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Government searching for site for New Providence hospital
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said yesterday that the government is actively reviewing potential sites for a new hospital in New Providence.
BTC disruption after copper cable theft
HUNDREDS of BTC mobile and landline customers in Grand Bahama are experiencing disruptions in services due to copper thieves targeting BTC sites throughout the island.
Abaco waste management sites would cost over $10m to restore
MYLES Laroda, State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, said it would cost more than $10m to restore two waste management sites in Abaco that have become health hazards.
Large blaze breaks out at Abaco landfill site
THE Disaster Reconstruction Authority (DRA) advises residents of Abaco to report unauthorised dumping and foraging at the Great Abaco Sanitary Landfill, located on Snake Cay Road, in the wake of a large fire that continues to burn at the site.
Abaco dump site challenges lead to noticeable eyesore
A DUMP site in Treasure Cay, Abaco, is so congested with garbage that people are littering the road leading to the area, to the annoyance of residents.
GB $15m solar project in end-April commissioning
THE contractor charged with building and operating a $15m utility-scale solar project on Grand Bahama yesterday said the site will be commissioned at end-April 2024.
Copper thefts hurt 400 BTC customers
BAHAMAS Telecommunications Company (BTC) executives said yesterday that service to hundreds of Grand Bahama-based mobile and fixed-line customers had been disrupted due to copper thieves targeting the company's sites across the island, a development also placing a "dark cloud" over the scrap metal industry.
'Red flags’ raised on recovery work
THE Disaster Reconstruction Authority is in the process of investigating several contracts that were issued to manage debris management sites in Abaco and Grand Bahama after “red flags” were detected from comparisons between the large sums of money paid out and the work that was actually done.
Housing plan is not Constitutional
Prospect Ridge sub-division – simply put as the previous Government presented it – is not Constitutional period.
BTC upgrades 67 mobile locations
The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is enhancing 67 existing mobile sites throughout the Bahamas as a part of its recently-announced $26 million network upgrades.
US consultants flown in to assess dump fire
PRIME Minister Perry Christie said that the fire at the New Providence Landfill is “very close“ to being extinguished, and that consultants flown in from the United States by the government are now at the site.
Heritage sites
Much has been said and no doubt will be said about a group of Bahamians seeking a contract from the FNM administration to manage some of our cultural and heritage sites. The current chairman of the FNM, Charles Culmer, has rightfully admitted that he is a part of such grouping along with others, inclusive of FNM and PLP supporters, et al. Such sites would include the forts; the Queen’s Staircase and other sites.
Landfill officials say smoke is nothing to do with the site
OFFICIALS from Renew Bahamas yesterday suggested that smoky conditions in the area of the Harrold Road landfill are not the result of recent fires at the site.
Clean up going well?
FIRE at a debris site in Abaco sparked concerns yesterday that more of the waste will burn and potentially endanger the health of residents as temperatures heat up moving into the summer.
BPL faces $6m bill to clean oil spills
TOTAL remediation of legacy oil spills at the Clifton Pier Power Plant site could cost Bahamas Power and Light up to $6m.
DRA: Abaco debris site will soon be ‘demobilised’ amid environmental concerns
DISASTER Reconstruction Authority executive chairman Alex Storr said the DRA would “demobilise” the Abaco Spring City and Treasure Cay debris management sites.
Abaco Dump burning poses health concern
RECENT burning and movement of debris from the Spring City Debris Management Dump Site to the Great Abaco Sanitary Landfill has been causing environmental and health concerns for those on the island, said a local official.
Call to make war cemetery a national heritage site
AN international organisation has reached out to the Bahamas government in hopes of having the 72-year-old Nassau War Cemetery officially preserved as a heritage site, officials said yesterday.
$10m spent on 'miraculous transformation' of garbage site
TIMOTHY Hodge met a putrid scent and 95 acres of open garbage when he arrived at the city dump a year ago, the byproduct of years of mismanagement.Yesterday he led Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis on a tour of the revamped site, now called the New Pro
Oil sheen spotted at estimated site of sunken gas tanker
AN oil sheen has been spotted from aerial observations at the estimated site of a sunken gas tanker, the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources said on Friday.
