling Tribune Business yesterday: "It was costin
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Thieves steal $1m of equipment from Robin Hood site
THE site of the former Robin Hood store has continued to be targeted by thieves.
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Miller expects move to WSC next week
OUTGOING BEC Executive Chairman Leslie Miller said yesterday he expects to receive an official letter this week transferring him from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation to the Water and Sewerage Corporation.
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Library transformation
THE only public lending library on Grand Bahama that was severely damaged by Dorian is undergoing restoration, thanks to funds provided in excess of $250,000 from the Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited.
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Poultry producer's 40% sales decline the 'worst in years'
AN Abaco-based poultry producer said yesterday that August could be its “worst month in years” with sales down 40 percent compared to July’s figures.Lance Pinder, Abaco Big Bird Poultry Farm’s operations manager, told Tribune Business that while Augu
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BAMSI students dive against debris
FOR many people marine debris is out of sight, out of mind.Thankfully however, divers have the unique ability to bring to the surface what is going on beneath the waves and this is exactly what the student dive team of the Bahamas Agriculture and Mar
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