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‘Go to the beach’ says BGC CEO amid power crisis

Bahamas Grid Company chief executive officer Dareo McKenzie yesterday said of the recent spate of power outages: “Sometimes it may not be a bad thing.”

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Gofundme launched for boy bitten by dogs over 100 times

A BIMINI dog owner was sentenced to 12 months in prison yesterday after six dogs mauled a nine-year-old American boy about 100 times, leaving him with life-threatening injuries and facing what his family described as a long and difficult recovery.

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EV dealers reject claims that chargers strain grid

ELECTRIC vehicle dealers Pia and John Farmer have accused Bahamas Grid Company executives of scapegoating EV owners for longstanding failures in the country’s electricity system after the company’s chief executive described home chargers as a substantial, unseen drain on the grid.

‘You bank on BPL being dreadful, but not always’

AN OUTSPOKEN businessman says Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) latest woes have cost his company “at least $100,000” in generator repairs and related expenses, as he blasted: “You bank on BPL being dreadful, but not all the time.”

Developer’s 30% lot sales promise on Eleuthera PPP

A US developer is pledging that 30 percent of the proceeds from residential lot sales, including 100 acres of Government-owned land, will be devoted to solving central Eleuthera’s power, water and affordable housing woes as well as underwriting an up to $50m infrastructure partnership.

Rival group urges Potter’s Cay marina plan rejection

A RIVAL Bahamian group is arguing that the 25-slip marina proposed for a Nassau harbourfront site just west of Potter’s Cay dock should be rejected because it does not represent the most valuable or strategic use of that location.

Not in The Bahamas ‘best interest’ for developer to lot-sell Gov’t land

A FORMER Bahamas National Trust (BNT) chief yesterday argued it is not in The Bahamas’ “best interests” to allow a US developer to obtain 100 acres of Government land at Eleuthera’s Navy Beach for lot sales to finance his development plans.

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Businesses urged to use less power

BAHAMAS Power and Light has appealed to government agencies, large businesses and ordinary customers to reduce their reliance on the electricity grid as New Providence’s system approaches capacity, with overloaded circuits and transformers already contributing to outages across the island.

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‘Something ain’t adding up,’ says mom of drowned teen who couldn’t swim

AN 18-year-old who could not swim drowned in the South Beach Canal after somehow entering the water with friends, leaving his family struggling to reconcile conflicting accounts of his final moments.